Alright, so this post is kinda late but, better late than never, right? This year, Jay and I had a very quiet Halloween with three friends, a couple of scary movies, really “gross” food, and a last minute pumpkin carving contest. It seems like tradition now for me to make Vampire Cupcakes especially because I think this is the third time I’ve made them. My friend sent me the link to Baking Bites a while back and I instantly fell in love with the cupcake recipe (found here). Trust me, they are worth the effort. Only thing is, when you’re making the marshmallow frosting, don’t over beat the eggs or the frosting will over time get hard and crunchy. Not a big deal and our friends insisted it added to the cupcake experience but I personally prefer to have my frosting soft.
And now comes the “gross” food…
Gnarled and mangled shortbread fingers with sliced almonds for nails. A couple of the fingers lost their “nails” and I glued them back on with leftover “blood” (cherry filling).
BBQ “Bat” wings (recipe here). Sweet and yummy.
My personal favourite, gutted flesh worms (instructions here). Honestly, this was delicious.
Jay had originally allotted 45 minutes to carve our pumpkins but that was just impossible. I think it took us close to two hours to carve these beauties:
