Friday

You have been Boo'ed - Toffee Chocolate Bars


What comes to your mind when I say October ?
Fall, Apples, Pumpkin, witches , Goblins and of course Halloween.

Maybe it is because I am still a child in my heart, I love Halloween a lot. I must admit though it is becoming more and more gross each year. Till last year Halloween to me meant buying bags of candy for trick or treaters , decorating the house , and of course getting costumes for little ones.
But when I moved into my new house last year, I was introduced to a new tradition .
'YOU HAVE BEEN BOO'ED'. Translated as someone leaves a bag of goodies and note at your doorstep, rings the bell and vanishes . Now it is upon you to continue the chain and do the same so that all the kids in neighbourhood gets a gift from the Halloween Ghost.
Last year my neighbor TW started it and you won't believe the fun adults had dropping the gifts at neighbours door step and vanishing into thin air . TW just delivered a baby last week and I am sure she will be too tired to begin the chain ,so I thought I will surprise her by beginning the fun. Hope I don't get caught. The treat I have decide to make for her is Toffee Chocolate Bars .

Ingredients
Crust
White cake Mix - 1packet ****
Packed brown sugar - 2 tbsp
Butter melted - 1/2 Cup

Filling
Sweet condensed milk - 1 Can
Butter - 2tbsp
Topping
Semi chocolate Chip - 1 2/3 Cups
Crunchy Toffee bits - 1Cups
Method
Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
Crust:Combine cake mix, brown sugar and melted butter. Mix until soft dough forms. Press the dough firmly into a 13x9 inch greased pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until light brown . Cool slightly on a wire rack.
Filling:Heat condensed milk & butter in a saucepan, stirring constantly over low heat until thickened. It is about 5-10 minutes. Spread over crust and bake it for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Topping :In a sauce pan , over low heat (or in a microwave on medium for 2 seconds), melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Spread evenly over the filling. Sprinkle toffee bits on top. Cool completely. If necessary chill briefly to set chocolate. Cut the bars.


Note:
1.In case you don't want to use cake mix or don't have access to buying it I found a substitute for cake mix on the net.

Ingredients below for the packaged cake mix:
2 1/4 cup (530 ml) flour, sifted
1/4 tsp. (1.2 ml) salt
2 1/2 tsp. (12 ml) baking powder
1 1/3 cup (210 ml) sugar.
Whisk ingredients together in medium bowl. Substitute for packaged cake mix.{From Christian Chefs}
2.Don't leave the filling unattended even for a minute. It can get burned fast.
3. Dont bake or chill for long. The bars can very tough.

My Letter
It all started with a little BOO
A knock upon the door and off they flew!
Halloween is almost here, the leaves are flying by
The pumpkins are ripe; there is a witch in the sky!
Wee Ghostie came by the light of the moon
Put a BOO sign up your door
So that the Wee Ghostie comes no more.
If you do not wish a curse to fall,
Continue this greeting, this Ghositie’s call.

First, post this BOO where it can be seen,
And leave it there until Halloween.
This will scare other Ghostie who may visit.
Be sure to participate, you don't want to miss it!
Second, make a treat & a copies of this letter with a grin
Deliver them to a neighbor where this Ghost hasn't been
Don't let them see you, be sneaky, no doubt …And make sure they put their Boo Sign out!


Next, you have only one day to act, so be quick!L
eave it at doors where the Ghost hasn't hit.
Deliver at dark when there isn't much light...
Ring the doorbell and run, and stay out of sight!!
And last, but not least, come join in the season.
Don't worry, be happy, you need no good reason.
This is all in good fun and we are just trying to say...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND HAVE A GREAT DAY

Now these are the things you will need to do:
1. Make three copies of this letter and a phantom ghost for each.
2. Post the phantom on your door or in your window until Halloween. This will ward
off the phantom from returning to haunt you and yours.
3. Then take a letter, a phantom and treat and deliver them to three house that do not
have a phantom posted
.


My Goodie Bag
I filled the bags with Candies, stickers,Halloween toys and of course the Toffee Chocolate bars.


I had photocopy of this recipes in an old recipe book. I don't know the source but I am sure it from some Cake Mix recipe books.

10 comments:

A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...

so, am the the first one to be bo'oed now??..that means these chocolate bars come straight to me!!!!, sent it through, Mocha..waiting to get hold of it..happy halloween, and luv that "Ferrari-guy sitting in the lawn"..so cute!!

Cynthia said...

I like this you've been booed idea!

Mocha said...

KSWRH :
Watch out for the mail box. The bars might be there. Thanks and the pumpkin man is really cute. He sits in my front yard saying hi to all passerby. Cute indeed.

Cynthia :
Try it. Its fun.

Kelly Mahoney said...

This is my favorite time of year! Thanks for all the ideas.

Sharmi said...

I love Halloween because my son gets dressed up and goes to trick o treat! which is very exiting. your idea is cool!

mallurecipes said...

That's interesting,
another addition to the halloween tradition.
Good one!!

Nanditha Prabhu said...

this is my first halloween!
knowing you , i know you would love to boo .... all your neigh bours....that was exactly what you have been doing in our school and college days!

Mishmash ! said...

LOL at Nanditha's comment :))))
You seem to be having a great neighbourhood...are we invited..?

Mocha said...

Kelly:
Did you boo someone yet?

Sharmi & Mallu recipes:
I am glad you like the idea. Last year I thought Booing was something that was made up all of sudden to make hallloween more interesting and had no story behind it. I guess I was wrong . This was part pagan tradition. You get a lot information by searching it.
Sharmi, what is your dressing up as this year?

NP
I have lost my ability to tell white lies. I get caught all the time.

Shn
You are invited as long as you bring some cake goodies. I prefer the praline & buttercream cake not a small slice.

Puspha said...

Yummilicious.