Spiderweb Guacamole (The Perfect Halloween Dip!)
A creative and festive recipe for ‘Spider Web Guacamole,’ a perfect no-cook appetizer for a Halloween party. This dish takes a classic guacamole and transforms it with a spooky presentation. A bowl of smooth guacamole is decorated with a ‘spiderweb’ design, which is created by piping concentric circles of sour cream or Mexican crema and then dragging a skewer from the center to the edge. The web is then adorned with a ‘spider’ made from a black olive. The recipe also includes instructions for carving an avocado into a ‘skull’ for an extra ghoulish touch.
Ingredients
- 4 cups guacamole (store-bought or homemade)
- 1/4 cup Mexican crema or sour cream
- Lime juice (if needed)
- 2 pitted black olives
- Blue corn tortilla chips, for serving
- 1 firm avocado, skin-on (for optional skull garnish)
Instructions
- Create the Web: Spread the guacamole in a large, round, shallow bowl and smooth the top.
- Place the Mexican crema or sour cream in a squeeze bottle or a small plastic bag with the corner snipped off. If it is too thick to pipe, thin it with a little lime juice.
- Pipe four concentric circles of the crema onto the guacamole, starting with a small circle in the center.
- Using the tip of a knife or a skewer, gently pull lines from the center circle out to the edge of the bowl, creating a spider web pattern.
- Make the Spider and Skull: Slice one black olive in half lengthwise; use one half for the spider’s body. Thinly slice the remaining 1 1/2 olives to create 8 long ‘legs.’ Arrange the spider on the web.
- For the optional skull garnish, use a paring knife to carve two eye sockets and an upside-down heart-shaped nose into the skin of the whole avocado. Cut a long rectangle for the mouth and use the tip of a knife to draw lines for teeth.
- Surround the bowl of guacamole with blue corn tortilla chips and place the avocado skull alongside it.
Notes
- Special Equipment: A squeeze bottle or pastry bag and a skewer are recommended for creating the web design.
- Using store-bought guacamole is a great time-saving shortcut for this impressive-looking party dip.
- The key to the spiderweb design is dragging the skewer through the piped circles in one continuous motion from the center outwards.
Find it online: https://www.eatswithsoul.com/spiderweb-guacamole/