Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone!

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Halloween Treats

Halloween Sweets

Each year in the run up to Halloween there are many treats to be had. Many products only get a Halloween theme packaging but others gain a ghoulish twist.

Fiendish Fancies

Below is what I've picked up and enjoyed so far.

Fiendish Fancies. I love these. I buy multiple boxes of these each year as they are only available in October. They have an orange flavour and taste amazing. They are not overly citrus but with the sweet sponge and cream filling, its a great combination. In my opinion the best French Fancies.

Fiendish Fancies

Milky Way Ghost - a hollow white chocolate ghost, too sickly if your not a white chocolate lover.

Smarties Pumpkin - a hallow milk chocolate pumpkin filled with mini smarties. Nice sweet treat.

Zombie guts - sweet laces in lime and cinnamon flavour. If eaten together meant to taste like cola. The cinnamon overpowers these and taints the lime but do make a slight cola taste when combined. 

Zombie Guts

Spider Chocolate - milk chocolate with popping candy. Mine was light on the poppy candy but its sorts a chocolate craving.

Scream Egg - Cream Egg with a green filling. Tastes just like the original one but its a nice change for the season.

Lindt Ghosts

Lindt ghosts - milk chocolate and hazelnut cones. These do not have any hazelnut chunks just a hazelnut taste. Think Nutella in a sold form. These are very nice and Tesco are doing these as 3 for £1.20.

Lindt Ghost

So far the treats are good however there are many more to be had. Check back here soon for some Fall Food Baking.

Fall Food - Winter Squash

After the experience of the Onion Squash I knew I needed to try something again. On a recent food shop I found a 'seasonal squash' and had to have it. I'm sure you can see a theme now on anything Halloween or fall related, if not, you will. :)

I decided on a similar filling as last time but wanted a bit more of a kick. I struggle with spice but I love chorizo. When I was at the Good Food Show I managed to pick some up and what a better way to try it out. 

Winter Squash

Just like last time I cut off the top of the squash and took out all the seeds and fibers.

In a frying pan I made a quick tomato sauce. Just canned tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic powder, sugar, salt. black pepper, paprika and a couple bay leaves. I let this cook down for about fifteen minutes until most of the liquid had reduced. I then added in the chorizo for a couple minutes.

Meanwhile, in another pan I had pasta cooking and when it was done, added it to the sauce before stuffing the squash.

I then put it in the oven for 40minutes at 150C, possibly could have done with being at 160C but it's good to practice.

The outcome was good, had a pumpkin seed roll as a side to scoop up some sauce. The squash could have done with being cooked a bit more but it was nice. The squash wasn't too soft and had a natural sweetness however I think I preferred the onion squash.

I would definitely eat it again but I am now going to try and find more types of squash for a taste experiment.

Halloween Krispy Kreme

Halloween box with Bat Mask

Krispy Kreme - Choose your own dozen.

This year I properly discovered the joy of Krispy Kreme.

Before I had only tried the Original Glaze, then after visiting a store and seeing them all on offer, I had to try more. These are very tasty with such a lovely soft dough. When I heard that they do Halloween theme ones I had to try them too.

Halloween Krispy Kreme

Last Monday was day the Halloween ones were first on offer, so my friend and I drove over to a store and picked up a box.

Halloween Krispy Kreme

You get one choice for a Halloween doughnut but it could be one of two flavours. Just like the season you will either get a Trick or a Treat.

The Trick doughnut is filled with a Fizzy Lime creme. This is nice, very zesty. If you are a citrus fan you'll like it.

Halloween Krispy Kreme - Trick

The Treat doughnut is a Chocolate mouse. This is a lovely light chocolate filling. Although very tasty and my favourite of the two, it's not as different as I was hoping for. With these being limited I was hoping for something a little more special. America are getting Ghost Buster doughnuts just now as well as a Pumpkin Cheesecake doughnut. I wish we were. 

Halloween Krisy Kreme - Treat

Hopefully one day the UK will get the same types of doughnuts in our Krispy Kreme but in the mean time we can enjoy these. 

Halloween Sweets

It has finally happened, the Halloween Treats have arrived.

I will mention the below are not the first Halloween Treats I've had this season. The first was Mr Kipling Fiendish Fancies but with me being completely obsessed with these there has been no time for pictures, only eating.

Today I was well behaved and managed to refrain myself long enough for a couple pics.

We have a Smarties Pumpkin and Milkybar Ghost.

The pumpkin is a thin milk chocolate with mini smarties and the ghost is a hollow white chocolate ghost.

I preferred the pumpkin as the ghost was just a bit too sickly for me but if you love white chocolate it'll be fine. Both available in Tesco just now for 2 for £1.20.

I'll get a couple more pumpkins before the month is up and will post more Halloween Shops soon.

Happy First of October

Hello

This is just a quick hello to say "Woo it's October!"

As you can tell by the name of this blog I love this time of year. October is my favourite month and Halloween is my favourite holiday.

To start this month off I just wanted to say that the toffee apples are out.

You can get Toffee apples and Chocolate apples just now in Morrisons for 59p or two for £1.

Happy October!