Daisy Chains and Picnics

Halloween is all about the creepiest, grossest looking foods imaginable. Lot's of green, black, orange and red foods, colours and decor. These simple yet effective desserts are ideal for kids parties.  Or for an adult party why not add a touch of your favourite tipple to make terrific spooky jelly shots.  Ingredients 1 packet green jelly  50 g white chocolate melts Melt chocolate according to packet directions. Pour into a small plastic ziplock bag. Cut a small piece from one corner. Pipe ghost shapes onto a lined baking tray. Set aside to set. Meanwhile make jelly according to packet instructions. Pour into your desired dishes. Refrigerate until set. Once set, carefully insert the chocolate ghosts into the jelly.  Get ready to be spooked !

Dark chocolate is ideal for turning dessert into a spooky Halloween treat.  The kids will love 'digging' into these delicious graves. By layering three different chocolate desserts it gives a soil look for your guests to 'dig' into. These little pots of decadence will make the ideal end to your Halloween meal. Ingredients 50 g chocolate cake, crumbled 50 g dark chocolate melts 75 g packet chocolate mousse Method 1.  Place crumbled chocolate cake in the bottom of your chosen dishes. Melt chocolate melts according to packet directions. Pour on top of cake. Allow to set. 2.  Make chocolate mousse according to packet instructions. Spoon over set chocolate. Top with more crumbled cake. Please 'Dig in'

Who doesn't love milkshakes. There are so many flavours and varieties to choose from, the list is endless. I made some apple sauce for dinner and had some left over. I decided to try it in a milkshake, then thought about making a Halloween type of milkshake. To make the apple sauce combine 3 apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks with 2-3 tablespoons of cold water, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes or until apples have softened. Allow to cool then puree until smooth. Ingredients 1 packet red jelly 1 1/2 cups milk 1 cup ice cream 3 tablespoons apple sauce 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon sugar Method Make up jelly according to packet directions. Pour some at the bottom of your chosen glass. Allow to set. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into your prepar...

The kids will love getting involved with this gross sticky mass of green popcorn. Ideal for the upcoming Halloween. Ingredients 1 packet microwave popcorn 100 g white marshmallows 40 g white chocolate melts green food colouring Method 1.  Make popcorn according to packet directions. Put into a bowl to cool. 2.  Place marshmallows in a large microwavable bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, and stir, repeat until melted. Add a few drops of green food colouring, stir to combine. Add popcorn to melted marshmallows. Mix to combine. Turn out onto a lined baking tray. 3.  Melt white chocolate according to packet directions. Add a couple of drops of green food colour. Drizzle over coated popcorn. Have a Snotty Halloween!

My youngest LOVES anything Unicorn. She would give her right arm to be able to have Unicorn coloured hair but unfortunately she can't because of school, but anything else Unicorn and she goes all mushy. This Unicorn layered yogurt is so easy to make the kids can help with it. All you need is some vanilla yogurt and food colouring. Divide equal amounts of vanilla yogurt between 4 bowls, add a couple of drops of food colouring to each separate bowl, mix to combine, then layer a dessert bowl with each colour yogurt. Top with whipped cream and sprinkles. Makes for a very colourful dessert, not to mention cute. The kids will love it.  Enjoy.

Jodie and myself have been putting our heads together to come up with things that we could make for Halloween. Trawling the ever handy internet for ideas. Jodie suggested a brownie graveyard with gravestones so we decided to put the two together and make a brownie gravestone with 'someone' trying to get out of a coffin... Hence..The night of the living dead! It's not the cough that carries you off-it's the coffin they carry you off in!  😁 My gran used to say that to us kids when ever we had a cough! To make the shape of the headstone, Jodie fashioned some some tinfoil into a gravestone shaped mould in which I poured the white chocolate and a little swirl of black food colour. Then cut the brownie into a coffin shape. The outside texture of the brownie gave a fantastic creepy effect, which I thought was perfect for how I wanted the overall appearance to look. Ingredients 1 brownie tray bake kit 5 chocolate finger biscui...

Our youngest has an amazing talent for drawing, she must take it from both her granda's, they were also great at drawing. This might just be her calling in life!

I saw these in this months Coles magazine and thought it was a great idea to get the kids involved in the Halloween festivities. OK so ours didn't quite turn out like shown in the magazine but they were fun to make and even more fun to eat! All you need is chocolate melts and M&Ms.... For the webs, melt 150 g white chocolate melts according to packet instructions. Place in a zip lock plastic bag and cut off a small piece of one corner. Pipe spider web shapes onto a lined baking tray. Set aside to set. For the spiders, melt 100 g dark chocolate melts following packet instructions. Place in a small zip lock plastic bag and cut off a small piece of one corner. Pipe spider legs onto a lined baking tray and top with M&Ms for the bodies. Set aside to set. Once set carefully remove the webs and spiders from the parchment paper and set on your desired plate. How fun do these look for a kiddies Halloween party. recipe sourced from coles.c...

A delicious taste of spring and summer. This rhubarb compote is quick and easy to make. Add to desserts, on top of breakfast cereal or pancakes. Rhubarb always reminds me of childhood. My mum and gran grew rhubarb in the garden. Once it was ripe enough to eat, we would pour some sugar into a bowl and dip in the rhubarb stalks, then eat!. Munching our way through loads of sugary dipped rhubarb, not the most healthiest of ways to eat it but fun and delicious for us kids, and at least we were getting the goodness from the fruit. Scott came home the other day with an armful of fresh rhubarb from a friends garden. As it is Halloween soon, I thought about making a compote to go with our ghoulish desserts, you know, a blood sort of thing dripping from the hands of creepy zombies etc. Ingredients 3 cups 1/2 inch pieces of rhubarb 1 cup sugar 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/2 Tsp grated ginger Method 1.  Combine all ingredients in a large heavy based saucepa...