Dishes for Halloween Parties!

[cat lover]

What type of unusal foods to you like to create for kids parties as well as adult Halloween Parties! Even the not so unusal dishes that just seem to speak Hallowen!

Here' s a favorite!

Jack O Lantern Punch

1 envelope orange unsweetened KoolAid
1 envelope raspberry unsweetened Kool Aid
2 cups sugar
3 quarts ice water
1 liter ginger ale

Dissove both Kool Aid mixes and 2 cups sugar in 3 quarts ice water in a nonmetal pitcher. Add 1 liter chilled ginger ale. Serve immediately.

[cat lover]

10 cups milk
1 cup chocolate syrup
2/3 cup cocoa
2/3 cup hot fudge topping
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
sugar
24 large marshmallows
Black decorating frosting

Cook first 6 ingredients in a Dutch oven over medium low heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or till thoroughly heated (do not boil). Sprinkle sugar onto wax paper; place marshmallows 2" apart on paper. Sprinkle with sugar and top with wax paper. Flatten marshmallows with a rolling pin. Remove top sheet of wax paper and cut marshmallows with Halloween cutters. Decorate with frosting and serve in hot cocoa.

10-12 servings

[cat lover]

This is a really cute drink to make, but BEWARE--- the food coloring can give your lips a vampire look!

For the BLOOD:

3 tbsp corn syrup
1/4 tsp red food coloring

For the DRINK:

20 ounces pineapple juice
1 (15 oz ) can cream of coconut
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup orange juice
10 ounces rum (optional)

Pour the corn syrup in a shallow bowl. Dip a toothpick into the food coloring and stir a very small amount into the syrup to combine. Hold a glass by the stem, dip into the syrup mixture and turn glass coating the entire rim. Turn the glass upright allowing the mixture to drip down the sides. Dip the
remaining glasses and set aside. Whisk together the drink ingredients. Place 2 1/2 cups ice in a blender and add 1 cup drink mixture. Blend till smooth and add more pineapple juice if mixture is too thick. Repeat with remaining ice and mixture. Carefully pour into the prepared glasses and serve.

[cat lover]

Jack O Lantern Mix


4 cups corn chex
4 cups rice chex
1 cup salted peanuts
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 1/4 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 cup candy corn

In a large bowl combine cereal and peanuts. In a pan over heat combine margarine, peanut butter, worcestershire sauce, salt and garlic powder; cook and stir till margarine and peanut butter are melted. Pour over cereal mixture and toss to coat. Spread into a greased 15 x 10 x 1" baking pan. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool and stir in candy corn. Store in an airtight container. Makes about 2 quarts

[cat lover]

Bat Wing Soup



4 garlic cloves, peeled
2 tbsp vegetable oil
4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) stewed tomatoes
1/2 cup whipping cream
6 slices bread, crusts removed
2 tbsp margarine, softened
2 tsp Italian seasoning





In a saucepan, saute garlic in oil until tender. In a food processor, process garlic and tomatoes in batches until smooth. Return all to the pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Add cream and heat through. Follow directions to cut bat wings from bread.(To make bat wings, remove crusts from bread. Flatten with a rolling pin. Using a kitchen shears, cut each slice in halfdiagonally, cutting wavy lines to resemble bat wings.) Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Spread with butter; sprinkle with Italian seasoning. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-8 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Add two wings to each bowl of soup. Serve immediately. 6 servings.

[cat lover]

Halloween Poke Cake

1 pkg. (18 1/4 oz) fudge marble cake mix
2 pkgs. (3 oz ) each orange gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup butter,softened
3 12/ cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
12 to 15 candy pumpkins OR candy corn pieces

Prepare and bake cake according to pkg directions using a greased 13 x 9 x 2" pan. Cool on a wiore rack for 1 hour. In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water and stir in cold water. With a wooden skewer poke holes in cake about 2" apart. Slowly pour gelatin over cake. Refrigerate 2-3 hours. For frosting in a small bowl cream butter till fluffy and beat in confectioners sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla till smooth. Spread over cake and top with cand pieces. Cover and refrigerate till serving. 12 servings

[cat lover]

Goblin Punch

2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups orange juice
1 cup pineapple juice
1 1/2 tsp grated lemon rind
6 cups apple cider, chilledCombine water and sugar in a pan and cook over medium heat till suga dissolves. Cool. Add orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon rind. Cover and chill. Add cider just before serving. Makes 11 1/2 cups

[cat lover]

Make A Face Pumpkin Cookies

1 1/2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup annned pumpkin
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 egg
Assorted candies(licorice candies, candu coated peanut butter candies,candty coated chocolate candies)

Place wax paper on mcrowave palte. Mix all ingredients till soft dough forms. Drop dough by rounded tbsp onto wax paper and spread to make a 3" circle. Make 3 cookies at a time. Decorate with candies to make monster faces, placing candies within 1/2" of edge. Microwave uncovered on HIGH 1 minute. Check on cookie and microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute more till cookies are puffed and dry. Slide wax paper with cookies onto a wire rack. Cool 5 minutes and remove from wax paper to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. 9 to 10 cookies

[DeBora4BobbyL]

This recipe used to be on the back of the canned pumpkin can. They are so moist too.

