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    Home » Recipes » Beef

    Monster Burgers are Deliciously Scary!

    October 26, 2020 By Sara McCleary Updated October 27, 2021 - This post may contain affiliate links

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    Monster Burgers will definitely lift your Halloween Burgers game. Juicy ground beef patties, bacon, cheese, onion, pickles, and my spooky special sauce. Your tastebuds will jump for joy.

    four monster burgers grouped together with a big black and orange spider in the background

    Big and little goblins alike will love this tasty Halloween food idea. You can even have all the ingredients out, cheese teeth, ready made eyes, and tongues. Then your hungry hoard can make and decorate their own. Halloween burger party anyone?

    Not only are these Monster Burgers cute and fun, they are also a really tasty cheese and bacon burger. As far as Halloween burgers go, these guys have to be at the top of your list.

    If you do end up making them, then please share your results with me on Instagram (tag #bellyrumbles & @bellyrumbles). I do love seeing readers' creations.

    Sara xxx

    Ingredients

    burger ingredients overview
    burger
    1. Beef Mince/Ground Beef: Use lean grass fed beef.
    2. Brioche Buns: Brioche buns are a sweeter, more buttery bun. If you can't find brioche buns use your favourite hamburger buns.
    3. Spooky Special Sauce: Recipe in the recipe card below. If you don't want to make sauce you can use your favourites, barbecue, ketchup/tomato, hot sauce or mayonnaise.
    4. Bacon: I use maple glazed bacon rashers (bought from the supermarket), but feel free to use your favourite bacon.
    5. Red Onion: Also known as Spanish onion. Thin slices of raw onion are used for this recipe. If you would prefer cooked onion, then pop them in your pan after cooking the bacon for a quick sizzle.
    6. Pickle Slices: They can also be referred as pickle sandwich stackers. If you can't find them cut a large pickle into slices lengthways, or use long slices of roma/egg tomato.
    7. Olive oil: For cooking the beef patties. If you don't have olive oil, use your preferred oil.
    8. Salt: To season the beef patties, it is the only seasoning I use. It can be omitted if preferred, but it does act as a flavour enhancer.
    9. Cheddar Cheese Slices: You can use any kind of cheese that is floppy and bends. Otherwise your monsters' teeth will stick out straight ahead and not flop down to look like teeth.

    How to Make Monster Eyeballs

    showing how to put together monster eyeballs
    monster eye ingredients + ears/wings
    monster eyeballs on toothpicks
    assembled eyes on toothpicks
    green olives stuffed with pimento on toothpicks
    easy monster eyes

    Easy Monster Eyes
    Simply place a green olive that has been stuffed with pimento on a toothpick. This creates a very easy eye.

    close up of burger

    Green Monster Eyes
    Cut a black olive down its length on one side only.
    Place a small green cocktail onion inside the split black olive.

    Push cocktail onion filled olive onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the second eye.

    close up of burger

    Red Monster Eyes
    Cut red cherry tomato down its length on one side only.
    Scoop out pulp and seeds.
    Cut black olive in half (one half per eye), and place inside the split cherry tomato, with the olive hole facing out.

    Push olive filled cherry tomato onto a toothpick. Fill the olive hole with a small squirt of mayonnaise. Repeat the process for the second eye.

    close up of burger

    Orange Monster Eyes
    Cut orange/yellow cherry tomato down its length on one side only.
    Scoop out pulp and seeds.
    Cut green olive stuffed with pimento in half.
    Use the green olive half that has the pimento protruding from where the olive has been stuffed, it looks like an eyeball (discard other half of olive – or eat it).

    Place inside the split cherry tomato with the pupil facing out.Push olive filled tomato onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the

    close up of burger
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    Black Monster Eyes
    Cut a black olive down its length on one side only.
    Cut green olive stuffed with pimento in half.
    Use the green olive half that has the pimento protruding from where the olive has been stuffed, it looks like an eyeball (discard other half of olive – or eat it).

    Place inside the split black olive with the pupil facing out.Push filled olive onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the second eye.

    How to Make Monster Teeth

    slices of cheese cut up to make monster teeth

    Place cheese slices on a cutting board. Cut desired teeth shapes from the slices. You can also make cheese tongues, as seen on our green eyed monster above.

    Recipe Walk Through

    1. Place beef mince in a bowl and season with salt.  Using your hands work the seasoning through the mince.  Shape mince into 4 beef patties.
    2. Place aside while you make monster eyes, teeth, and spooky special sauce.
    3. Heat a large nonstick pan on the stove over medium heat.
    4. Place bacon rashers in a pan and cook to your liking. Remove from pan, place on a plate, and cover with foil until needed.
    5. Add olive oil to the pan and add beef patties to cook until they have formed a nice caramelised crust on one side.  Then flip the patties and continue cooking until cooked to desired doneness (medium/well done).
    6. Remove beef patties from heat and cover with foil while toasting the brioche buns (if toasting).
    7. Split brioche buns in half. Toast cut sides under a grill for a few minutes until just toasted. If you prefer your monster burger buns not toasted skip this step.

