Halloween Bats|Trick or treat ?

Halloween is all about anything dark or creepy reminding that it's all about evil .Bats are one among them.It started during ancient times when people would gather around bonfires on Halloween , when nights would be chilly and darkest to keep themselves warm and mostly to ward of evil spirits.The bright lights of bonfire would attract insects and its predators ,"The bats" around.Bats being dark,making shrieking sounds flying in a group appeared scary almost like the presence of spirits and thus became a part and parcel of Halloween since then.Discovery of Vampire bats in the 17th century claiming to be blood suckers were later re-emphasized as the flying spirits or demons.

There is a superstition that , a bat flying around a house thrice , means a bad omen indicating death to the inhabitants. Oooooooooooooooo that's scary ...but the bats I made for the Halloween are sweet and snacky and I'll give you the power to eat and destroy the evil,if any.Sounds good?? Alright let's check the recipe then:

Halloween Bats

Ingredients

Fondant ,lemon size - 1 no.
Oil as needed

Tooth picks

Method:

• Take the fondant , add a drop of shortening or oil and knead with fingers until they become soft and of workable consistency.
• Lightly dust the work surface for rolling the fondant .
• Using rolling pin, roll them into a big circle (asymmetrical) .
• Using a toothpick outline the bat's picture on the fondant.Then cut them accordingly using the toothpick itself.

• Make five of them - 1 big,4 small sizes.
• That's it my Halloween bats are ready.
• Use it on cakes,cup cakes or wherever your creative mind wish to use them Or use it as it is as a Halloween prop and as you know fondant are sweet and edible so can be used as a sweet snack as well.

Happy Halloween,

Apple monster|Quick Halloween snack|Trick or Treat?

They say ,"An apple a day,keeps doctor away!" .For sure ,as they are one super nutritious fruit with loads of antioxidants,multi-vitamins,dietary fibers which can aid in preventing heart disease,diabetes,hypertension,dementia,bad cholesterol,cancer especially breast cancer and what not.A miracle food it is known as!

Now you'll be like ...Here, she goes with another lecture :-\...I lovvvee to eat your brain :D.

Well,if I wouldn't have highlighted those apple's benefits and reminded you again ,I wonder if you will ever try my "Apple MONSTERS". You see...I mean look at those cute innocent pearly Apples..How irresistible!!  ...

I don't know if you ever noticed it but during Halloween nights they do turn into monsters  ...and this is exactly how they look like ...:P. Alright before you start saying #$$%^&*@#...this is one of my old post rotting in my "draft" section since years of Halloween,totally forgotten and scaring me every now and then to post it.

So,here you go, my quick Halloween snack for the upcoming "Halloween",introducing -"The Apple monsters".....Kids are gonna love it I guess..they can easily and quickly make and this time ..they may in fact,find it quite brave enough to eat those monsters , destroy the devil and become superheros thereby ..well that's my plan for sure...one day I'll be making them exclusively for my kiddos on a Halloween eve..So, before I forget ,it's also good to jot it down here beforehand ..

Apple monsters

Ingredients

Organic Apple - 3 nos.

Candy corns - As needed

Mint candy - 2-6 nos.
Chocolate covered raisins - 2-6 nos
Pumpkin shaped chocolates

Pom Juice for decoration

Method:

• Clean the Apple properly .
• Once dry, cut a wide slice from the middle to make it look like Apple M's mouth.
• Put two candy corns as two vampire teeth at both the end and broken ones in the middle.Use gum paste to glue them properly or just insert it into the apple flesh hardly but gently .
• Put the mint candies as two horns and chocolate covered raisins as eyes .Glue them with edible gum paste.
• Splash some juice and decorate further with pumpkin shaped chocolates.
• There you go,you just made those poor cute apples into monsters.:P

When I asked my hubby how does this Apple look like ,he was .That meant "Mission accomplished" :D meaning indeed an Halloween snack I believe.Well,what do you think ?? Trick or treat ???

It's certainly not  apple of  anyone's eye I believe.Is it ? :D