Hosting a Hallowe’en party is all about creating the right atmosphere. There are plenty of spooky tricks you can use to create fabulous outifts and decorations for Hallowe’en. You can spray paint branches and leaves to create decorations for your

. Cut each chocolate stick into 6 pieces and stick in the middle to look like stalks. sandwich the halves together to finish the pies.Adapted from Halloween Treats by Annie Rigg (£9.99, Ryland Peters & Small)More spooky recipes...Swampy slimy jellies

the frosting is light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Do not overbeat, as it can quickly become runny.Taken from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook by Tarek Malouf (Ryland, Peters & Small, £6.99). For more Hallowe'en cupcakes, see our recipes by Cookie Girl

until the icing is smooth and creamy. Ice each cake with a generous spoonful of icing and add your Halloween decorations. As an alternative these ginger cupcakes look very pretty simply topped with a sprinkling of Demerara sugar over the icing. Store any

at different depths and refrigerate again until the jelly is completely set.Serve with a few extra creepy-crawly sweets scattered around the jars.Adapted from Halloween Treats by Annie Rigg (£9.99, Ryland Peters & Small)More spooky recipes...Pumpkin whoopie

on top of each cupcake. Tint 3 tsp of the frosting black and pipe eyes on the ghosts. Finally, sprinkle with edible glitter.Adapted from Halloween Treats by Annie Rigg (£9.99, Ryland Peters & Small)More spooky recipes...Pumpkin whoopie piesSwampy slimy

drops onto the buttercream eyes. Cut the liquorice strips into spider-leg lengths, 8 for each cookie – and tuck under the top half of each spider to serve. Adapted from Halloween Treats by Annie Rigg (£9.99, Ryland Peters & Small)More spooky recipes

Bonfire cupcakes1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar 240 ml/8 fl oz full-fat milk 225 g/8 oz plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 55 g/2 oz cocoa powder 110 g/4 oz unsalted butter 255 g/9 oz caster sugar 2 large eggsFor the icing110 g/4 oz unsalted butter, room temperature 110 g/4 oz c...

white oval shapes or roll out some tiny balls of white icing into oval shapes. Dampen them with a little water and stick them onto the front of the ghost. Use a blob of black writing icing for the pupils of the eyes.For more fantastic Hallowe’en recipes

Makes 6 glassesIngredients4 glasses of blood orange juice 200g (7oz) raspberries2 glasses of iceMethodWhizz the raspberries and ice in your smoothie machine or blender. Add the blood orange juice. Pour into glasses and serve.