Death Head Moth Bites

A Renfield inspired insect appetizer of cheese stuffed, bacon wrapped dates with edible wings.

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Course: Appetizers

Keyword: Halloween, Halloween Food

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Create a simple drawing of a death head moth on a piece of paper to use as a template. Make sure to trace around one of the dates with pencil to represent the body of the moth and set the scale of your moth drawing. I drew the moth twice, one with its wings spread out and one with its wings tucked in for variation, but feel free to just use one.
Place a sheet of wafer paper over your moth template, using a edible food color marker, trace over template. Color in any areas that you want. I left mine a bit monochromatic with a touch of red, but feel free to use any colors desired. Repeat until you have 12 moth wafer wrappers.
Add black luster powder to the rest of the moth and cut out with scissors. Touch up edges with edible black marker.
Use a small hole punch to punch out the skull from the moth wrapper and trim around skull if desired or leave as a circle.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, crumble bleu cheese into small pieces and then mix with cream cheese. Transfer cheese to a pastry bag with a large tip and pipe the cheese filling into pitted dates.
Make sure to use thin cut bacon to ensure a snug fit on each date. Cut bacon strip lengthwise and in half and wrap around the date tightly, securing with a tooth pick as needed. Repeat until all dates are covered with bacon.
Place bacon wrapped dates on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for10 minutes and then rotate and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool before removing toothpicks.
To serve, arrange each bacon wrapped date on an edible moth wing wrapper and place the skull punch out on the top of the date, securing with a small dab of honey. Add additional black luster powder to the tops of the bacon and on the wings for a powdery look.