From showstopping layer cakes to Halloween hampers and award-winning vodka in crystal skull heads of course, here’s a roundup of tasty treats to bring out on All Hallows’ Eve.
Halloween Treats To Try Now
Crystal Head Vodka
Vodka
One for the grown-ups, it’s an opportune time to bring out the award-winning Crystal Head Vodka. An ultra-pure, unadulterated spirit that has been distilled four-times for smoothness, and three-times filtered through quartz crystals, it’s the creation of Hollywood film actor, Dan Akroyd and artist, John Alexander.
A hot green potion from F&M (a.k.a white hot chocolate), it’s been coloured with spirulina and so comes in a ghoulish green shade. It’s a perfect Halloween winter warmer.
New for this autumn, Yorkshire company, Cartwright & Butler has come out with new shortbreads in the form of the Spiced Pumpkin Shortbread Rounds. Their signature crumbly shortbread has the addition of pumpkin, spice and cinnamon for this Halloween offering. Be sure to dunk them into their Spiced Pumpkin Drinking Chocolate.
For a traditional hamper, Selfridges Selection has brought out a Halloween themed wicker-filled hamper. It includes six items: Joe & Seph’s chocolate pumpkin bites, Charbonnel Et Walker Halloween Spooky truffles, Choc On Choc giant skull, Ask Mummy & Daddy Halloween share tub, The Chocolate Gift Company mischievous white chocolate mice, and the Selfridges Selection orange milk chocolate bar.
A Halloween-themed hamper bag brought to you by Dorset-based Chococo, these are available for pre-order now, for delivery from 14th October. It’s filled with a whole host of handcrafted chocolates treats, from a 45% Venezuela milk chocolate pumpkin, a gold chocolate hand piped skull bar, plant-based oat milk chocolate bats and ghosts, a boo lolly and complete with choccy Dorset Dinosaurs. The treat bag also dons compostable, recyclable, plastic-free packaging.
A Yorkshire staple, Bettys specialise in delicious, sweet treats, and so, cue the rich Halloween Chocolate Cake. The Grand Cru chocolate sponge is filled with chocolate buttercream that is covered with marzipan and hand-piped Royal icing in a pumpkin face shape. Order online too and eat it within four days of delivery.
Known and loved for their cute and moreish biscuits, Biscuiteers has brought out a Halloween range. From letterbox biscuit boxes to tins, including this Haunted House one, they’re all hand iced by artists at the Ministry of Biscuits in London and have a three-month shelf life (if you can resist them for that long!)
For a showstopper of a cake look to this dream team combination of toffee and apple from Patisserie Valerie. Here, there’s four decadent and seasonal layers of sponge filled with toffee custard, apple, fudge, caramel and toffee cream. And to top it off, there’s toffee Swiss meringue buttercream that’s decorated with rosettes, fudge cubes, caramel icing and super cute baby toffee apples. Bring it out at your Halloween party to give the wow factor. The cake is available in two sizes: 6” (14 portions) and 8” (20 portions).
Calling all white chocolate fans, these Halloween skulls from Rococo are made from delicious solid white chocolate. Coming in a little bag and ribbon they make a sweet gift, or team with the milk chocolate and hazelnut praline filled pumpkins and have a bowl full of chocolate. What’s more, these are handcrafted in London from sustainably sourced ingredients using ethical production methods.
