Genevieve LaMonaca

Bloody Brain Cake 🧠🩸Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween Inspired Recipes Ingredients: 1 box red velvet cake mix 3 eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil or butter 1 cup water or milk Nonstick spray 8oz salted butter - room temperature 8oz cream cheese - room temperature 4 cups confectioners sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 2lbs vanilla fondant 1 drop red food coloring 1 cup red seedless raspberry jam Start by spraying an 8 inch stainless steel bowl with nonstick spray. Cut 6 strips of parchment paper to line your bowl. Pour in prepared red velvet cake mix. Place on a sheet pan then bake 350 F oven for 1 hour or until a wooden skewers comes out clean. Beat room temperate salted butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy then add powder sugar and vanilla extract. Mix on lowest speed then speed up after incorporated and beat 1 more minute. Once you cake has cooled, remove from bowl and peel off the parchment. Trim off a little from the right and left side then cut a line down the middle. Trim further if needed to resemble shape of a brain. Next add your frosting and spread on - coating the entire cake - this will be your crumb coat. Chill in fridge 30 minutes. Add your second layer of frosting and make sure to keep the distinct line down the middle. Return to fridge. Meanwhile, add in 1 drop red food coloring to 2 lbs of vanilla fondant - knead together until color is fully incorporated. Roll fondant into logs then strategically place on your cake making squiggly lines while keeping the brain halves separate. Brush on seedless raspberry jam. Chill until ready to serve. Enjoy! #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #halloween2025 #braincake #HalloweenRecipes

Chocolate Brain Surprise 🧠🩸Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes 👻 These Chocolate coated brains are filled with gooey peanut butter, raspberry jam ‘blood,’ and oozing marshmallow fluff. Perfect for Halloween fun! 👻🧠 #HalloweenTreats #ChocolateBrains #SpookySweets #HalloweenFood #HalloweenRecipes

How cute are these Marshmallow Ghosts 👻👻👻 Only two ingredients and a fun activity with the kids. I used extra large marshmallows and mini chocolate chips. #HalloweenFood #HalloweenRecipes #MarshmallowGhosts

Spider Bread Bowl🕷️Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes 👻 This spider is too cute to scare anyone, especially when it’s filled with delicious dip!Perfect for a healthy spooky snack or Halloween party treat! 🎃 Who’s brave enough to take the first bite? 🕷️🍞👻? Ingredients: 15 Rhodes frozen dinner rolls Shredded cheese (I used a 4 blend combo) 2 black olives Spray oil Homestyle ranch dip Assorted veggies for dip Directions: Place 15 frozen dinner rolls over parchment paper. Spray with oil then cover with plastic wrap. Allow to thaw for two hours on the counter. To make the head: form two rolls into one ball To make the body: form nine rolls into one large ball To make the legs: cut remaining four rolls in half creating eight sections. Roll each section very thin to at least 12 inches wide. To parchment lined large sheet pan, place your largest ball (the body) in the center. Place on your legs, making sure they are spread out and not touching. Push down any dough in the front of the body then place your smaller ball (the head) on top. Spray with oil again and cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 40 minutes Brush the entire spider with egg wash then sprinkle on the cheese for the hairy legs. Tip: I chopped my shredded cheese into even smaller pieces so it would look more realistic Bake in the oven at 350° for 28 minutes. Place a piece of foil over halfway through baking to prevent the cheese from burning. (Make sure you work quickly doing this) Allow to cool on the counter for one hour. Tip: fold up a paper towel and place underneath the head to slightly push upwards and more towards the body while the bread is cooling. Using a small bowl as your guide, cut a hole through the body where you will be placing your dip. Add in the dip then place on 2 black olives cut in half for the eyes. Transfer to your presentation platter and add you favorite veggies Enjoy! ** if making ahead of time cover with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge until ready to serve, then add your dip and vegetables. #HalloweenFood #HalloweenFoodIdeas #halloweeninspo #spiderbreadbowl #SpookySeason

Monster Apples👻Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes. What do you think about this for a fun afterschool snack? #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #monsterapple #HalloweenRecipes Makes 4 monster 1 green apple 2 Tbsp peanut butter (or any seed or nut butter) 1 strawberry (tops removed, sliced thin) 12 pine nuts or sunflower seeds 6- 8 candy eyeballs Directions: Slice apples into quarters then section out where the mouth will be. Spread on 1/2 tbsp peanut butter into each mouth then add strawberry slice as the tongue. Add 4 pine nuts as the teeth and glue candy eyeballs on with extra peanut butter. Enjoy! 👻

Edible Bloody Band-Aids Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes Ingredients: 20 vanilla wafers White cookie icing Seedless raspberry jam Directions: Use a microplane to file off the corners of the wafer cookies. Pipe on icing sugar in the middle in a square shape. Once dried, add a small dollop of seedless raspberry jam in the center. #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #ediblebandaids #halloween2025 #HalloweenRecipes

Witches Broomsticks 🧙‍♀️Follow for @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes 👻 #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #ediblebroomsticks #HalloweenRecipes

Antipasto Eyeballs 👀 Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes. Who’s making these? Ingredients: 8oz Ciliegine (cherry sized) mozzarella balls 12 Pimento stuffed Manzanilla olives 12 slices prosciutto Directions: Add mozzarella balls to a bowl and cover with hot water (about 185°F) Allow to sit for 3 minutes to warm the mozzarella enough to shape. Use two balls to form into 1 larger ball. While still warm, shape into a smooth round ball. Poke a hole in the center using your pinky finger then push in an olive. Cut prosciutto into 4 long strips and wrap around the mozzarella eyeball. Secure with a skewer Enjoy! 👻 #antipastoeyeballs #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #edibleeyeballs #halloweenfoodinspo

