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Ingredients

  • 4 x 135g packs lime jelly
  • a selection of animal and bug sweets (see tips, below, for our selection)
  • 2 x 154g packs Oreo biscuits

Method

  • STEP 1

    Make up the jelly following pack instructions. Pour a third of the mixture into 12 small glasses or plastic pots. Add a couple of bugs to each pot, then leave to set in the fridge, keeping remaining jelly at room temperature.

  • STEP 2

    Once set, add more bugs to each container (lean some against edges, so they stick out the top). Pour over a third of the jelly and leave to set in the fridge. Repeat with remaining bugs and jelly.

  • STEP 3

    For the soil topping, place cookies in a plastic bag and, using a rolling pin, bash into crumbs, then tip onto a plate.

  • STEP 4

    Just before serving, sprinkle a layer of soil over each set jelly, then top with a mushroom, a slug and some ants or your choice of creepy crawlies.

RECIPE TIPS
SPOOKY SWEETS

Ant sprinkles: Cake Angels Sugar Ants, available from cake-angels.co.uk. Frogs: Haribo Gummix, available from Poundland. Haribo Super Mix, from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

SPOOKY SWEETS

Mushrooms: Available from most sweet shops or pick & mix stalls. Plastic spider cake toppers: From cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk. 
Snails: Haribo Gummix, available from Poundland.

SPOOKY SWEETS

Snakes: The Natural Confectionery Co Jelly Snakes, available from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. Worms: The Natural Confectionery Co Jelly Squirms, available from Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

WHAT TO USE FOR CUPS

Save leftover plastic pots from houmous and dips to use for your bug cups.

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