Halloween Twice Baked Potatoes

My husband was on duty last night (Halloween) so I was left to my own devices!  Because I can't eat candy, I also wanted something sweet.  I didn't want to make a huge meal, but I wanted something filling and fun!  ........so here we have it - twice baked potatoes!  Well, sort of.  This was a fun combination of sweet potatoes, purple potatoes and russet potatoes which made those fun halloween colors.

Halloween Twice Baked Potatoes
Approx. 8 oz of purple potatoes
1 giant russet potato
1-2 sweet potato(es)
1 scallion
a few chives
1/4 tsp. garlic granules
1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp Herb Stop's Clove Sugar
1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp Herb Stop's Cinnamon Sugar
1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp Herb Stop's Ginger Sugar
1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp Herb Stop's Vanilla Sugar
Olive Oil
Almond Milk
Himalayan salt

Wrap up sweet and russet potatoes in foil.  Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes at 375.  Peel purple potatoes and bake until soft - because the potatoes are small it usually only takes 30 minutes or so.  Once the potatoes are done, remove them from the foil and allow to cool until you are able to handle them.  Cut the russet potato in half and scrape out the inside until only a thin layer of potato remains, don't make them to thin or the potato will fall apart.  Set the inside of the potato aside.  Scrape out all of the sweet potato and add to a small bowl.  Add the sugars and blend well - adjust the amount of sugar depending on your taste.  This should be sweet enough to taste like desert.  Add the sweet potato back into one of the empty potato skins and set aside.  Thinly slice the scallion and set aside.  To a medium bowl add the purple potatoes and olive oil.  Depending on the size of the potatoes, the amount of oil will vary - I used about 2 teaspoons.  Mash well.  Add Almond Milk until creamy - I added about 4 tablespoons. Add garlic granules and salt (to taste - I used 1/4 tsp) and blend very well.  Lightly mix in the scallions.  Add purple mix into the other empty shell.  Add both shells back into the oven at 425 for 10 minutes.  While potatoes are cooking, take the russet potato insides and mash well with some olive oil and salt.  Mash very well - this will be your decoration and will hold the potatoes in place.  I used a himalayan salt slab to display the potatoes.  I just spread the russet potato out into an egg shape.  When the put-back potatoes are done place them on the slab on top of  russet potato mix. Sprinkle the purple potato with chives and the sweet potato with some of the sugars.  Serve immediately.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Hollowed russet potato

Purple potato

Sweet Potato