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Homemade Halloween Sweets
If you’re having a Halloween party this weekend, sweets will definitely be on your shopping list! I prefer to not buy those and make my own sweets. A bit healthier and also a lot more fun to do with the kids! I made 4 easy recipes and included them below. Have fun making them and let us know what Halloween sweets you make.
Candy Apples
This is a classic and this blog would not be complete without it.
It’s easy as long as you have the right tools. So I will list those together with the ingredients.
What you need:
- heavy base saucepan
- cooking thermometer
- candy sticks (I used chopsticks)
- 12 green apples
- 3 cups of sugar
- 1/2 of golden syrup
- 1 cup of water
- red food colouring
What you do:
Put the sugar, syrup, and water in the saucepan and heat it up (while stirring or it will burn) to a temperature of 150 degrees Celcius. This makes it ‘crack’ when dried. This is the only part that is crucial, it needs to be the right temperature. Wash and dry the apples and put the sticks in, leave them on a greaseproof paper of cooking mat. When the sugar mix is done take it off the heat and mix in 3 to 6 drops of food colouring.
Dip and coat the apples in the mixture to cover them fully and leave to dry. I use cupcake cases to help with drips.
When cooled they are ready to eat!
The leftover syrup can be spread out over some baking paper and used as decoration on things like cupcakes and cakes. I will be using it for my Halloween glass shard cupcakes.
Teeth apples
Super simple and quick to make and you only need 3 things.
What you need:
- 6 red or green mini apples
- peanut butter
- mini marshmallows
What to do:
Wash and dry the apples, then using an apple cutter or a knife make 8 partitions from 1 apple (do not peel them!)
Put a thin layer of peanut butter on one side of every part.
Add up to 6 marshmallows on one part and stick a second one on top of it.
And that’s it, easy, tasty and fun
Bloody chocolate cups
These easy and fun but very tasty sweets are not just easy to make, it looks really cool.
What you need:
- 600 grams of milk chocolate (makes 9)
- raspberry or strawberry jam (your preference)
What you do:
Break the chocolate into small pieces and put in a microwave-safe bowl.
Heat up the chocolate in 30-second increments (or it will burn) and mix in between each time.
It should take no more than 2-3 minutes for all the chocolate to be melted, careful the bowl can get hot!
In a muffin tin put some cupcake cases and fill them half with chocolate.
Put in the fridge and leave to cool until its solid to the touch.
Add a teaspoon of jam to the middle of the chocolate and fill the rest up with the melted chocolate.
Leave to cool in the fridge again, and when cooled pull off the paper and they are ready to eat!
Spooky rice krispie cakes
These easy to make sweets can be made in any shape and size, making them very versatile and fun for children.
What you need:
- 170 gram of marshmallows
- 170 gram of rice krispies
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 200-gram white chocolate
- multiple food colourings to fit with your choice of decoration
What you do:
Add the marshmallows and the butter to a microwavable bowl, and put in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, mixing in between until melted.
When melted, mix in the rice krispies and let cool until it’s safe to touch.
Make into any shape you want, like balls, bats, pumpkins, ghosts, and mummies (I made ghosts and pumpkins) – you can do this by hand, use cookie cutters or cake shapes.
Put in the fridge for about 1 hour to let cool, then they will be ready to decorate.
Break the chocolate into small pieces and put in a microwavable bowl.
Heat up the chocolate in 30-second increments (or it will burn), mixing in between until melted.
Divide over several bowls and add food colouring.
Decorate however you like, let cool and they are ready to eat!
Enjoy and Happy Halloween!