6 Fun Recipes For Halloween

Nana’s Candy Apples

Serves: 12 apples

Total Time: 15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 6 cups of caster sugar
• 2 cups of cold water
• 2 tbsp of white vinegar
• 6 tbsp of golden syrup 
• 12 apples
• 2-4 drops of red food colouring

METHOD

1. Add the caster sugar, cold water, white vinegar, golden syrup and food colouring to a pan, and mix well. Boil until the mixture thickens and reaches the ‘hard crack’ stage. If using a sugar thermometer, this will be 150°C – or you can test your candy by adding a few drops of cold water and it should harden immediately.
2. Quickly dip and swirl each apple, then wipe off the excess on the pan when lifting out. Place each candy apple on greaseproof paper and leave to set.  
3. Once set, you can wrap in cellophane and secure with a tie – or add a little bow to be extra cute. 

*Be careful with the hot candy to ensure you don’t burn yourself. 

Witches Fingers

Serves: 12 fingers

Time: 10 Minutes

INGREDIENTS: 

• 12 mozzarella string cheese sticks (or any cheese stick)
• 12 slices of prosciutto 
• 6-10 large black olives, halved
• 3 tbsp of cream cheese

METHOD: 

1. Cut the olive halves into the shape of a nail – one end round and one end pointy. 
2. Wrap each string cheese with a piece of prosciutto and place on a serving platter.
3. Spread a dab of cream cheese on the back of each olive piece (this will help it stick to the finger). Then, top the end of each finger with the nail-shaped olive piece.

Pizza Pumpkin Bombs

Serves: 12 pizza pumpkins

Time: 40 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 sheet of ready-to-roll pizza dough
• 200g of cheese, shredded or grated (mozzarella or cheddar)
• 12 pieces of salami
• 1 jar of tomato marinara sauce 

METHOD:

1. Roll out the pizza dough onto some baking paper and cut out 12 circles of dough.
2. Spoon the tomato sauce onto the dough circles, then layer the cheese and salami pieces on top.
3. Pinch together the edges of the circle and form into a ball. Use a string (suitable for cooking and baking) to tie up the ball into a parcel, wrapping the string around six times so that a pumpkin form appears. 
4. Place the pizza pumpkins into the oven on a tray and bake for 12-15 minutes at 180°C.
5. Once golden brown, take out of the oven and use basil as the pumpkin stalk to serve.

Halloween Oreo Truffles

Serves: 10 truffles

Time: 1 Hours 15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• 10 Oreos 
• 50g of cream cheese
• 200g of white chocolate 
• 20 edible candy eyes (you can find them on Amazon)

METHOD:

1. Crush up the Oreos using a food processor or a zip-lock bag and a rolling pin.
2. Then, pour them into a bowl and mix with the cream cheese. Mix until combined into a paste. 
3. Scoop up a tbsp of the mixture, roll it into a ball and place on a plate. Repeat until there is no more mixture left. Freeze for one hour to set the balls. 
4. While your truffles are setting, take your white chocolate bar and break it up into blocks in a glass bowl. Microwave the chocolate at 500W in one-minute bursts, mixing in between. 
5. Once melted, transfer 2 tbsp of the melted chocolate into a piping bag to be used later. Then, coat the truffle balls in the white chocolate and drip off any excess. 
6. Once finished, transfer the balls onto baking paper. Pipe over the remaining white chocolate and add 2 edible eyes to each truffle, then let the truffles set in the fridge until hard.