Halloween Star Wars Darth Maul Dip and more

Halloween is just around the corner and people are starting to think about Halloween celebrations. How about food with a movie theme – like Halloween Star Wars Darth Maul Dip and more?

Here are the perfect menacing recipes for Halloween weekend – look no further. These two recipes from Star Wars Cookbook I and Star Wars Cookbook II are the most evil culinary creations in the universe. Both recipes are suitable for both adults and children. Age doesn’t matter when the power is yours. No rebel can resist the sweet, salty and crunchy delight of Death Star popcorn balls, which will make you an instant hero among the young trick-or-treaters in your empire. Or provide a platter of this for your tribe to eat while you relax and watch several films in the Star Wars series! Give in to your dark desires.

Like your son’s father before him, they’ll both enjoy the Darth Maul Dip, which is just as epic and may just put an end to your galactic battle to get kids to eat healthier foods. Made with roasted red peppers and poppy seeds, this Yoda-approved dish may awaken the power in your young Jedi to eat a wider variety of foods. I had a lot of fun creating these two books. The recipes are great and I adapted all the food images from a specific scene or character in the first four Star Wars films released. Be sure to eat these, they are great fun for everyone and a surefire way to get your kids into the kitchen. It’s not a Jedi trick – it’s just good food.

Both recipes are great conversation starters, so you can’t go wrong with these dishes in your own galaxy.

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Have fun and may the fork be with you!!

You can find out more about each of these books, as well as the Star Wars Party book, on my website.

Death Star popcorn balls

• 1/3 Cup of popcorn kernels
• 3 cups sugar
• 1½ cup light corn syrup
• ½ Ttablespoons of salt
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Butter or vegetable shortening for greasing your hands

DIRECTIONS:

Populate the corn using your preferred method. Add sugar, water, corn syrup and salt to the pot. Stir with a wooden spoon. Attach a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Place the pan on the stove and turn the heat to low. Add vinegar and vanilla to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer registers 270°F. Gently pour the hot sugar mixture over the popcorn and toss with two large spoons to coat each kernel. Allow to cool slightly. Rub your hands with butter or vegetable shortening to prevent the popcorn from sticking. Take enough popcorn to make a ball the size of a baseball. Shape the ball with your hands. Makes 2 or 3 popcorn balls.

The Darth Maul Dip

Image courtesy of Frankie Frankeny

(yields 1½ Cups)

• 1 jar (15 ounces) roasted red peppers
• 1 small garlic clove, peeled
• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• ½ a teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of pepper
• 1 tablespoon cream cheese
• 2 pearl onions
• ½ Cup of poppy seeds (or alternatively black sesame seeds)
• Corn chips

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DIRECTIONS:

Drain the peppers and lay them flat on a paper towel to dry. Remove blackened skin. Add the peppers, garlic clove, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and cream cheese to a blender or food processor. Stir everything until smooth. Using a spatula, spread the dip evenly onto a flat plate larger than the Darth Maul template (also found on the back of Star Wars Cookbook II, Darth Maul and More Galactic Recipes). Chill the dip for 1 hour. Remove the chilled dip from the refrigerator and place the stencil over the dip. Sprinkle the poppy seeds evenly over the top. Brush any poppy seeds off the stencil. Place pearl onions on the face to form the eyes and place a poppy seed on each bulb for the pupils. (You can make Darth Maul’s eyes yellow by soaking the onions in warm water with a pinch of saffron.) Place three or four corn chips on the head to form horns. Hang a black cloth around the plate to make Darth Maul’s cloak. Serve with corn chips.

Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in America by Entertainment Weekly, Frankie creates images for some of the top names in food.

Frankie helped: The art of the bar: cocktails based on the classics;The Sample Bakery Cookbook; Miette: Recipes from San Francisco’s Most Charming Pastry Shop; The Green Eggs and Ham cookbook and the Star Wars cookbook series. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.