November 2011
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Tootsie Roll Shooter
INGREDIENTS:
1/3 oz. Tia Maria
1/3 oz. Brown Creme de Cacao
1/3 oz. Frangelico
DIRECTIONS: Pour the ingredients into a shot glass and serve. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
October 2011
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Apple Cider Caramels
2 cup high-quality apple cider
1 cup heavy cream or whipping cream, divided
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup real butter, cubed
Pour cider into a medium saucepan and boil on high for about 20 minutes or until the cider is reduced to 1/3 c. Keep an eye on it…it might try to run away. Set aside to cool.
Line an 8”...
czechmetz asked: For a party, I made two of your recipes yesterday: the orange slice jello shooters and the mini pumpkin pie shooters. They were delicious! The orange slice jello shooters were a hit. I have just two things to add: I highly recommend using a melon baller to scoop out the pulp of the oranges. I froze the orange slices a bit before transferring them to the refrigerator in hopes that it would prevent...
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Honeycrisp Apple Sangria
2 Honeycrisp apples
One 750-milliliter bottle unoaked Chardonnay
1/3 C. peach Schnapps
1/4 C. pisco (I could not find this so I used a bit more peach schnapps)
1/4 C. honey (I used orange blossom)
2 oranges- 1 quartered
1 lemon – quartered
1 lime – quartered
2 cinnamon sticks
2 quarter-size slices of fresh ginger
3 whole cloves
2 T. sugar
1/2 t. ground...
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Perfectly Poisonous Parfait
Ingredients
Vanilla Pudding
Non-pariels (in orange)
Crushed up Oreos
Tall shot glasses (mine are from Pier 1′s tasting line)
Instructions
layer a few spoonfulls of pudding, then non-Pariels, then more pudding, and finally oreos repeat until your glass is full.
Green Bat-inis
Ingredients
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup sparkling mineral water
Dash ginger ale
2 - 3 cups ice
1 cup vodka
Frozen vodka or sparkling mineral water
Mint sprigs and lemon slices for garnish
Directions
Chill 4 serving glasses in the freezer. Combine lemon juice, sugar, mint, mineral water, ginger ale, and ice in a blender....
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Ghostly Pumpkin Pudding
Ingredients
Pudding:
1 package gelatin
2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
6 large egg yolks (reserve 2 whites for topping)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
Topping:
2 large egg whites
1/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 pinch fine salt
Small candy, for eyes
For pudding:
Directions
Put 1 tablespoon of cold water...
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Pumpkin Pie French Toast
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons brown sugar
8 slices of bread
Directions:
Mix the eggs, milk, pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mutmeg and brown sugar in low flat bowl for easy dipping.
Dip the bread into the egg mixture on both...
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Spiderweb Nacho Spread Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
Bean Layer
2 cans (16 oz each) lowfat refried black or pinto beans
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp hot Mexican chili powder
1 tsp minced garlic
3 large plum tomatoes, sliced
Middle Layer
1 1/2 cups thick and chunky salsa
1 cup (4 oz) shredded Mexican cheese blend
Guacamole Layer
4 ripe Hass avocados
3 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp minced red...
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Coffin Spinach Dip
1 10-oz package frozen chopped spinach(thaw & sqeeze out liquid)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 package Lipton Veggie Soup Mix
1 can water chestnuts-chopped
Combine all ingredients and chill for a couple of hours to let flavors blend. Serve with crackers and bread cubes.
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Bourbon Pumpkin Pie Milkshake
Yield: 2 small milkshakes
Prep Time: 10 min
ingredients:
6 scoops of vanilla ice cream
2/3 cup milk
4 tablespoons canned (unsweetened) pumpkin puree
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Splash of Bourbon
whipped cream and sprinkles (optional)
directions:
1. Scoop ice cream into the blender. Add milk and pumpkin and cinnamon. Blend it until smooth. Pour it into a glass, put whipped cream and...
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Pumpkin and cream cheese in wonton wrappers with...
12 Kraft Caramels
1 tsp. water
1/2 cup Breakstone’s or Knudsen Sour Cream
1 tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. flour
1/4 tsp. orange zest
20 won ton wrappers
1 egg white, lightly beaten
2 cups oil
1 Tbsp. powdered sugar
Directions
Microwave caramels and water in medium...
