Unique Gourmet Halloween Cakes

Black Spider Cake - Conjured by a pastry wizard, this luscious cake consists of dense chocolate layers cushioned with orange-chocolate mousse, covered with vanilla buttercream and cloaked in mystery and tinted white chocolate. A dark chocolate spider spins a shimmering silver- dusted web all over.

 Ghost Cake - The baking magicians at Cakework have done it again, this time sculpting a ghost out of their signature Chocolate Killer Cake. Dense chocolate cake layers are cushioned with chocolate truffle decadence and chocolate mousse filling, then cloaked in white chocolate. Dare we say it's hauntingly good?

Vampire Cake - Who says vampires don't have heart? Our vampire cake—made of moist red velvet cake, covered in buttercream and wrapped in tinted white chocolate—has a luscious heart of cream cheese filling swirled with sweet raspberries. Ve vant to bite it; you vill too.



Easy Halloween Appetizers and Treats

Apple Bites

Ingredients:

Apples

Slivered almonds

Preparation:

Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth.  Tip: If you're not going to serve them right away, baste the apples with orange juice to keep them from browning.

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Haunted Graveyard Appetizer

Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh spinach
10 ounces hummus
Vegetables (we used broccoli and celery)
Pretzels
Hard-boiled eggs
Crackers
Black olives
Edible marker
Carrot sticks


Preparation:
In a food processor, puree the spinach and hummus.

To make the boiled-egg ghosts, cut slits and insert black-olive facial features. Use an edible marker to turn crackers into tombstones.

Mound the dip on a tray and top it with veggie trees, a pretzel fence, boiled-egg ghosts, and cracker tombstones.

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Melon Brain

Ingredients:
1 small seedless watermelon


 
Preparation:
Use a vegetable peeler to remove the entire green rind, exposing the inner white rind.
Slice off the bottom of the melon to create a flat base that will keep it from rolling. With a toothpick, outline squiggly furrows that resemble the folded surface of a brain.
Finally, carve narrow channels along the tracings with a sharp paring knife (a parent's job) to expose the pink fruit beneath the rind.

Halloween Treat Bags by Martha Stewart

Get your Halloween party planning started with these cute halloween treat bags by Martha Stewart featuring monster, black cat and frankenstein faces and decorative accents. These Halloween Cello Treat Bags and perfect as halloween goodie bags, halloween gift bags, and more.

Halloween Paper Treat Bags with Monster Faces

Halloween Cello Treat Bags

Halloween Gourmet Gifts and Treats

Make their Halloween scary storytelling time even more indulgent with this awesome Boo Mania Halloween bouquet stuffed full of treats for every little goblin to enjoy!

Contents:

Boo Halloween box

Mini Oreo Bites Cookies

Halloween Pretzels Bats and Pumpkins (2 pkg)

Halloween fruit flavored halloween shaped marshmallows

Gummy Skeletons (2 pcs)

Reeses peanut Putter filled Halloween Pumpkin

Hershey classic chocolate bar mini

Kit Kat chocolate bar mini

Skulls & Bones Sweet Tarts

Gummi bugs

Eyeball lolipop

Bat Bats Halloween box with bats & goblins candies

Monster ball and cup game

Trick or Treat Halloween microwave popcorn

2 Friendly Ghosts Chocolate cream lollipops

No tricks - just treats fill this classic Trick or Treat Boo! Haloween Pumpkin.  A long time favorite, this year's edition includes: a marshmallow pumpkin, spooky gummy body parts, spider-web sucker, and many other favorites! A Spook-tacular gift for any October occasion - a birthday, a get well, a festive thank you to a client or office staff & don't forget the college crowd. Or, say "Best Witches" to all your goblins.

Full of frightful delight, this Friends of the Haunted Mansion Halloween Coffin treat will delight all the goblins on your list. The coffin themed box is filled with classic little monster treats and delicious goodies. Perfect for all those little Monsters and Goblins far away this year.

Contents:

Coffin Gift Box

Monster Gummi Pop

Reeses Peanut Butter cup

3 Assorted monster paw suckers

Eyeball Pop

Bugs candy

Bat Bats Halloween box with bats & goblins candies

2 Pkg - Halloween fruit flavored halloween shaped marshmallows

Haunted Mansion Halloween Scary Tales cd

Creepy Crawlers giant Bug Candy

Test tube fingers (Fruit flavored candy)

Test Tube brains (Fruit flavored candy)

Hershey Mini Classic chocolate Bar

Creepy Crawlers Halloween Chocolate mix

Skulls & Bones Sweet Tarts mini bag

Send all the ghouls and goblins in your clan this fun filled Halloween Boo Activity Bag. This fun fabric bag carries games, toys treats and more. Great for tweens and the "Big Kids".

