Scare your little trick or treaters with these naturally green peanut butter wicked witch finger cookies!
Witch Fingers
You can't taste the spinach in these biscuits at all, but it makes them a wonderfully spooky green colour - like the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz!
I've added peanut butter so although they look spooky, they just taste like peanut butter cookies dipped in jam.
These witch fingers are super easy to make and fun to make with kids!
Easily vegan and gluten free. See notes in recipe card for tips.
Halloween Party
I've absolutely loved Halloween since I was small.
We lived in Canada and my mum was a bit paranoid and didn't like to let me and my sister go trick or treating, so she threw amazing over-the-top parties instead.
We had a cassette (showing my age here) of scary sounds that played out to passers-by. We had a dressed up witch who sat on the front porch and fake cobwebs everywhere.
There were bowls of eyeballs (peeled grapes), toenails (flaked almonds), brains (cooked spaghetti) etc... all laid out for daring trick or treaters to touch in the dark, as well as the usual sweets and candies.
And the food, wow. My parents would lay out an amazing spread of spooky homemade food. We would have loved to have these scary witch fingers!
Halloween Party Food
Inside, my parents would bake piles of biscuits, cookies, cakes and other spooky treats for us all to devour as we partied in our fancy dress outfits.
These Halloween Mummy Pies would have been perfect. For something savory, turn bread rolls into the shape of snakes, spiders and other creatures with my recipe for easy bread shapes.
Now that my kids are old enough to enjoy the fun of Halloween, I've been enjoying cooking up scary foods for them as well.
These witch finger cookies are a bit of a Pinterest sensation and I've been making them for a few years now.
This year I thought I'd go back to my vegetable desserts roots and make them green - with spinach! Don't worry, you can't taste the spinach - it just gives them the colour.
Making Witch Finger Cookies
These witch finger biscuits are super easy to make, and kids will love helping.
I made these ones a bit extra-gruesome with the blood (raspberry jam) and my kids loved them - though they were a bit grossed out as they ate them - perfect! Got to love an easy recipe that's perfect for a Halloween party!
Cook's Tips:
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- Puree the spinach well so it gets a nice even colour. Aim for it to puree to a thick paste.
- Make it vegan: use dairy free butter/spread/margarine
- Make it gluten-free: use gluten-free flour
Get the spooky Halloween Witch Fingers recipe
Naturally Green Witch Finger Cookies
Ingredients
- 100 g - 2 cups - raw spinach
- 75 g - 1/3 cup - unsalted butter , softened
- 50 g - 1/4 cup - smooth peanut butter
- 50 g - ¼ cup - caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 225 g -2 cups - plain (all purpose) flour
To decorate:
- Almond flakes/slices
- Seedless raspberry jam
Instructions
- Wilt the spinach in a saucepan with a small amount of boiling water, then run under cold water to refresh, squeeze out the moisture, chop up the spinach then puree it with a hand held stick blender until smooth. (NOTE: make it really smooth in order to get a good green colour)
- Beat the butter, peanut butter and sugar together until smooth and fluffy. Add in the spinach puree and almond extract and beat well. Sift in the flour and mix.
- Turn the mixture onto a lightly floured surface and knead until it forms a soft dough. Wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Roll tablespoonfuls of the dough into 4” long finger shapes and gently press the sides to create knuckles.
- Use a knife to cut horizontal ridges for knuckles. Press an almond slice into the end of each finger.
- Place the fingers onto the prepared baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until the edges begin to turn very slightly golden.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the tray and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Dip the ends in the raspberry jam to create the look of severed fingers.
Recipe Tips
- Make it vegan: use dairy free butter
- Make it gluten-free: use gluten free flour
Nutrition Information
Thanks for checking out my Witch Fingers recipe! I love hearing from my readers. You all allow me to do what I love and write this UK food blog, sharing vegetarian and vegan recipes, vegetable cake recipes and also easy vegan desserts.
Kate x
Demeter
These are ghoulishly perfect for Halloween! Love that they're a healthier twist too.