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I
never was a fan of Halloween and it kind of annoyed me that Australia couldn't
come up with original ideas and had to try and be even more American.
But
since becoming a Mum I'm all about letting my kids express themselves and like
their own things. I don't want my opinions to shape and create a clone, I want
them to both be original.
So
when October comes around they are all about the Halloween scene and dressing
up, making delicious treats (this part I'm not complaining about) and of course
trick or treating (yet to let them as I'm scared what's out there haha,
warewolves maybe?)
This
year I decided I would dive and I mean right into the deep end on the whole
Halloween thing after being inspired by Cruise Tips by Carnival - yes maybe I
was also dreaming of lazing around on the deck and sipping my very large glass
of wine (wouldn't that be nice).
So
I am creating a series of ghoulish posts to keep in the theme of Spooktober.
The first one being some scrumptious treats Mummy, Daddy and the girls made- we
do just about everything as a family as we find it great bonding time. It also
gives the girls experience in the kitchen and they will thank us when they
spread their wings and jump coup.
So
all you need to make these POPPING FRANK’s MONSTER BARS:
INGREDIENTS
•
3 tablespoons butter
•
280gms marshmallows (one packet)
•
6 cups rice bubbles (we got the Halloween
themed ones)
•
10 drops green food colouring or until you get
the right colour you're after- we used the Wilton green gel from Spotlight.
•
1 bag of Cadbury Melting chocolate
•
White m&ms for eyes and food safe marker- we used
black food colour and a paint brush
FRANK’S STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
• Melt the butter in a large pot and add the
marshmallows. Stir until they are all melted!
• Add in the food coloring and stir until it turns
green.
• Add rice bubbles a little bit at a time and stir to
combine.
• Press rice bubbles into a buttered 9 x 13 pan. Press
flat and let cool.
• Let rice bubbles treats sit for about 30 minutes.
•
Remove from pan and cut into squares.
• Melt Chocolate according the package directions. Dip
the tops of the Rice bubble treats into the melted chocolate.
• Lay on a sheet of wax paper (or a plate).
•
Use some of the melted chocolate and
\"glue\" on the candy eyes.
• Fill a zip lock bag with some of the melted chocolate,
snip an end off and pipe a stitch mouth onto Frankenstein's Monster.
•
Let the Frankenstein's Monster Rice Bubble Treats sit for about
20 minutes undisturbed or until the chocolate has hardened.
If you’re stuck for ideas this
Halloween, or are a complete rookie to the Halloween scene Cruise Tips by
Carnival have a couple of really cool inspo posts to get those braaaaaain
fluids pumping. Just head to the link below for their Tasty Treats post.
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