Sweet Treats for Halloween

Sweeten up your day with these yummy treats which will lift your mood. Your kids will love making these fantastic Halloween goodies with you. Below we have chosen two taste bud tingling recipes, perfect for parties and family gatherings.

Tombstone Cookies

Get your hands on these scrumptious cookies which will leave you wanting more!

Serves: 20 people
Prep time: Approx 1 hour
Cook & chill time: Approx 1 hour each

Ingredients:
Softened butter (6 tbsp)
1 large egg
Cocoa nibs (2 tbsp)
Sugar (1/2 cup & extra for sprinkling)
Vanilla (1/2 tsp)
Salt (1/4 tsp)
All-purpose flour (1 1/3 cups)
Baking powder (1/2 tsp)
Melted semi sweet chocolate

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Whirl coca nibs into the size of a grain of rice.
3. Beat butter and ½ cup of sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer.
4. Add the vanilla and egg to the bowl and mix again.
5. In a different bowl, whisk baking powder, cocoa nibs, salt and flour.
6. Then gradually add the butter to the second bowl and blend till the mixture is doughy.
7. Divide dough into thirds.
8. Cover each portion with plastic wrap and put in fridge for 1 hour.
9. Flour a board and roll out the dough one portion at a time to 1/8 inches thick.
10. Cut out tombstone shape with a sharp knife.
11. Place on ungreased baking sheets slightly apart from each other.
12. Bake cookie until lightly brown (10 minutes)
13. Take out of oven and cool.
14. Pipe ‘RIP’ with melted chocolate.
15. Push these into your chocolate dessert pots and enjoy!

Marshmallow Ghosts

These crunchy and creamy marshmallow ghosts will definitely get your mouth watering!

Serves: 18 people
Prep time: 40 mins
Cook time: 10 mins

Ingredients:
Unsalted butter (100g & extra to grease tin)
Pink & white marshmallows (300g)
Melted white chocolate (300g)
Rice Krispies (200g)
Wooden lolly sticks
Melted milk chocolate or icing for decoration

Instructions:

1. Line and butter a baking tin.
2. Melt the butter in a pan.
3. Add the marshmallows and stir gently until they all have melted.
4. Stir in Rice Krispies and stir until they are all coated.
5. Spoon the mixture into the greased tin and press to make sure it is all flat.
6. Chill until it has set.
7. Cut the Rice Krispies into rectangles, then with a sharp knife round off tops and make the bottoms jagged like the in the image.
8. Carefully push a lolly stick into the bottom of each ghost.
9. Spoon melted white chocolate over each ghost and leave to set.
10. Decorate with milk chocolate or icing and leave to set again.