Air Fried Bat Wings look creepy but taste delicious!  Marinated in an Asian inspired sauce, they’re crispy and perfectly delicious for your Halloween party.

This recipe and the giveaway included in this post is sponsored by Dixie Crystals . All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that make A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures possible.

I’m just going to bring up the elephant in the room. These suckers are a pain to photograph! I had a hard time getting the camera to auto focus on them. They are so dark in color. So, please just not pay attention the photos that aren’t 100% in focus.

I made these twice. The first time they were so salty! I didn’t think that the amount of soy sauce in the original batch was that much, but guess the combination of soy sauce and the time I marinated them made for super salty wings. So salty I almost couldn’t even finish the one I taste. Of course, I had to try a second one to be sure it wasn’t just me.

I have this thing about wings.

I buy a package of wings thinking how good they will taste when I cook them up on the weekend the nibble on while watching the game. And then I forget they’re in there. Then I see them later in the week and think how good they’ll be next weekend when I remember they’re in there and cook for game day.

And now at least 2 weeks have gone by and I cannot even possibly think of cooking up that package of wings. By this time, I’m sure they’re not any good. Which is a shame because it’s useless food waste. And it’s a waste of some perfectly good wings that would be delicious for game day.

Since getting the air fryer, I have had more wings than ever before. Back in the day, PAF (pre-air fryer), I would put them in the oven to cook for a while. You see, I dated this kid in high school and he cooked the crap out of wings. They were almost like wing jerky, but they tasted so good! Just concentrated chicken wing flavor.

Now, in the air fryer, I can achieve similar flavor without all the time. And without them being all jerky like and crunchy where they shouldn’t be. With the air fryer, I can get that super crispy and crunchy outside with the juicy and tender inside. I cannot imagine making wings in the oven again. Well, if I have like a huge party and need to make a ton of them.

But let’s be honest. That’s not going to happen.

This is one of two recipes I was playing with the bat wings. I might still make the other one. It just sounds interesting and looks super freaky cool for Halloween. Maybe next year. It doesn’t require chicken wings at all. It does require wonton skin wrappers which I have a similar history with.

The first batch I started to separate the wing sections like I normally would. Then I had the whole V-8 thing and remembered that for these to look like bat wings they had to stay intact. Duh. They’re not going to be believable as bat wings if I separate the segments.

And they look sort of creepy right?

They look burnt but they’re not. The combination of the marinade and the black food dye make them look that way. I love the some of the wing tips got all messed up and they’re bent. Makes them look more like bat wings than I anticipated.

I mean, just look at that wrinkled skin there! And that black color with some of the meat showing through the skin. All that flavor in those wings is from the Asian inspired marinade. There’s soy and sesame, ginger and garlic, rice wine and brown sugar, and some oyster sauce for that little bit of smoky sweet flavor.

These Air Fried Bat Wings are not like their predecessors. They’re not salty at all. They have that soy and sesame flavor with the ginger and garlic and the sweet from the brown sugar. It’s a well-rounded marinade with the sweet, smoky, salty, and tangy all in one marinade.

In all honestly, it’s a vain attempt to get these wings to taste like the delicious wings my Chinese delivery place makes. Because they’re awesome and have so much flavor. Ultimately, I will work on a recipe that replicates those wings. They’re so addictive!

These Air Fried Bat Wings are addictive, too. I ate the whole batch a couple at a time the whole week. The flavors are delicious. And they’re fun to eat! I mean, the kids will love how creepy these look and how delicious they taste. I am totally making these again for our Halloween party. Party of two that is!