[cat lover]

I'll have to get that card back out and write it down, I put most of my recipes on 3 x 5 cards and I hardly ever write down where it came from unless it is from a restaurant or B & B or something like that, thanks!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I made it for my children when they were little and then stopped when they were older. I also made them for my daycare children. I haven't been able to find the recipe since I have grandchildren. Thanks.

[cat lover]

Honey Pumpkin Cookies

3/4 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin
1/3 cup poppy seed
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp milk
3/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup chopped dates

Frosting

3 tbsp sour cream
3 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 tsp vanilla

Cookies: Cream butter, sugar and honey. Beat in egg,t hen stir in other ingredients. Drop by teaspoon on greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until a golden brown. Cool and frost.

Frosting: Cream the butter, add sugar and mix till thoroughly blended and smooth. Add sour cream, salt and vanilla and beat well. Makes about 48




























HONEY PUMPKIN COOKIES

Category: Dessert
Number of Servings: 48

Ingredients:
Cookies:
3/4 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin
1/3 cup poppy seed
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon milk
3/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup chopped dates

Frosting:
3 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Cooking Directions:
Cookies: Cream butter, sugar and honey. Beat in egg. Then stir in other ingredients. Drop by teaspoon on greased pan. Bake at 350° F for about 15 minutes or until a golden brown. Cool and frost.

Frosting: Cream the butter, add sugar and mix until thoroughly blended and smooth. Add sour cream, salt and vanilla and beat well.



Recipe © 2006 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.











HONEY PUMPKIN COOKIES

Category: Dessert
Number of Servings: 48

Ingredients:
Cookies:
3/4 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin
1/3 cup poppy seed
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon milk
3/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup chopped dates

Frosting:
3 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Cooking Directions:
Cookies: Cream butter, sugar and honey. Beat in egg. Then stir in other ingredients. Drop by teaspoon on greased pan. Bake at 350° F for about 15 minutes or until a golden brown. Cool and frost.

Frosting: Cream the butter, add sugar and mix until thoroughly blended and smooth. Add sour cream, salt and vanilla and beat well.



Recipe © 2006 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.

[cat lover]

Colored Halloween Popcorn


Mix together in a pot:
2/3 cup butter
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup corn syrup
2 pkg orange Kool-Aid
Boil for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in:
1 tsp. baking soda until foamy.
Quickly mix in 16 cups popped corn.
Spread popcorn out on pan to cool.

[cat lover]

Honey Pumpkin Cookies



Frosting

3 tbsp sour cream
3 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 tsp vanilla



This was supposed to be 1/2 tsp vanilla!!!

[cat lover]

This recipoe requires two different cookies as follows:

Chocolate ingredients

1/2 cup honey
2/3 cup (1 and 1/3 stick) butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla or extract
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
Grape-Nuts cereal

Gingerbread ingredients

1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
2/3 cup(1 and 1/3 stick) butter
1 egg
2 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp eachginger, cinnamon, and cloves
Grape-Nuts cereal

Mix ins

coconut
chocolate chips
butterscotch chips
peanut butter chips

Microwave the honey till it bubbles (about 1 minute). Add the butter, and the molasses, if any. Add the egg, mix well, then mix in all the other stuff. Add mix-ins of your choice to some or all of the batter.
Chill 1 hour in the freezer or several hours in the fridge. Roll dough logs of random length and the diameter of cat poops. Roll logs in grape-nuts and bake at 350 degrees till done (10 to 15 minutes).Serve in a disposable cat litter box on a bed of grapenuts, with a cat litter scoop.

