Are you creating a special meal for Halloween?

[ajrsmom]

This year, I am planning on making some silly things for dinner.

So far I have planned:

eyeballs and brains (meatballs and spaghetti)

Frankenstein Fingers (mini bread sticks painted green with food coloring)

dirty bathwater to drink ( mix of drinks--I would use red drinks and call it blood but I'm afraid that my daughter would never look at a red drink that same way. Will save this one for a few years. ;))

I'm still trying to decide on dessert. The Kitty Litter cakes that are so popular actually make me gag!! :o :eek: so I don't think that I'm going there. lol!!

Maybe a graveyard cake

I'm still looking for something.


Anyone else creating a special meal? :D

[cat lover]

When my boys were little we usually did a "quick" meal so they could eat before trick or treating. Usually did a pot chili and that was about it. Always made some sort of Halloween dessert though. Here's a cute recipe for some cookies that are pretty easy to make:

Black Cat Cookies


1 cup chunky peanut butter
1/3 cup water
2 eggs
1 (18.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix
M&M's plain candies
Red hot candies
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl beat together peanut butter, eggs, and water. Gradually add cake mix and mix well. Form dough into 1-1/2"balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten balls with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. With your fingers pinch out 2 ears at top of cookie. Add M&M's for the eyes and red hots for the nose. Press the tines of a fork into the dough on either side of face to form the whiskers. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

[ajrsmom]

I think that my kids would love these cookies but my big kid (aka husband) would not eat them because he hates pb in cookies and most everything else. :rolleyes:


I'm probably going to make this dinner next weekend before the actual Halloween night. My son's BD is the 27th so I might do it then. ;)

[cat lover]

That will be a really cute BD menu since his BD is so close to Halloween! Your DH doesn't like peanut butter at all?! I guess I'd freak him out then as I cook with it a lot! LOL

[barbszy]

I don't serve dessert on Halloween. There's enough candy & sugar with trick-or-treating.

Usually I make a crockpot meal, since I stay home with DH takes the kids out. They give me a 10-minute warning and I get it ready to eat between "rounds."

I was thinking of making Mummy Dogs this year with the hot dogs and crescent rolls, though. Mac & cheese and a salad makes a nice quick dinner.