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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 30, 2014 | 42 Recipes to dress up Halloween chocolate treats Chocolate bars are considered one of the better scores by Halloween trick-or-treaters. While they are great to munch on their own, they can be made to taste even better when baked into Halloween-themed treats. Here are some recipes from Nestle, the makers of those ubiquitous bars. They disguise the bars somewhat but the avour experience is still a real treat. Bite-size Aero Monster Brownies The Aero milk chocolate inside these delicious brownies gives the effect of having the icing on the inside. Ingredients 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 1/2 cup butter or margarine 3/4 cup all-purpose our 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 30 Aero treat-size bars (2 squares per brownie) 1/4 cup walnut pieces (optional) Preparation Preheat oven to 350·F. Lightly grease an 8 x 8 inch pan. Melt chocolate with butter on medium-low heat and put to the side to cool. Meanwhile sift our, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs until light. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in our mixture until combined. Spread half of batter in a prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes. Remove Aero bars from wrappers and place on top of baked brownie, top with remaining batter and walnuts if desired. Bake for approximately 25 more minutes or until you can put a toothpick in the top half of the brownie and it comes out clean. Remove brownies from oven and add nal Aero square to top of brownie. Cool for at least 15 min and cut into bite-size pieces. Coffee Crisp Skeleton Bone Cupcakes Easy cupcakes are made extra special with Coffee Crisp topping. Ingredients 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 eggs 1 tsp Vanilla extract 1 1/2 cup all purpose our 1/2 cup milk 1 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 cup chocolate frosting 1 cup treat-size crushed Coffee Crisp Preparation Beat butter with sugar until creamy, add in eggs and milk. Sift together dry ingredients and add in stages. Using a 1 oz. ice-cream scoop, portion into greased mini muf n tins. Bake in a pre-heated 350·F oven for 18-20 minutes or until baked though and golden. Remove cupcakes from pan while still hot and transfer to a wire rack. Once cooled, frost cupcakes using a piping bag, or a knife. Sprinkle each cupcake with treat size Coffee Crisp topping to garnish. Advertorial A Canadian Christmas Colour to Win! Once again, the talented Steve Nease, creator and illustrator of the entertaining Pud cartoon has designed the artwork of our latest Santa Claus Parade colouring contest. The grand prize winner (must be 5 to 10 years of age) will act as the Honourary Grand Marshall of the Oakville Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, November 15, 2014. The second prize winner will be eligible to ride in a window on Santa's float. Three and four year-olds are still too young to ride in the parade, but are eligible to win age appropriate prizes, so we encourage you to enter. To enter the Oakville Santa Claus Parade Colouring Contest, colour the picture, complete the entry form and return it to the address shown. Children must be 10 years of age or younger. Contest is not open to children/relatives of the Town of Oakville and the Oakville Santa Claus Parade Committee. Signature: ________________________________________________________ I have read the rules at www.oakvillesantaclausparade.ca, and agree to abide by same. Return completed picture to: Oakville Santa Claus Parade, c/o Town of Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 Deadline: November 3, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Name: Address: Phone: Email: Age: