Weekend {Roundup}: Halloween Baking

Happy Halloween!

While I don’t get into scary movies or haunted houses or dressing up in costume, I can get on board with baking up cute and spooky Halloween treats.  Here’s a roundup of some great Halloween baking ideas around the Internet for your Halloween viewing pleasure.

Credit: (1) Little Devil Cupcakes from Made With Pink, (2) Chocolate Nutella Spider Cupcakes from Recipe Girl, (3) Skeleton Cupcakes from cookies and cups, (4) Frightening Frankenstein Cupcakes via Hostess {with the Mostess}, (5) Candy Corn Cheesecake via grin and bake it, (6) Spooky Witch Cupcakes by Danielle via A Beautiful Mess, (7) Orange Tinted Rice Krispie Treats Drizzled in Chocolate via Hostess {with the Mostess}, (8) Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes from Annie’s Eats, (9) Cauldron Cupcakes via grin and bake it

Thirsty Thursday…Black Widow Martini

Last week I did a Halloween cocktail, and this Thursday I thought I’d do yet another.  While last week’s Jack-0′-Lantern Cocktail was a little more cute and sweet, but today’s cocktail is more dark and scary.  I can just picture Elvira carrying around one of these babies at a party.

Black Widow Martini

• 2 oz. black vodka (Blavod: here and here, Absolut 100: here and here)
• 1/2 oz. Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
• 2 oz. blackberry or grape juice
• black licorice and sugar for garnish (optional)

COMBINE all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.

SHAKE well and STRAIN into a sugar-rimmed martini glass.

GARNISH with black licorice.

Yum!

I found this great drink on Hostess with the Mostess where they creatively decorated the stem of their martini glasses with plastic spider rings.  Great idea huh?  If you check out this link to their post, you’ll find another alcoholic Halloween recipe for Screwed-up Shooters also using black vodka.  Also, black spider rings can be found via Amazon.

Today I also stumbled upon the cutest (well, that might not be the best word) vampire-inspired caramel apples on Home Made Simple.  It’s a pretty simply concept that would make for some really great Halloween party snacks.  Just dip your apple in melted caramel, then some white chocolate, stab with a two-pronged fork for teeth imprints, follow with some red icing drips…and wha-la!

And you could make similar spooky vampire desserts with a little imagination.  Imagine cupcakes frosted white with twp red icing drips or cake pops dipped in white chocolate with red icing drips.

Credit: Cocktail recipe adapted from Hostess with the Mostess.  Blavod black vodka and Absolut 100 black vodka.  Black spider rings can be found via Amazon.  Scary vampire caramel apples via Home Made Simple.

Thirsty Thursday…Jack-0′-Lantern

Halloween is quickly approaching. Time is running out to pick the perfect costume and stock up on bags of candy. I stumbled upon this cute little Halloween cocktail, and had to pass it on because it’s so unbelievably freaking adorable!

Jack-0′-Lantern Cocktail

• 1 oz. cognac
• 0.5 oz. Grand Marnier
• 1/2 oz. orange juice
• 1/2 oz. ginger ale
• orange wheel & lime twist for garnish

COMBINE all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.

SHAKE well and STRAIN into an ice-filled rocks glass.

GARNISH by floating an orange & lime “Pumpkin Top” (see below) on top of the cocktail.

To make the “Pumpkin Top” garnish:

FOLD a small piece of lime twist in half and INSERT it into the center of an orange wheel.

Isn’t this drink the cutest thing you have ever seen?

Credit: Recipe adapted from Hostess with the Mostess

{Roundup}: Halloween

In honor of the upcoming holiday of Halloween, here’s a little roundup of lovely Halloween goodies found around the web.

Happy Halloween!

Credit: (from left to right) she sews lovely, Poppytalk Handmade, Em & Sprout, Murphy and Gert, We Are Something Else, One Clay Bead, Canis Lupus Proper, Timeless Twine, ana AND me, vinylicious, Cutie Bootie Boutique, BowSheep, Elle Marie Designs, Bunnie Brand, Sweet Deja vu