Hosting a Halloween party last min and need some ideas? We’ll help you make some spooktacular treats for your guest worth instagramming. Try out these spot on, easy to make ideas for a Halloween evening worth remembering.
Freaky Frankenstein Cocktail
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What you need
- Apple Vodka
- Melon liquor
- Sparkling water
- Black sugar
How to make
- Wet the rim of the glass with vodka or water and dip it in black sugar.
- Mix the other ingredients in a separate container and pour into the glass.
- Serve with ice.
Witches Hair Pasta
What you need
- 6 large garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 lb dried squid ink spaghetti
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
How to make
- Finely chop the garlic and set it aside.
- Boil some water in a large pan, add salt, and cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.
- Whilst the pasta is cooking, put some olive oil, and chopped garlic into a large pan.
- Cook over a low heat for 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds more.
- Take a cup measure and remove 1/2 cup of the water the pasta is cooking in.
- Add it carefully to the garlic oil.
- Let this mixture simmer until you are ready to drain the pasta.
- Reserve a further cup of the pasta cooking water, before you drain the pasta.
- Add the cooked pasta to the garlic mixture and stir well to combine, over a high heat
- Add more cooking water if needed then serve immediately.
Halloween Bat Treats
What you need
- 25 Miniature Reeses Cups
- 25 Thin Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 1/3 cup cream cheese frosting
- 50 edible eyes
How to make
- Remove the wrappers from the Reeses cups.
- Break the cookies in equal halves and scrape off the frosting and discard or just lick it away.
- Fill up a bag with the frosting. Cut off the tip of the bag and pipe frosting onto the back corners of the broken cookie pieces.
- Press one cookie piece on the left of the Reeses cup and another cookie piece on the right of the Reeses cup.
- Pipe frosting on the back of the edible eyes and secure on top of the center of the Reeses cup.
Have a Happy Halloween!