The halloween menu was a hit! but, it was not without it's behind -the-scenes drama. so, if any of you have ever tried to make caramel apples, you will understand my pain! we were up the night before until 3 am the night before trying to get the caramel to set atop our mini apples just the right way, without  all the caramel melting right off the flesh! I finally found a way to make it work, and if you want to know, contact me and i will let you in on the secret! another problem that we had to remedy was that our pepitas were too big for mini apples, so we had to crush them and dip the apples in them after being coated with the caramel to keep the ground pepitas on! it was all a learning experience, and a tasty one ,too! also, we found it pretty problematic trying to get the event as well, since it was halloween night, and it the event was located at halsted and belmont, which is ground zero for the annual halloween parade! it was not without the help of our friend edgar visiting from houston carrying containers full of sauces and skewers through crowded streets of people dressed in all sorts of costumes! we also changed the presentation of our chicken skewers. We decided to go with smaller pieces of chicken on each skewer to make it easier for a party that is a lot less formal. and it worked amazingly well! we figured guests were going to be a little to confined with their costumes to be carrying around multiple bite items, so opted for single bite. So, for a 3 day planning period for this menu to happen, we were very proud of ourselves for being able to pull it off without making the host use his sword on us!