Belated Halloween Blog

So, I've been meaning to share some super fun Halloween treat ideas I tried out this year. After losing my job, starting a new one, and trying to get settled into some sense of normal, I've finally got some free time on my hands to post this :)

So the first was an idea I saw used here. (To see a really nice how to on her blog, check out the link)This one didn't cook up to show all the layers all that well but in any case, the black and orange swirly made for some fun cupcakes.

I originally went with black frosting and quickly realized that this would dye the mouths of everyone who ate them....which isn't exactly what I was going for. I then decided orange was probably a safer option.

I did the icing by scooping it all into a sandwich bag and snipping one of the corners. After doing it I realized the icing looked a bit like a giant swirly turd. Lesson learned: make a smaller cut in the bag next time.

The next recipe I tried were string cheese witch fingers.



This one is super easy, and I think came out super cute. Start by taking your string cheese and cutting it in half to make two fingers. Use a pairing knife to hollow out a spot towards the top where you will later place the nail, so that it will lay fairly flat. Then take your pairing knife and make teeny notches to look like the knuckles. (This looks a lot harder than it actually is.)

You can then slice up a green bell pepper to make little fingernail pieces. You will want to cut the "meat" of the pepper fingernail so it is about 1/2 as thick so that it will lay a little flatter on the cheese.

Adhere with a little dab of cream cheese and voila!

On a side note, I'd recommend making sure your hands are very clean (which you should be doing anyway) and maybe even wearing gloves, as string cheese picks up little particles quite easily. I made the mistake of quickly wiping some of the cream cheese off of my fingers onto a black kitchen towels, and then noticed some of the little black fibers stuck to the next finger I worked on....oops!

The final treat I tried was an idea my mom gave to me based off something she had seen someone bring to an office Halloween party. To create these spider eggs, just prepare your favorite deviled egg recipe, and then use black olives to create spiders for each egg. I used about 1/2 an olive for each body, and then sliced up the olives to make little legs.

This one is super easy, but quite time consuming. In any case, I'm glad I did it. It was my first time ever making deviled eggs and I think they came out really cute!

I ended up dressing as Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas and the husband was a mad scientist(literally and angry scientist). Unfortunately we managed to make it through the entire party without taking any pictures of ourselves. Bummer!

In any case, I'm looking forward to finding some new fun Halloween recipes to try out in the future!