Bloody zombie brain funnel cake sandwiches

This week's Halloween treat comes to us from our flesh eating friends on Zombieland! These bloody zombie brain funnel cake sandwiches are as good as it gets as we draw closer to Halloween. Fried mini funnel cakes stuffed with a cinnamon vanilla flavored cream and then drizzled with a blood red icing!

Zombies are underestimated, like my friend Frank in my recent recipe. They are gory, growling and flesh eating, but I can't seem to get enough of them! I love all shows or movies that they are starring in. Nonetheless, after everything 2020 has brought us, I am pretty sure surviving a zombie apocalypse would be a piece of cake. I literally have enough TP to last us a year or two!

So please don't be afraid of making this recipe and serve it up on a nice platter at your next halloween shindig!

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Confectioner's sugar
• Milk
• Vanilla extract
• Large egg
• Canola Oil
• Lemon zest
• Heavy cream
• Red gel food coloring
• Cocoa powder

Step by step instructions

For the funnel cakes:

First, in a large freezer bag combine the flour, confectioner's sugar, baking powder and salt. Shake well. Set aside.

Second, in another mixing bowl add the milk, vanilla, lemon zest and egg until combined. Gently, stir the flour mixture into the milk mixture to create a thick batter. Add a funnel to the plastic bottle and slowly pour the batter into the bottle until full.

Third, line a baking sheet with paper towels. Pour enough oil into the fryer and heat it up to 350 degrees. Put your pastry ring into the oil and then zigzag the batter back and forth across itself so that the funnel cake is in a self contained circle.

Lastly, fry the funnel cakes for about 45 seconds. Using tongs, flip the funnel cake over and remove the pastry ring. Cook the other side for another 45 seconds. The funnel cakes should be a light golden brown color. Transfer to the paper towels and repeat with the remaining batter. Set aside.

Blood red icing:

It's actually pretty easy to make the icing a deep red blood color. After the icing is made, add the Wilton Christmas red gel food coloring.

In addition, I added about 1-2 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder to give it the deep red color. The trick is to let the icing sit for a couple of hours and the color will deepen. This color gives a real bloody look to the zombie brain sandwiches!

Cream and Assembly:

With a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until smooth and creamy (1-2 minutes). Add in your confectioner's sugar and mix on medium until combined. Add in your vanilla and heavy cream and mix on high until light and fluffy. Throw in a pinch of salt and some Cinnamon/Sugar mixture and it's complete!

Icing is just confectioner's sugar, heavy cream or milk and vanilla extract. Mix together until you get the desired consistency.

See video below on how to assemble the sandwiches!

Equipment needed

• Fryer or skillet: I have an amazing old school deep fryer that my Dad gave me and it works amazing. However, you can use a shallow bottom skillet.
• Funnel
• Plastic squeeze bottle
• Pastry ring
• Tongs
• Baking sheet
• Spatula

See video below on how to DIY pastry ring

Substitutions and variations

• Substitute whole milk for 2%
• Make the cream a red color in the center
• Add in some chocolate chips or even some candy eyeballs to make it more festive

Frequently asked questions

Halloween recipes

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• Halloween chocolate cupcakes
• Halloween howl at the moon sugar cookies
• Halloween hocus pocus candy bark

Fun fact of the day!

Australia is the safest place if there was a zombie apocalypse. Sydney here I come!