Edible Amputated Hand. Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes. Inspired by: @ghoul.at.heart Ingredients: 16oz cream cheese, room temperature 1 T minced chive 1 T minced parsley 1 T minced Dill 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp garlic powder 5 Panino rolls 2 Prosciutto wrapped mozarella rolls 5 slices prosciutto Red onion To a bowl, combine cream cheese with herbs and spices. Lay a sheet of parchment paper down, trace out your hand and lower arm then place another sheet of parchment on top Lay down panino rolls to match with your finger tracings and two prosciutto wrapped mozzarella rolls to match your arm Add in your herbed cream cheese to fill in the gap between the fingers and the arm and also between to two larger logs. Smooth out to correct any imperfections. Place prosciutto slices over covering all cream cheese including in between the fingers. Cut red onions as the shape of nails and secure on with more cream cheese. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 hours to allow the cream cheese to firm. Once firm remove parchemnt and transfer to your presentation platter Make a few slices off the arm and slice hand in half to reveal the dip inside. Enjoy! #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #ediblehand

Spiderweb Cake🕷️Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes 👻👻 Recipe ⬇️ Who’s ready for Spooky Season? Ingredients: 1 box white cake mix 1 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3 eggs Green food coloring Orange food coloring Purple food coloring Combine all ingredients. Divide batter evenly between three bowls and add food coloring to each bowl and mix well. Spray and line bottom of three 6 inch cake pans with parchment paper. Pour batter into each pan. Bake in a 325°F oven for 26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool to room temperature then slice off the tops to level. Frosting: 2 cups butter, room temperature 7 cups confectioners sugar 1 cup cocoa powder 1 tbsp vanilla extract Black food coloring Beat butter until light and fluffy then add sugar and cocoa powder. Mix together until fully incorporated then add vanilla and black food coloring. Mix until the color is fully incorporated. Add more food coloring as needed. Stack and frost each layer of your cake then refrigerate to set the frosting. Spiderweb effect: 5 Jumbo marshmallows Place marshmallows on a disposable plate and microwave for 25 seconds until soft. Using your hands (wearing gloves for easy cleanup) press marshmallows together, then spread your hands apart creating a web effect then spread around you cake. Add optional decorative spiders. Enjoy! #halloweenfood #halloweeninspo #spookyseason #halloween2025

Skull Gnocchi 💀💜 Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween inspired recipes 👻 💀🎃 Wickedly delicious & spooky-cute! These purple skull gnocchi simmered in a bubbling orange tomato sauce are the perfect appetizer for your Halloween feast 👻🕸️ Ingredients: 2 large purple sweet potatoes (need 300g cooked) 100g 00 flour (about 3/4 cup) 1 egg yolk 1/4 tsp salt Skeleton mold: HUAKENER Gummy Skull Molds, 2 Pack (Amazon) Directions: Boil purple potatoes until fork tender (about 30-35 min) Allow to cool slightly then peel off the skin. Pass through a potato ricer. Create a dome in the center of the riced potatoes and add the flour around the perimeter. Add egg yolk in the dome then use a fork to mix in the rice potatoes. Use a dough scraper to start incorporating the flour. Once you have a crumble use your hands to form together until you have a smooth ball. Cut into 4 sections then roll each section into a log. Cut into smaller sections then press the sections into your skeleton silicone molds. Freeze for 10 minutes to harden then they should pop right out. Cook gnochhi in salted boiling water. You know it’s cooked once they float to the top. Remove and serve with your favorite sauce (I used a spicy vodka sauce for the orange color and added fresh basil to add pops of green) Enjoy! #HalloweenFood #HalloweenFoodIdeas #SkullGnocchi #PurpleGnocchi #HalloweenRecipes

MONSTER FEETLOAF! 🎃Follow @chefgenevieve for 50 Halloween Recipes 👻 Who’s brave enough for a slice?🍴🧟‍♂️ Ingredients: 1.5 cup dried Italian bread crumbs 1 1/4 cup cup milk 4 pounds ground beef 2 egg 1 onion, finely diced, sautéed 1 tbsp Worcestershire 4 tsp salt 2 tsp pepper 2 large leaks 10 roasted cashews Glaze: 1.5 cup ketchup 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp staple vinegar 1/2 tsp garlic salt Start by combining Italian bread breadcrumbs with milk. Finally dice and sauté onion. Two large bowl add ground beef, breadcrumbs and milk mixture, sautéed onion, eggs, Worcestershire, and salt and pepper. Mix until fully combined. To a parchment line sheet pan add in two lower halves of the leaks as the bones. Divide your meatloaf mixture in half and form around the leaks. Use a knife to separate the toes and shape into a foot. Once you’re happy with the shape, push in roasted cashews as the claws Spray the leaks with oil then cover with aluminum foil. Bale in a 350°F oven for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, make your glaze, combine ketchup, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar and garlic salt. Mix and set aside. Remove feetloaf from oven, spread on your glaze, including in between and around the toes and over the leaks. Place the aluminum foil back on and return to the oven for 25 for more minutes or until the internal reaches 165 Allow to rest then transfer to your presentation platter. Pipe leftover glaze or ketchup around the bones to give a more realistic bloody effect. Enjoy! 👻 #HalloweenFoodIdeas #SpookyDinner #MonsterFeetLoaf #halloweenfood #HalloweenRecipes