Halloween Baking Inspiration

I have a love hate relationship with Halloween.

The hate is pretty simple - I'm a scaredy cat. I rarely make plans that involve leaving the house on Halloween, basically because I just can't handle it. Case in point - last year I ventured to the library and popped into a shop on the way. I ended up shouting at someone who jumped out at me in fancy dress, then burst into tears and went home. I know. A complete over reaction. I felt really terrible for shouting at the person afterwards.

So, I favour house parties, and then, I love it. I love dressing up, I love decorating the house, having people round and seeing what they're dressed as, but most of all, I love all the fun you can have with Halloween Baking. Above are a few highlights of Halloween from the last few years. As you can see, I like it cute. Little faces on food, pumpkin bunting and bows in my hair.

I thought I'd kickstart everyone's inspiration with a few bakes I've seen floating around online,

1. We'll start simple, with a Halloween twist on the classic Gingerbread Man - Gingerbread Skeletons from Betty Crocker

2. Have you seen all those cakes with stuff falling out the middle - the Pinata Cakes? This takes it one step further, Trick or Treat Cookies from not martha

3. These are up there with the cutest things on the list, Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats from Food, Family and Finds

4. Did I include these cute little ghosts just because I thought the name was hilarious? It's possible. Good old BBC, never let you down, especially not with Malloween Ghosts

5. These Brownie Owls from Pink When are quite American in their ingredients, but I think the only thing you can't get over here is the little orange corn thingy? I think an upside down gummy bear (sorry gummy bear) would do just the trick instead

6. Delightful and Made have a suitably delightful recipe for Spooky Spiderweb Cupcakes

7. There is a huge collection of Halloween Marshmallow Pops over at You Wash I Dry but these little bats are the cutest things ever! In my opinion...

8. Things are getting a little classier now, with this beautiful Marble Pumpkin Cheesecake from Roxana's Home Baking

9. Classy is now at the next level. This cake from The Cake Blog is quite the show-stopper

10. We're going back to the super cute for the last bake on the list from A Spicy Perspective