[cat lover]

Halloween Orange Sherbet Tart


1 refrigerated pie crust
3 oz. orange gelatin
3/4 cup boiling water
1 cup orange sherbet, slightly softened
1 cup fat free cool whip, thawed
2 tbsp. miniature chocolate chips
1/2 tsp. oil


Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare pie crust as directed on package for one crust baked shell using 10" tart pan with removable bottom or 9" pie pan. Place gelatin in medium bowl and add boiling water andstir till gelatin is completely dissolved. Spoon in sherbet and stir till melted. Place in freezer 5 minutes or till soft set. Stir sherbet mixture and add cool whip and mix well. Spoon mixture into cooled baked shell. In small resealable plastic food storage bag, combine chocolate chips and oil. Seal bag and place in bowl of very hot water. Flex bag several times to melt chips. Cut small opening in bottom corner of bag. Pipe chocolate over top of tart to form spider web design. Refrigerate until serving time. Serves 8

[cat lover]

I suppose everyone has done this, but maybe some haven't! So here's the idea! LOL


Bugs on a Log


1 celery stalk, trimmed
2 tbsp. peanut butter
1 tbsp. raisins

Fill center of celery with peanut butter. Press raisins into peanut butter. 1 serving

[cat lover]

Bloodshot Eyeballs


6 medium hard boiled eggs, cooled and peeled
6 oz whipped cream cheese
12 green olives stuffed with pimientos
red food color


Half eggs widthwise. Remove yolks (reserve for other dishes), fill the hole with cream cheese, smoothing surface as much as possible. Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimento up, for an eerie green iris and red pupil. Dip a toothpick into ketchup and draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese. Makes 12

[cat lover]

Monster Slime Juice


6 oz Pk Kool-Aid (pre sweetened Berry Blue)
12 oz Can orange juice concentrate
1 gallon Water


Mix juice and Kool-Aid, add water, stir and watch it turn green!

[cat lover]

Pumpkin Bars & Frosting

1 can pumpkin (16oz.)
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup margarine, melted
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Butter and flour a jelly roll pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.Mix together the eggs, sugar, pumpkin and butter. In seperate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mix. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Frosting
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup margerine
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp milk
3 cups powdered Sugar

Mix all together and frost pumpkin bars.

[cat lover]

Pumpkin Pie Bars

Crust
1 package yellow or spice cake mix (set aside one cup of the dry mix before proceeding)
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
1 egg

Filling
1 29 oz. can pumpkin
2 eggs
2/3 C evaporated milk
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground (dried) ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup brown sugar

Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup chopped walnuts, optional



Grease and flour a 8 X 11" baking pan.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Disregard instructions on cake mix box, you're not going to bake a cake. Mix dry cake mix (minus 1 cup dry mix) and melted butter. Add egg and mix till it holds together (different cake mixes react differently, so you may need to add a small amount of milk 1/2 tsp. at a time, if necessary to hold mixture together).Pat crust mixture into pan with your fingers, coating bottom and up the sides about 1 inch.Mix together the filling ingredients, along with the reserved 1 cup of dry cake mix, and pour into the crust.Mix the topping ingredients (minus the optional nuts) together with a fork or pastry blender till mixture is crumbly. Mix in nuts, if desired.Sprinkle topping mixture over filling and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.Cool and serve with whipped cream.

[Yummys_Girl]

Marshmallow Ghosts (Candy)

Marshmallows
4" lollipop sticks
Melting chocolate (your color choice)
Black decorating gel

Stick marshmallows into 4" lollipop sticks and place them in the freezer for about 15 minutes, until they are cold.

While the marshmallows are chilling, melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave.

Remove the marshmallows from the freezer and dip them lightly in the melted chocolate for a thin coating. To get a mummy look, swirl them a bit to look like layers of white wrapped around it. Ghosts should be dunked to make a little twisted peak on top. Frankenstein can be dunked and a spoon used to flatten the chocolate on top.

Push the sticks into a block of styrofoam to cool. If you stick them in the fridge it shouldn't take long for them to set up.

Add faces after they harden. Using a small tube of black decorating gel, with a small tip, carefully paint on two ghostly eyes onto the marshmallow. Add a little mouth as well.

[Yummys_Girl]

Evil Eye's Cream

8 oz. vanilla ice cream
20 maraschino cherries
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1 oz. green jello
3 cups cold water


Using an ice cream scoop, place 2 scoops of ice cream for eyeballs into 10 dessert dishes. Place a cherry on each scoop for the pupil. Freeze for 30 minutes, or until firm.

In a large bowl, stir boiling water into the gelatin around the eyeballs in each dish, leaving the top of the eyeballs exposed. Freeze unitl ready to serve.

[Yummys_Girl]

WAY TOO EASY NUTTER BUTTER GHOSTS



Dip Nutter Butter cookies in white almond bark and use mini chocolate chips for eyes.

[Yummys_Girl]

FREAKY FINGER FOOD
Makes about 18 decrepit digits.