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Frozen Candy Corn Mousse
Makes: 5-6 cups
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 18-24 hours
1 cup candy corn
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
In a small (2-cup) container with cover, combine the candy corn and evaporated milk. Cover and refrigerate overnight, stirring occasionally, until candy corn dissolves. Next day: Freeze the candy corn mixture for 30 minutes to chill well. Pour the mixture into a large mixing...
Delay in updates
So sorry for the delay, just after I had answered that question I found out my aunt passed away. :< But I’m preparing some posts right now.
peeta-and-katniss-for-ever asked: I love your blog! Could you do some more non-alcoholic drinks though? And maybe some more deserts!
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Worms for Brains
Ingredients 8 to 10 medium sweet orange peppers 1 package (16 ounces) spaghetti 1 pound ground beef 1 jar (26 ounces) spaghetti sauce Directions Cut tops off peppers and set aside; remove seeds and membranes. Cut a jack-o’-lantern face on one side of each pepper; set aside. Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer...
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The Color-Changing Martini
This drink smokes elegantly, changes from a calm blue to fuschia as it cools from room temperature to drinkably cold, and tastes like a dirty martini.
Dry ice is the sedate, well-behaved little brother of liquid nitrogen. Put some in a drink and it burbles away quietly, producing fog-filled bubbles that pop attractively. It won’t even freeze your drink. So how do you make a dry ice...
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Candy Corn Martini
Candy Corn Martini - I know some of you are going to say “ooh” and some are going to say “ewww”. Trick-or-Tini From Stirrings 1 part coconut cream 1 part tangerine flavored mixer (suggested, Stirrings Tangerini) 1 part banana liqueur Splash of white rum 1.Chill ingredients in fridge or freezer. 2.Once cooled, pour the first three ingredients, in the order listed above, slowly over the back side...
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Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese...
1 batch of your favorite pie crust dough (Don’t have a favorite? Use pre-made refrigerated dough, it will work well too.)
1 15 oz. can pumpkin pie filling, prepared according to the can’s
directions (or you can make your pie filling from scratch, you
overachiever, you—either way, you’ll need enough for one pie).
For the cupcakes you’ll need:
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room...
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Ghoulish Petits Fours
Ingredients White Sheet Cake Confectioners’ Sugar Icing 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, for eyes and mouth Directions 1.Using a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut out circles from cake. Brush off any crumbs with a pastry brush. 2.Fit a pastry bag with a plastic coupler, and top cake rounds with icing in a ghost or hat shape,about 1 inch high. 3.Place a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet; set aside....
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Spooky Halloween Eyeballs
Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup butter; (room temp.) softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cup powdered sugar
2 bags white chocolate chips
M&Ms; only eye colors (blue, brown, and green)
Red food coloring GEL; and toothpicks
How to Prepare Spooky Halloween Eyeballs
Mix together peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and sugar. Roll pieces into ball shapes (not too big cuz they are...
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Oreo Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Ingredients
12 whole Halloween Oreos
8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, softened
½ cups Granulated Sugar
½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
½ cups Pureed Pumpkin
1 whole Egg
¼ teaspoons Cinnamon
⅛ teaspoons Nutmeg
2 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
1 pinch Salt
½ cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, Optional
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F). Line 12 muffin tins with paper...
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Thomas Keller Oreo Bat Cookies
Thomas Keller Oreo Bat Sandwich Cookies Makes 6-8 cookies
For the Chocolate Sablé Dough 12 ounce butter 8.5 ounces sugar 13.4 ounces all purpose flour Pinch baking soda Pinch salt 4.5 ounces cocoa powder
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together using a paddle on medium speed. Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the butter and sugar mixture until...
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The Halloween Hypnotist
Ingredients: 2 oz Hypnotiq 1 oz super premium vodka splash of lemon juice glow stick for garnish Preparation: 1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. 2. Shake well. 3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with a lit glowstick.
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Mini Caramel Apples
Supplies: Crabapples Lollipop sticks Marzetti caramel dip (or, of course, you can make your own!) Chopped nuts Sprinkles Pointed skewer (optional) 1. Wash and dry apples. Twist off the stems, if you’d like. 2. Insert lollipop sticks into the center of each apple. I found it helpful to start the hole with a pointed wooden skewer. 3. Heat caramel in a small, deep bowl as directed until thin enough...
