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Halloween dinner party menu with a Monster Mash theme

Everyone loves a great Halloween-inspired meal, so we've themed ours to the fun and spooky Monster Mash.
By Irene Ngo
_Bloody_good_martinis-1-l Andreas Trottmasndorff

Everyone loves a great Halloween-inspired meal, so we've themed ours to the fun and spooky Monster Mash! Dress up in costume, dim the lights and get ready for a dinner party fit for zombies, witches and ghosts.

Halloween dinner party menu with a Monster Mash theme
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Drink and appetizers Welcome your guests with a Dracula-inspired bloody martini. Serve up some devilled eggs and devils on horseback to complete your 'horrors'-d'oeuvres course.

Starter This science-experiment-gone-wrong green pea and white bean soup will make any zombie shriek with joy. Crispy pancetta 'wolf-skin' optional.

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Seared duck with cherry sauce Seared duck with cherry sauce and rosti

Main Your guests will be delighted with this 'bloody' seared duck breast with cherry sauce. Serve it up with a side of delicious root-veg 'monster' mash.

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Halloween cake

Dessert Turn an easy and sinful chocolate cake into a ghoulish Halloween scene. These black-sesame cookies make great tombstones. Chocolate cookie crumbs and candy pumpkins complete the look for this spooky 'graveyard smash'.

Check our step-by-step guide on how to make this graveyard cake.

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