Recipe Corner – April 2019

Cinco de Mayo is coming up soon and I found the perfect recipe that works for both this festive occasion and Halloween at the same time! Two-fer! I present to you, Burrito Skulls!

skull-burrito-recipe-halloween-party-food-3 — ©Hungry Happenings

Thanks to the good people over at Hungry Happenings, your dinner can be spicier than a summer day in the Arizona desert. Muy caliente! What makes is this recipe so fabulous is that the burrito filling is customizable to whatever you want! Don’t like onions? Don’t use them. Don’t like corn? Don’t use them. Black beans give you gas? Don’t use them. The trick is the homemade tortilla dough, which is a lot easier than it sounds.

Ingredients:

Tortillas:

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup lard or shortening
¾ cup water

Burrito Filling

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound ground sirloin
1 packet taco seasoning
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
6 tablespoons black beans
6 tablespoons corn
6 tablespoons chopped tomatoes

Egg wash:

1 large egg
1 teaspoon water

Optional Sauces

sour cream, guacamole, salsa

burrito-skulls-homemade-tortillas-halloween-recipes — ©Hungry Happenings

You can find the full recipe and baking instructions at Hungry Happenings:

https://hungryhappenings.com/burrito-skulls-halloween-recipe/

A Nordic skull baking pan is needed to make this recipe, otherwise, you could just make burritos.

Halloween-Haiku Giveaway Winner: JEBUS!

Congratulations to Jebus, who entered our contest via Twitter. Jebus shared his favorite Halloween memory and won the following prize pack:

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Halloween Giveaway, in honor of our first-year anniversary celebration. I loved hearing all the Halloween stories and I encourage everyone to continue sharing their favorite Halloween Memories.

Halloween Giveaway

HH Giveaway2 — Halloween-haiku.com Giveaway 2019

We’re celebrating our first-year anniversary here at Halloween Haiku and what better way than to host our very first Halloween giveaway! I’m so thankful to everyone for being here and sharing in the love for Halloween. You’ve all read about my love for Halloween, now, I want to hear yours!

Tell us your favorite Halloween memory, moment, or what you love best about Halloween, you will be entered into our Halloween giveaway, now through April 21^st.

Everyone who enters will have a chance to win an amazing Halloween prize package, valued at over $60, which includes:

Halloween Tree book by Ray Bradbury, illustrations by Gris Grimly (regular, unsigned)
Beistle Socks at Creepy Co.
Haunting Spooks Pin
Sugar Fueled Print by Michael Banks
Sam Trick R’ Treat Card 5×7 from Diana Levin of Ghoulish Bunny Studios
Kreepsville Iron-on Patch
Nightmare Before Christmas Personalized Stationery Book

All prizes are new officially licensed merchandise, in their original sealed packaging, and purchased from authorized retailers.

There are two ways to enter:

If you already follow us here at www.halloween-haiku.com, leave a comment with your favorite Halloween memory, moment, or what you love best about Halloween, under Halloween Memories section

Follow us on Twitter at @Halloweenkristy, find our contest post, RT contest post, and leave your favorite Halloween memory, moment or what you love best about Halloween with the following #Halloweenhaiku and #Halloween2019

Please do not create multiple accounts or post duplicate/repeated posts, or do anything to violate either Twitter or WordPress policies. I will only consider one entry per person per day. Spammers, bots or artificial postings will be disqualified and could get you banned from this site.

Contest Deadline: Ends on Sunday, April 21, 2019 at midnight Pacific Time. One winner will be chosen at random and announced here at http://www.Halloween-Haiku.com and on Twitter by @Halloweenkristy within 24 hours of the end of the contest. Do not post personal information in comments or in Tweets. Winner will be contacted in private to work out prize delivery.

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Happy Anniversary, Halloween Haiku!

One year ago, I blogged my first post, along with my first haiku poem. I cannot believe it’s already been a year!

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started a year-around Halloween blog. At first, I was just scared to share my haiku and poetry. What if nobody likes it? What if nobody understands it? Then, I worried about whether I’d run outta poems or things to blog about. What if I don’t find other people who also enjoy celebrating Halloween all year long? Well, one year later and it’s been quite the opposite. I’m more creative and inspired than I have ever been, and the community has been accepting and supportive of Halloween Haiku since day one.

