Want to keep the kids entertained this Halloween? Annabel Karmel has some eye-popping ideas and devilishly delicious bites With vampires, werewolves and zombies still all the rage on our screens, Halloween is the perfect time to show off your creative side.

Even if your costume-crafting skills don't stretch beyond cutting eyes out of a sheet, you can keep the kids happy by following the lead of Annabel Karmel - the best-selling children's cookery author This recipe Karmel is sure to make fright night the tastiest yet...

MONSTERS MUFFINS (Makes 12): 225g plain flour, 1 tbsp baking powder, 125g butter softened, 125g caster sugar, Quarter tsp salt, 1 egg 200 ml milk, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 100g raisins, 125g pumpkin, peeled and grated. Decoration: 1 tub vanilla frosting, green food colouring, white fondant icing, black fondant icing (or white fondant icing with black food colouring).

Preheat the oven to 180C (fan).

Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases.

Measure all the ingredients into a free-standing electric mixer. Whisk until blended. Spoon into the cases.

Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes until well risen and lightly golden on top.

Place the muffins on a wire rack to cool. Colour about half the frosting green using some of the food colouring. When the muffins are completely cool, swirl the green icing on top of the muffins using a piping bag with a plain nozzle.

Make small balls of white fondant icing and flatten them to make the whites of the eyes. Make smaller balls of black fondant icing and flatten them to make the pupils of the eyes. Roll out some black icing and use to make eyebrows and moustaches.

  • Annabel Karmel Fuss Pots range of meals for children is available in Sainsbury’s. See www.annabelkarmel.com.