Apple Vampire Teeth
The rare Halloween treat you can hand a child without a second thought: apple, nut butter, almonds. Use red-skinned apples — the skin is what makes the lips, and without it the whole joke falls apart. Cut them thin: a thick wedge will not close, and the mouth gapes for no reason.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Servings
- 4
- Level
- Easy
- Per serving
- 165 kcal
Ingredients
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What to use instead
Almond butter or any thick nut spread works. Chocolate spread holds too, but the teeth barely show against the brown.
Makes: 8 mouths
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Method
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Step 1: Slice the apples
Halve the apples, cut out the cores and slice each half into 4 thin wedges about 7 mm thick, leaving the skin on.
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Step 2: Dress with lemon
Sprinkle the wedges with lemon juice and toss. Apple browns within minutes, and brown lips stop being funny and start being off-putting.
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Step 3: Spread the butter
Spread an even 3–4 mm layer of peanut butter on the flat side of every second wedge, stopping short of the edges.
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Step 4: Set the teeth
Push flaked almonds into the butter point upwards, in a neat row along the edge — four or five per wedge.
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Step 5: Close the mouths
Top with a second wedge, skin side out on both, and press gently. The teeth should stick out between the halves.
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Step 6: Serve at once
Lay the mouths on a board, skin upward. Do not wait: within an hour the butter takes up moisture from the apple and the teeth start to lean.
Tips & variations
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Tip
The butter has to be thick. Runny natural peanut butter that separates will not hold a single tooth — pour the oil off first.
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Variation
Almonds give neat white teeth; pumpkin seeds give crooked greenish ones, which suits a vampire even better.
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Swap
Almond butter or any thick nut spread works. Chocolate spread holds too, but the teeth barely show against the brown.
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Storage
This belongs to the last fifteen minutes before guests arrive. Slice the apples ahead if you keep them in lemon water, but assemble at the last minute.
Nutrition
| 1 serving | Whole dish 4 servings | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 165 kcal | 660 kcal |
| Protein | 5 g | 20 g |
| Fat | 9 g | 36 g |
| Carbohydrates | 18 g | 72 g |
Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.
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