4 Halloween-Inspired Recipes from The Loveless Cafe

Trick-or-treat, give us something good to eat!

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Get into the spooky spirit with these Halloween-inspired dishes from The Loveless Cafe! 

Monster Pancakes 

Servings: 10 large pancakes 

Ingredients:

  • 1 bag Loveless Cafe Belgian Waffle & Pancake Mix
  • 1 tablespoon food coloring 

Directions: 

  1. Prepare pancake batter according to package instructions
  2. Add food coloring
  3. Pour mixture onto your preheated griddle and cook to your liking
  4. Place finished pancakes to the side

For the icing...

Ingredients: 

  • 1 jar marshmallow cream 
  • Food coloring 
  • Candy eyes 

Directions: 

  1. Heat jar of marshmallow cream in your microwave in 10 second intervals, stirring in-between each until you reach a slime consistency
  2. Stir in a few drops of food coloring
  3. Drizzle over the top of pancake stacks, sticking on candy eyes to your liking

BBQ Pumpkin Peppers

Servings: 6 peppers

Ingredients: 

  • 6 orange bell peppers 
  • 1 pound Loveless Cafe Pulled Pork BBQ
  • 1 cup potatoes, shredded 
  • 4 ounces cream cheese 
  • 1 tablespoon Loveless Dry Rub
  • 1/2 cup Loveless Cafe Sweet with a Bite BBQ sauce
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded 

Directions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Rinse peppers, slice off the tops and hollow out the insides, be sure to remove any seeds and white part inside. Be sure to keep the tops of the peppers
  3. With a small paring knife cut out a jack-o-lantern face
  4. Mix together pulled pork, potatoes, cream cheese, Dry Rub, and ¼ cup BBQ sauce
  5. Place peppers in casserole dish. Fill each pepper with the mixture and shredded cheese, alternating layers one after the other
  6. Replace pepper top back on top
  7. Bake in oven for 25 minutes until hot and desired tenderness
  8. Refer to Part 2 for directions on crispy onions
  9. Once peppers have baked thoroughly, remove from oven and remove tops of peppers. Add crispy onions, and replace top again
  10. Drizzle remaining BBQ sauce over peppers and serve

For the crispy onions...

Ingredients: 

  • 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced 
  • 2 cups Loveless Cafe Fried Chicken Breading

Directions: 

  1. Slice onion into thin pieces. Shake the onion slices in bowl of Fried Chicken Breading until covered completely
  2. Pour vegetable oil in frying pan and heat to 350°F
  3. Fry thinly sliced onions for 5 minutes
  4. Place onions on paper towel and set aside until ready to garnish peppers 

Peach Pumpkin Pies 

Ingredients: 

  • 2 refrigerated pie crusts 
  • 1 cup Loveless Cafe Peach Preserves
  • 1 egg yolk 
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons water 

Directions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  2. Roll out your pie crust on a floured surface until dough is approximately ⅛ inch thick and cut out pumpkin shapes with a cookie cutter
  3. Use a knife to cut out faces into half of your pumpkin shapes for the top of each pie
  4. Beat egg yolk and water together to make egg wash
  5. Brush each bottom pumpkin with egg wash and poke holes with a fork
  6. Spoon about one tablespoon of peach preserves onto each bottom pumpkin
  7. Cover each filled pumpkin with a face side and use a fork to seal the edges
  8. Brush tops with egg wash and bake for approximately 12 to 15 minutes or until browned

Honey Shortbread Ghost Cookies

Servings: 3 dozen 

Ingredients: 

  • 1 1/2 cups butter, very soft 
  • 1/4 cup Loveless Cafe Clover and Wildflower Honey 
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup cornstarch
  • sparkling sugar
  • Loveless Cafe Spiced Pecans 

Directions:

  1. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper, set aside
  2. Stir softened butter until smooth and creamy. Add the brown sugar and Loveless Cafe Clover and Wildflower Honey and stir well
  3. Sprinkle the salt and baking powder over the top and stir to combine. Add the flour and cornstarch. Stir until flour is incorporated. The dough should be shaggy
  4. Turn the mixture out onto a lightly floured surfaced and press into a ball. Knead a few times until fairly smooth and then form into a ball again and press with your hands into a flat disk
  5. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to a 1/4 inch thickness. Keep work surface, dough, and rolling pin lightly dusted with flour. Cut into ghost shapes or other desired shape and place on prepared pans. Re-roll scraps as many times as needed to use all the dough
  6. Place cutouts in the refrigerator for at least one hour or up to twenty-four hours. When ready to bake, heat oven to 350° F
  7. Remove cookies from the refrigerator. Add one Loveless Cafe Spiced Pecan to each cookie, crossing the ghost arm shapes over the cookie 
  8. Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until golden brown all over. Baking time will depend on the thickness of your cookies. Thicker than 1/4 inch cookies will take longer. Rotate pans halfway through for even browning. Cool completely on a wire cooling rack before serving