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Halloween Party Food Ideas

I'm having a Halloween party and I have the decorations set but I need a little help on ideas with the food. I have eyeball ice cubes and I'm putting little plastic spiders on toothpicks but what else can I do? Thanks!

Jenny from Milwaukee, WI

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By DEDE (Guest Post) 10/29/2008

Road kill puppy dip platter: One year at a work party, we had a scary foods contest and this one won! Rip the back and stuffing out of a stuffed toy. One laying down works best, and I used a dog. Place in the hole you ripped out, a bowl with a pinkish or green dip to serve with chips or crackers. Yeah, yuck. Now add some icing tinted red for blood and make sure the dip is chunky!

By cheryl (Guest Post) 10/27/2008

Cut out Halloween shapes from tortillas - spray with Pam and sprinkle garlic power or whatever you want. Bake at 375 til crisp.

By Maria and Jasmine (Guest Post) 10/14/2007

ME AND MY FRIEND. JASMINE ARE HAVING A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT HER HOUSE. WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHAT KINDS OF FOOD TO HAVE AND MORE IDEAS AND GAMES.

Editor's Note: We have lots of ideas here on the site:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/Halloween_Recipes_540_565.html

By Sarah (Guest Post) 10/11/2006

This is a great twist on candy or chocolate dipped apples. Instead of using a stick from an arts and crafts store use an actual stick! We picked some good strong sticks, make then the correct length and shave off the end. Clean the end if you want but the part of the apple it's stuck in does not get eaten. You can decorate around it with leaves..etc.

By Lisa (Guest Post) 10/10/2006

1. rice krispie treats colored with red food coloring looks like raw hamberger meat.

2. dry ice for drinks

By
10/09/2006

Back when I had a larger apartment and my own Halloween parties, one of the things I did was get a few mini pumpkins, hollow them out, and put dips & salsa in them. My guests thought it was a great idea and very festive! You could also hollow out a large pumpkin, line it with plastic wrap, and put chips or other foods in it. Have a great party!

By (Guest Post) 10/09/2006

Make "finger bones" out of breadstick dough...

By
10/09/2006

These are some recipes from a group I belong to.

Bite size Boo Bugs w/ Bug catching dip
1 can (11 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated breadsticks

24 cocktail size smoked link sausages

3/4 C. shoestring potatoes or chow mein noodles

ketchup, bbq sauce and/or mustard for decorating

Dip
1 C. ranch dressing
1 T. ketchup

1. Heat oven to 375. Unroll dough; separate at perfeorations into 12
breadsticks. With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each breadstick in half
crosswise, making 24 pieces.
2. Wrap each piece of dough around center of each sausage, pinching to seal &
leaving each end of sausage showing. Place seam side down & 1/2 inch apart on
ungreased large cookie sheet.
3. Bake 11-14 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie
sheet; place on serving plate or tray. Cool 2 minutes
4. Insert shoestring potatoes into baked dough to resemble legs & antennae.
Decorate "bugs" with dots or stripes of ketchup.
5. Spread dressing in 9 inch glass pie plate or on dinner plate. Spoon ketchup
into small resealable food storage plastic bag. Seal bag & cut tiny hole in
bottom corner. Squeeze bag to draw a coil of ketchup over ranch dressing. Drag
toothpick through coil from center out, creating a web. Serve dip with "bugs"

Anti-Vampire Popcorn
Keys: Halloween
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
1 bag Pillsbury Microwave popcorn
2 cup Crisp wheat square cereal
2 cup Chedar cheese-flavored goldfish crackers
1 3/4 oz Can shoestring potatoes
1 cup Unsalted peanuts
1/2 cup Margarine or butter
1 tsp Dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp Chili powder
1/4 tsp Onion powder
1/4 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese.
Method:
MICROWAVE INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare popcorn as directed on the packaged.
Remove any unpopped kernels. In a large bowl, combine popcorn, cereal,
crackers, shoestring poatoes and peanuts.
Place margarine in a 2-cup microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave on
high for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted. Stir in parsley flakes,
chili powder, onion powder, and garlic powder. Drizzle seasoned mixture
over popcorn mixture. Sprinkle with cheese. Toss until evenly coated.
Transfer half of mixture to ungreased 12x8 inch microwave safe dish.
Microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes or until thorougly heated, stirring once
halfway through heating. Spread on paper towels to cool. Repeat with
remaining mixture.
Makes 12 cups.
The garlic in this popcorn keeps vampires from getting too friendly!
Another way people used to keep vampires away was to scatter mustard
seeds on their roofs. Supposedly if a vampire saw some mustard seeds he
would have to stop and count each one. People scattered so many mustard
seeds on their roofs that it would take all night for the vampire to
count them. By that time it was dawn and the vampire had to return to
its grave.

Bat Brew

Bat Brew
Keys: Beverages Drinks Kids Halloween
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
Grape juice

Lime sherbet
7 x -up
Method:
Fill a glass half full with grape juice. Add a scoop of lime sherbet.
Fill the rest of glass with 7-up. Stir slightly to mix.

