If you’re gearing up for a Halloween party then Drew is here to help. This month he picked out a few exotic treats to bring out the gruesome in your guests. Get creative, and dig in!
Spider cookies-
This one’s too simple to even need a recipe. Make up a batch of chocolate chip cookies using your favorite recipe. Fresh out of the oven, while the chocolate is still soft, drag a toothpick through the chocolate to make “legs” on each chocolate spider. Yum!
Flayed face cheese ball-
Basically, you’ll need a face mold from an art store. A halloween mask might work if you covered the eye holes.
- Line the inside of the mold with plastic wrap.
- Cover the inside of the mold completely with proscuitto. Shread it into small pieces first, as large swathes look cool, but are really hard to eat.
- Mix up a cheese ball mixture using your favorite recipe. You’ll need probably a double recipe, depending on the size of your mold.
- Press your cheese ball mixture into the mold, and chill.
- Remove from mold onto a plate, add eyes using sliced olives.
Ultimate eyeballs-
You’ve seen the eyeballs made of olives, but these are much better because of the way the pupil is made. Use mozzarella balls for the eyeball itself. Buy two colors (let’s say green and black) of fresh, non-pitted olives. Slice the end off of each of the green olives, then use a drinking straw to stamp a perfect hole into the cut-off piece. Use the straw to cut chunks from the black olives, and these small round chunks will fit perfectly into the green olives. Drizzle with olive oil and the spices of your choice.
Thanks to the folks at Dabbled.com for the Face and Eye recipes. Check their website for more Halloween goodies!
