Halloween it is a party loved all over the world by young and old. Of Celtic origin and in vogue especially in the United States, it has now crossed the stars and stripes boundaries to become an occasion of joy, fun and … delicious delicacies.

For this special occasion the recipes are mostly pumpkin based: the Halloween pumpkin, which in English-speaking countries is called "Jack-o'-lantern", is one of the main symbols of the October 31st holiday. In the top ten that we offer, there are also sweets decorated with ghosts, witches or monsters.

You can open the dances by serving guests a orange and bitter juice cocktail, while offering simple and tasty appetizers. For the appetizer you can opt for the bruschetta with pumpkin, smoked bacon and goat cheese: simple ingredients that give life to a winning and tasty mix. The crispy polenta chips they are very good served still warm and accompanied by the creme fraiche mousse, sautéed porcini, chives and egg whites. THE pumpkin muffin with poppy seeds they are the salty version of the very famous English sweets: they are kept for a day, so if you are invited to a Halloween party at a friend's house you can pack them in a tin box and use them as an original gift idea.

For the first ones prepare some pumpkin gnocchi with mushrooms: the potato gnocchi are wrapped in a creamy sauce of champignons, leeks and robiola.

For the second courses instead opts for the skewers of meat with cabbage, flavored with orange and juniper juice and also alternated with pumpkin slices.

A witty outline? In ghost dance the ghosts are made from mashed potatoes poured with a pastry bag, with sesame seeds to form the eyes.

The desserts are the real protagonists of Halloween, enjoy decorating them in an original way. THE sweets for Halloween that we offer you in our recipe are greedy little spiders in which the icing is streaked with strips of liquorice like little legs while the chocolate-covered biscuits are the body and the chocolate dragees the little eyes. To prepare them, let the children help you: it will become a shared moment of joy.

Discover the best recipes for organizing a thrilling Halloween party!