Halloween recipes
It’s the creepiest time of the year. Embrace All Hallows’ Eve with our best Halloween recipes to make at home.
Will you trick with spider Halloween cupcakes and Halloween jelly worms, or treat with pumpkin-spiced doughnuts and toffee apples? Go more Gothic with our black cherry jam tarts.
We’ve got sweet and savoury Halloween recipe ideas for every spooky celebration – kids and adults alike – plus a range of suitably seasonal halloween drinks.
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Apple recipes
Tamarind toffee apple cake
This showstopping toffee apple cake will impress your friends at Halloween or Bonfire Night. The tamarind caramel adds a fruity tang.
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Halloween drinks
Corpse Reviver No.2 cocktail
This corpse reviver cocktail is a hangover cure from pre-Prohibition times. Try it as a Halloween cocktail or pleasing aperitif before dinner.
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Pumpkin recipes
Cheesy pumpkin toasties
Somewhere between a croque monsieur and welsh rarebit, this indulgent cheesy pumpkin toastie will warm you up on cold days.
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Halloween treacle tart bars
These rich and sticky treacle tart bars with cardamom make the perfect treat for Halloween parties or Bonfire Night gatherings.
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Halloween Mississippi mud pie with blackberries
Deliciously dark and rich, this is a chocolate mud pie recipe with a Halloween twist – ‘bloody’ sage-infused blackberries.
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Halloween black cherry jam tarts
Nothing takes you back to childhood quicker than a homemade jam tart. These gothic black cherry numbers have a Halloween twist.
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Mini pumpkin fondues
How do you make a pumpkin even tastier? Fill it with cheese, of course! Use sweeter mini pumpkins as an edible bowl for fondue.
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Squash recipes
Butternut squash velouté with green curry foam
This squash velouté recipe shows how simple ingredients can be turned into a silky, velvety soup that's perfect for autumn gatherings.
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Dark chocolate recipes
Dark chocolate parfait with berry sauce
This beautiful dark chocolate parfait looks impressive but is actually a simple make-ahead dessert, perfect for a grown-up Halloween.
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Pumpkin recipes
Pumpkin curry
Gourds, squashes and pumpkins of all shapes are used in dishes across the Indian subcontinent. This pumpkin curry takes inspiration from flavours of southern India.
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Halloween pumpkin spiced cupcakes
Halloween baking is an excuse to get silly, so stir up a batch of pumpkin spiced cupcakes. These mummies and ghosts are decorated with meringue frosting, chocolate chips and sugar eyes.
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Chocolate and peanut butter spider cookies
Stir up a batch of spooky spider cookies for Halloween. These chocolate and peanut butter biscuits are easy to decorate with the kids.
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Brownie recipes
Brownie tart with coffee cream and toffee shards
This rich brownie tart has a biscuit base and is topped with coffee cream and flame-shaped toffee shards. Perfect for Bonfire Night.
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October seasonal recipes
Burnt pumpkin cheesecake
Our autumnal take on burnt cheesecake uses pumpkin purée and cream cheese for a silky, creamy filling. Serve with whipped cream and cinnamon.
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Pumpkin recipes
Bread Ahead’s pumpkin spiced doughnuts
These puffy doughnuts from the famed London bakery Bread Ahead are filled with pumpkin custard and dipped in toffee.
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Gloria’s lemon meringue pie
Learn how to make Gloria's lemon meringue pie. The London restaurant's famous pud has tangy custard, crumbly pastry and mile-high meringue.
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