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Halloween Retro Candy Ideas

// October 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Halloween Candy

I was sent an email of an article by the New York Time Out Magazine regarding Old-school candy. This Halloween, how about treat your Halloween guest with retro candy. Granted most of the trick o treaters won’t have an idea of the old candy that we use to eat as child but it could be fun for you give out!

Check out the old school candy mix article.

My Bean Boozled Gag Gift Candy

// October 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // Halloween Candy, gag candy

Yesterday, Jelly Belly announced a new service and website called My Bean Boozled Gag Gift Candy. This comes right in time for Halloween if you would like to trick your family or friends with uncover nasty weird flavors. I know when I first tried and tasted Jelly Belly I assumed the flavors and many times I was mistakened dearly with a weird and not my favorite tasting jelly bean. The Jelly Belly Bean Gag site takes an attempt to create the same but users are able to customize their own container, designs, flavors, text and Jelly bean.

It does seem pretty fun. Also, the great thing is that the creation is pretty fast. The website states that creations are shipped within 24-48hrs. Here is a video demo of how the website works!

This just in, Jelly Belly also just released another Halloween offer. If you buy two bags of Jelly Belly Flops you get one free

Offer: Buy 2 or more bags of Belly Flops and receive a free bag
Code: HALLOWEEN
Start Date: Oct 14, 2009
End Date: Oct 25, 2009 Offer: Buy 2 or more bags of Belly Flops and receive a free bag

Jelly Belly Halloween Coupons

// October 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Halloween Candy

Jelly Belly is offering 10% off of all candy sales over $25. They have lots of Jelly Belly Halloween packs available. From October 1st – October 27th if you place the coupon code: BOO at checkout you will receive your discount.

National Chocolate Week UK

// October 12th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Candy Contest, Halloween Candy, chocolate candy

From October 12th – 18th is National Chocolate Week in the UK. This week marks a time where people of the UK can indulge in great chocolate and participate in many sweepstakes and chocolate tasting around the country.  Check here for the online events at the Chocolate Week website.

Chocolat Hotel has offers for the week as well. Right now they do have a contest Spooky Halloween Competitions

Chocolat Hotel has Halloween Recipes as well. Check out one below

Halloween Cup Cakes

Serves: 12 Cupcakes
Ease of preparation: Easy
Preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients

• 85g Dark Chocolate for Cooking
• 85g Butter, cut into 2cm cubes
• 100g Soft Light Brown Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Egg Yolk at room temperature
• ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 tbsp Soured Cream
• 75g Self-Raising Flour
• 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
• Pinch Salt

Icing Ingredients

• 30g Confectioners Icing Sugar
• 2tbsp Organic Cocoa Powder
• 75g of Soft Unsalted Butter
• 25g of meted Dark Chocolate for cooking (optional)
• Boo Box Halloween chocolate shapes to decorate
• Pumpkin Munchkins

Equipment

Sieve
Piping bag + Nozzle
Muffin tray

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180/ Gas mark 4 and line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases.
2. Put the chocolate, butter and sugar in a heatproof bowl and place over simmering water and allow to melt, stirring continuously. Set aside to cool slightly.
3. Whisk together the eggs, vanilla and soured cream. Stir this into the cooled chocolate mixture. Sift over the flour, cocoa powder and salt and fold in. Spoon into the paper cases, filing to around 2/3 full.
4. Bake in a preheated oven for approx 20 minutes, until the muffins are risen and just firm to the touch. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
5. To make the chocolate topping melt the dark chocolate over lightly simmering water. Allow to cool.
6. Beat the butter, confectioner sugar and cocoa powder together. Add in the cooled chocolate a table spoon at a time until a thick consistency is achieved. Thick enough to pipe.
7. Place the icing into a piping bag fitted with a piping nozzle of your choice and start from the centre of the cake and pipe outwards.
8. Decorate with Boo Box! Halloween chocolate shapes and Pumpkin Munchkins.