I loved Halloween when I was a kid. Sorta. My mom one year when I was like 9, decided that she couldn't afford Halloween costumes. She decided to make them. Out of furry car seats. To make us look like bunnies. This was in Florida. It sucked. It was itchy and smelly. Of course my mom was in a "great" mood because we were all so uncomfortable. My older brother was the lucky one. He came up with the genius idea of putting a putting a paper bag over his head and going as the Unknown Comic. The rest of us had to suffer in our sweaty, stinky, falling apart crap costumes. My mom was angry that we didn't like them. I remember getting told that I was a complainer....and I am going to shut up and like it. My little brother was crying. People we went trick or treating to felt so sorry for us they gave us extra candy. Nowadays we are going through a economic crisis.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN ADVICE
by Momma Cupcake
by Momma Cupcake
1. Do not under any circumstances create bunny costumes out of old stinky car seat covers.
2. Do not punish a child if child doesn't want to wear a bunny costume made out of old, stinky car seat covers.
3. If you hate sewing.....don't sew.
4. Ever.
5. Especially for Halloween.
6. Especially on the day of Halloween.
7. Especially on the day of Halloween when the temperature is 300 degrees with 1000% humidity.
8. Instead of putting your time into making crappy costumes make tasty homemade candy full of high fructose corn syrup. Your kids will love you for it :).
9. AND please understand costumes made out of old, stinky car seat covers DO NOT EVER compare to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes from Wal-Mart...no matter how much you yell at your sweat and fur covered 5 year old little boy. It will scar him for the rest of his life.
Last year on my old blog I made some Halloween candy: Reese's, Mounds, and Twix. This year I made 3 Musketeers. I'll give you the recipes for all of them. The 3 older recipes I made up myself but the 3 Musketeers Bar I got from another site. Enjoy!
Homemade Mounds Bars
by Momma Cupcake
- Bag of sweetened coconut
- 1 cup of powered sugar
- 1 stick of unsalted butter
(the last two ingredients you can make your own adjustments just as long as you can form them still)
Lots of tempered chocolate. (this can easily be done in a microwavable bowl….just add a tablespoon of shortening or oil and heat the chocolate of your choosing slowly…20 to 30 seconds at a time.)
Toasted Almonds (if you like Almond Joy!)
Homemade Twix
by Momma Cupcake
For the sake of simplicity I made caramel a very easy way. Now while I LOVE caramel made from heavy cream I thought I would give something a try that I have learned through food blog scuttlebutt. You take a can of sweetened condensed milk and submerge in water in a large pot. I would say at least two inches. Then you let it simmer for 3 hours. At first it may seem like its too runny but as it cools it will thicken up. Two warnings: One make sure you keep the candy submerged with at least two inches of water at all times. We don’t want any exploding cans do we? Two: Make sure you allow the can to cool down to where you can at least touch it without burning yourself before opening. There will be a bit of caramel that will come out when you use a can opener. If you simmer this for 5 hours it will be more like the caramel square you see in the supermarket. Yum either way!
That being said make your favorite shortbread recipe. (yes you can buy shortbread but that is only if you are short on time because it defeats the purpose of making things homemade!) Let the shortbread cool. Then cut into whatever shapes you want. Use a cake decorating bag and flat tip to pipe the cooled caramel onto the shortbread. Freeze for 30 minutes. Then dip in tempered chocolate.
Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
by Momma Cupcake
You will need a mold or mini cupcake liners. Use a paint brush to paint the chocolate inside the mold. Freeze until solid.
For the peanut butter filling:
- 2 cups peanut butter (creamy)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tbs cornmeal
Mix and roll these into small balls. If they are too sticky to handle just put it in the freezer until its chilled. Place a the peanut butter balls into the chilled chocolate and then cover with more chocolate. Use a spatula knife to even out the chocolate and get rid of excess. Freeze again until hardened. Pop them out of mold and enjoy!
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