Candy isn’t the only thing you can munch and crunch on during this spooktacular time of year! Try making these 5 spooky snacks that you can bring to any Halloween party:
1.- Halloween Snack Mix
Let’s start with an easy one! All you need to do is combine everyone’s favourite mini snacks (crackers, crisps, popcorn, cereal, nuts, chocolates, etc.) into a bag or container. It’s a really great idea to take a bag or two with you while you trick-or-treat through your friends’ Halloween party!
2.- Gooey Sweet Kebabs
Who said kebabs must always be savoury!? Stack your favourite gooey sweets on skewers, then slide into a glass jar full of sweets for a treat that can also serve as the perfect spooky centrepiece.
3.- Spooky Peanut Butter and jam Sandwiches (Bat shaped)
This could be the perfect evening snack! And also a super simple way to get a filling treat into your goblin friends’ tummies. Using a bat-shaped cookie cutter, press into pre-made peanut butter and jam sandwiches and be ready to enjoy the spooky sweetness.
What you’ll need:
- Bat cookie-cutter – find on your favourite online marketplace.
- Peanut butter
- Jam
- Soft bread
4.- Dracula Denture Treats
Do you remember our almond cookies recipe? You can use it to make a spooky yet realistic treat in a few steps! Muahaha.
You will need:
- 1 can vanilla frosting
- Red food colouring
- 1 bag of mini marshmallows
- Slivered almonds
Directions:
- Follow the directions of our almond cookies recipe. Once the cookies have cooled down, cut them carefully in half.
- Grab your bowl and add the vanilla frosting plus a few drops of red food colouring. Stir until smooth. Spread a thin layer of red frosting onto each cookie half.
- Place mini marshmallows around the round edges of half of the halves. Place the remaining halves on top, then stick a slivered almond on each side to create vampire fangs.
5.- Bread Bowl Cauldron with Spinach Dip
Spinach dip is always a crowd-pleaser but dye it green put it in a black bread cauldron and you’ve got an appetiser that will give your guests spooky chills all night long!
Ingredients:
- 1 c. sour cream
- ½ c. mayonnaise
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 package frozen chopped spinach
- ½ c. chopped scallions
- ¼ c. shredded carrots
- 2 refrigerated breadsticks
- Black Icing Colour
- Green Icing Colour (optional)
- 1 round loaf pumpernickel bread
- 1 package of cream cheese
- La Española Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, basil, black pepper, garlic powder, and salt; mix well. Stir in spinach, scallions, and carrots; blend well. Tint green with icing colour if desired. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight for flavours to develop.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Unroll 2 attached breadsticks from a package of refrigerated breadsticks. Twist and form into a handle shape. Insert a toothpick into each end and bake as the package directs. (You can bake the remaining breadsticks as well and serve them as an accompaniment to dip.)
- Remove the breadsticks from the oven and let them cool completely. Paint handle with black icing colour. Cut the top off bread and hollow it out to form a bowl. Insert the handle into the top of the bread bowl.
- In a small bowl, tint cream cheese black with icing colour. Transfer to a zip-top bag. Snip 1/2-in. hole from one corner of the bag. Pipe around the top of the cauldron.
- Add the Spinach dip in the hole of your cauldron and drizzle it with La Española Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oil to elevate the flavours of your spooky potion! Serve with baked breadsticks and raw vegetables.
This year’s Halloween night, don’t let the scaries keep you from enjoying these amazing snacks that are not only super “instagramable”, but they taste delicious too! Do you have a must-try Halloween recipe that you think we should know? Head over to our Facebook and/or Instagram and share it with us!