Photo by Sharron Gibson
Here are series of fun Halloween recipe ideas I developed for the Good Food Channel website which are perfect for parties, beautifully photographed by Sharron Gibson of The Image Garden.
I’ve kept things very simple to make, so they’re ideal for cooking with kids. I’ve also tried to inject lots of flavour into the recipes as that can often get neglected when focussing on how something looks.
If you need to stash ideas for half term baking then this little lot will keep you busy. Let me know how you get on if you give any of them a try – comments always welcomed!
Spider cupcakes
Mini oreos for bodies and shiny liquorice gives the legs a creepy crawly quality. But don’t be too creeped out, the spiders are sitting on a layer of orange infused buttercream and sponge so make for a tasty treat.
Photo by Sharron Gibson
Halloween chocolate peppermint squares
I gave the good old millionaire’s shortbread a halloween makeover with a zombie green peppermint layer and some white chocolate cobwebs on the top. The team did not hesitate to pounce on these chocolatey squares as soon as they’d been photographed. Highly addictive…
Photo by Sharron Gibson
Zombie guts jelly pots
These look fairly disgusting but taste great and are a brilliant way to inject some fruit into your little monsters. If you can’t find pomegranate, passion fruit looks equally foul.
Photo by Sharron Gibson
Spooky strawberries
Strawberries dipped in chocolate go from being romantic to ghostly when they’re adorned with vacant eyes and gormless mouths. They still taste divine though! Sharron got a little carried away with staging the execution of one of the spooky strawberries…
Photo by Sharron Gibson
Spider cookies
The ideal half term baking project with plenty of jobs to delegate to little people. From making cookie dough, rolling it out and stamping out circles. To mixing and colouring the icing. And finally letting them loose with the decorations.
Photograph by Sharron Gibson
Thanks to Sharron at The Image Garden for providing the photographs from the shoot and to Anna at The Good Food Channel for another fun few days
Some great ideas there Katie. Love the jelly.
Thanks Jac… It tastes better than it looks thankfully!!!
Oooh, the peppermint squares are my favourite, they look fab!
Thanks Lucy. They’re delicious with a nice cuppa 🙂
Brilliant recipes, photos are stunning! Just what is needed with Halloween around the corner, easy recipes that parents can whip up quickly and kids will eagerly devour. 🙂
Thanks Michelle – ’twas a fun shoot!!
I loooove those spooky strawberries. So easy but I bet the children chomp them up. We did a toad in the hole graveyard last year with RIP biscuit graves and green mash!
That sounds brilliant Urvashi. I love mucking about with food. These strawberries are so simple and very very chompable!!!
I love these Katie, especially the spooky Millionaires Shortbread. Inspired!
Thanks Helen! Yes the shortbread is my fave to 🙂
What a cool collection of recipes! I always think Halloween treats are hard to come up with…they need to be fun and a bit scary but not look so scary you don’t want to eat them 🙂 Yours are spot on. I’d munch the lot xx
Aw thanks Anneli!!!
Devilishly delicious! Love them all – we’ll be trying the strawberries and the orange infused spider cupcakes – they all look very cool!
Thanks Ren – delicious and fun always a good combo I find! Let me know how you get on 🙂
What a wonderful collection of recipes. I love them all!
These are all lovely ideas and fun for making with the kids! Perfect for treats for Halloween!
Thanks Nazima!