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IT’S TIME TO SHARPEN YOUR SWEET TOOTH, ALDI ANNOUNCES ITS HALLOWEEN TREATS

Halloween is the perfect sweet treat occasion! Whether giving in to the kids donning the ghost and devil outfits or indulging a sweet tooth of your own, this Halloween there are lots of treats at amazing prices at Aldi. From sour lollies to chocolate treat boxes, in mini sizes, multipacks, and tubs, there’s all sorts of fang-tastic shapes and flavours. There are also some terrifyingly tasty recipes for all different kinds of monsters.

First up is Aldi’s Swizzels Trick or Treat Lolly Mix now reduced to just 79p! These are ideal as prizes for skele-fun games planned at home or as a little Halloween treat for a friend to say fangs for the memories.

“Need to keep the sweets coming? Don’t forget about Skittles Funsize (99p/180g) and Haribo Tangfastricks and Scaremix now reduced to 69p! (69p/175g) which are value for money and totally eerie-sistible.”

One for the grown-up’s shelf, Aldi’s Specially Selected Belgian Chocolate Marshmallows (£1.79, 100g) are handmade and dipped in luxurious Fairtrade Belgian Chocolate. These freakingly delicious cubes will be one to hide from the bogeyman as they come in three tasty flavours; Salted Caramel, Blood Orange Gin, or Pink Gin. Go big or ghoul home!

Fancy getting the cauldron bubbling? Here are Aldi’s suggested scary sweet treats to make at home:

TERRIFYINGLY TASTY RECIPES

HALLOWEEN BARK 

   Ingredients

• 300g White Chocolate
• 1 tsp Red Food Colouring
• 1 tsp Yellow Food Colouring
• Leftover sweets

Method

1. Line a baking tin with baking parchment
2. Break up the chocolate and put into a heatproof bowl
3. Put the bowl over a pan of simmering water and melt the chocolate – make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water
4. While the bowl is still over the water and the chocolate is hot, add the food colourings and stir through
5. Pour the chocolate into the prepared tin then sprinkle over the leftover sweets
6. Allow to cool, then put into the fridge to harden
7. Break into shards and serve!

FRANKENSTEIN CAKE POPS

 (Suitable for vegetarians)

Ingredients

• 280g Madeira Cake
• 200g White Chocolate
• 2 tsp Green Food Colouring
• 4 tsp Milk
• 50g Dark Chocolate
• 12 Pop Sticks or Lollipop Sticks

Method

1. Trim and cut the Madeira cake into 12 oblong shapes. Carefully put a stick into each
2. Put onto a tray lined with some non-stick paper and freeze for 30 minutes
3. Break up the white chocolate and put it into a heatproof bowl. Put the bowl over a pan of simmering water and melt the chocolate – make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water
4. Once the chocolate has melted, add the green food colouring while the bowl is still over the pan of hot water. Add the milk if the mixture is too thick, then stir well
5. Dip each cake pop into the green chocolate to cover (keep them upright as they cool – you can make some holes in a potato and stand them in there while they cool and to decorate).
6. Allow to cool and harden then melt the dark chocolate the same way as you did the white chocolate.
7. Dip the tops of each cake pop in the chocolate to give Frank some hair.
8. Using the end of a toothpick, make some eyes and a stitched mouth. Allow to cool.