My partner for the 2008 Sweet & Sinister Swap is Heidi at Everyday Cookies (love that blog name!). When I talked to Heidi she said she didn't so much like the scary but preferred the sweet part of Halloween. She also liked thrifted items, baking, and crafting supplies...hmmm, sounds like Heidi and I are kindred spirits.
I put the swap package together in a completely black & white theme. It was a little hard for me not to squeeze a little orange in there but I ended up being really happy with the color constraints. I thrifted a pretty english sugar bowl and filled it with candy, created a new "sew wicked" banner, included a pretty (scary!) pocket mirror, and painted an "H" with chalkboard paint and wrote "sweet" on it, and made a set of dress pattern notecards.
I also put together some supplies; pretty ribbons, a pack of black & white papers (including pages from a See's Candy book), vintage buttons, and white pumpkins.
And finally, I wrapped it all up in vintage sewing pattern tissue. I am now thinking I will buy patterns at the thrift store just for the tissue paper...way cheaper than new tissue paper and so much cooler.
So, are you wondering..."When is she going to get to the slow-cooker chocolate pudding cake in the title of this post?". I know I would be thinking that. Since Heidi said she likes to bake, I also included a few printed recipe cards with some of my favorite chocolate recipes. I've already shared them all here on the blog except the pudding cake. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it is so, so sinister...
Slow-Cooker Chocolate Chip Pudding Cake
1 pkg. devil's food cake mix
1 pkg. chocolate instant pudding
1(16 oz.) container sour cream
4 eggs
3/4 C vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 C semisweet chocolate chips
Place all but the chocolate chips in the slow-cooker. Add 1 Cup water and beat ingredients with a mixer until well blended (about 2 minutes). Fold in chocolate chips and bake about 3 - 4 hours on high or 6 - 7 hours on low (until cake is puffed in the center and pulls away from the sides of the cooker). Spoon the warm cake into serving bowls.
