Fright bites

Get creative this Halloween with a scary selection of sweet treats your little horrors will love

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/ gas mark 4 and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.

2. Place the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl, melt in the microwave for 20 seconds, stir and return for another 10 seconds. Then set it aside to cool slightly.

3. Whisk together the butter, light brown sugar, caster sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Then whisk in the melted dark chocolate and egg.

4. Add the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mix well to combine.

5. Stir in the milk and white chocolate chunks. Spoon 12 dollops of the mixture onto the lined trays and bake for 12 minutes.

6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before decorating.

7. To decorate, roll out the white icing thinly to about the thickness of a 10 pence piece. Using a saucer as a template, cut out 12 circles of white icing.

8. Melt the milk chocolate in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Dip the one end of a marshmallow in the melted chocolate, then stick the marshmallow to the centre of the cookie.

9. Drape the circle of icing over the marshmallow. Roll out small beads of the black icing and add to the draped white icing to create a fun ghost face.