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Salt and Straw's Don Bugito's Creepy Crawly Critters Ice CreamTo start their Halloween celebration for this year, Salt and Straw released their seasonal Halloween Series, which featuresa limited-edition delicacy for the sweet tooths out there! For 2022, the company worked with Monica Martinez. She decided to incorporate a big part of her culture in designing the classic and ever-returning seasonal flavor: Don Bugito’s Creepy Crawly Critters. The name is accurate, as the matcha ice cream concoction comes with toffee-brittle mealworms and chocolate-covered crickets. Before you complain that it’s just fake– it’s not. The company reassures its buyers that the crawly critters are genuine bugs. Martinez created the flavor to introduce the concept of eating bugs and insects to people outside Mexican residents. "I quickly realized there was no culture of eating insects here," Martinez shared. "But then I hosted a dinner in New York City and saw that people were ready."For a taste, you can still purchase this flavor outside of the spooky season!Image credit: Salt and Straw#icecream #seasonalflavors #creepycrawlycritters #DonBugitos #SaltandStraw #insects #bugs #food #delicacies 

The Disney Parks Halloween 2022 Foodie Guide is OutDisneyland is known for being very festive and always going the extra mile to celebrate special occasions. This, of course, includes the much-awaited Halloween season. Hence, a foodie's guide to Disneyland’s treats was released months prior to Halloween.The treats available at the Disneyland Resort include a mix of sweet and savory dishes to cater each person's cravings. These treats not only look good, but they likely also taste amazing. Which will be your new fa-boo-rite? For instance, the Hollywood Lounge will be offering a Ghost Pepper Michelada cocktail. The drink is a tomato-based michelada with ghost pepper syrup and Mala Suerte Mexican Dark Lager. A Pumpkin Bundt Cake is available at the Pacific Wharf Cappuccino Cart. The cute little confection is designed to look like a pumpkin!Those lucky enough to be heading to a Disney Park over the next few weeks are in for some tasty Halloween treats.Image credit: DisneyParks Blog#Disneyland #Halloween #Food

How to Make Dia de Los Muertos Sugar SkullsDia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November first and second. The traditions surrounding the day are somewhat of a combination of Halloween and All Soul's Day, as families gather to joyously celebrate their dearly departed relatives. Calaveras, or sugar skulls, are the symbol of the holiday most recognizable outside of Mexican communities. And you can make your own! While professionals take months to fashion and decorate sugar skulls for Dia de Los Muertos decorations, a recipe from Hungry Happenings whips them up in a day or so, and they are completely edible, as long as you don't add non-food decorations.

Sweet and Savory Cheese Ball RatsSurely you'll want to serve rat at your Halloween party! Hungry Happenings shows us how to make a cheese ball rat. The rat pictured is a sweet concoction of cream cheese and crushed Oreo cookies, with a pink cream cheese tail. The rat's "hair" is Oreo cookie crumbs! The recipe is simple, but the magic is in the shape. The complete instructions for making your cheese ball rat are here. You can serve this as a spread for graham crackers or shortbread cookies, or sliced up by itself if it's refrigerated. If you prefer a savory cheese ball rat, you can make one using the same technique andthis recipe that consists of mixing cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and bacon, rolled in poppy seeds for the hair. Who knew rats could be so delicious? The biggest problem I see is knowing when to stop eating. #food #rat #cheeseball

Zombie Brains Jello Shots Oooh, here's a perfect treat for an adult Halloween party- jello shots in the shape of brains! This "cocktail" involves quite a bit of preparation, so get started early and don't drink until your shots are set. Yes, it takes some work, but when your guests see what you see in the picture above, it will all be worth it. The outside of the "brain" is a mixture of gelatin, vodka and flavored liqueurs, and sweetened condensed milk to give it an opaque look. Inside the brain is a sweet liquid concoction of raspberries, liqueur, and sugar. Once the jello shots are set, you bring them out with as much ceremony as you like, and cut into them to reveal the inner raspberry blood. Using a surgical instrument is preferred. If anyone gets the heebie-jeebies, just let them know how sweet these shots are. You'll find the recipe and complete instructions at WikiHow.And since you now have a brain mold, why not try some Cake Ball Brains for dessert? #jelloshot #food #brain #alcohol

Halloween Cheesy SkullsThis look like such a simple and delicious recipe, you might be tempted to eat it year-round! The basic ingredients are meat, cheese, and bread that gives you a Mexican-flavor pizza or baked ravioli. You'll find the full recipe here. The thing that makes it perfect for a Halloween party is the skull-shaped baking pan, which you can find at many outlets online if you can't get one at a store near you. The payoff is the terrifying vision of a diner pulling the skull apart to dip it into marinara sauce. You can get a similar effect by drizzling the sauce over the skull. Bon appetit! #food #skull

Eyeballs for Your Cocktails An easy way to turn regular food or drinks into Halloween fare is to add eyeballs. Now, we really don't want to collect any kind of real eyeballs, but creative folks have found ways around that. Instructables user makendo gives us a couple of different ways to make eyeballs, formulated to use in cocktails, although they are not restricted to drinks. Your mileage may vary. The disembodied eyes you see above are from the Zombie Martini Cocktail recipe. They are carved from small radishes with pimiento-stuffed olives for the iris and pupil. It is important to leave the root end to signify the optic nerve. These are best made fresh so that our guests can munch on the eyeballs after downing the Zombie Martini Cocktail. Another cocktail eyeball is sweeter, meant to garnish a kamikaze with cranberry juice, but they are probably delicious on their own. The ingredients are canned peeled lychees and cranberries. He posted the instructions for making both of these and the accompanying cocktails at Instructables. (Images credit makendo)#eyeball #food #cocktail #cocktailgarnish

Witch Finger Cookies with Red Velvet Hot ChocolateDomestic Gothess brings us two Halloween recipes that will spark up any party! These witch's fingers are shortbread cookies, but the appearance makes them downright ghoulish. The fingernails are blanched almonds, and the overall look is enhanced with some cinnamon for dirt and food coloring for blood. These would be good with hot chocolate, but for a Halloween effect, make that hot chocolate red! But this hot chocolate isn't just colored red. Domestic Gothess came up with a recipe that's not only blood red, but has the taste of red velvet cake.Red velvet is vanilla with a hint of chocolate and a tangy flavour from the buttermilk. I thought that adding buttermilk to the hot chocolate might cause it to curdle, so I used a little cream cheese instead to add that classic hint of tanginess; it tastes very much like red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting!The red velvet hot chocolate can be altered to be thick enough for dipping your cookies into or thinned to your own taste. Read how to make both of these Halloween treats at Domestic Gothess.#food #partytreat #witchfinger #cookie #hotchocolate #cocoa #witch #blood #redvelvet #cake

This Scream Movie-Inspired Cheese Platter featuring Ghostface will Have You Screaming with DelightIt looks like Halloween has come really early this year. The movie Scream made a comeback in mid-January 2022.And we all know that the best way to watch a movie is with food. For those people who want their snacks to be themed, there is the Scream-themed charcuterie board featuring the famous Ghostfaceby Petal & Platter. This is definitely a level up from the usual popcorn and soda combination. The spooky board includes different kinds of chips, fruits, and cheeses. This is surely enjoyable in and out of the cinema. Challenge your creativity and kitchen skills as you try doing your version of this board. Tip: You can make use of other Scream icons as your main elements such as the blood, knife, and the telephone.Image credit: @petalandplatter/Instagram#Ghostface #CharcuterieBoard #Food #Scream #cheese