Contents:

Fabric Halloween Tote

Candy Flavored bubbles

Hand Held Brain Twister game

Relaxable smiley face ball

Squishy fun ball

Creepy Crawlers gummi candies

16 oz. Hershey miniature Halloween chocolate bars

Marshmallow ghost peeps

White cheddar popcorn

Halloween bats and pumpkins pretzels

Boo Bag Halloween candy corn

Gourmet Appetizers - Set #1

Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms

An amazing marriage of flavors! Rich, meaty, jumbo mushroom caps are bursting with a stuffing of shrimp, crabmeat, Italian bread crumbs, cream sherry, Pecorino romano cheese, celery, onion and bell red pepper! Perfect for formal and casual gatherings. Freezer to oven convenience.

 Asparagus Asiago Spears

Fresh asparagus spears are layered with the delicate flavor of asiago cheese and wrapped in a crispy phyllo roll for an elegant presentation that tastes even better then it looks. A light appetizer that's ideal for serving any time of the year. Includes 25 ready-to-bake spears.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp with Blue Cheese

A truly over-the-top (and oversized!) finger food, this stunning appetizer features colossal shrimp, stuffed with tangy blue cheese and wrapped with bacon. Eighteen delicious gourmet shrimps.

An Elegant Dinner Party Menu

~ An Elegant Dinner Party Menu ~

Warm Salad of Seared Scallops, Haricots Verts,
and Bell Peppers in Walnut Vinaigrette

Roast Prime Ribs of Beef with Pink and
Green Peppercorn Crust and Red-Wine Pan Sauce

Potato and Porcini Gratin

Broccoli and Cauliflower with
Horseradish Bread Crumbs

Rosemary Popovers

Chocolate Praline Croquembouche

 

Source: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/menu/views/elegant_dinner_party

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Sugar Free Gift Basket Ideas

Deliciously Diabetic Gift Basket

This diabetic gift basket is filled with all sorts of delicious, sugar-free items to enjoy. The small gift basket includes pretzels, chips, popcorn, cheese, peanuts, wafers, cookies, jelly beans, candy, cheddar biscuits and coffee. The large gift basket adds an even wider variety of treats including more candy, salsa, popcorn, crackers and sausages. This gift makes a great way to send your sweet wishes, without the sugar.

Diabetic Snack Delight Gift Basket

A great gift basket filled with guilt-free sugarless snacks. Includes a wide variety of diabetic friendly treats - crackers, pretzels, popcorn, cheese straws, sugar free candy, sugar free cookies and peanuts.

Sugar Free Bountiful Gift Basket

This gifts makes a wonderful Corporate Gift, Thank You Gift, Congratulations or even a Welcome Aboard Gift.  Filled with a wide assortment of sweet and savory products that will surely make a great impression on the recipient! Product Selections include: Kasilof Salmon 2 oz., Sugarfree Brownie Bites 1.5 oz., Sugarfree Cookies 1.5 oz. assorted flavors, Sugarfree Just Chocolate Candy, Organic Pita Chips 5 oz., Cheese Round 4 oz. assorted flavors, Spanish Manzinil Olives 2 oz., Italian Tuscany Roast Coffee 1.5 oz., Stoned Wheat Crackers 8oz., and Sugarfree Vanilla Caramels 3.5 oz.

Sugar Free Treats Gift Basket

This basket makes the perfect gift for any diabetic with a sweet tooth!  Chock-full of sugarfree goodies that are sure to please and satisfy. A great gift for any occasion. Product Selections include: Sugarfree Brownie Bites 11oz., 2 Packs Sugarfree Cookies 1.5 oz. each, 1 Pack Ruger Sugarfree Vanilla Wafer Cookies 1.6 oz., Sugarfree Vanilla Caramels 3.5 oz., Sugarfree Toffe Candy 3.5 oz., and Sugarfree Chocolate Candy 4 oz.

Brie Cheese Appetizer Recipe

There's something so tasty and special about delicious cheese wrapped in pastry.  And its even better when its a super easy recipe that anyone can make!  Here is a wonderful recipe from All Recipes for a Brie Cheese Appetizer.

INGREDIENTS
1 (8 ounce) wheel Brie cheese
3 tablespoons apricot preserves
1/2 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 egg white


DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

2. Slice one wheel of Brie cheese in half so you have 2 circles of cheese. Spread apricot or peach preserves on (the cut side) half of one circle of brie. Make sandwich out of the two halves of Brie, so that the preserves are in the center of both halves. Wrap the entire wheel of Brie with one sheet of puffed pastry and flip the entire concoction onto the prepared cooking sheet so the seam is on bottom. Brush the puffed pastry with the egg white.

3. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the pastry in golden brown. Serve immediately.

Cooking Video: Bobby Flay Makes Blackberry and Banana Milkshakes

Who doesn't love a good milkshake during the summer???   This how-to cooking video will demonstrate how Bobby Flay whips up a blackberry nutmeg milkshake and a banana fosters milkshake with caramel. This video is part of Bobby Flay's Burger Bar Web Videos - 2009 show hosted by Bobby Flay.

Gourmet Birthday Gifts - Set 1

24 Birthday Berries

Large juicy strawberries topped with bright candied toppings are bursting with birthday surprise. Birthday Berries will make for a birthday surprise that is long remembered, and hoped for again. Includes twenty four hand-dipped Birthday Berries.

Beary Happy Birthday Tray -- For the Candy Lover!

1.6 oz. Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

Teddy Bear with a Red Bow

4 Assorted Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares

4 oz. Assorted Sour Balls

2"x3" Red Pillar Candle

2 oz. Jack Allen Chocolate Chip Cookies

6 oz. Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle

3.5 oz. Vanilla Whirls

Keepsake Faux Leather CD Tray

Give them a gift that keeps on giving - a faux leather CD tray overflowing with fun birthday treats. With everything from Jelly Belly Jelly Beans to old fashioned peanut butter and a teddy bear, it’s the perfect gift to wish them a “beary” happy birthday!

 
 

Big Blue or Pink Happy Birthday Gourmet Cookie

Have you ever tried to mail a birthday cake? That is why the Big Happy Birthday cookie was created. This shippable, tasty treat can be sent to your loved ones anywhere in the known universe serviced by UPS. Available in Pink or Blue. At approximately 9"-10", this delicious Birthday cookie makes a memorable gift.

Gourmet Fruit Gifts

Now that we're in the height of summer, here are some great Gourmet Fruit Gift ideas that your friends and family will enjoy!

Ultimate Fruit Collection

4 Fuji Apples

4 Comice or D'Anjou Pears

4 Royal California Navel Oranges

3 Premium Kiwi

4 Ruby Red Grapefruit

4 Granny Smith Apples

2 Premium Mangos

Organic Extravaganza

2 Certified Organic Bartlett or D'Anjou Pears

2 Certified Organic Fuji or Gala Apples

2 Certified Organic Navel Oranges

2 Certified Organic Kiwi

2 Certified Organic Avocados

2 Certified Organic Grapefruit

Tropical Organic Fruit Sampler

1 Certified Organic Pineapple

2 Certified Organic Kiwi

2 Certified Organic Avocados

3-4 Certified Organic Bananas

2 Certified Organic Mangos or Papayas

Gourmet Lobster

Having a party and looking for some really delicious gourmet lobster?  Here are some of our customers' favorites.

The taste of these Lobster Tails will amaze you! Choice Lobster Tails from the warm waters of the Caribbean are deliciously sweet and succulent and they're a breeze to prepare. Serve them at your next occasion.  2 (6 oz.) Warm Water Lobster Tails.

These Maine Lobster Tails are a sure bet amongst seafood lovers. Their firm, smooth and sweet meat makes for a great meal. Serve by themselves or as an accompaniment to your favorite steak. Sold in a 4 pack of 6 oz tails or 8 pack of 6 oz tails.

Gourmet Gifts for Administrative Professionals Week - April 18-24

Looking for a great gourmet gift for your secretary or assistant for Administrative Professionals Week?  Here are a few of our customers' favorites!

#1 Admin Strawberry & Cheesecake gift box:

One half dozen of our large chocolate covered strawberries & 6 Cheesecakes. Two strawberries with the "#1 Admin" artwork and 4 with Drizzle only.

All Star Job Cookie Gift Bouquet:

Send a tasteful cookie bouquet of hand-decorated cookies. Baked fresh daily, this cookie gift bouquet is made from delicious butter crème cookies. Icing artists will hand-decorate each cookie just for you. Cookies are approximately 4-5” tall, depending on shape and design.  The quantity of cookies in this gourmet cookie gift bouquet can be 3, 5, 7, 9 or 12. Cookie gift bouquets containing 7, 9 or 12 cookies arrival in a keepsake white container with a red bow. Bouquets containing 3 or 5 cookies arrival in a white ceramic coffee mug with a red bow.

BIG Good Job Cookie:

Thank them for a job well done in a really big way. They'll never forget this THANK YOU!!

