Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween & Spooky Treats

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! I hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween. We started our morning with a spooky treat courtesy of Nigella. For breakfast we had Nigella's Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Sundaes. We rimmed our sundae glasses with orange sprinkles and filled them with ice cream. We topped them with Nigella's chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce, Halloween sprinkles, and scary monsters! I don't think I need to tell you that Nigella's chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce was delicious. How could it not be? It consisted of heavy cream, milk chocolate, smooth peanut butter, and corn syrup - yum!! If you like a decadent ice cream sauce, this is the one! This week's theme over at I Heart Cooking Clubs is spooky treats and spirits. Go check out all the other spooky posts!!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Sundae - Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson
3/4 cup heavy cream
4 oz milk chocolate, chopped
1/2 smooth peanut butter
3 tablespoons golden syrup or light corn syrup

Cook all ingredients on low heat until melted and glossy.



Earlier in the week we made Paula Deen's snake bites, recipe found here. This is a great Halloween treat, but can be made anytime of year. I am submitting this to Deb over at Kahakai Kitchen for Souper Sundays.

The snake bites are made with canned crescent dough that is flattened out and filled with sandwich fillings. Paula's recipe calls for ham, salami, bologna, Monterey jack cheese, and mustard. The crescent roll is rolled up into the shape of a snake, coated with egg yolk, and painted with food color to resemble a snake. Paula uses pimento-stuffed olives for the eyes, cloves for the nose, and a red pepper for the tongue.

I improvised and used black olives for the eyes, capers for the nose, and red pepper for the tongue. I filled my snakes with pizza sauce, fresh mozzerella, and pepperoni. I made another snake with pesto sauce and fresh mozzarella. The pizza themed snakes were tasty, but the filling was too much and spilled out the sides. I think you need to have a light hand with the filling. Other than that, they are really cute treats that make everyone happy. You can customize them adding any ingredient you like. Each snake makes about 8 little sandwiches.


Happy Halloween!!

17 comments:

  1. I want to come for breakfast at your house!! Happy Halloween :D

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  2. Wow, you have the best breakfasts!
    I am coming over, and bringing my spoon.
    Happy Halloween!
    (ps, you will win Deb's heart with your caper nose!)

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  3. My God, does that sauce ever sound decadent. Ill bring the bloody marys.. you provide the breakfast.

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  4. Wow, you go all out, how lucky your kiddies are :D, have a great halloween!

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  5. Cute Cute and CUTE! Happy Halloween!

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  6. Sundaes for breakfast--I like your style! Love the snakes bites too--thanks for sending them along to Souper Sundays, (And Natashya is right--love the capers for the nose!)

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  7. Sundaes for breakfast. Wow! That is truly decadent...and delicious.

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  8. I wanna have breakfast at your house!

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  9. It sounds like you have got Halloween goodies under CONTROL. This ice cream sauce sounds absolutely amazing. If I didn't completely gorge on chocolate last night, I would be so tempted to make this!

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  10. I just saw Paula doing this on the Food Network and thought it was SO cute!! Except I don't like snakes :-)

    Have a BOOtiful night!!

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  11. If you hear a tap tap at your kitchen door tomorrow morning - don't worry - it's just me looking for a scrumptious sundae! Love that cute snake filled with delicious goodies! Happy Halloween!

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  12. OK, you scared me. You could send some food to make me feel better. Hot chicken salad might do it.

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  13. Wow! That is a great breakfast!Cute snake :)

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  14. ahahahahaa! i love all your spoooky goodies! happy halloween :)

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  15. You are my hero - chocolate peanut butter sundaes for breakfast? Um, yeah, I'll take two!

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  16. oh so cute! i love the sundaes! i hope you had a wonderful halloween!

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  17. That is cute!! I saw that sundae recipe on her website and thought about making it too...lol. Yummm! I love the snake!!

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