1 c. flour
2 T. cornstarch
1/8 t. salt
1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
1/2 c. confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 t. vanilla
1/3 c. very finely chopped pecans
1/3 c. medium-coarse pecans
1/4 c. sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 350F. Sift the flour and place it in a small mixing bowl. Add the cornstarch and salt. Stir together with a fork and set aside. Place butter in a large mixing bowl and cream with an electric mixer. Sift in the sugar. Mix together until batter is fluffy. Add vanilla and pecans and blend well. Now slowly pour the flour mixture into the butter mixture, and combine until dough appears crumbly. Place a piece of waxed paper about 12 inches long onto a smooth work surface. Place the dough on top of the waxed paper, then cover it with another piece of waxed paper about the same size. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick and slowly remove the top piece of paper. Slice the dough with a butter knife into oblong shapes about the width of your middle finger. Use a metal spatula to lift the fingers onto an ungreased cookie sheet, making sure you leave about 1 inch in between each finger. To give fingers an old and knotted appearance, bend some of them sideways at the knuckles. Use slivered almonds for each fingernail. Place baking sheet in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Then remove with potholders and transfer the cookies with the metal spatula to a wire rack to cool.

[Yummys_Girl]

CRISPY CATERPILLAR COCOONS

1 8-oz. tube refrigerated crescent rolls
8 beef sausages (such as Brown & Serve)
1 squeeze bottle yellow mustard

Preheat oven according to directions on the crescent-roll package.
Prepare the sausages according to the directions on the package.
Use tongs to remove the cooked sausages from the frying pan and place them on paper towels.
Allow to cool ten to fifteen minutes.
Cut the sausages In half lengthwise.
Then use the rounded tip of a carrot peeler to scoop out a long, shallow trough down the length of each half.
Squeeze a thin line of mustard into each trough.
Separate the crescent-roll dough into its pre-cut triangle pieces, and lay them flat on an ungreased cookie sheet.
To form insect larvae, take two sausage halves and, with their mustard-filled sides touching, put them together to form a whole.
Place a whole larva at the wide end of each dough triangle, and roll up dough as you would regular crescent rolls.
Pinch the ends and seams of the rolls closed.
Bake according to package instructions. (Allow the little buggers to cool fifteen to twenty minutes before chowing down on their tender torsos!).
Serves: 4

[Yummys_Girl]

Spider Pretzels



These arachnid treats are easy to make and they look positively lifelike crawling across your child's snack plate.
For each:
2 round crackers
2 teaspoons smooth peanut butter
8 small pretzel sticks
2 raisins


With the peanut butter, make a cracker sandwich. Insert eight pretzel "legs" into the filling. With a dab of peanut butter, set two raisin "eyes" on top. Makes 1.

[Yummys_Girl]

Monster Toes

Kids will love the gross-out factor of this tasty finger food. Parents will love the fact that it is candy-free. Try some for a party or pre-trick-or-treating dinner.
Ingredients:


****tail wieners
6-inch tortillas
Ketchup or mustard
Toothpicks


Directions



1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut a wedge into the end of each ****tail wiener to make a toenail.
2. Cut the tortillas into strips about 4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. Discard the ends.
3. Soften the strips in the microwave between damp paper towels for 10 to 30 seconds.
4. Roll each wiener in a tortilla strip and secure with a toothpick.
5. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes. Remove them from the oven, then fill the toenail with ketchup or mustard. Remove the toothpicks before serving.

[Yummys_Girl]

Kitty Litter Cake for Halloween

Despite the cake's appearance, it's really delicious. For the proper presentation, use a brand new (and definitely UNUSED) plastic cat litter box and spoon it onto plates with a new (NEVER EVER used) pooper scooper.


1 spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 white cake mix
2 large pkg vanilla instant pudding mix, prepared
1 large pkg vanilla sandwich cookies
green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls®

1 new kitty litter pan
1 new plastic kitty litter pan liner
1 new pooper scooper






Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans).

Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.

Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix until completely colored.

When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. Important: mix in just enough of the pudding to moisten it. You don't want it too soggy. Combine gently.

Line a new, clean kitty litter box. Put the cake/pudding/cookie mixture into the litter box.

Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls bury them in the mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly on top of everything -- this is supposed to look like mold in kitty litter.

Heat 3 Tootsie Rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around for a truly disgusting effect.

[Yummys_Girl]

MONSTER STEW IN A PUMPKIN


Ingredients:

1 medium-size pumpkin
1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat
1 pkg. baby carrots
Potatoes, diced small
1 large onion, sliced
1 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
2 cans Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup


Cut the top off the pumpkin and remove insides. Set the pumpkin shell on a cookie sheet.

