Halloween - Spooky Food - White Chocolate Ghosts

Hello!

Happy Halloween 🎃👻

The last spooky food of this year is the White Chocolate Ghosts - Now you can have your revenge on those troublesome little ghosts that are always stealing your Neopoints! I know it's a very simple one but honestly it was all I had time for (and even more honestly, if you know how temperamental chocolate is (and white chocolate shouldn't even be called chocolate) you would never call this simple 😅).

And I am also here writing this post on the run because I have a few guests in my house to celebrate Halloween (don't worry, safety measures are being held) and I have to go back there :P

There is nothing much to say about these guys, they are just plain white chocolate with candy eyes (in this case, sour skittles), but... they sure look fun on any Halloween table out there :D

Enjoy and, once again, happy Halloween!

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

White Chocolate Ghosts -  ⭐⭐⭐ - Three stars for these fellows because this is nothing more or less than white chocolate and I'm not the bigest fan of white chocolate. I eat it but it's not really my cup a' tea. 

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Halloween - Hot Apple Cider

Hello!
Today I decided to make a drink to go with the spooky food. I know this is not a spooky food but it is a hot drink that is commonly served during this time of year. What else could it be? Hot Apple Cider - A soothing sweet cider made of fresh apples.
You might think it's strange but I really had a good time preparing and making this drink. I'm not usually into drink making (although I did have practical subjects on this) but maybe it was the fact that it was made on the stove top that made me really enjoy it :)

I have never made apple cider before so I have absolutely no idea what it's supposed to taste like but, if it tastes like this, it is practically just like drinking a slice of the most delicious apple pie ^_^

Now, I must confess I am not very fond of hot drinks, only when I'm cold (or if I need my sinusitis headaches to get better, I don't really have a choice on this one -_-), so although this is a very comforting and cozy Fall/Winter drink, I had to chill it overnight so I could have it really cold the next day to enjoy it to the fullest :D

Some details I would like to point out (according to my taste, of course): this would have been probably better if I had used a mix of Royal Gala apples and Granny Smiths. It could also have more orange and lemon juice in it and, considering how sweet it was, maybe the sugar should be adjusted or even left out. So this is my take on Hot Apple Cider. Enjoy!

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Hot Apple Cider - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Four stars for this amazing, heartwarming and comforting drink. This tastes exactly like apple pie, which is sooooo delicious. But I have a confession to make, I just don't give this drink five stars because hot drinks are absolutely not my favourite. I prefer very cold drinks to be honest ;) Still, it doesn't take away its deliciousness :D

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Halloween - Spooky Food - Count Cross Buns

Hello!

I'm really running against time making these Halloween/Spooky foods!

Today I'm showing you the Count Cross Buns - Eat these delicious buns and repel vampires all at the same time. 

Well, these buns were fairly easy to put together and even easier to eat :D Spiced buns still warm from the oven??? Come on!!! ^_^

As this was a quite easy recipe, I'm struggling to get some brains for another recipe, most butchers simply won't get me any, which is really a bummer :( oh well...

Enough talking, on to the video :D

Enjoy!

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Count Cross Buns - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- I rate this with five stars because I love all things seasoned with Fall/Winter spices: breads, buns, cakes, cookies... you name it! :D

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Halloween - Spooky Food - Ghost Pancakes

 Hello!
Continuing this adventure on Spooky Foods just because it's Halloween time, here you have my take on Ghost Pancakes - These pancakes taste delicious, providing you can stop them floating around the room long enough to eat them...
Making the pancakes was fairly easy but shaping them... good gracious! :P
Anyway, you already know that if you want the full recipe, just let me know and I will gladly give it to you ^_^.

On to the video and enjoy!

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Ghost Pancakes -⭐⭐⭐⭐- I rate this with four stars because nothing beats a classic like this: pancakes and honey. I don't care if they are angry ghosts or not, they are delicious! :D And, come on... look at that cutest shape!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Halloween - Spooky Food - Pumpkin Pie

 Hello!

Halloween is a pretty busy time of the year for me. And now even more with the pandemic new rules that we have to follow. I want to make Neopian recipes that relate to the Halloween theme but it seems like I'm just soooooo busy :P

Anyway, even if I don't post any more Spooky/Halloween foods, at least I made one: Pumpkin Pie - Legends say that they used to make these pies out of something other than pumpkin in the past...

And this is a fairly easy thing to make and oh so delicious. 

I usually only bake pumpkin pies during Fall and it is a very recent thing that I bake because in Portugal we don't have the pumpkin pie tradition. But, as you know, I am a kitchen/food/gastronomy lover and I have a big interest in food all around the world! And I was just so curious about pumpkin pie that I obviously had to make it and it rapidly became a favourite of the house ;)

But, anyway, here you have it, the video for Neopian Spooky Pumpkin Pie.

Enjoy!

By the way, just a note on the video: you might notice that I don't present any quantities in this video. This is because I realised that the people who asked me to make videos only wanted to see me making the food and not exactly make the food themselves so... that's that :) if you want any recipe, just let me know :)

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Pumpkin Pie - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I rate this with five stars just because I absolutely love pumpkin pie! ^_^

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Carrot and Pea Omelette

Hello.

As some of you may already know, I had a friend who was hospitalized dying with cancer. We heard about this on September the 23rd (we had absolutely no idea she was battling cancer) and my friend passed away on September the 29th. This was a real shock to me. She used to spend every Halloween night with us, she absolutely loved Halloween. We never knew she had cancer a few years back to begin with so when we got this information it was like "no, we must not be talking about the same person, this has to be a mistake!" It turned out it wasn't. I wasn't able to see at the hospital due to covid, and I actually didn't see her after last Halloween and this, happening so close to the date, just made things so much more difficult to deal with. I can't grab a Halloween decoration without thinking of her, it's been really hard on all of us :(

I was able to go to her wake ceremony with my sister and another common friend, and this gave me some sort of peace of mind, like a last farewell, otherwise it would have felt like... unsolved business or something.

For just a moment I actually thought the universe would gather the necessary conditions for a miracle to happen, the doctors had given her a few hours left on the 24th of September and as the days went by and no one would tell us anything... I really thought that by some magical, impossible chance she would pull through it.

But she didn't and now she is part of the realm of the ghosts. Lets hope she can visit once in a while.

Now, despite all bad situations in my life happening during Fall season, and it does seem like there is a huge force somewhere trying to make me loathe this season, I'm still pretty much in love with Fall and Halloween, and with the 31st of October approaching, I couldn't help but feel the need to cook again. I am planning on some spooky foods briefly but today is still not the day.

Today I have an omelette to show you. And the chosen one (because it had to be, sooner or later XD) is the Carrot and Pea Omelette - A strange combination, but nevertheless tasty.

I did not have the chance to taste this omelette but my boyfriend gave me his rating on it. 

I hope you like this!

Enjoy :)

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Carrot and Pea Omelette - ⭐⭐⭐ - My boyfriend rated this omelette with three stars for obvious reasons (for him though). He said this is worse than a plain omelette 😅 I cannot confirm that but I do know he doesn't like peas that much... nor boiled carrots as a matter of fact so, I think we even got lucky to not get a one star rating XD.

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.