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Purple People Eater
Vodka Cranberry raspberry juice (or just cranberry) Blue Curacao (Essentially Orange flavored liquor colored blue) Raspberry simple syrup (optional but yummy) Per drink: 3/4 parts vodka, 1/4 part cranberry juice, and splash of blue curacao. How to make Raspberry Simple Syrup: bring 1 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups water to simmer over stove, as soon as sugar is dissolved, add 1 cup fresh or frozen...
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Pumpkin Pie Bites
2 refrigerated ready-to roll pie crusts 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice Pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter Optional 1/2 cup chocolate morsels vegetable oil re-sealable plastic bags Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use cookie cutter to cut 12 pumpkin shapes from each pie crust. You will need to roll the dough...
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Halloween Rice Crispy Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin
If you are having a Halloween party this year what better way to impress your friends than to have some Halloween themed snacks. This rice crispy Jack-O-Latern is sure to please. Not only does it taste great, but it is also a pretty cool decoration for a few hours before you cut it up and eat it. Ingredients: 1 Stick Butter 2 (10 oz). Packages Marshmallows 12 C. Rice Crispy Cereal 1 tsp. Yellow...
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The Great Drunken Pumpkin
What’s better than pumpkin pie? Pumpkin pie with booze in it! This is an alcoholic spin on a traditional fall favorite that you can use throughout the holidays. You can pour the pumpkin mixture straight into cups, or use Keebler ready-to-use mini graham cracker crusts. You could even crush up some graham crackers and make mini crusts inside Jell-O shot cups. Because it has no eggs and little...
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Halloween Oreo Caramel Rice Krispies Treats
10 Oreo cookies 2 tablespoons butter, melted 9 ounces marshmallows 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 ounces (4-5 cups) Rice Krispies Cereal 7 Oreo cookies, roughly chopped 24 caramel candies, unwrapped (duh!) 1/4 cup cream 6 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips 4 tablespoons cream More Oreo cookies for top (4-6), broken up or chopped
Line a 9x9 inch pan with foil. Spray lightly with cooking spray....
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Halloween Jello shot slices.
Ingredients
To make approximately 28 oz. of shot mixture:
2 cups boiling water
6 oz. package of Jello
6 ounces cold water
10 ounces chilled alcohol
Cut oranges in half. Use a spoon to remove the pulp, leaving just the rind of half an orange. Fill the halves with gelatin shot mixture. Refrigerate until firm. Cut orange halves into thirds. Make these at least the night before, as they gel...
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Fall Leaf Tortilla Chips
Take three stacks of tortillas in whole wheat, spinach, and sun-dried tomato, lay down a leaf-shaped cookie cutter or two with a towel to protect delicate hands, and press
Fry until golden brown, then salt immediately. Leaves are fitting for the fall, but how pretty would wreath or evergreen shapes be for the holidays?
For a spirited Halloween celebration, serve with ghoulish guac or...
September 2011
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Orange Pumpkin Pancakes with Black Cinnamon Syrup...
Very Orange Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1-3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg, separated
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup butter, melted (1 stick)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
orange food coloring gel
In a large bowl, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon,...
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Meringue Bones and Blood Red Hot Chocolate
Sweet Bones 6 large egg whites 1 1/2 cups sugar Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put egg whites and sugar in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer. Set bowl over a pan of simmering water; whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and mixture feels warm to the touch, about 5 minutes. Return bowl to mixer, and fit mixer with the whisk attachment.Beat on high speed until very stiff peaks form,...
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Candy Corn Macarons
110gm powdered sugar
60gm finely ground almond meal/flour
60gm egg whites (of 2 eggs)
40gm granulated sugar
Yellow Food coloring
Filling:
about 10 Pumpkin spice kisses
Confectioners sugar(just enough to thicken the melted kisses enough to be a filling)
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 310 degrees F
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and have a pastry bag with a plain tip (about...
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Chocolate Pumpkin Jack-o’-lantern Pancakes
makes 6-8 servings NOTES •If you don’t have Oat Flour you can pulverize rolled oats in a blender until you have flour. •If you want to learn how to make fun pancake shapes like these please watch the videos over at Jim’s Pancakes •As always, use your own taste buds to determine how you want to flavor your Chocolate Pumpkin Jack-o’-lantern Pancakes. My ingredient lists are wide open for...
