1. HELLRAISER MEAT SKULL

Halloween Charcuterie Centrepiece

A skull covered in meat, with olive eyeballs, jagged peanut teeth and enough toothpicks to make a porcupine jealous. This creepy Halloween charcuterie board is guaranteed to steal the show.

YOU'LL NEED

• 1 Styrofoam skull
• Pepperoni sticks or dry cured meat sticks
• Wooden toothpicks
• 2 green olives with pimentos
• Peanut pieces for teeth
• Assorted sliced cheeses
• Crackers

MAKE IT

1. Wrap the Styrofoam skull in a food-safe barrier before decorating.
2. Cut pepperoni sticks into short sections and secure them around the skull using toothpicks, working from the top down.
3. Leave openings for the eyes and mouth.
4. Add green olives for eyeballs and irregular peanut pieces for a jagged, creepy grin.
5. Place the skull on a large serving platter and surround it with cheese and crackers.

THE CREEPY FINISHING TOUCH: Mix some cream cheese with black food coloring, and spread around spaces near eyes to make the olives pop!

2. DEAD HAND CHARCUTERIE

Prosciutto-Wrapped Garlic Butter Cream Cheese Hand

Give your guests a hand this Halloween. Literally. This disturbingly realistic severed hand is made with cream cheese, Motley Que Garlic Butter Blast and thinly sliced prosciutto.

YOU'LL NEED

• 2 blocks (250 g each) cream cheese, softened
• 1–2 tbs Motley Que Garlic Butter Blast
• 150–200 g thinly sliced prosciutto
• Assorted crackers
• A butter knife for serving

MAKE IT

1. Mix softened cream cheese with Garlic Butter Blast until combined.
2. Refrigerate briefly until firm enough to shape.
3. On a serving platter, use your hands to shape the mixture into a palm, five fingers and a wrist. No mould required!
4. Carefully drape thin slices of prosciutto over the entire hand, overlapping to create a realistic, fleshy appearance.
5. Refrigerate until firm and surround with crackers before serving.

THE CREEPY FINISHING TOUCH: Stab a knife into the hand for guests to carve into their appetizer.

3. PUMPKIN PUKE GUACAMOLE

Easy Halloween Guacamole Dip

Nothing says Halloween party quite like a pumpkin violently losing its lunch. This disgusting-looking guacamole dip is ridiculously easy to make and even easier to demolish.

YOU'LL NEED

• 1 small pumpkin
• 4 ripe avocados
• 1 lime, juiced
• ¼ cup finely diced red onion
• 1 small tomato, diced
• 2 tbs chopped Cilantro, optional
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Tortilla chips

MAKE IT

1. Cut the top off your pumpkin and scoop out the seeds.
2. Carve two angry eyes and a large, wide-open mouth.
3. Mash the avocados with lime juice, onion, tomato and Jalapeño Rub.
4. Place the pumpkin on a large serving platter.
5. Spoon the guacamole into the mouth and pile the rest in front, creating a glorious trail of pumpkin puke.
6. Surround with tortilla chips and serve.

THE CREEPY FINISHING TOUCH: Make the guacamole spill naturally from the pumpkin's mouth. The messier, the better.

4. SKELETON MEAT TRAY

Halloween BBQ Ribs and Sausage Platter

We've got a bone to pick with boring Halloween dinners. This smoked BBQ skeleton platter brings together sticky ribs, juicy sausages and a few plastic body parts for one seriously twisted main course.

YOU'LL NEED

• 2 racks of pork ribs
• Motley Que sausages
• Motley Que Pork & Rib Fixx
• Motley Que Sticky Fixx BBQ Sauce
• 1 decorative plastic skull
• 2 decorative skeleton arms/hands
• Large serving tray

MAKE IT

1. Remove the membrane from the ribs, season generously with Pork & Rib Fixx and smoke at 250°F until tender, typically around 4–6 hours depending on thickness.
2. Brush with Sticky Fixx during the final 20–30 minutes to create a sticky glaze.
3. Cook the sausages until they reach their appropriate safe internal temperature, 160°F for pork or beef sausages and 165°F for poultry sausages.
4. Arrange the ribs on either side of a large tray to resemble a ribcage.
5. Pile the sausages in the centre to create a tangled mess of intestines.
6. Add the skull at the top and position the skeleton arms along the sides.

THE CREEPY FINISHING TOUCH: Let the sausages twist and overlap naturally. Nobody wants neat and tidy intestines.

5. MONSTER DEVILLED EGGS

Halloween Devilled Eggs with Green Filling

These creepy Halloween devilled eggs look like they've been sitting in a radioactive swamp. Cracked black-marble egg whites and bright green filling make them the perfect bite-sized nightmare.

YOU'LL NEED

• 12 large eggs
• Black food colouring
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 tsp yellow mustard
• 1 tsp pickle juice
• ½ tsp Motley Que All Purpose Rub
• Green food colouring
• Motley Que Brisket Fixx or Everything but the Bagel Seasoning, for garnish

MAKE IT

1. Hard-boil the eggs and cool completely in an ice bath.
2. Gently tap each egg with a spoon to crack the shell all over without peeling it.
3. Place the cracked eggs in cold water mixed with black food colouring. Refrigerate for 2–4 hours to create the spiderweb pattern.
4. Carefully peel the eggs, slice in half and remove the yolks.
5. Mash the yolks with mayonnaise, mustard, pickle juice and All Purpose Rub.
6. Add green food colouring until the filling is a suitably disgusting shade of green.
7. Pipe or spoon the filling into the egg whites, sprinkle with paprika and refrigerate until serving.

FIVE RECIPES. ONE HELL OF A HALLOWEEN.

Whether you're feeding a house full of monsters or just looking to disturb a few dinner guests, these creepy creations are guaranteed to make an impression.

Now go raise some hell. And bring an appetite.