Combine remaining ingredients and put into pumpkin shell, and bake at 300ºF (on the cookie sheet).

Carry pumpkin to the table on the cookie sheet, or carefully remove it to a serving platter. Ladle stew from the shell.

Serve with French bread and a green salad.

[cat lover]

Yummy Girl; I've done the cat litter cake and it is a hoot! Some people actually thought there was a dirty kity litter box for a joke on the table!!!!

The Monster Stew sounds great! I have some friends visiting form Florida next week that we haven't seen in 27 years and have been trying to think of what to fix, I think this would be a nice autumn dish! Thanks!

[Yummys_Girl]

Glad to share =) The cat litterbox cakes are fun. Ive seen them at several parties

[cat lover]

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Don't throw away those pumpkin seeds; they make a really good snack!


1 1/2 cups pumpkin seeds
2 tsp.olive oil
salt to taste
(You can also add one of these for a change of taste)
garlic powder
seasoning salt
Cajun seasoning blend



Preheat oven to 300. Clean off the major part of the sr=trings and pulp from the seeds; if you leave a little its no problem.Toss pumpkin seeds in a bowl with the oil and seasonings. Spread pumpkin seeds in a single layer on baking sheet. Bake for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally till golden brown.

[dval]

Do you need to rinse & dry the seeds first?

[cat lover]

I just paper towel blot them, just enough so that the oil will stick to them. If you allow them to naturally dry I would thinkl they wouldn't turn out as well since they weren' as fresh then.

[dval]

Thanks! I'll be making that one!

[cat lover]

Goblin Tongues



Mini bagels
Cream cheese
Bologna slices


For each Goblin Tongue sandwich, spread cream cheese between the top and bottom of a mini bagel.
Use a butter knife or kitchen shears to cut a tongue shape from a half slice of bologna. Then gently press the base of the tongue into the bagel hole.


This recipe is from Family Fun magazine

[cat lover]

8 oz chocolate flavored bark or dipping chocolate
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
3 to 4 dozen Ritz Crackers
peanut butter
holiday sprinkles

Spread peanut butter on a cracker and top with another cracker. Make about 18 to 20. Melt chocolate and peanut butter chips over hot water or very low heat. Dip filled crackers in the chocolate mixture, turning to coat thoroughly. Place on wax paper and decorate with Halloween sprinkles. If you have some melted chocolate coating left, assemble a few more filled crackers and dip them. Let treats stand until coating is firm. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Makes about 18 to 24 treats.

[raggd3]

I'm doing a Halloween Party this year, again, and have been searching for some easy, clever, spooky recipes. Thank you so much for putting these here.

I now only have to find 2 fun games suitable for little ones as well as teens.
I'm having a great time at this site!!!

[cat lover]

Glad these will be of help to you! I have made almost all of them at one time or another and they all come out really good! I'm sure if you do a search online for kids Halloween party games you can come up with anything you are looking for. Good Luck and have fun!

[raggd3]

Thanks, Cat Lover, for the ideas and well wishes.

My cousin is supposed to be bringing his grandchildren. 2 of them I haven't met yet. Hope to get some neat pics of the little kiddos dressed up.

[cat lover]

Cinnamon-Sugar Popcorn
From Cooking Light Magazine


Prepare this simple snack a couple of hours before the party. Store in an airtight container to keep it fresh.

8 cups popcorn (popped without salt or fat)
Cooking spray
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp butter, melted

Place popcorn in a large bowl. Lightly coat popcorn with cooking spray; toss well. Repeat procedure.Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Drizzle popcorn with melted butter; toss well. Sprinkle with sugar mixture; toss well to coat.

16 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

[cat lover]

Monster Munch

Popcorn, cereal and pretzels get a rocky road coating of chocolate, peanut butter and marshmallow


2 bags microwave popcorn, (3.5 ounces each), popped
4 cups corn and rice cereal
2 cups tiny pretzels twists
2 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
1/2 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
1/4 cup stick margarine
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup peanuts


Combine popcorn, cereal, and pretzels in large bowl. Melt 1 cup marshmallows, chocolate morsels, peanut butter, and margarine in medium a saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly. Drizzle marshmallow mixture evenly over popcorn mixture, tossing to coat. Sprinkle powdered sugar over mixture tossing to coat. Spread mixture in single layer onto large piece of wax paper and cool completely. Toss remaining 1 cup marshmallows and peanuts with popcorn mixture before serving. Store in an airtight container. 22 servings, 1 cup each

[barbszy]

Have you seen the recipes that have been in the newsletters the past couple of weeks? My kids think they're a riot! :D
First it was "severed finger cookies" and now it's "snot on a pretzel." That last one is SO funny--and gross--I almost wish I were feeding some teenagers soon, so I could serve it! :eek:

[dval]

Oh yeah! I loved that snot on a pretzel one.
My Halloween party is on the 29th and we are having:
Dead Man (and Woman) Meatloaf
Deviled Mice Eggs
Severed Finger Cookies
Spooky Brownies
Day Old Bathwater Punch
The rest of the menu is just normal stuff.