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Witches' Brooms
Ingredients: 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 10 pretzel rods, about 8 1/2 inches long, cut crosswise in half 2 teaspoons shortening 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in...
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Chocolate- Nutella Spider Cupcakes
Yield: 24 cupcakes Prep Time: 45 min Ingredients: 1 box chocolate cake mix, prepared as cupcakes One (12-ounce) bag chocolate chips 1 teaspoon shortening 1 bag stick pretzels 1 jar chocolate-hazelnut spread (such as Nutella) chocolate sprinkles red hot cinnamon candies 2 cups Cocoa Puffs cereal Directions: Prepare spider legs: Place a cookie-cooling rack over paper towels. Pour chocolate...
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Candy Corn Ice Cream
2 cups Heavy Cream 1 cup Whole Milk 13 ounces candy corn Pour 1 cup of the cream into a medium saucepan and add the candy corn. Warm over medium heat, stirring, until you start to see the candy corn dissolve. Turn heat off and let cream come to room temperature. Add the remaining cream and milk. Put into an air tight container and refrigerate overnight, at least 12 hours. When you can remember...
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Dulce De Leche Bat Cookies
Makes 18 Ingredients 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 cup plus 2...
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Candy Apples
Ingredients
8 wooden craft sticks
8 medium Gala apples
2 (6.5-ounce) packages caramel apple wraps
1 (16-ounce) chocolate bar
16 ounces vanilla bark coating
Orange paste food coloring
Toppings: colored sprinkles, chopped peanuts, black writing gel
Preparation
Insert craft sticks into apples. Cover each apple with 1 caramel wrap.
Microwave at HIGH 15 to 20 seconds. Cool.
Melt chocolate...
vavalent-deactivated20130126 asked: this is a FABULOUS blog, i freaking LOVE the halloween recipes
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Chocolate Mocha Mummy Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 3/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules or crystals 1 1/4 cups white vanilla baking chips (from 11-oz bag) 1/4 cup miniature candy-coated semisweet chocolate baking bits (40 bits)
Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter,...
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Mini Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes
1 cup self-rising flour 2/3 cup (packed) golden brown sugar 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 large egg 1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Chopped crystallized ginger (optional) 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 2 cups powdered sugar Orange and black food coloring;...
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Pumpkin Cupcakes
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin...
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Mini Halloween Pumpkin Cakes
What you will need: (makes about 12 mini pumpkins) 12-Cavity Mini Bundt Pan, found where Wilton products are sold, I found mine at Walmart. 1 Cake Mix of your preferred flavor 1 can frosting, cream cheese or vanilla Orange sanding sugar Tootsie rolls
Bake your recipe or mix according to the directions, but make sure to fully coat your pan with cooking spray. After baking, let the cakes cool...
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Spooky Peanut Butter Puff Truffles
8 cups Reese’s Puffs cereal 4 tbsp smooth peanut butter 8-oz cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar 12-oz white chocolate chips (1 bag) 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips In a food processor, process Reese’s Puffs cereal until it is finely ground. Add in peanut butter, cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar and blend until very smooth. Shape cereal mixture into 1-inch balls,...
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Pecan-Caramel Spiders
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups toasted pecans 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, in pieces 1/4 teaspoon salt 5 ounces thin black licorice strands, cut into 2-inch pieces 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped 4 ounces milk chocolate, chopped Chocolate curls or jimmies, optional Directions Line 2 baking...
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Claire Robinson’s Dark and Spooky
Ingredients Black decorating sugar, for the glass Juice of 1 lime, plus 1 lime wedge 1/4 cup dark rum 1/4 cup ginger beer or all-natural ginger ale 1 black gummy spider Directions Spread out the black sugar on a small plate. Rub the lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass; dip the glass in the black sugar, then fill with ice. Combine the rum and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Fill with...
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Candy Corn Cordials
Ingredients For the infused vodka: 1/2 cup candy corn 1 1/2 cups vodka For the cordials: 2 ounces orange liqueur Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 large egg white Candy corn, for garnish Directions Infuse the vodka: Combine the candy corn and vodka in an airtight container; set aside for at least 3 hours, then strain. Make the cordials: Add 4 ounces of the candy corn vodka, the orange liqueur, lemon...
