Preheat your oven to 180°C [325°F ] or 160°C fan. Grease and line an 8 inch square tin with greaseproof paper/baking parchment. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add the eggs one at a time, beating in until fully incorporated.

Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder, then fold in using a rubber spatula until both the flour and the cocoa powder are no longer visible within the mixture. Be mindful not to overmix here!

Scrape the mixture into your lined tin and spread evenly with your spatula.

Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 18 - 20 minutes, until a skewer or cocktail stick comes out clean or with a couple of crumbs (no wet mixture). You’ll know when your cake is ready when the surface bounces back when gently pressed on and you hear little to no bubbling/crackling sound when you listen to it.

Leave to cool in the tray for 10 or so minutes before lifting out, peeling off the paper and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.

If you’re moulding shapes with sugar paste or modelling chocolate to top your cake bites, do so now. Set aside once done.

Place the Oreos or chocolate biscuits in a food bag and bash with a rolling pin or hard object into a mixed crumb. Set aside.

While your cake is cooling, temper your chocolate. Break the chocolate into pieces if needed and place ⅔ of it into a heatproof bowl.

Melt the ⅔ of chocolate in 30 second bursts, stirring in between until completely melted. Seed the remaining ⅓ into the melted chocolate by stirring it in until mostly or completely melted to bring the temperature down. If the chocolate you are using isn’t ideal for melting or tempering, keep stirring until it’s mostly melted.

Place back in the microwave for another 10 seconds then stir well.To test if your chocolate is tempered, dip a piece of baking parchment into the chocolate and leave for a few moments. If it sets hard and shiny at room temperature - it’s tempered.

Slice the edges from your square cake if desired, then cut the cake into 16 pieces (4 x 4). Don’t stress about making them exact - they can be as quirky and kooky as the movie!

Place your cake bites back on the wire rack and slide a large dish or tray underneath. This will catch any chocolate that runs off.

Spoon the tempered chocolate onto each cake bite, using the spoon to push it over the edge gently if needed. Allow the chocolate to drip.

Sprinkle over your Oreo/biscuit crumb so that each cake bite has a little “dirt” on it.

Gather the chocolate/Halloween candy/modelled pieces that you are using and top each cake bite to represent different characters in Addams Family Values. Work quickly to make sure the toppings are placed on the chocolate before it’s fully set.