Halloween - a fun and mystical holiday that has come to Russia in recent years, has already won a lot of followers. But far from everyone knows how to celebrate it. Special Halloween snacks will help you create the right holiday atmosphere.

The scariest Halloween snacks for adults

Have you decided to celebrate All Saints Day, but don’t know what to bring to the table? In fact, there can be many ideas for Halloween appetizers. We have compiled a “very scary menu” for you, consisting of very original dishes.

Zombie Head Salad

Ingredients Composition:

  • a piece of lean ham - 0.6 kg;
  • cheese (from hard varieties) - 0.3 kg;
  • eggs - 4 to 5 pieces;
  • can of olives;
  • mayonnaise;
  • mask in the form of a person's face (you can use the New Year);
  • film for food.

Cooking method:

  1. Cook eggs, cheese finely three on a grater.
  2. One part of the ham must be cut as thinly as possible with slices, and the remainder with cubes.
  3. All cut ingredients (except for the plates) should be poured into one container, pour with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
  4. The back side of the mask is covered with a film for foodstuffs and ham plates are laid on it so that they cover the entire area of ​​the mask.
  5. Put the salad on the ham and level it with a spoon. Next, the mask should be turned on a plate and removed as carefully as possible from the salad.

On the plate will remain "zombie face." Either olives or olives are suitable as eyes.

Human hand in the oven

This is another very “scary” snack that will definitely impress your guests.

Ingredients Composition:

  • minced meat - 0.5 kg;
  • carrots - 1 pc.;
  • onion - 2 pcs.;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • cheese - 100 g;
  • salt, black pepper, any seasonings.

Cooking method:

  1. Stuffing salt, pepper, add your favorite seasonings.
  2. Grind carrots, onions and herbs.
  3. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and carefully lay on a pre-greased baking sheet. Give the forcemeat the shape of a hand.
  4. Take the onion, remove one layer and cut the “nails”, put them on the “fingers”.
  5. Cut the cheese into thin slices and place on the forcemeat so that it covers its entire surface.
  6. Bake the "hand" should be half an hour at a temperature of about 200 degrees.

Witch's fingers

List of ingredients:

  • butter - up to 250 g;
  • eggs - 1 pc.;
  • vanilla sugar - 1 tsp;
  • flour - 2.5 tbsp .;
  • salt - 1 tsp;
  • whole almonds - 2 tbsp .;
  • chocolate - 0.5 tiles;
  • jam for toppings;
  • sugar pencils.

Cooking method:

  1. In one container, mix granulated sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla sugar. Pour flour, salt and knead the dough. Give him a "rest" in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
  2. Cut the dough into equal parts, roll them into "sausages" and give them the shape of human fingers.
  3. Add “wrinkles” with a knife for greater credibility. As nails, you can use almonds by attaching it to your fingertips.
  4. Bake products at a temperature of 180 - 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.

To decorate, you can melt the chocolate, and armed with a pastry syringe, circle the almonds. And to give the liver an even more eerie appearance, you can add red jam to the “cut off” part of the fingers.

Holiday menu ideas for kids.

Who would have thought that fruits give such scope for creativity in Halloween! Having shown some ingenuity, you can make “pumpkin” and “ghost” from mandarin and banana. After all, nothing is needed for this, only the fruits themselves and the imagination. Oh yes, they almost forgot about lemon juice - it is necessary so that the peeled fruits do not darken. Add a couple of spoons of lemon juice, pour fruit over them, and they will remain fresh for a long time.

Try making ghosts from meringues. This is generally a recipe for the lazy. If you have already bought meringue, you just have to draw eyes and mouth, and the ghost is ready.

As a Halloween snack for children, you can bake cookies in the shape of pumpkins. Make it easy.

  1. Take shortcrust pastry, cut into portions and give each of them a round shape.
  2. Then it should be done with a knife on the blanks strips, which are usually the case with pumpkins.
  3. It remains only to bake a treat. Optionally, you can decorate the "pumpkin" with glaze.

Cool Halloween recipes

On Halloween, you can cheer guests with fun dishes.

Frightened Sprats

Ingredients Composition:

  • canned sprats - 1 can;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • cheese - 100 g (choose from hard varieties, optional).

Such sprats will look original on the festive table. Try to choose canned food where there are no crushed and decaying fish.

