The wind is blowing a bit chillier, it’s getting dark earlier, leaves are falling… IT IS FALL! What a perfect time for a family movie night! Your kids will love helping you make these snacks for a Hocus Pocus party!
Spellbook Brownies
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 sticks butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- Hefty pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- Wilton’s candy eyeballs
- black decorating icing
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan with butter.
- In a medium sized pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Remove from heat, then whisk in the brown and white sugar until smooth and creamy, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
- Add the cocoa powder and flour and stir until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Pour the mixture into the prepared pans and bake for 35-40 minutes.
- Allow to cool then cut into rectangles.
- Using your decorating icing, stick the eyeball on then decorate your brownie to look like The Sanderson Sisters’ Spellbook
Hocus Pocus Candied Popcorn
Ingredients:
- Sharable size bag of skittles
- 1 stick of butter
- 3 bags of Already popped microwave popcorn
Directions:
- Sort through your bag of skittles and separate the greens, oranges, and purples. Separate the entire bag and you should have about enough of each color for the recipe.
- Melt 1/3 stick of butter in a nonstick pan and add whichever color Skittles you want to use first. Cook on medium heat, stirring until skittles are fully melted.
- Pour over popcorn in a separate bowl and quickly mix to coat entire popcorn. Spread popcorn out onto parchment paper and allow to cool.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the other two colors.
- Once cool you can transfer all colors into a large bowl and enjoy!
Comment with your fall recipe ideas and we just might try them out!