[barbszy]

I offered to make the "snot on a pretzel" for DD's homeroom Halloween party. I know at least, the boys will eat it! Big DS thinks it would taste good, so I'll have to make extra for him.

Maybe for the less-courageous I'll do some chocolate-dipped pretzels with sprinkles.

[raggd3]

Catlover, thanks for the recipes. They seem easy enough. I will try them ahead of time.
Barbszy, yes I've seen the recipes in the newsletters. I really want to make the snot on a stick, I think my grandkids would love it, but mt own kids (in their 30's) would probably say Gross, Mom. LOL

Now I'm talked into it.
Thanks.

[cat lover]

You're welcome raggd3! Hope you have fun making some of them!

[ajrsmom]

Halloween Poke Cake

1 pkg. (18 1/4 oz) fudge marble cake mix
2 pkgs. (3 oz ) each orange gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup butter,softened
3 12/ cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
12 to 15 candy pumpkins OR candy corn pieces

Prepare and bake cake according to pkg directions using a greased 13 x 9 x 2" pan. Cool on a wiore rack for 1 hour. In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water and stir in cold water. With a wooden skewer poke holes in cake about 2" apart. Slowly pour gelatin over cake. Refrigerate 2-3 hours. For frosting in a small bowl cream butter till fluffy and beat in confectioners sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla till smooth. Spread over cake and top with cand pieces. Cover and refrigerate till serving. 12 servings


I am planning on making a poke cake using white cake, orange Jello and tinting white canned frosting orange. I love the idea of candy corn to decorate the cake but my DD is the only one who really likes candy corn. lol. Maybe I can find some Halloween sprinkles. This will probaby double as my son's BD cake. We will be celebrating his birthday/Halloween on Friday....and then all weekend. ;)

[ajrsmom]

I offered to make the "snot on a pretzel" for DD's homeroom Halloween party. I know at least, the boys will eat it! Big DS thinks it would taste good, so I'll have to make extra for him.

Maybe for the less-courageous I'll do some chocolate-dipped pretzels with sprinkles.

I think that those are cute but I'm not sure that I could eat them. lol!!

[cat lover]

I am planning on making a poke cake using white cake, orange Jello and tinting white canned frosting orange. I love the idea of candy corn to decorate the cake but my DD is the only one who really likes candy corn. lol. Maybe I can find some Halloween sprinkles. This will probaby double as my son's BD cake. We will be celebrating his birthday/Halloween on Friday....and then all weekend. ;)

You could have gummy worms or something like that "crawling" out of the icing!:eek: LOL

[cat lover]

Chocolate Hair

3 large shredded wheat bundles
3 tbsp honey
1 tbsp light brown sugar
1 6oz bag milk chocolate chips
2 tbsp margarine

Break up shredded wheat bundles into single long strands, so that they have the appearance of hair. Set aside.Place the honey, brown sugar, chocolate chips, and butter in a medium sized heavy saucepan and heat over low to melt. Gently stir mixture with a rubber spatula. Mixture should be smooth and glossy. Remove the saucepan from burner and place it on a heat safe work surface. Gently fold in shredded wheat. When the shredded wheat is completely coated, scoop it onto wax paper in nine equal portions. Use a fork to gently rake "hairs" into one direction. To set Chocolate Hair, place them in refrigerator for about thirty minutes. If there are any hairy bundles left over, keep them stored in the refrigerator. 9 servings

Recipe from ivillage

[raggd3]

I absolutely have to do the snot pretzels.
I love the idea of the poke cake but DD#2 will be doing cupcakes.......
The chocolate hair looks easy.

I'm probably a real stinker, but I kind of want to gross the kids out.
I'm always pulling pranks on the at unexpected times. Like Christmas. etc.

[cat lover]

The chocolate hair is very easy! Oh Halloween is a good time to gross out the kids! LOL

[cat lover]

Green Lagoon Punch
Purple hands floating in a neon green punch!