Great Job Cookie Gift Basket:

Made with delicious fresh baked cookies including chocolate chip, peanut butter and oatmeal raisin. Each basket is wrapped and packaged with delicate care to insure it arrives safe and sound into your recipient’s hands.

St. Patrick's Day - Gourmet Food Gift Ideas

St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching!  Here are some wonderful gourmet food gift ideas for your friends and family for St. Patty's Day!  These wonderful gourmet food gifts range from brownies, to decorated oreos, to gift baskets, beer, decorated fortune cookies, and more!

St Patrick's Day Brownies - box of 24

These 24 bite-size treats pack a taste big enough for a St. Patrick's Day parade.  Six each of Original, Caramel, Chocolate Chip and Walnut Magic Morsels are hand packed in our classic box with a playful St. Patrick's Day band.

St. Patrick's Day Mini Cookies

Show your Irish spirit with St. Patrick's Day cookies. Our mini cookies come in many fun themes and are prepackaged in 13.5 oz. tubs. There are about 23 cookies per tub.

St. Patrick's Day Decorated Giant Fortune Cookie

Send someone the luck o' the Irish with this giant fortune cookie that weighs in at just under 1 pound and is almost the size of a football!  This adorable BIG fortune cookie is first hand dipped in your choice of the finest gourmet Belgian Chocolates (dark, milk, or white), delicious gourmet confections (strawberry or peanut butter), or rich, golden gourmet caramel. It is decorated for St. Patrick's Day with 100% Hand Made Royal Icing Decorations...This beautiful cookie is sure to bring someone some luck and good fortune...it's a perfect gift and greeting all-in-one! Don't forget to personalize the foot-long fortune inside the cookie! We guarantee that this is one of the sweetest - and clever ways of celebrating St. Patrick's Day - possibly even better than a pot of gold!!

St. Patrick's Day - Belgian Chocolate Graham Crackers - Gold Box of 12

This delicious assortment of Belgian Chocolate Graham Crackers is a sweet way to wish your loved ones a Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Your grahams arrive wrapped in your choice of decadently delicious fine gourmet Belgian Chocolates - dark, milk or white - and are decorated with hand-crafted Royal Icing Leprechauns and Shamrocks and assorted Saint Patrick's Day Candy Sprinkles. Presented in a Gold Window Box of 12 Graham Crackers hand-packed in 2 delicious layers and finished with a matching ribbon, it's a great Saint Patick's Day Gift!

St. Patrick's Day Beer Gift Basket

What would St. Patrick’s Day be without Irish beer? We know; it’s a scary thought. Fear not, here's a St. Patrick’s Day Irish Beer Buckets. Give the St. Patrick’s Day gift that honors the Irish tradition of making, and drinking, great beer! This St. Patrick’s Day Irish Gift Baskets contain six Emerald Isle Classics: Guinness Draught, Magners Irish Cider, Smithwick's Irish Ale, Harp Lager, Killian’s Irish Red, and of course Guinness Extra Stout. So this year, don’t waste your time on watered down beer that's been dyed green; give the St. Patrick’s Day Irish Beer Bucket, and celebrate Irish beer!

St. Patrick's Day Decorated Oreo Cookies - Box of 12

These delicious Oreo Cookies® are a sweet token for those of all ages! Your cookies are wrapped in your choice of decadently delicious fine gourmet Belgian Chocolates - dark, milk or white - and decorated with hand-crafted Royal Icing Leprechauns and Shamrocks and assorted Saint Patrick's Day Candy Sprinkles. Each cookie is tucked inside a clear cellophane bag, and heat-sealed at both ends for freshness and quality.  These cookies are sure to bring you some Luck 'o the Irish! Go ahead and have a few - they're yummy!!

St. Patrick's Day Cookie Gift Basket

Send your friends and family the luck of the Irish with these delicious shamrock cookies. A perfect gift for St. Patrick’s Day or for any occasion you like to send some warm Irish wishes. Each basket includes three hand decorated cookies including a personalized center cookie, plus 1-3 dozen of our mouth-watering gourmet cookies. Choose how many gourmet cookies you would like to include when placing your order.

St. Patrick's Day - Luck 'O The Irish Take-Out Pails of Fortune Cookies

What an original way to send them good luck and some good fortune too!! Each clear take out pail contains six of our exquisitely hand-dipped fortune cookies.  Each crisp vanilla fortune cookie is dipped in your choice of dark, milk or white chocolate, caramel, strawberry or peanut butter confection. Our confectionary designers decorate each cookie with 100% hand-made Royal Icing Decorations - Shamrocks and Leprechauns - and assorted candy sprinkles.  Each cookie is individually wrapped in its own cellophane bag and heat sealed at both ends for freshness.  This gift of fortune is a perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

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