3 Easy Recipes for Your Halloween Party

There’s a chill in the air and the nights are drawing in… It’s that time of year again. Halloween is this Monday, but we expect plenty of you will be celebrating this weekend. Whether you’re going to a party or throwing one, make sure you’re prepared to scare! These simple recipes are so easy to make, there’s nothing to fear. Try them for yourself…

Banana Ghosts

A healthier alternative to trick-or-treat sweets, these cute lollies can be made with just four ingredients – and they taste spookily like ice cream!

Ingredients

Bananas

White chocolate

Dark chocolate

Desiccated coconut

Method

1. Peel the bananas, cut in half, and push a lolly stick into each piece.
   
2. Gently melt the white chocolate over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave.
   
3. Coat each piece of banana with white chocolate, then sprinkle with desiccated coconut.
   
4. Decorate the ghosts with eyes and mouths, piped from melted dark chocolate.
   
5. Place in the freezer for at least 4 hours before serving.
   

Chocolate Graveyard

A slightly more grown-up treat, this easy-to-make dessert would make a decadent end to any Halloween feast!

Ingredients

300ml double cream

200g bar dark chocolate

Vanilla extract

White chocolate

Gummy worms

Method

1. Melt 150g of the dark chocolate with 100ml of the cream, either in the microwave or over a pan of simmering water. Stir until the mixture is rich and creamy, then wait to cool.
   
2. In a separate bowl, whip the remaining cream into stiff peaks.
   
3. Combine the whipped cream and chocolate-cream mixture using a hand mixture. Spoon into 4 small glasses.
   
4. Use chunks of the remaining dark chocolate as gravestones. Pipe “RIP” onto each chunk with melted white chocolate.
   
5. Decorate each dessert with a gravestone and gummy worms. Chill before serving.
   

Witches’ Fingers

This grizzly treat is a Halloween classic. Terrify your guests!

Ingredients

250g butter

120g icing sugar

1 egg

350g plain flour

1tsp baking powder

1tsp salt

1tsp almond extract

100g whole almonds

Method

1. Beat together the butter, icing sugar, egg and almond extract with an electric mixer.
   
2. Add the baking powder and salt. Fold in the flour gradually. Knead together until smooth, then chill for 30 minutes.
   
3. Take a small piece of dough and roll into a thin cylinder. Squeeze to give the impression of knuckles, then add lines with a knife. Press a whole almond into the end of the biscuit. Repeat until you have used all of the dough.
   
4. Bake on a greased baking tray at 160C for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
   

We hope you have a spooktacular Halloween and delight (or disgust!) your guests with these recipes. Remember, if you wish you were whipping these up in a Bear and Woods kitchen, you can book a design consultation with one of our experts. They’re free until the end of the year, so don’t hang around!

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