1 1/2 cups water
4 to 5 drops Purple neon food color
Clear clean diposable vinyl glove (non powdered)
twist-tie
1 bottle (2 liters) lemon lime soda, chilled
1 can (12 oz) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1/4 teaspoon green neonfFood colors

To make the hand, mix 1 1/2 cups water and 4 to 5 drops purple neon food color. Pour into glove and secure with twist tie. Place in resealable plastic bag and seal bag (to prevent possible leaks). Freeze 8 hours or overnight till solid. Just before serving, mix soda, lemonade concentrate and green neon food color in punch bowl.To serve, float hand in punch bowl. The glove may be removed from the ice hand, but I find it easier to just leave it on, but if you do remove it the the purple color will blend with the green punch; so it all depends on the effect you want. 10 -1 cup servings

This is a McCormick recipe

[raggd3]

Isn't there a special kind of glove that is safe around food? I don't mind grossing them out, but I'd hate to poison them.LOL

You have given me so much help on my menu, and I'm really thankful. I'll let you know which dishes went over best. I'll be making up the snack treats today and putting them in an airtight container.

The party is tomorrow night at 4:00, right after school. I'm excited because I have a lot of kids coming. Once people found out about the party, the list started to grow, and grow, and grow.

[cat lover]

I buy latex gloves at the medical store (non powdered of course!); they come in all different colors also! Never had a problem with them and I've been topls by several caterers that is what they use. Anybody else have anything different on using gloves in food service and preparation?

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Since I dye my hair, I use the gloves that I buy in bulk at Sally's. They don't have powder on them either.

[cat lover]

Bubbling Cauldron ****tail
THIS IS STRICTLY AN ALL ADULT DRINK`~~ IT HAS ALCOHOL IN IT. THE ADULTS NEED A PARTY TOO!LOL

In the ghoulish Halloween spirit, the two pear balls garnishing each drink are studded with currants so they resemble eyeballs.

1/2 lemon
2 ripe Bartlett pears
1 tbsp dried currants
1/2 cup pear nectar
One 750-ml bottle Champagne or other sparkling white wine

Fill a medium bowl with water and squeeze the lemon half into it. Peel the pears and add them to the lemon water. Using a small melon baller, scoop out balls from each pear; return the balls to the lemon water. You will need 16 pear balls. Using a toothpick, make a small hole in each pear ball and tuck a currant into each hole. Pour 1 tablespoon of the pear nectar into each of 8 Champagne flutes. Fill the flutes with Champagne. Spear 2 pear "eyeballs" on a toothpick, put in each flute and serve at once. 8 drinks

[barbszy]

Well, I made that "snot on a stick" and let me tell you, it is DISGUSTING looking! :D
Of course, that's the whole point, so I consider it a success! LOL! I'll let you know how it goes over with a room full of 10-year-olds tomorrow!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I saw a competition program on the Foodnetwork the other day. Contestants had to decorate cakes with a Halloween theme and most of the judging had to do with the candy they had decorating the cakes. Most of the candy had to be homemade.

Anyway, one lady made fingers with marzipan. They looked so real. I mean these looked like somebody literally cut people's fingers off and cleaned them up.

[dval]

I saw the same show....that was wicked good!

[cat lover]

Oh I bet that was the one I wanted to watch, but DH wanted to see something else. He hates cooking shows! LOL

[cat lover]

Vampire Blood Drink

1 gallon cranberry juice
1 gallon orange juice
1 cup raspberry sorbet
1 quart seltzer
Body Part Ice Cubes, recipe follows

Mix the juices together. Add the sorbet, softened, and stir until it disappears. Add the seltzer. Before serving, chill with the Body Part Cubes of floating face and hands. Pour into glasses and stir with glow stick swizzle sticks.

Body Part Ice Cubes:
12 cups cold water
2 to 3 drops green food coloring
Special Equipment:
1 roll packing tape
1 roll plastic wrap
2 plastic gloves
1 plastic Halloween face mask

Color the cold water with enough green food coloring to make it stand out against the background of the punch. Use packing tape to seal of the eyes, nose and mouth openings of the mask. Line the inside of mask with plastic wrap to prevent leaking. Place it in a bowl that will hold the mask as still as possible while freezing. Fill with the colored water up to the line of the mask, making sure not to spill over if possible. Place bowl in freezer to solidify, at least 24 hours. Fill 2 food service gloves with colored water and twist and knot opening closed to make a tight seal. Freeze gloves for 12 to 24 hours. When frozen, cut plastic gloves off. Take ice out of mask, putting hot water on the outside of the mask, if necessary, to help it come out easily. Carefully float the face and hands in the punch.


