As Halloween fast approaches, people begin thinking about the parties, costumes and fun. But one of the more important aspects of this great day is the food. There are thousands of different recipes that can be used, on Halloween to make the spookiest but tastiest solutions.

If you are having a Halloween party or get together, then you will want to make the best food for your guests. When people think of Halloween they think of sweet treats and other sugary edibles. But you should keep these to a minimum, the reason for saying this, is because of the fact that you do not want to hype all your guests up on sugar, especially young children as they may begin to get very naughty. You could in fact create a vast array of foods such as chicken or fish in the shape of a hand or finger, with ketchup smothered all over it. This will surely give your guest a fright!

Halloween food does not have to be hard to create, if you cook normal food it should come as a breeze to you. All you will basically have to do is change the shape and the look of your traditional meals such as meatballs for example. Instead of just creating your normal meatballs why not make them in a form of scary eyes? You can use cheese, olives and tomatoes to shape the meatballs in anyway that you wish.

Moving onto drink, people usually like to supply punch on Halloween parties. Why not try to spice this up with a quarter of lemon lime soda and a touch of sherbet? You could then finish it of with a nice misty and dirty looking cocoa powder.

The trick to make Halloween food work is the preparation; you should always keep the food simple and familiar, but add that little extra twist. Make the food look different; you can use food colourings as a major transformation for Halloween food. You should also try renaming the food so it sounds a lot spookier.

Halloween is a great event to enjoy, it is not only for kids but it is great to have a social gathering with close family and friends. What other chance do we get to socialise with loved ones except for Christmas. You should make the most of the day and have as much fun as you can imagine, as Halloween only comes around once a year.

By: Musa Aykac

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