If on Halloween you and your guests want to ingest more than candy and cocktails, here are some tasty Halloween recipes.

Dessert
Halloween Cake Balls

Brain Cupcakes

Caramel Apples

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Light appetizers
Screaming Hot Peanuts

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Chipotle Deviled Eggs

Eyeball Caprese 

Savory Pumpkin Puffs

Heavy Appetizers/Main Course
Pumpkin Stuffed with Bread and Cheese

Pumpkin Gratin

Pumpkin Curry

Halloween cocktail and punch recipes

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It was inevitable that someone would combine potato chips and beer into one uber-snack.

With all the exotic flavors of potato chips out there, it was only matter of time before the simple pleasure of beer and chips was combined into one product.

These babies are thick-cut kettle style chips with a serious coating of sugar and salt and to top it off, covered with a major dose of the world’s most perfect beverage…beer.

The company also makes Margarita chips (Shot Chips) and Spicy Bloody Mary chips (Hot Potatoes).

This, of course, won’t stop me from chasing these chips with a beer or two.

 Beer Chips

One way to show your Mom she raised you right is to treat her to a homemade brunch!

Here are some wonderful brunch and champagne cocktail recipes to show your Mom that you love her.

Celebrate your Mom with a champagne toast and tasty meal.
Happy Mother’s Day!

Champagne Cocktail Recipes

Blackberry Champagne Cocktail
The Happy Mom
Mimosa
Kir Royale
Orangecello Champagne Cocktail
Blood Orange Bellini
French Revolution
Malibu Sparkler
Mama’s Malibu Martini
Ultimate Indulgence
Mumitini

and for some fun - Hollywood MILFs & the cocktails that love them

Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

Eggs Benedict
Apple Baked French Toast
Pear and Ricotta Blintzes
Melon Sorbet
Strawberry Honey-Mascarpone Tart

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This boozy brownie recipe mixes a creamy chocolatey topping with the bite of whiskey for a dessert that I just can’t stop eating!

You can, of course, make it without the whiskey — but why would you want to?

Whiskey Brownies

3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
2 tbs. water
2 eggs
1 (6 oz.) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup whiskey

Chocolate topping

1/2 cup heavy cream
1 package (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chipsPreheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9-inch pan. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a saucepan, combine sugar, shortening and water. Cook on low heat until boiling gently. Stir in chocolate chips and vanilla. Then beat in the eggs, one at a time. Now add flour mixture and stir well. (If you want to include a half cup of nuts, mix them in at this stage) Pour the mix into the pan and bake for 30 minutes.

After brownies have cooled, sprinkle the whiskey on top and let it soak in. The make the topping as follows:

Heat the cream in the microwave for 45 seconds and pour on top of chocolate chips and stir. If that does not melt the chocolate enough, put it the mixture in the microwave for 10 seconds at a time until smooth. Then spread on top of brownies.

Bourbon on a stick, anyone?

The folks at Lollyphile in San Francisco “put some sweetness in the sour mash” to provide the world with bourbon lollipops.

The company also makes absinthe lollipops. (As well as maple bacon pops. Bacon is second only to booze, people.)
Buy 4 for $10 … or 36 for $52!

This is inspiring me to experiment with some boozy lollipop recipes myself.

Lollyphile (via Liqurious)

CMSC Spirits is releasing a new spirit in May — Love Potion #9. They sent over a little sample, which inspired me to create a new dessert. The tropical-fruit-flavored liqueur is made with sugar cane alcohol (instead of grain alcohol), which made me think strawberry tart!

It’s a light and refreshing dessert, with the mascarpone adding creaminess without turning the dish into something heavy or sticky-sweet. Oh, and it’s super easy!

Love Potion #9 Creamy Strawberry Tart

8 oz. mascarpone cheese
1 oz. honey
1 lemon
12 strawberries
1 tablespoon Love Potion #9 (can also use Grand Marnier or Chambord)
1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar
4 ready-made mini-graham cracker crusts
(or you can make your own crust and put them in small serving tins)

Blend the mascarpone and honey together, adding 2 squirts of fresh lemon. Fill each mini pie crust with the blend, reserving a few tablespoons of the mix for garnish.

Slice the strawberries. In another bowl, mix the strawberries with the Love Potion #9 and powdered sugar. The add a couple squirts of fresh lemon and stir some more.

Top your little tarts with strawberries and add a little dollop of the mascarpone mixture on top.

Love Potion #9

Even though St. Patrick’s Day is over, it’s time again to whip out the Guinness, Bailey’s and Jameson’s whiskey and turn them into delicious cupcakes!

The Irish Car Bomb is a well-known (although not very tactfully named) drink consisting of a layered shot of Jameson’s and Bailey’s dropped in a 3/4 full glass of Guinness and chugged like crazy. (Don’t let it sit … curdled Bailey’s in your beer is not an appetizing sight)

Well here is an easy recipe to render that tasty cocktail in cupcake form: Chocolate Guinness cupcakes, filled with whiskey chocolate ganache and topped with Bailey’s whipped cream. Yum! (more…)