The spookiest season of the year is here. Scooping out pumpkins, playing bobbing for apples and going trick or treating. There is something about Halloween that brings us all back to our childhood.
Here at Slate House we’ve got some incredibly wicked mugs, Welsh slate hanging signs and grazing platters to help make your ghostly gatherings totally spooktacular.
Whether it’s eerie eyeballs, putrid pumpkin pie or slugs and snails; our Welsh slate ‘Eat, Drink & Be Scary’ grazing platter is lovingly designed to be perfect for your Halloween spooktacular party.
Each grazing platter is individually hand cut allowing for a natural and completely unique finish – no two trays will be exactly the same. Each grazing platter is designed and engraved by our in-house team exclusively for Slate House.
Treated to resist staining and with a food safe slate sealer. Fitted with protective pads on the underside to prevent scratches. Hand packaged in eco-friendly packaging.
Dimensions: 460mm x 150mm, 6mm thick
Witches Brew
Whether it’s a mug of hot cider, a pumpkin spice latte, some Witches Brew or a slow cooker hot chocolate; our 11oz ceramic mugs are lovingly designed to be perfect for those comforting and warm seasonal drinks.
Each mug is hand printed by our in-house team exclusively for Slate House.
These Slate House white ceramic mugs are printed with a frighteningly fabulous Halloween cute witch or cute vampire, designed by the Slate House team.
Now the question is whether to ‘trick’ or treat a friend with this mug or just treat you!
Why not try out one of our spooky drinks recipes.
Halloween Traditions
Do you have any Halloween traditions with your family? Why not try pumpkin picking? There are lots of places around the UK to do this fun activity with your family. We took our troops to the local pumpkin picking farm at Penyfodau Farm in Gorseinon, Swansea.
Non-Alcoholic Mulled Cider Punch
Quench your (blood) thirsty appetite with this no alcohol fun fruity and warm punch the whole family can enjoy.
Ingredients:
3 pints of apple juice
3 apples
Cloves
Cinnamon Sticks
Zest of 1 large orange
Method:
Stud the apples with around 2-4 cloves.
Add juice, apples, cinnamon sticks and the orange zest in to a large pan.
Simmer gently on a low setting for approximately 30 minutes. Be careful not to let it boil.
Serve with some fresh apple slices and perhaps a stick of cinnamon.
Trick or Treat or No Trick or Treat?
Let ‘Trick or Treaters’ know that they are welcome to your home with this Slate House engraved Welsh slate hanging sign.
Handcrafted in our workshop, our Trick or Treaters Welsh slate hanging sign will add a touch of ghoulish charm to your haunted Halloween home.
Need A Quiet Halloween?
Whether it’s a sleeping baby you don’t want disturbed or you just need a quiet night; why not hang a polite sign to let people know that you’d prefer them not to knock.
Halloween Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe
This warming and comforting drink only takes 10 minutes to create. Totally worth it!
Ingredients:
2 tbsp pumpkin puree (you can buy this in cans in supermarkets)
Pinch of ground nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger
1 tbsp vanilla extract
30ml strong coffee
250ml of any milk
Whipped cream
Method:
In a saucepan add the milk, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract and spices. Whisk and heat to make a hot ‘pumpkin milk’.
Add your strong coffee, mix and serve in to mugs. To serve top with whipped cream. Sprinkle some ‘pumpkin spice’ or ground cinnamon over the cream.
If you are looking for a stronger pumpkin flavour then add a couple more tbsp of pumpkin puree.
BOO!
We love this ghost face ceramic mug. Perfect for filling with candy or seasonal drinks.
Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
Why not treat yourself to a decadent hot chocolate this Halloween?
Ingredients:
2 pints of whole milk
300ml double cream
200g of dark chocolate chips (or chopped dark chocolate)
150g of milk chocolate chips (or chopped milk chocolate)
To serve : whipped or squirty cream, mini marshmallows & grated chocolate.
Method:
Set your slow cooker to low and add the milk, cream and dark & milk chocolate.
Cover with the lid and cook on low for 2 hours. Stir occasionally.
After 2 hours remove the lid and cook for a further 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Serve with your choice of toppings.
Trick or Treat Yourself this Halloween
Do you deserve a treat? Heck yes, you do!
As Tyra Banks said “Never dull your shine for somebody else”.
Know someone who is a nightmare before coffee? Why not get them this fab white ceramic Halloween mug?
Spooky Pumpkin Face! You could serve up a mug full of hot cocoa or a mug full of candy with this spooky pumpkin face ceramic mug.
Slate House Halloween Competition
Click the image below to enter our Halloween competition. Show us your amazing pumpkins and you could win some Halloween goodies.
