{mini pumpkin pies + halloween photos}

My love of regular desserts taken into mini bite size form continues with this recipe from Bakerella for mini pumpkin pies.  This recipe is seriously foolproof; the pie dough is the ready made kind you can find at any grocery store and the filling has only a handful of ingredients.  Topped with some whipped cream and this is the perfect dessert for any get together from now until Thanksgiving!

Besides this weekend being filled with a lot of baking, we also went to two Halloween parties.   On Saturday night we co-hosted our annual pumpkin carving contest/party at our friend's place in Venice.  

 {halloween themed confetti system, see a tutorial here}

 {mini pumpkin pies making an appearance alongside sangria & red velvet whoopie pies}

 {our entry into the pumpkin carving contest}

{my airplane costume from the Toddlers's dept at Target & party host, Terra, as a Cheeto}

Sunday night we were invited to a Halloween potluck which I contributed the mini pumpkin pies, but this time I topped them with whipped cream.  The whipped cream is a great addition, but you really can't put it on until right before you want to serve the pies; otherwise it melts. 

 {my "Miss Universe" costume with Heather, the host of the potluck}

Happy Halloween!