Simple vegetarian Halloween recipes

Creepy snake cucumbers for starters

For a Halloween appetizer, we recommend these spooky snake cucumbers. These are easy to make and the perfect Halloween recipe when you're in a hurry —and they're also delicious and healthy.

Ingredients

• 2 organic cucumbers
• 1 bell pepper
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 4 goji berries or raisins (for the eyes)
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• pepper

preparation

Cut the cucumber into spirals with a knife or spiralizer. Sprinkle some salt over the cucumber. Place the spiralized cucumbers in a bowl or container, forming a snake. In a small bowl, combine balsamic vinegar and oil. Add 1-2 fresh red bell peppers. Pour the vinegar over the cucumber until the snake is as submerged as you like. Place the goji berries or raisins on the snake's face. Refrigerate the snake for at least 20-30 minutes, then serve cold.

Pizza mummies as a main course

Are there people who don't love pizza? We can hardly imagine it. With these pizza mummies, you can give the Italian classic a spooky twist – a great Halloween recipe for families, too.

Ingredients

• 1 roll of pizza dough
• 200ml tomato sauce
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 pinch of sugar
• 2 tsp (Italian) herb mix
• 1 clove of garlic
• 4 slices of cheese
• 15 olives (pitted)

preparation

Mix the tomato sauce with salt, pepper, sugar, and the herb mixture. Add the garlic clove crushed through the garlic press to the tomato sauce and mix.

Using a round cookie cutter or a glass, cut out circles from the dough. You can also use different sized glasses, so you'll end up with different-sized pizza mummies.

Spread the tomato sauce over the dough.

Slice the olives and place them on the dough circles as the eyes of the mummies.

Cut the cheese into strips and place them on the round pizza mummies to create a nice crisscross pattern. You can adjust the length of the strips to your liking.

You can brush the leftover dough with the remaining tomato sauce. Twist them together slightly to resemble mummy body parts.

Bake in the oven at 190° for 10 to 12 minutes (follow the instructions on the dough package).

Spooky brain cupcakes for dessert

Dessert is a must on Halloween. You can't go wrong with these terrifying brain cupcakes, a Halloween recipe for those with a sweet tooth.

Ingredients

These ingredients are enough for 8-12 cupcakes depending on the size of the cupcake tins.

For the dough

• 125g butter
• 150g sugar
• 2 pinches of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 organic lemon, a little grated peel
• 1 dl milk
• 180g white flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

For the filling

• Raspberry jelly

For the topping

• 2 teaspoons of seedless raspberry jelly/jam
• 125 butter
• 70g powdered sugar
• 1 pack of vanilla sugar
• 2-3 teaspoons of lemon juice

preparation

First, make the batter. Put the butter in a bowl, stir in the sugar and salt. Add the eggs and continue beating until the mixture is lighter in color. Then add the lemon zest and milk. Mix the milk and baking powder together, add to the mixture, and pour into muffin tins.

Then bake for 20 minutes in the center of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove and let cool.

While the muffins are cooling, make the frosting. Beat the softened butter with a mixer until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, jelly, and lemon juice and mix everything together.

Place the raspberry jelly into a piping bag fitted with a round decorating tip and fill each cupcake with about half. Gently press to fill the center.

Apply a base layer of frosting to each cupcake.

Transfer the remaining icing to a piping bag fitted with a medium round decorating tip. Squeeze the icing on using a small back-and-forth motion to create swirls.

Place the cakes in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to allow the icing to harden.

Using a pastry brush, spread a thin layer of seedless jam over each cupcake, making sure to fill the holes. Using a pastry brush, spread a thin layer of seedless jam over each cupcake, making sure to fill the holes.