Blogging has compelled me to share my writings. I’ve become more disciplined and selfish with my writing time, allowing me more time to create longer works, works which I hope to someday soon share with the world. In addition to having original content, I’m learning what it takes to run a successful blog. This year, I’ll be concentrating on building Halloween Haiku’s presence up on social media and engaging the audience. So, with that news, today, I’m unveiling a new site page called Halloween Memories. I want to hear from you. I want to hear your favorite Halloween memories. Or, you can just leave a comment and let us know what you love best about Halloween.

I want to thank everyone for your support and coming here to celebrate Halloween and all things spooky, all year long. Sharing what makes Halloween special with each other helps the world seems less dark and scary.

Friday Fright Nightcaps – Black Magic Martini

Happy Friday! The good folks over at Spice Roots have blessed us with a wickedly delicious cocktail they call the Black Magic Martini, a perfect drink to toast the badass witches of Greendale, as The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns for Season 2.

Black-Magic-Martini-7 — Photo ©Spice Roots

Ingredients

2 oz Black Vodka
2 oz Cranberry Juice reduced start with 4 oz and reduce by half
1 oz orange juice
1 drop Black color ( if needed)
Sugared Cranberries (optional)

To view the full recipe, please visit here: https://www.spiceroots.com/black-magic-martini/

Photo ©Spice Roots

Drink up, witches!

Wicked Art Wednesdays – Queenie Black: Pocket Full of Posiez

The queen of all things cute and deadly, creator and artist Queenie Black has been a staple on the LA art and goth scene for years. She started out as a gothic doll maker, painter and digital artist, then went on to cultivate her own brand of cute and deadly characters, Pocket Full of Posiez, which can be found in Hot Topic, Halloweentown Store, independent shops all over SoCal and her Etsy Shop, Posiez.

Artist: Queenie Black
Website: http://www.pocketfullofposiez.com/
Where to purchase goods: https://www.etsy.com/shop/posiez/
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/deadlycutepocketfullofposiez/
https://www.instagram.com/queenie_pocketfullofposiez/

©Queenie Black

Recipe Corner – March 2019

Recipe Corner returns! Spring has sprung and everyone is eating healthy, getting ready for swimsuit season, but more importantly, our Halloween costumes! Cafe Mom has our backs with this amazingly healthy and delicious recipe for Eyeball Caprese Appetizer, which doubles as both a yummy appetizer or a nice spring salad.

Ingredients:

Balls of fresh mozzarella cheese (ideally, mozzarella di bufala)
Green olives
Black olives
Tomatoes
Fresh basil leaves

For the full recipe, please visit here: https://thestir.cafemom.com/food_party/163057/eyeball_caprese_appetizer_will_be

The key to great Caprese salad is having FRESH mozzarella. I personally would drizzle with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil too, but not necessary if that’s not your thing.

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Five Reasons Halloween Lovers Should Embrace Spring

Happy Spring! Wiccans and pagans celebrate the vernal equinox in the Northern hemisphere, the time when light and dark are balanced again. Now, I know that sunshine and flowers don’t exactly scream Halloween, nor appease goth lovers, but if nothing else, we are moving one step closer to Halloween, and that’s cause for celebration.

Ostara

The Germanic goddess of spring and dawn returns. This girl knows how to party. She loves festivals, feasting, drinking, and sex! Sex leads to babies and she is all about that. Ostara first showed up around the 8^th century during festivals celebrating the vernal equinox. Details of actual worship are sketchy, but by the time the 19^th century rolled around, she had become a permanent fixture in Germanic mythology. She represents fertility, healing, and rebirth, and is depicted as a radiant woman of childbearing years, wreathed or covered with blooming flowers, surrounded by rabbits, hares and other wildlife, and she brings absolute joy to those around her. One cannot go wrong planting some seeds or painting some eggs in her honor.

American Gods Ostara starring Kristin Chenoweth @Starz

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Haiku of the Week

sweet sickly smell
halloween long has passed
rotting pumpkin

Wicked Art Wednesdays – Special Valentine’s Day Edition

Welcome to a special Valentine’s Day edition of Wicked Art Wednesdays!

Today we share the art of Toxic Toons’ most beloved goth couple from multi-talented artist and animator Eric “Unkle” Pigors. Romance is not dead. The people might be dead, but their love for each other is eternal!