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By Heather Kelly, Director of Operations, NoRA Cupcake Company Photos: Winter Caplanson, Connecticut Food & Farm
How I Halloween... We’re now in the month of Hallows Eve - how can you not love a holiday that celebrates both equal parts mischief and spending a whole night collecting sugar? The lead up and party prep is almost half the fun - and we’ve got plenty of ideas on how you can transform your treats for the occasion. Nothing wrong with a little DIRT cake dressed up with a gummy worm to get the kids (and adults) in theme. Much more appetizing than its name lets on, this cupcake is a huge hit with OREO lovers. The more chocolate, the better. Our tried and true recipe features a chocolate cupcake filled with chocolate pudding, chocolate buttercream frosting, covered in oreo crumbs and green sugar with a gummy worm poppin’ right out. If you’re not so much a chocolate person (say it ain’t so!) you can add in a cream cheese and cool whip mixture to layer with the chocolate pudding to cut the richness. As long as the gummy worm is on top, you’re good to go! Looking to step up the gore factor? Our DRACULA creation is as blood red as it can get and easy to make. Take a chocolate cupcake, core out the middle and stuff with cherry pie filling, take some red food coloring and mix into your vanilla buttercream to get that deep, deep red. A little sprinkle on top makes all the difference, too. Dusting some red glitter sugar on top will make it so eye catching that no vampire will be able to resist. Once all the celebrations are coming to an end - don’t get stuck with a drawer full of fun size candy bars to tempt you.
Mash ‘em all up, mix ‘em into a cake batter, and you’re on your way to some delicious CANDY CAKES. Our favorite candies to mix in are anything that comes in chocolate bar form - Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers - and you can never go wrong with throwing some M+M’s into the mix as well. Frost with a simple vanilla or chocolate buttercream and throw whatever you’ve got left for candy chunks right on top. We’ll be making the final tweaks to our upcoming HALLOWEEN 2018 Menu to have it available in store at our Middletown and West Hartford locations for Mid-October. Let us do the work for you and impress your little ghouls just in time for trick or treat!
NoRa Cupcake Company (860) 788-3150 700 Main St, Middletown, CT 06457 noracupcake.com
