Instead of the usual sandwiches, at Halloween why not surprise
the kids with these spooky snacks!
Pumpkin crackers A round cracker with a slice of red
cheese cut into circle on top. Decorate to look like a pumpkin
with either soft cheese piped or a white cheese cut into shapes.
Skull sandwiches Cut two slices of bread into skull
shapes. Cut eye and mouth shapes into the top slice. Spread with
butter. Spread the bottom slice thickly with jam and place the
top slice on letting the jam ooze through the gaps.
Devil egg eyes Slice a hard boiled egg in two. Scoop out
the yolk and in a separate bowl mix in some mayonnaise. Spoon
egg mixture back into boiled egg. To make the eye look bloodshot
use tomato ketchup.
Ice scream eyes Scope of raspberry ripple ice cream with
a cherry on top. Add strawberry sauce for more blood.
Bat wings Arrange chicken wings on a plate to look like
bats.
Dried scabs Simply a bowl of dried fruit. Red berries and
raisins look good.
Blood and guts Make up a red jelly and allow to set. Chop
up jelly and add red fruits for a gory look.
Fangs Slices of peeled apple with a strawberry (blood)
sauce.
Witches fingers Simply cocktail sausages with red or
green peppers. Cut a small (1cm) slice out of the top of the
sausage to form a shelf for the finger nail to rest. Cut the
pepper into finger nail shapes and add a bit of soft cheese on
the back to stick it onto the sausage.
Witch heads Cover a fairy cake with green butter icing
(or add green food colouring to cake mixture - a lot less messy
and time consuming). Cover an ice cream cone in melted chocolate
and allow to set. Add a little spare butter icing to the base of
the cone to stick it to a chocolate digestive to form a hat. Cut
up some liquorice laces and add to the top of the fairy cake to
form hair. Place the hat on top. Use dolly mixtures for eyes and
pipe black icing to form the rest of the face.
Blood Any red fruit juice or squash.
Mud Chocolate milkshake, mixed with ice cream and crushed
chocolate flakes.
Lastly why not serve up crisps in a bowl with plastic skeleton
or bats for decoration.
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