A Tasty Halloween Recipe With Torani

Halloween is just around the corner and preparations should be in full swing.  Torani syrup can make it more special by making them a part of your delicious party foods like sugar cookies shaped like tombstones flavored with gingerbread syrup, or cupcakes with raspberry syrup topped with red colored butter cream.  You can also try out this easy Vanilla Ice Pop which you can dye with red food coloring for that Halloween feel.

credits: Simple Suppers

Fruity Vanilla Yogurt Ice Pops with Torani Syrup

1 cup plain yogurt

2 -3 tsp Vanilla Torani syrup (can use the sugar-free variety)

½ cup fruit of choice, sliced (can use strawberry or raspberry to give it a reddish tint)

Place all the ingredients in a blender. Pulse until the fruit is chopped up to your liking or just whiz everything to make it like a smoothie. The size of the fruit on your ice pop will depend on how much you pulse it.  You may like your smoothie chunky or smooth.  Another option is to add sliced fruit pieces at after blending it smooth so you will get pieces of fruit in you ice pop.

To make it look more like Halloween food, you can add a few drops of red food coloring to deepen the red color from the strawberry or the raspberry.  You can tell your kids that these are bloody yogurt pops for additional scary points.

Pour the blended mixture into ice pop molds and freeze.  You can look for Halloween-themed ice pops for a more thematic food presentation which the kids will enjoy for sure. Just remember that when your want your Halloween menu to be a hit, here are some suggestions:

• Go for colors that are closely related to Halloween.

Igf you want insteant visual appeal for your treats, go for orange, yellow, red, and black – those colors are related to Halloween more than any other colors!

• Make sure your menu includes a lot of sweets.

Halloween is the time for a lot of people (even adults to indulge in their sweet tooth. It doesn’t mean that you can only go with candy to give away for trick or treaters, though. There are cakes, donuts, ice cream, and other sweet concoctions you might want to explore.

• Know who’s eating your food.

If you are preparing for a party with lots of adults, then you may want to add more “solid” elements to your menu, not only candies and sweets. Of course, when there are more children involved, you need to up the ante when it comes to preparing anything sugary, or you might have a disappointed crowd.

• Make your menu fun!

But in the end, it really doesn’t matter if you have an adult crowd or kiddie guests waiting to try your Halloween treats. What’s more important is that you need to inject a lot of fun in your preparations. Halloween is one of those quirky holidays when everyone is allowed to let their hair down and act all in the spirit of fun. So, you don’t need to be all serious. Just go with the flow and all out, and anyone will surely enjoy the food you prepared with Torani syrups!