Name: Spookily good monster crispy cakes (recipe)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 200 g 7 oz marshmallows; 30 g 1 oz butter; 120 g 4 oz rice crispies; 2 tsp green natural food colouring; 12 white chocolate Lindor (white chocolate truffles); A pack of icing pens (including black, green and red)

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We have three Halloween traditions in our household. We have a party (because it almost coincides with JD’s birthday), we carve pumpkins (JD draws a pattern on and Mark cuts it out) and we make monster cakes that peer right back at you.

Here’s how to make 12 of the little lookers…

Spookily good monster crispy cakes (recipe)

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings:

Author: Emily Leary

Spooky, crispy little monster eyes that will get you in the perfect mood for Halloween.

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Ingredients

200 g 7 oz marshmallows
30 g 1 oz butter
120 g 4 oz rice crispies
2 tsp green natural food colouring
12 white chocolate Lindor white chocolate truffles
A pack of icing pens including black, green and red

Instructions

Prepare the eyes first by drawing a black circle with icing onto the top of each ball
Next draw round the black circle twice with the green pen
Using a very slightly wet finger (I keep a pot of warm water by me as I work) pat the icing down to smooth it
Finally, using the red pen, draw in some spooky detail from the middle outwards
Set them aside
In a saucepan, gently melt the butter, then add in the marshmallows, stirring continuously with a large metal spoon until completely melted
Keeping the pan over a very low heat, stir in the rice crispies and mix until completely coated
Now add the colouring but try to stop mixing before the colour has distributed completely evenly - it gives a spookier effect
Take off the heat
Line a muffin tray with fairy cake cases and when the mixture is just cool enough to handle, spoon it into the cases - you may have to use your hands as it gets sticky very quickly
Wash any mix off your hands and leaving them slightly damp, push down the mixture in each case so that it's packed firmly - you may have to rinse your hands a few times as you go
Before they set, push an eye into the centre of each cake so that it's set in by a couple of millimetres
Allow to set completely, then lift out of the tray and there you have it - 12 crispy little monsters!