This recipe is from FoodNetwork

[cat lover]

Doing some cleanup of some of my recipe files and came across this one, so thought I'd go ahead and post it.

"Eye" Cookies


1 stick (1/4 pound) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
Green sugar
5 long strands back licorice, cut into 1" lengths
36 white choicolate chips
39 brown mini M&Ms

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer. Mix in yolk and vanilla then flour and salt and mix well. Roll into balls the size of a large marble. Coat in green sugar. Bake on 2 baking sheets for 12 minutes, but rotate pans halfway through. Remove pans from oven and lightly indent the centers. Push licorice eyelashes into cookies and bake 2 minutes. Push tip of white chocolate chip into center and bake 3 minutes. Immediately press a M&M into center od each chocolate chip and cool. Makes 36

[cat lover]

Halloween Chili

Substitutions are in parentheses. Best made during the last phase of the moon. If that is not possible, just do the best you can in a candlelit kitchen after dark.



1 1/4 lb ground goblin gizzards (ground beef)
1 medium eye of Cyclops (onion)
15 oz Can soft shelled beetles (chili beans)
28 oz Can blood of bat (V-8 juice)
1/8 t pureed wasp (prepared mustard)
1/4 t common dried weed (oregano)
1 dash of Red-tailed hawk toenails (crushed red pepper)
2 t ground sumac blossom (chili powder)
1 t hemlock (honey)
1/2 c fresh grubs (sliced celery)
1 T eye of Newt (pearled barley)
1 T dried maggots (uncooked rice)
Water from a stagnant pond (or just regular water will do)

Brown the gizzards in an iron cauldron over a fire made from the siding off of a haunted house. A regular pot and stove can work in a pinch.Add chopped eye of cyclops and simmer until the pieces of eye become translucent. Add blood of bat, and soft shelled beetles, and bring to a slow bubbling boil.
Add the common weed, maggots, toenails, sumac, grubs, hemlock, eye of newt and the pureed wasp. As it cooks you may want to adjust the consistency with pond water. You can tell it is done when the eye of newt swells and the vertical tan colored 'cats eye' appears on one side.

[cat lover]

Dinner in a Pumpkin

This can also be prepared with winter squash.

1 medium pumpkin
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1 1/2 lb ground beef
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups cooked rice


Clean stringy pulp and seeds from pumpkin. Saute onion and ground beef. Add soup, soy sauce and brown sugar. Simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Add cooked rice. Put meat rice mixture into pumpkin. Replace lid. Place the pumpkin in a 13 x 9" pan. Bake at 350 for 60 min to 90 minutes till pumpkin is tender. Slice in quarters to serve.

[dval]

LOL! I love that chili recipie!
It sounds tasty but it's hilarious to read.
Hubby wants to make it so I snagged it.
Thanks!

[cat lover]

Not a typical chili ingredient recipe, but not a bad taste! Hope you enjoy it! Makes a fun recipe to serve if you are having a Halloween party with more than just snacks; cute making some scary printed recipe cards with the recipe on it too!

[OnTheMenu]

I love Holiday cooking...we defeated Halloween...now we work on defeating the Thanksgiving recipes! Then Christmas! We sure have our hands full around this time of year!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

OnTheMenu, welcome to MM! I love to cook too. I doubt I will have time to cook this year since I go to school in Texas and will be working through Wednesday.

[cat lover]

Caramel Apples for Crockpot

2 packages (14 oz each) caramels
1/4 cup water
8 medium apples, such as McIntosh, Gala, or Fuji
sticks for apples

In a slow cooker, combine caramels and water. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or till caramels are melted, stirring frequently. Line a baking pan with buttered wax paper.Wash and dry the apples. Insert a stick into stem end of each apple. Reduce crockpot heat to LOW. Be very careful that you caramel doesn't scorch! Dip apple into hot caramel and turn to coat entire surface. Holding apple above pot, scrape off excess caramel from bottom of apple. Place coated apples on prepared wax paper in pan. As you near the bottom of the pot, use a spoon to spoon hot caramel over apples. Put the pan of coated apples in the refrigerator to set thoroughly. Makes 8 caramel apples.

[cat lover]

This was served at a Halloween Party I went too, it was really good and I finally got ahold of the recipe to share! It is a drink FOR ADULTS ONLY!!!!



Blood & Sand drink

Ice
1 ounce blended Scotch
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce cherry liqueur, preferably Cherry Heering
1 ounce fresh orange juice
1 orange wheel


Fill a ****tail shaker with ice. Add the Scotch, vermouth, cherry liqueur and orange juice. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with the orange wheel.