Spooky Halloween Recipes to Make as a Family

Looking for ideas for your meal on Halloween night? Discover three scary recipes that should delight young and old alike.

What if this year, in addition to the traditional Halloween pumpkin, you decided to prepare some recipes for the occasion. Hairy pumpkin soup, scary burgers or even spider cookies, you’re going to enjoy yourself while having fun!

Our easy Halloween recipe ideas for a spooky meal

Very simple to make and economical, discover three recipe ideas to make for Halloween. Don’t hesitate to get the little ones involved, they will love preparing these terrifying recipes with you!

Hairy Autumn Soup

Very sweet in the mouth and colorful, this delicious fall soup should delight the taste buds of the whole family.

Type: entry

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

For 4 people

The ingredients of the recipe

• 500 g of potatoes
• 500 g pumpkin
• 300 g sweet potato
• 1 red onion
• Salt, pepper
• Nutmeg
• Liquid crème fraîche

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Preparing spider web soup

• Peel the onion and set aside.
• Cut the pumpkin and squash into large cubes, then remove the skin.
• Peel the sweet potato.
• Place everything in a stewpot, add the onion, salt, pepper, nutmeg then cover with water.
• Cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
• At the end of cooking, mix everything.
• Serve the soup in a plate or bowl and draw a spiral with the liquid cream.
• Draw lines starting from the center with a knife to obtain a pretty spider web then enjoy!

Scary burgers

Terrifying and very easy to makethese burgers are sure to have an effect on Halloween night!

Type: main course

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

For 4 people

Halloween recipe ingredients

• 4 burger buns
• 4 minced steaks or vegetable steaks
• 8 cheddar slices
• young salad leaves
• 1 carrot
• pickles
• peppercorns
• homemade ketchup
• sel
• pepper

Savory Halloween recipe – Monstrous burgers © larik_malasha

Preparing scary burgers!

• Cook the minced steaks in the pan then set aside.
• Peel the carrot, thinly slice 2 pieces then cut out 8 small imp horns.
• Cut a pickle into slices and place a grain of pepper in each slice to make eyes.
• Stack 4 slices of cheddar on top of each other then cut the 2 ends into sawtooth shapes.
• Toast the breads for 5 minutes in the oven. Prepare the loaf caps by making 4 small cuts then gently insert the eyes and horns.
• Spread the bottom of the buns with ketchup, place the steaks. Season. Cover with the cheddar, letting the teeth overhang, then drizzle with homemade ketchup, letting it overflow on the sides.
• Place slices of pickles and a few salad greens.
• Close with the burger cap and enjoy.

Spider cookies

To enjoy as a snack or for dessert with yogurtthese spider cookies will not leave anyone indifferent…

Type : dessert

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 12 minutes

For 15 cookies

The ingredients of the recipe

• 200 g peanut butter
• 50 g of brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 packet of baking powder

For decoration:

• 15 to 20 chocolate balls
• 85g dark chocolate
• 1 to 2 tablespoons of icing sugar

Halloween dessert recipe: spider cookies © JeniFoto

Preparing spider cookies

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

• In a salad bowl, mix all the ingredients.
• Then form balls and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, taking care to space them well.
• Bake for 12 minutes and let cool for a few minutes.
• Press a ball of chocolate into the center of each cookie, pressing lightly. Cracks will appear.
• Melt the chocolate and put it in a piping bag (or freezer bag) fitted with a very fine tip. Make the 8 legs of the spiders.
• Mix the icing sugar with a little water to obtain a fairly thick icing.
• Make the eyes using the toothpick and draw the pupils with the rest of the melted chocolate. It’s ready!

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