Cooking method:

  1. In one container, put two cooked eggs, grated, two cloves of garlic (also chopped) and mayonnaise.
  2. If you want, you can add grated cheese.
  3. Insert sprats into the finished salad, as if they are jumping into the water.

The "dish" is ready.

Mummies from the dough

Ingredients Composition:

  • puff pastry - 0.5 kg;
  • sausages - you can use the cheapest;
  • a little black pepper in the form of peas;
  • tomato sauce or ketchup.

Cooking method:

  1. The dough must be rolled out with a rolling pin and cut into strips.
  2. Each sausage should be “bandaged” with these strips, like a mummy, but leave a small space for the face.
  3. Billet to send to the oven for 20 minutes, they should bake at 200 degrees.

When the sausages are cooked, make the “eyes” of black pepper peas. You can eat such “mummies” with ketchup or mustard.

Quick options when guests are on their way

And if the guests came unexpectedly? Cooking these dishes will take a matter of minutes.

Black spiders

Ingredients Composition:

  • boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • cheese (from hard varieties) - 50 g;
  • olives - 1 can;
  • mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. l .;
  • greens to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut each olive in half. Leave the four halves intact, and cut the rest into six pieces.
  2. Shell eggs and halve. Mix and chop yolks and cheese in a blender.
  3. Season the resulting mass with mayonnaise and add the greens. Mix everything thoroughly.
  4. Fill the eggs with the teaspoon filling and place them on a plate.
  5. On the filling, place half of the olive, and lay out strips of them, 3 on each side. These will be the "legs" of the spider.

For decoration, you can make insects eyes with mayonnaise.

"Coffins" of bread

"Coffins" made from Borodino or rye bread will be an original snack and will please you and guests.

Ingredients Composition:

  • bread - 1 loaf;
  • cottage cheese - 200 g;
  • bell pepper - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the bread at the rate of 2 halves per sandwich.
  2. Dry the slices of bread. You can do this in an oven, toaster or microwave.
  3. Spread the curd cheese on the “coffin lid” and “bottom”. You can make garlic and mayonnaise sauce, or if you have a pre-made salad, use it. Add sausage, cheese or cucumber if you want.
  4. Glue a cross of Korean carrots or bell pepper on the "coffin lid".

Witch's brooms

What kind of witch's coven will do without a broom?

Ingredients Composition:

  • sweet straws - 1 pack;
  • hard cheese - 200 g;
  • green onion - 5 pcs.

And this appetizer will be both realistic and very tasty.

Cooking method:

  1. Sweet straws will serve as a “shank” for the broom.
  2. Take a small piece of cheese and make cuts similar to a fringe on it.
  3. Wrap the cheese around the “shank” and tie it with a stalk of onion.

Halloween snacks can be invented by yourself. Let your imagination run wild!

Halloween table decoration ideas

Do you like Halloween and want to celebrate it fun? If so, then you need to consider not only the menu of the festive table, but also its design. Even if you don’t invite guests and have a party, please yourself and your family.

The name Halloween speaks for itself. This holiday should be saturated with mysticism and horrors. What Halloween does without pumpkins, skeletons, witches, black cats, ghosts, candles or lanterns, spiders and cobwebs?

Decor Ideas:

  1. Tablecloth. The best color scheme is red or purple. If this is not - just spread the gauze - it will symbolize the spider web. If there is black fabric, then it will go into action. You can paint it in the form of a web.
  2. Figurines. They are convenient to buy in a store or pre-ordered on the Internet, and you can do it yourself, for example, using the origami technique. Build bats, witches, ghosts and hang over the table. Scatter worms from marmalade, sweet spiders, etc. on the table. To please guests, fill the gloves with sweets, cookies and place them near each plate. There are also special figures that hold cutlery. If you do not find them in the shops of the city, try to order in advance on the Internet.
  3. Decoration. It is a good idea to paint disposable tableware with a felt-tip pen. Involve children in this work. Children will draw spiders and various funny figures with great pleasure. The same can be done with napkins.
  4. Pumpkin is the heroine of the holiday. What Halloween without a pumpkin? Better if there are several. You can make a pumpkin lamp or come up with a whole composition. Such a vegetable, by the way, is conveniently used as a container for sweets or drinks.
  5. Lighting. Candles should be placed throughout the room. Old, dark, curves, with various defects, will do very well. If there are no candles, then you can make lamps from glass bottles or cans. And draw some scary faces on them.

Everything seems to be in order now.Have a good Halloween and good mood! Enjoy the treats and company.

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