    Burger Assembly

    1. Spread bun base with spooky special sauce.
    2. Place bacon on top of special sauce.
    3. On top of the bacon add a slice of red (Spanish) onion.
    4. Place the beef patty on top of the onion.
    5. Add a pickle slice.
    6. Carefully arrange monster teeth on top of the pickle slice.
    7. Add a little more spooky sauce on top of the cheese if desired.
    8. Place the brioche bun top on top of the burger.
    9. Then decorate the monster burgers with eyes, ears, or wings.
    4 burgers grouped together with a big spider behind them
    monster burgers

    Monster Burgers

    Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
    Monster Burgers will definitely lift your Halloween Burgers game. Juicy ground beef patties, bacon, cheese, onion, pickles, and my spooky special sauce. Your tastebuds will jump for joy.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Lunch or Snack, Main Course
    Cuisine American, Halloween
    Servings 4
    Calories 878 kcal

    Special Equipment

    • chopping board + sharp knife
    • large nonstick fry pan

    Ingredients

    • 500 grams beef mince (ground beef)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 4 rashers maple glazed bacon | or bacon of your choice
    • 4 slices red onion | Spanish onion
    • 4 pickle slices
    • 4 slices cheddar cheese
    • 4 brioche buns | or hamburger buns of your choice

    Spooky Special Sauce

    • 125 mls (½ cup) mayonnaise | whole egg or Japanese
    • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup

    Green Monster Eyes / per monster

    • 2 black olives
    • 2 green cocktail onions
    • 2 toothpicks

    Red Monster Eyes - per monster

    • 2 red cherry tomatoes
    • 1 black olive
    • mayonnaise
    • 2 toothpicks

    Orange Monster Eyes - per monster

    • 2 orange cherry tomatoes | or yellow
    • 2 green olive with pimento
    • 2 toothpicks

    Black Monster Eyes - per monster

    • 2 black olives
    • 2 green olives with pimento
    • 2 toothpicks

    Ears or Wings - per monster

    • 2 blue/purple corn chips

    Instructions
     

    • Place beef mince in a bowl and season with salt.  Using your hands work the seasoning through the mince.  Shape mince into 4 beef patties.
      Place aside while you make monster eyes, teeth, and spooky special sauce. The instructions are below.
    • Heat large non stick pan on stove over medium heat.
    • Place bacon rashers in pan and cook to your liking. Remove from pan, place on a plate, and cover with foil until needed.
    • Add olive oil to the pan and add beef patties to cook until they have formed a nice caramelised crust on one side.  Then flip the patties and continue cooking until cooked to desired doneness (medium/well done).
      Remove beef patties from heat and cover with foil while toasting the brioche buns (if toasting).
    • Split brioche buns in half. Toast cut sides under a grill for a few minutes until just toasted. If you prefer your hamburger buns no toasted skip this step.

    Assemble Monster Burgers

    • Spread bun base with spooky special sauce.
    • Place bacon on top of special sauce.
    • On top of the bacon add a slice of red (Spanish) onion.
    • Place the beef patty on top of onion.
    • Add a pickle slice.
    • Carefully arrange monster teeth on top of the pickle slice.
    • Add a little more spooky sauce on top of cheese if desired.
    • Place the brioche bun top on top of the burger.
    • Then decorate with monster eyes, ears or wings

    Monster Eyes

    • Green Monster Eyes: Cut a black olive down its length on one side only. Place a small green cocktail onion inside the split black olive.
      Push cocktail onion filled olive onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the second eye.
    • Red Monster Eyes: Cut red cherry tomato down its length on one side only. Scoop out pulp and seeds. Cut black olive in half (one half per eye), and place inside the split cherry tomato, with the olive hole facing out.
      Push olive filled cherry tomato onto a toothpick. Fill the olive hole with a small squirt of mayonnaise. Repeat the process for the second eye.
    • Orange Monster Eyes: Cut orange/yellow cherry tomato down its length on one side only. Scoop out pulp and seeds. Cut green olive stuffed with pimento in half. Use the green olive half that has the pimento protruding from where the olive has been stuffed, it looks like an eyeball (discard other half of olive - or eat it). Place inside the split cherry tomato with the pupil facing out.
      Push olive filled tomato onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the second eye.
    • Black Monster Eyes: Cut a black olive down its length on one side only. Cut green olive stuffed with pimento in half. Use the green olive half that has the pimento protruding from where the olive has been stuffed, it looks like an eyeball (discard other half of olive - or eat it). Place inside the split black olive with the pupil facing out.
      Push filled olive onto a toothpick. Repeat the process for the second eye.

    Cheese Teeth

    • Place cheese slices on a cutting board. Cut desired teeth shapes from the slices and place aside until needed.

    Spooky Special Sauce

    • In a small bowl mix mayonnaise, dijon mustard, and ketchup until well combined.
      Any Excess sauce can be stored in the fridge for a couple of weeks in an airtight container.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 878kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 36gFat: 62gSaturated Fat: 26gCholesterol: 256mgSodium: 1647mgPotassium: 396mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 944IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 199mgIron: 3mg
    Keyword halloween cheese burgers, how to make scary hamburgers, novelty burgers
    Did You Make This Recipe?I do a happy dance when people share how they went. Tag me on Instagram or Twitter @bellyrumbles & #bellyrumbles

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