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Spooktacular Snacks

Gabriela Franco, Sophomore


Are you having a Halloween Party and don’t know what kind of desserts or drinks to make for your guests? Well, you came to the right place! Here are some homemade food and drink items that were found off of some amazing websites. The first one is a dessert, the second one is a drink, and the last one is an appetizer.


Blood Drip Cupcakes

This can serve 16-18 people, the prep time is 25 minutes, and the total time is 1 hour and 50 minutes.

The ingredients you’ll need are


  • 1 ¼ c. all purpose flour

  • ½ c. Unsweetened cocoa powder

  • ¼ c. Malt Powder

  • 1 ⅓ c. Sugar

  • 1 tsp. Instant Coffee

  • 1 tsp. Baking soda

  • 1 tsp. Baking powder

  • 1 tsp. Kosher Salt

  • 2 large eggs

  • 1 c. Buttermilk

  • ⅔ c. Unsalted butter, melted

  • 2 tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract

  • 2 c. Buttercream Frosting

For the Glass Candy

  • ½ c. Light Corn Syrup

  • 3 c. Sugar

  • ¼ tsp. Cream of Tartar

  • 1 ½ c. Water

  • Red food coloring gel for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Fill cupcake pan with liners and set aside.

  • Make cupcakes: In a large bowl using a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer using the whisk attachment, mix together flour, cocoa, malt powder, sugar, coffee, baking soda and powder, and salt. Add in eggs, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla and beat on medium until well combined, about 2 minutes. Pour in 3/4 cup boiling water and beat until well combined.

  • Fill cupcake liners until each cup is two-thirds full, then bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.

  • Make glass candy: Line a baking sheet with foil. Place all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high heat and stir until mixture begins to boil. Stop boiling and clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Use a brush and water to wash down any crystals. Bring mixture to 300°, then pour hot candy mixture into prepared pan. Set aside at least 1 hour, then break apart candy into shards.

  • Assemble: Pipe frosting onto cupcakes and insert candy glass into center. Pipe red gel onto cupcakes for a blood drip finish.

Now your guests can express their inner vampire with these cupcakes!



Ocean Blue Goblet

This drink is a simple but fun recipe!

The ingredients you’ll need for this are:

  • 3 oz Torani Blue Raspberry Syrup

  • 9.5 oz Sour Mix

  • 9.5 oz Lemon-Lime Soda

Instructions

Combine ingredients in goblet (or glass). Garnish with two blue gummy / marshmallow sharks inside glass / goblet and one on top.

Now you are done and you have an amazing drinks to serve to your guests!





Ghost Pizza Bagels

Yields up to 8 servings, 10 minutes for prep time, and 20 minutes to make this ghostly dish.


These are the ingredients that you will need:

  • 8 slices of mozzarella

  • 8 mini bagels

  • ½ c. marinara

  • 4 black olives

Directions

Step 1: First you have to Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Then you have to Cut mozzarella slices into ghost shapes using a paring knife. Step 2: Next, you have to spread a thin layer of marinara over the pizza bagel and top it off with a ghost. There’s more! Step 3: Bake until cheese is melty, for 10 minutes. Step 4: This is the last step for this dish, while the cheese is melting, cut olives into little pieces for eyes.Then, dot the ghosts and serve!

That’s all the recipes you can use to make if you are going to have a spooktacular party for Halloween. Hope you find these delicious recipes helpful for your spooky fright night !

If you need more food ideas or drink ideas you can visit these websites down below. Have fun baking or making drinks this Halloween!

 
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