No, not a Bush Tucker Trial!
These are another tasty Halloween treat for you to try. I can’t
really call it a recipe as such – it’s made from shop bought goodies…
I was going to call them Teacake Spiders, but spiders have
eight legs and I could only jam in six Mikado’s to the teacake before it
crumbled.
Therefore, they are 'wingless' Daddy Long Legs, which do have
six legs. And I’m sure you will agree the legs are long!
You could make your own teacakes if you so desire, I have a
recipe here for Easter ones which can be easily tweaked to be non-Easter. For
convenience and time however, I used pre-made ones. I used Daim bar Mikado’s
for the legs, they are kind of knobbly, so add to the creepy effect. You could
also use Matchmakers too.
I’d bought some edible googly eyes online, but you could
improvise and us anything you like, such as white icing, white chocolate, but the
eyes are a great investment. You get loads in a pack and will last you a few Halloweens.
To stick the eyes on I heated the end of a teaspoon and held
it against the teacake to melt the chocolate a little, then stuck the eyes to
that. I also made a hole in the top of some so the eyes popped out of the top
of the teacakes which I thought were pretty cute.
These are such a simple idea, but one I think would add a
tasty bit of ghoulishness to a Halloween buffet!
Edible Daddy Long Legs
Teacakes and chocolate sweets made into a creepy crawly Halloween treat
Ingredients
- 1 package teacakes
- 6 per teacake Mikado or Matchmakers
- two per teacake googly eyes
Instructions
1. Carefully insert the chocolate stick sweets into the teacakes, just above the biscuit base. 2. Add six, three on each side.3. Heat the end of a teaspoon and use this to melt some of the chocolate to adhere the eyes to.4. Allow the chocolate to set. 5. Lay your daddy long legs out for little kids (or big ones) to much on!
Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: VariesI am adding these Halloween treats to this week's Recipe of the Week hosted by Emily at A Mummy Too.
I'm adding these into Credit Crunch Munch, hosted by Fuss Free Flavours and Fab Food 4 All. The teacakes and mikados were bought for just a pound each (in the pound shop) so great value for money!
Too cute! 6 or 8 legs they still make a great Halloween treat! Everyone loves easy fun treats, although my 7 year old might disagree for her fear of anything with more then 4 legs! ;0)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute and look great to nibble with a coffee!
ReplyDeleteMy girls would have loved these when they were little. What a great idea. He he - want to pull the legs off them right now.
ReplyDeleteThese are very cute and perfect with little ones for Halloween. Where did you get the googly eyes from? I had no idea that you could get edible ones
ReplyDeleteI got them online, made by Wiltons. Lots of cake shops should have them Jo x
DeleteI saw some edible google eyes in Paperchase of all places, so many fun uses, like these!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic!! So cute and my kids would love them.
ReplyDeleteThese are simply too, too cute!! Aist too cute to eat...
ReplyDeleteI think they look a bit too cute to be ghoulish, but they are great fun and a very clever idea.
ReplyDeleteSo conflicted between being scared and wanting to eat these... Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and so simple to make. As soon as I saw them I thought of matchmakers, I haven't had them in years and seeing this mad made me want to pop out and buy a pack!
ReplyDeleteGreat for Halloween. Easy to do and super scaryyyyy...
ReplyDeleteThese are fab Stuart - far too good just for Halloween - maybe a bug party is needed?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with #creditcrunchmunch
Love these spiders Stuart, so effective and no cooking involved, what more could you want? Thanks for linking up to #CreditCrunchMunch!
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