Spooktacular Homemade Halloween Treats With Hey Pesto's Yvonne Carthy
The Big Story
Thursday, 29 October 2026 - 14 minutes
Bat Calzone
What you need:
1 packet puff pastry
Passata
Mozzarella cheese
Pepperoni
Olives
What you do:
Roll out pastry, cut out bat shapes -2 for each calzone
Place pizza sauce on base layer.
Add pepperoni and cheese and place top bat.
Seal the edges.
bake in air fryer 10-12 mins
Add sliced olives as eyes
Fried ‘Worms’
What you need:
4 large bananas, washed
2 tsp barbeque spice
1 tbsp. rapeseed oil
150ml barbecue sauce
What you do:
Peel bananas and slice skin into thin strips.
Coat skins in oil and spices (stand for 30 mins if time).
Heat oil in frying pan and cook skins for 2-3 mins.
Add barbecue sauce, reduce heat, simmer for 20 mins.
Season with salt. Serve with baps/wraps (vegan pulled
pork alternative).
Creepy Cookies
What you need:
2-3 ripe bananas (reserve skins)
100g oats
½ tsp cinnamon
Chocolate drops, cranberries etc.
What you do:
Mash bananas, stir in remaining ingredients.
Roll into small balls.
Cook in air fryer at 179°C for 6-8 mins until
golden.
Decorate with eyes, white chocolate etc...
Witches Cauldron Popcorn
What you need:
Bag popcorn (100g)
250g mini marshmallows
50g butter
2–3 drops green gel food colouring
What you do:
Melt the marshmallows and butter together.
Stir in green colouring and mix to vivid lime
green.
Stir in popcorn and divide into mini cauldrons
Spider Webs
What you need:
Bag popcorn (100g)
100g dark chocolate, melted
Pretzels
What you do:
Lay out pretzels like the spokes of a wheel on a
sheet of baking paper
Pipe a large blob of chocolate in the middle
Then pipe lines, going outwards, to connect
the pretzels and forming a web shape
