Halloween Treats!

Hi!
Hope you are well and are having a great halloween!

I've never really liked halloween ever since I was really young except for all the free sweets that is! But this year I am really excited for it! So I decided that I would make a few treats that I enjoy while being in the halloween spirit!
I would love to see all of your haloween costumes or any re-creations of these treats that you have done! So please do send them to me on instagram by tagging @charley418 or send me them on twitter with @charley0418 (links will be at the end of the post)

I hope you enjoy these! and let me know which ones are your favourite in the comments!

Have a happy Halloween and enjoy eating and making these 3 treats!
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Treat one- Skull Popcorn pops!


Ingredients-
-1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
-100g unpopped popcorn (1/2 cup)
-4 tablespoons unsalted butter
-135g of light brown sugar (2/3 cup)
-10.5oz of white mini marshmallows
-M&M's and candy corn to use as teeth (but i couldn't find any)



Directions-


1-Put the vegetable in a pan on a high heat.


2-Add the popcorn kernels and partially cover, when the popping stops remove from heat and transfer to a bowl that has been sprayed with oil.


3-Put the butter, sugar and marshmallows in the bowl on a medium heat and keep string until it is melted and smooth.


4- Pick the popcorn kernels that haven't been popped out of the bowl as you won't need these! Then pour the the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn.


5-Stir the mixture to coat the popcorn fully. Then leave to slightly cool.


6- Then spray your hands slightly with oil and mould into skull shapes around a stick, the pop on some baking parchment.


7- Before they set push some M&M's into the shape for eyes and if you have any candy corn use them for teeth!!


TADAA!!! One spooky treat made!!

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Treat 2- Ghost Strawberries!


Ingredients-
-30 strawberries
-8oz white chocolate
-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
-Milk chocolate chips



Directions-


1-First melt the white chocolate in a heat-proof bowl in the microwave while keep string it until fully smooth.


2- Add the vanilla extract and stir to make sure it is fully mixed and combined.

3- Then dip the strawberries into the white chocolate making sure they are mostly covered evenly. Then place onto baking parchment to set.


4-When slightly set pop 2 chocolate chips on the chocolate to make eyes.


5- When all of the strawberries are done and set melt the rest of the chocolate chips in the microwave or just like you had done with the white chocolate


6-Take a tooth pick and dip it in the melted chocolate. Draw an oval on the set strawberries to make a mouth.

DONE! These are actually my favourite of all the treat because they are the easiest to make but the also look really cute and spooky and they taste the best!!

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Treat 3- Rice Krispies Pumpkins!

Ingredients-
-6 tablespoons of butter
-Vanilla extract
-10.5oz Mini Marshmallows
-150g rice krispies
-Food colours (orange and yellow)
-Icing (red and green or black)


Directions-
1- Put the butter, marshmallows and a splash of vanilla extract into the bowl and heat until melted and smooth as you keep continually stiring.


2- Stir in the food colouring until you get the desired 'pumpkin' colour.


3- Add the mixture into the a bowl of the rice krispies and stir until fully coated (i also added more food colouring here)


4-Mist your hands slightly with spray oil and roll the rice krispies into balls or pumpkin shapes



5- Draw faces and leaves on the pumpkins and then your FINISHED!! And you can make the faces as cute or as scary as you want!

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Hope you all have an amazing Halloween and enjoy making and eating these treats!!

Don't forget to send me your pics! and comment below which one is your favourite!

My Links-
Instagram- http://instagram.com/charley418
Twitter- https://twitter.com/Charley0418