+ Goth Food and Cooking Masterpost +
Okay okay okay, there's nothing inherently 'goth' about most foods, but with some creativity, you can make some appropriately macabre dishes.
Huge Note: Some sites on 'goth', 'macabre', or 'spooky' food may contain recipes or recommend using activated charcoal as a 'natural black food coloring'. Activated charcoal is not recommended as a food additive, despite the many health claims. Activated charcoal is commonly used to treat poisonings, and may prevent medications from getting absorbed into the bloodstream. Please, for your safety, stick to using black gel food coloring, black sesame seeds, squid ink, etc. instead.
+ Cooking Basics +
None of these recipes or tips will help if you can barely boil water! Let's start with basics
+ If You Literally Never Cook, Start Here +
+ How to Start Cooking At Home +
+ Baking Tips for Beginners +
+ A Beginner's Guide to Baking: Everything You Need to Know +
+ Goth and Macabre Ideas +
+ Goth Hummus +
By using black tahini made from black sesame seeds, and black chickpeas, you can make traditional hummus a bit more 'goth'
+ Squid Ink Pasta with Tomatoes +
While cuttlefish ink can be fairly hard to find, many specialty grocers will carry jet black squid ink pasta, that can be used much like traditional pasta. Keep in mind that the squid ink makes the pasta naturally salty, so you shouldn't salt the water, but otherwise the squid ink only adds a light subtle flavor and largely is only used to add color to the pasta.
+ Blood Drip Cupcakes +
Okay so the candy glass may be a little advanced for a lot of people, but the general concept of blood red food coloring contrasting bright white frosting is still a good one.
+ Homemade Fake Blood +
Speaking of, did you know you can make fully edible fake blood easily at home? You can use it both as a way to decorate sweets and as, well, fake blood for costumes! I personally find I have to adjust the amounts of food coloring very closely, so I recommend adding a bunch of red, and then adding a drop at a time of blue and green food coloring until it looks right.
+ Spiderweb Cake +
Just a simple chocolate cake with a goth spiderweb design. The same technique can be used to decorate cookies and cheesecake as well.
+ Spelt Risotto with Beets and Horseradish +
By using beets in this risotto recipe, it turns a deep red. The same principle can be used to dye other foods, naturally.
+ Bleeding Heart No-Bake Oreo Cake +
Couldn't be simpler! By using an anatomical heart-shaped jello mold, a few simple ingredients, red fondant, and red gel food coloring, you can make a cake that looks like a bloody heart!
+ Skeleton Cameo Cookies +
Another simple little project, just need a couple of special tools; a skeleton cameo mold for the chocolate, and a frame shaped cookie cutter.
+ Black Food has more to Offer than Charcoal +
Black food ideas that don't involve charcoal! This article also talks about the issues with using charcoal as a food additive.
Okay okay okay, there's nothing inherently 'goth' about most foods, but with some creativity, you can make some appropriately macabre dishes.
Huge Note: Some sites on 'goth', 'macabre', or 'spooky' food may contain recipes or recommend using activated charcoal as a 'natural black food coloring'. Activated charcoal is not recommended as a food additive, despite the many health claims. Activated charcoal is commonly used to treat poisonings, and may prevent medications from getting absorbed into the bloodstream. Please, for your safety, stick to using black gel food coloring, black sesame seeds, squid ink, etc. instead.
+ Cooking Basics +
None of these recipes or tips will help if you can barely boil water! Let's start with basics
+ If You Literally Never Cook, Start Here +
+ How to Start Cooking At Home +
+ Baking Tips for Beginners +
+ A Beginner's Guide to Baking: Everything You Need to Know +
+ Goth and Macabre Ideas +
+ Goth Hummus +
By using black tahini made from black sesame seeds, and black chickpeas, you can make traditional hummus a bit more 'goth'
+ Squid Ink Pasta with Tomatoes +
While cuttlefish ink can be fairly hard to find, many specialty grocers will carry jet black squid ink pasta, that can be used much like traditional pasta. Keep in mind that the squid ink makes the pasta naturally salty, so you shouldn't salt the water, but otherwise the squid ink only adds a light subtle flavor and largely is only used to add color to the pasta.
+ Blood Drip Cupcakes +
Okay so the candy glass may be a little advanced for a lot of people, but the general concept of blood red food coloring contrasting bright white frosting is still a good one.
+ Homemade Fake Blood +
Speaking of, did you know you can make fully edible fake blood easily at home? You can use it both as a way to decorate sweets and as, well, fake blood for costumes! I personally find I have to adjust the amounts of food coloring very closely, so I recommend adding a bunch of red, and then adding a drop at a time of blue and green food coloring until it looks right.
+ Spiderweb Cake +
Just a simple chocolate cake with a goth spiderweb design. The same technique can be used to decorate cookies and cheesecake as well.
+ Spelt Risotto with Beets and Horseradish +
By using beets in this risotto recipe, it turns a deep red. The same principle can be used to dye other foods, naturally.
+ Bleeding Heart No-Bake Oreo Cake +
Couldn't be simpler! By using an anatomical heart-shaped jello mold, a few simple ingredients, red fondant, and red gel food coloring, you can make a cake that looks like a bloody heart!
+ Skeleton Cameo Cookies +
Another simple little project, just need a couple of special tools; a skeleton cameo mold for the chocolate, and a frame shaped cookie cutter.
+ Black Food has more to Offer than Charcoal +
Black food ideas that don't involve charcoal! This article also talks about the issues with using charcoal as a food additive.
