Savory brains, a grinning meatloaf, and three kinds of sweets, each with a creator’s full recipe to follow. Image note. A source-independent H&P visualization of the article theme, not a photograph of a display built or tested by Hearth & Petals.
Zombie food for your Halloween party
At the zombie table
Pick what the party needs
Start with a savory nibble, a shared main, a chocolate spoon dessert, or a sweet decorating project.
Smoked-salmon brains on crackers
The pink swirls look faintly ridiculous on their golden crackers, which is part of the appeal. These smoked-salmon cream-cheese bites bring the brain joke to the savory side of the table.
A zombie face to slice and share
One big zombie face changes the scale of the table. Pamela’s glazed meatloaf is the choice for a shared savory main, with an expression built from recognizable food.
Little graveyards in pudding cups
Gummy zombies rise from dark cookie soil beside a graham-cracker tombstone. Underneath the graveyard is chocolate pudding, giving each guest a cold dessert to eat with a spoon.
Bean-paste brains in apple-juice jelly
The pink brain is a shaped sweet-bean-paste dessert, with a strawberry and red bean paste hidden inside. Clear apple-juice jelly gives it the look of a tiny specimen jar.
Scruffy little zombie doughnuts
White mini doughnuts with red licorice hair make a scruffier sort of zombie. Each center hole holds a gum-ball nose, so the familiar ring becomes a little face.
ready for guests
Leave room for the first guest
Think about the first guest reaching in: a cracker bite needs a clear edge to lift, while the meatloaf needs space beside it for slicing and serving.
Set out spoons with the pudding cups and jar desserts. Their containers give you a clear place for each serving, while the doughnuts can sit together on a separate plate.
Save the exact recipes you’ve chosen in one menu note, with each dish’s name and its place in the meal. Open those pages before shopping so the full ingredient lists stay together.
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quick answers
A few details before you choose
Why do two recipes open the same Mom Foodie page?
Robin Gagnon includes both brain snacks and zombie pudding cups on that page. Follow the savory smoked-salmon cracker version for the brains; the pudding cups have their own separate recipe.
Are the brains in the jars made entirely from gelatin?
No. Each brain has a strawberry and red bean-paste center inside a pink white-bean-paste layer made with shiratamako rice flour. Apple-juice gelatin surrounds that filled sweet.
Do I need to bake for the mini zombie doughnuts?
Abeer starts with plain mini doughnuts and decorates them. Consider this option when you want an assembly project without baking a new cake; look for the mini zombie variation on her page.
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