Boogers on a Stick
Keys: Holiday Halloween
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
1 jar cheez whiz (8 oz.)
Green food coloring
25 x pretzel sticks (to 30)
----------------- TOOLS ----------------
Waxed paper
1 x Long handled spoon
Platter
Method:
With an adults help, melt the cheeze whiz in the microwave or on top of
the stove, according to directions on the jar.
Allow the cheese to cool slightly in the jar.
Using a long handled spoon, carefully stir about three drops of green
food coloring into the warm cheese, using just enough to turn the cheese
a delicate snot green.
To form boogers: Dip and twist the tip of each prtezel stick into the
cheese, lift out, wait twenty seconds, then dip again. When cheese lumps
reach an appealingly boogerish size, set pretzels, booger down, onto a
sheet of waxed paper.
Allow finished boogers on a stick to cool at room temperature for ten
minutes or until cheese is firm. Gently pull boogers off waxed paper and
arrange on a serving platter.
Serves 5 to 6 booger buddies.
Sicko Serving Suggestion: Place a bowl of chunky red salsa in the center
of the platter so that guests can turn plain buggers into bloody ones.

Bone Crackers
Keys: Cookies Halloween Snacks Nibbles
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
2 pkt nine-inch flour tortillas - (13 1/2 oz ea)
1/2 cup butter or margarine melted
1/4 tsp garlic salt
Method:
Cut tortillas with a 3 1/2-inch bone-shaped cutter, and place on baking
sheets. Stir together butter and garlic salt; brush mixture on
tortillas.
Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes or until crisp.
This recipe yields 60 crackers.
Comments: Flour tortillas may be cut into bone shapes using kitchen
shears.
Yield: 60 crackers

Brain Cell Salad
Keys: Crs Kids Halloween Offal
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
1 pkt (6oz) blueberry jello mix
1 ct (16oz) small curd cottage
Cheese
1 can (16 1/2oz) can blueberries
In syrup -=OR=-
3/4 cup Frozen blueberries, thawed
Blue food coloring
----------------- TOOLS ----------------
2 x Mixing bowls
cn Opener
Spoon
6 x Salad plates
Method:
With an adult's help, prepare jello according to package directions.
Chill 4-5 hours or until firm.
Scoop cottage cheese into a bowl. Drain and set aside the syrup from the
blueberries. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well.
Add three drops of food coloring to turn the corrage cheese a nice
grayish color with blended.
To serve salad, place a few spoonfuls of firm gelatin, (congealed brain
fluid), onto individual serving plates. Top with a scoop of cottage
cheese (brain tissue) mixture and serve.
Serves 6 psycho
surgeons.

Buzzard's Nest
Keys: Halloween Snacks Nibbles
Yield: 3 Dozen
Ingredients:
2 x Egg whites
1/8 tsp Cream of tartar
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp Vanilla extract dash salt
2/3 cup Sugar
1/2 x (10 oz) pkg lrg shredded wheat cereal biscuits,
crushed
1 x (12 oz) pkg candy coated chocolate covered peanuts
Method:
Combine first 5 ingredients in sm mixing bowl; beat at high speed with
electric mixer. until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tbsp at a
time, beating until stiff peaks form & sugar dissolves; stir in crushed
cereal. Drop by level tbsp onto lightly greased baking sheet; make and
indentation in center of each with the back of a tsp. Place 3 peanut
candies in the indetation; bake at 275 for 30 mins or until set.
Immediately remove to wire rack to cool. Store in airtight container.
Yield 3 doz.

Cheesy Witches' Brooms
Keys: Halloween Snacks Nibbles
Yield: 16
Ingredients:
2 pkt cornbread twists or breadsticks (11 oz ea)
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Method:
Separate cornbread twists, and place on a baking sheet. Flatten 1 end of
dough, and cut dough into small strips to resemble a broom. Sprinkle cut
end with cheese.
Bake brooms at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly
browned.
This recipe yields 16 servings.

Caramel Candy Popcorn Balls
Keys: Holiday Halloween Snacks Nibbles
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Big Chief brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tbl whole milk
4 cup popped corn
Method:
Dissolve Big Chief brown sugar in water. Stir and bring to boil. Once
Big Chief brown sugar dissolves, stop stirring and boil for another 5
minutes (mixture will begin to thicken). Remove from heat and stir in
milk. Cool to room temperature. Pour over popcorn. Spray hands with
nonstick cooking spray and form balls.

By
10/09/2006

Someone I know is having one as well. I don't know what kind of party you are having but my acquaintance is having food as well as "junk" check out this site for some ideas

Good luck and have fun!

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/holidays/halloween/halloweenrecipes.html

By Cheryl from Missouri (Guest Post) 10/09/2006

Are you wanting gross scary food items? If so, use a 13 X 9 cake pan and fill it with granola cereal, then place unwrapped tootsie rolls scattered throughout the pan. This is called "kitty litter".

By
10/09/2006

I made the cutest cake. Easy! Mix a cake mix pour in a bundt pan and bake. Place on platter and put orange icing on it. Take Little Debbie swiss cake rolls and put in middle for "stem". Soften a large hershey bar and cut out a mouth and eyes. Very cute!!

By
10/09/2006

My DIL had bat cupcakes-- dark icing, cut hershey for ears, candy corn for teeth and m&ms for eyes- a dot in the middle. cute

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