Halloween food is almost as important as costumes or makeup. That’s why, we give you some great ideas to inspire you to cook on the Day of the Dead. To surprise your friends, children or partner during that terrifying night, take note of these 5 quick recipes for Halloween dinner. We can assure you that with any of these dishes for October 31 you will succeed and you will be the true queen of the party. In addition, there are something for all tastes: desserts, starters, gluten-free, sugar-free Halloween recipes… Apron, get to work and have a little bit of fear while eating! Yum…
The best Halloween recipes
1 Deadly coffins
You will see that this is a very simple Halloween recipe to prepare and that it looks very good. Take about 24 slices of crust less bread and go making the sandwiches with whatever you want. You can use a little ham or cheese, pate or sobrasada. Cut the slices in the shape of a coffin and with the help of the ketchup put a cross on top of them. Creepy, but yummy!
2 Apples with poison
This is another dish that will delight even those with a sweet tooth. Take 6 red or green apples and cut them in half, removing the core. Fill the hole with cocoa cream and make a small cut to place a worm-shaped jelly bean or the one you like best. To finish, put the two parts of the apple together and serve in a bowl. You will have a chilling dessert to enjoy as a couple or with your guests!
3 Dangerous spiders: perfect recipe for Halloween
To get this recipe for Halloween, we simply have to cook some eggs and cut them in half. On them we must incorporate the dangerous spiders that will be part of the menu through black olives. It is necessary to cut them to form the body of the spider and its legs. Don’t you think it’s original and gloomy? I’m sure your friends and family will be very surprised.
4 Halloween pumpkins
How to get terrifying Halloween pumpkins easily and quickly at home? We can do it with rice with coloring in small balls. To decorate, nothing better than some olives to put terrifying gestures on the pumpkins.
5 Fingers with blood
It is a very simple recipe and perfect for that special night. To do this, take about 12 frankfurters and cut them in half. Make a few small cuts to simulate the knuckles of the fingers. Pass the sausages through the pan for a couple of minutes and see placing them on a plate. Take a bell pepper and cut into the shape of a fingernail. Go putting it on top of the sausages to give it realism and add ketchup to the base to simulate blood. You can also make it with dough and some almonds as a nail as in the image that we show you. How about?
Other simple, delicious and terrifying dishes for the Night of the Dead
We have already told you what are the best recipes you can make on Halloween, but no, they are NOT the only ones. There are many other ideas just as fast, easy and terrifying. Do you need more inspiration? Write down these others:
Terrifying mummies with sausages
Yes, as you can see, sausages are a very popular ingredient for Halloween recipes. In fact, if you buy one or two packages you can take the opportunity to make the fingers with blood that we have already explained above or these delicious terrifying mummies. You will have to make a cut in half in each sausage to fill them with cheese (or buy them already stuffed, as you prefer); wrap them with bacon and then with strips of puff pastry. Afterwards, you will have to place them on a baking tray and in 15 or 20 minutes… your mummies will be ready to enter the sarcophagus of your stomach!
Witch cupcakes
If you and your guests at Halloween are more into sweet than salty, then you have to go for this witch cupcake recipe. You will not regret! When you have the cupcakes made, remember that you must decorate them with a witch hat or with other Halloween elements that you can think of: bats, ghosts…. Let your imagination fly!