Take a look at more spooky Halloween recipes from our #HalloweenTreatsWeek Bloggers today:

Halloween Cookies & Bars:

• Peanut Butter Spider Cookies from BigBearsWife
• Chocolate Almond Owl Eye Cookies from Savory Moments
• Halloween Sugar Cookies from House of Nash Eats
• Mini Mallowmar Candy Corn Cookies from Sweet ReciPEAS
• Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies from Fresh Coast Eats
• Black Cat Whoopie Pies from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

Halloween Cakes & Cupcakes:

• Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake from The Flour Handprint
• Flying Purple People Eater Cake Balls from The Spiffy Cookie

Halloween Brownies:

• Cream Cheese Brownies with Pumpkin from Back To My Southern Roots

Halloween Bread:

• Pan de Muerto (Day of the dead bread) from Lemon Blossoms

Halloween Drinks:

• Eye of Newt Halloween Milkshake from It’s Shanaka

Sweet Halloween Treats:

• Halloween Marshmallow Pops from Devour Dinner
• Monster Mouths from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Spooky Peanut Butter Balls from Tastes of Homemade
• Spider Web Ice Cream Pie from An Affair from the Heart
• Halloween Fudge from Sweet Beginnings
• The Best Halloween Muddy Buddies Mix from Family Around the Table
• Halloween Treat Popcorn Balls from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Halloween Charcuterie Board from I am a Honey Bee

Savory Halloween Recipes:

• Air Fried Bat Wings from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures

Happy Halloween!

Spooky Season is here and it is time for 2020’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event! #HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife  & its a creepy and haunting week-long event is filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats, recipes and some frightfully fun giveaways.

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”

For the 3rd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 30 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! Follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media and look at the bottom of each post to see all of the Halloween recipes that we’re sharing!

Plus, don’t forget that we have some great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsor and bloggers this year!  

Prize #1 from Dixie Crystals

OXO Good Grips 3-Piece Stainless-Steel Mixing Bowl Set

Prize #2 from Angie at BigBearsWife 

Ninja OP301 Foodi 9-in-1 Pressure, Slow Cooker, Air Fryer and More, with 6.5 Quart Capacity and 45 Recipe Book, and a High Gloss Finish

Prize #3 from Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar

Origami Owl Locket and Halloween Charms

 

Prize #4 from Kathy at Lemon Blossoms 

6 Quart Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker

Prize #5 from Terri at Our Good Life

Young Living’s Thieves Mints ($50 Value)

Pop a Thieves Mint into your mouth for cinnamint-fresh breath after meals. Made with naturally derived ingredients and free of artificial sweeteners, dyes, and preservatives, Thieves Mints are a choice you can feel good about. Created with Young Living’s Thieves essential oil blend, these mints deliver minty coolness with a hint of warm, sugar-free sweetness. Thieves Mints come in a conveniently sized container that is great to take on the go!!

 

Prize #6 from Julie  at Back To My Southern Roots

1 Copy of  – The Peanuts Family Cookbook: Delicious Dishes for Kids to Make with Their Favorite Grown-Ups

 

Prize #8 from Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS

1 Copy of her new cookbook “Holy Sweet! 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts”

Prize #9 from Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

1 Copy of her cookbook, “Incredible One-Pot Cooking: Easy, Delicious Recipes for Exciting Meals Without the Mess”

 

Prize #10 from Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog

1 Copy of “Friends: The Official Cookbook”

Prize #11 from Michaela from An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer from Take Two Tapas and Michele from West Via Midwest

ONE (1) $75 Amazon gift card

Prize #12 from Shanaka from It’s Shanaka

ONE (1) $25 Amazon gift card

Prize #13 from Ashley from Cheese Curd In Paradise

1 Copy of her cookbook, ” The Serial Killer Cookbook: True Crime Trivia and Disturbingly Delicious Last Meals from Death Row’s Most Infamous Killers and Murderers”

 

Prize #14 from Amy from House of Nash Eats

ONE (1) $100 Amazon gift card

  a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from October 5th – October 10th at 11:59PM EST. Winners will be selected soon afterward and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 14 prizes and therefore we will have a total of 14 winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing brand sponsors: Dixie Crystals that provided a prize pack for our giveaways and also sent some samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.

We would also love to give a huge thanks to our Halloween Treats Week bloggers because a lot of them also donated prizes for the giveaways, including:  Angie of BigBearsWife ,  Nicole of Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar, Kathy of Lemon Blossoms,  Terri of Our Good Life,  Julie of Back To My Southern Roots,  Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS, Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen, Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog, Michaela of An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer of Take Two Tapas, Michele of West Via Midwest, Shanaka of It’s Shanaka, Ashley of Cheese Curd In Paradise, and Amy from House of Nash Eats!