Every Halloween I have grand plans to make “scary” Halloween food.
This year, I have my eye on:
- Brain cupcakes (so clever)
- Chocolate Witch Hats (not scary, but cool)
I’m all over the scary food right now.
[P.S. – Kitty litter cake? Really? I might barf. times ten.]
Anyway, I dream about all the scary food I’ll make and then it occurs to me that I really just want chocolate in mass quantities.
I don’t care if it scares me, in fact, I doubt chocolate could. Well, unless it’s shaped like poo or even worse, in a litter box. That’s pretty scary. The same goes for Eric playing Christmas music a week before Halloween.
Sigh.
Give me luxurious chocolate, Green Monster shots, “scary” Dollarstore decorations, and a couple easy, no-bake recipes?
I can do that.
Vegan Double Chocolate Pudding Cups
Ingredients:
- 1 batch of my favourite vegan pudding (or double it if you need more)
- Shot glasses or parfait glasses
- Natural cane sugar
- Food coloring (the Wilton ones I have are vegan)
- Coconut/chia seeds, to garnish (optional)
Directions:
1. With a food processor, make the vegan pudding.
2. To make coloured sugar, add about 1/4 cup of sugar into a bowl. Now add about 5-6 drops of your desired colour. Mix well with a spoon or hands until combined (I put gloves on to avoid staining).
3. To rim glass, dip end into water and then dip into the coloured sugar mixture. Twist glass until coated evenly.
4. Add pudding and top with coconut and coloured sugar.
Man, I love this pudding. This is an example of avocado in a dessert that works!
See, scary?
Oh my what nice eyes you have…
And because I’m all about balance, something GREEN!
A Green Monster on Halloween, how appropriate.
[Please avoid the glaring obvious that these look like Christmas shots instead of Halloween. I blame Eric playing Christmas music.]
Mini Green Monster Shots
Made extra sweet for Halloween!
Yield: ~2.5 cups
Ingredients:
- 3 frozen bananas (peel before freezing)
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1-2 cups spinach
- chia seeds, if desired
- ice, if desired
1. Chill shot glasses in freezer. Throw ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Rim with sugar (as explained above) and fill with green monster smoothie.
Get this. I chilled the shot glasses in the freezer beforehand. DO IT!
Get what else. I discovered I could make my own coloured sugar.
All you do is add food colouring drops to the sugar and mix well until combined. Instant coloured sugar! How did I not know this?
This is supposed to be orange, but clearly the colour wheel is not my forte.
Dip the glass in water and twist around the sugar mixture until evenly coated. Or something.
This would be fun for kids!
You know what kids would love even more?
Drinking something called a Green Monster, made extra sweet just for Halloween.
Yup, I totally slammed 5 shots in a row after this photoshoot. Hard core, I know.
So there you have it, two no-bake vegan Halloween recipes that won’t take up too much of your time.
Now you can plan that costume you’ve put off all week, or maybe that’s just me.
Help?
Bottoms up!
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Sorry for the major delay, but the winner of the cookbook giveaway is #642- Katie L. Congrats! Katie wrote, “Hey Angela!! I love your recipes, I make them on a weekly basis (this week I made pumpkin pie brownies and pumpkin gingerbread)! This book looks great! Thanks for showing me how to make great vegan food!”
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Now those are shots that I would consider taking!!
oh.my.goodness…. that big bowl of chocolate pudding looks divine!!! SO GOOD!!
LOVED this post! You just got me SO excited for Halloween!!
I looove these ideas! I might be going to a finger food potluck Halloween party on Friday and I wanted to bring something vegan! Keep these recipes coming! The brain cupcakes are absolutely adorable.
Your pudding & decorated shot glasses are inspiring me to whip something up. The Kitty Litter Cake on the other hand had me turning away and thinking “ewwwww”.
Pumpkin Poop (http://kitchenfrau.blogspot.com/2011/10/healthy-fudge-with-wicked-alias.html) on the other hand doesn’t seem so bad – probably because I know that pumpkins don’t really poop.
haha pumpkin poop!
WHY did I go to the link for the kitty litter cake? Ugh! Better question: WHY would ANYONE MAKE such a thing?!
Your monster shots are awesome, though. I love green monsters. need to get stuff to make more. It’s amazing how low I feel when I’m not drinking them regularly. I guess they’re just awesome that way. :-)
Yum, really cute ideas! I love spinach smoothies–they’re really good with coconut water instead of milk, too. Also I’m glad to hear that someone else is getting excited about Christmas music…
oh my goodness, i could never eat the cockroaches or kitty litter cake! ew!!
I love those brain cupcakes, so cute! I decided to make the easiest halloween treats ever this week and just add mint extract and green colouring to a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe… green cookies, yum!
I also have to agree that the kitty little cake is just too much for me…
That pudding looks AMAZING. I am super jealous. I’ll have to make some myself.
Made your pumpkin pie pudding…just had to share it with you!!! Thanks for the recipe again :)
http://www.mybreakfastblog.com/2011/10/pumpkin-pie-pudding.html
Maggie
www.mybreakfastblog.com
Glad you enjoyed it! Beautiful pictures too :)
what a fun post!
You are seriously AMAZING. This is so creative and fun. it is spoooootacular! (sorry Cheesy me I know!)
:)
Now can I have the BOWL of pudding please??
As a cat owner, kitty litter cake is SCARY!! :-D
Regarding making the green smoothie shots into a cocktail…I would think vodka would be the least overpowering, flavor wise. Alternatively – and would definitely need some experimentation to flush out – but I think a spiced rum or an expensive gin could work too. Just don’t get cheap gin…it’s like drinking a Christmas tree!
Now that pudding…you could crumble a cookie on top of it to make it look like dirt! I can see it now: serving your guests dirt and ground up shrubbery (green smoothie)! Sounds like a good time! ;)
I love your creativity!
Too cute! Much healthier than jello shots. ;)
Very cute ideas! Those brain cupcakes look so real, haha checking the links out now!
Wow, brilliant! This may be the only day of year (besides maybe St. Patrick’s Day?) that I could trick my friends into willingly drinking Green Monsters! Halloween is quickly becoming the healthiest day of the year…
woww you’ve really outdone yourself Angela! haha I love those green shots, they’re so cute. And I think that eyeball idea is so funny–I hope you really do make those. :D
wow i love all of these!! i clicked on the recipe for stuffed roaches and saw the roach puree recipe -uck!!! even knowing what is in it i could never eat it!! thanks for sharing :)
Everything looks amazing. Especially the bowl of chocolate pudding. I’m going to try it very soon.