This week we have over 20 Halloween recipes. Hope you enjoy them.
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Cut out a circle in the top of the bread for the dip. Cut a jack-o-lantern face out of the side of the bread bowl, making sure not to cut all the way through unless you want dip coming out of the holes.
Fill the top with dip. You can cut up the top you cut out of the bread and use it for dipping bread. I used another loaf of french bread cut into pieces for additional pieces for dipping.
Rice krispie treats can be made in holiday colors - add a bit of orange food coloring to the marshmallow mixture for Halloween. A few candy corns or a few Halloween M and M's on top is a nice touch.
By Linda from Vista, CA
Make two 10" round cakes using one box of cake mix. Cool and remove the cakes from the pans according to the instructions.
Place one layer on a plate, cover the top with frosting and frost the sides lightly.
Put the remainder of the frosting in the pastry bag and use the star tip to make the cake look "furry". You should cover the top of the cake and down the sides of the top layer with frosting.
Decorate the cake using the round candies and the decorative icing with the thin tip. Place two round candies side by side and affix smaller candies to the front using icing. The pupil of the eyes can be made using white icing.
Black icing can be used for eyebrows either above the eyes, around the eyes, or in a line slanted across each eye. Black icing can also be used for eye lashes. You can also add light glints and other effects.
Some of the eyes can be centered and others at crazy angles for a googly eyes effect.
We got the idea for this cake from Nick Jr. magazine.
By Fletcher from Washington
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Halloween Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 6 Cups Caramel Corn
- 2 Cups Cashews or Pecans
- 1-1/2 Cups Candy Corn
- 1/3 Cup Raisins
Directions
In a large bowl combine all ingredients and mix well.
Great for a Halloween Party or to package in individual goodie bags for a school party or bake sale.
By Tina - Momto2cuties from Dallas, TX
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Spider Tootsie Roll Pops
This simple craft takes a tootsie pop and makes it into a cute spider. It's great for a Halloween Party or to hand out to trick-or-treaters.
Time commitment: Less than 5 minutes per spider.
Supplies:
- Lollipop of your Choice
- 4 pipe cleaners
- Googly eyes
- Glue
Directions:
Hold all four pipe cleaners and center them on the lollipop then twist them around the stick. Bend each end of the pipe cleaners to make them look like spider legs. Glue on two googly eyes.
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Putrid Punch (Halloween Recipe)
This sick colored punch looks disgusting but tastes great.
Ingredients
- 1 13 oz. package lemon lime koolaid
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 cups water
- 1 can frozen orange juice concentrate
- 4 cups ginger ale
- worm cubes (ice cubes with gummy worms frozen inside)
- 3 scoops orange sherbet
Directions
Empty koolaid into a punch bowl. Add sugar then water and stir until dissolved. Add orange juice concentrate. Just before serving, add the ginger ale and worm cubes and float the scoops of orange sherbet on top. Before long, the punch will be green and infested with worms. For extra effects hang a few gummy worms on the sides of your glass.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
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Skull Cup Cakes
By Stella Rivet
- Yellow or white cake mix.
- White frosting (I used cream cheese frosting because it is good.)
- Hershey's kisses (I used the kind with caramel inside, also because they are delicious.)
- Chocolate chips
- Chocolate Chunks
- Marshmallows
- Black cake decorating gel
- Muffin papers
Make cupcakes according to the box.
When cupcakes have cooled completely you may begin decorating.
Cut marshmallows in half. Cut chocolate chunks into thirds.
Peel open one end of the muffin paper just enough to fit in one half of a marshmallow for the chin.
Frost the cupcake including the marshmallow with the white frosting. It helps to get a little frosting by the open part of the paper cup so it can be "glued" back around the cake.
On top of where the marshmallow is place 3 to 4 slices of the chocolate chunks. This will make the mouth.
Place one chocolate chip for the nose, narrow part sticking up away from the skeleton's mouth.
Take two "Kisses" and place them upside down, tip pointing into the cake, to make the eyes.
Use the black gel to make a pupil in the eyes (I know skulls don't have eyes but thought it looked cuter that way). If you do not want to buy the black gel just for this you can take a toothpick and use a dab of the white frosting.
You could freeze or refrigerate these if they were not going to be eaten for a while to help set the frosting.
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Frightfully Easy Ghost Cookies
Ingredients
- 12 oz vanilla flavored candy coating, cut into pieces
- 1 (1 lb) package nutter butter peanut butter filled cookies
- 64 miniature chocolate chips
Directions
In small pan melt candy coating over low heat. Stirring constantly. Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Holding cookie with tongs. Dip entire top and 1 side of cookie into candy coating. Let excess drip off. Lay flat. Coated side up on cookie sheet.
Place on cookie sheet. Place 2 chocolate chips into coating for eyes. Let stand 10 minutes.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
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Yummy Mummies - Pizzas
By Stella Rivet
You no longer have to fear what is behind those ancient bandages because the truth has been revealed, mummies are yummy!
Ingredients:
- English Muffins
- Pizza sauce, Marinara or even Alfredo sauce(if you want to try a different flavor).
- Green Olives that already have pimento in it,(Sliced). (Black olives work fine you may want to find something to stick in the hole to make the pupil, ie: green onion, green pepper)
- String Cheese,(Pulled apart).
Directions:
Break the english muffin in half (Toast if You want them crisper).
Spread pizza sauce on top of each side of the english muffin.
Pull apart the string cheese and place strips onto the muffin to make it look like a mummy, leaving and opening for the eyes.
Cut an olive into thirds, if you use the green olives with pimento you can now place two slices on to the English muffin.
Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
Place mummies in oven for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Enjoy!
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Jack-Orange-Lantern
By Stella Rivet
This is a cute and easy way to display your oranges for Halloween. Plus it makes the orange easy to peel.
Time Commitment: About 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 Orange
- Toothpick or paring knife
Directions:
Use toothpick or paring knife to Cut out the jack-O-lantern's face. Be sure not to cut too deep you only want to puncture the peel of the orange. Caution: Watch out for the orange juice that sprays out of the peel when punctured!
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Nuclear Punch For Halloween
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 qt. pineapple or orange juice
- 1 1/2 qt. mountain dew
- 1 cup pureed blueberries
- 1 qt. lime sherbet
Directions
Chill all ingredients prior to assembly. Mix all ingredients together except sherbet in a large punchbowl.
Float scoops of sherbet on top of punch.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
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"Pumpkin" Cupcakes
By Stella Rivet
These "Pumpkin" Cupcakes are not pumpkin flavored but a festive cupcake for either Halloween or Thanksgiving.
Ingredients:
- Favorite spice cake recipe
- Food Coloring
- Green gel frosting
- Icing Bag (optional)
Cream Cheese Icing:
(My favorite recipe found on Thrifty Fun):
- 1 8 oz. package of cream cheese
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
Make cup cakes according to recipe or package directions. Bake and cool.
Make cream cheese icing by mixing together cream cheese (softened), honey and vanilla. Mix well. Add red and yellow food coloring to make the frosting orange. Place frosting in a icing bag with a flat ribbon tip.
Frost the cupcakes with ribbon tip to make the shape of the pumpkin. I would have a practice cupcake to work with that you can scrape the frosting off just to get used to working with the frosting and moving it in the way you desire.
Another possibly easier way is to frost the cupcakes and use a butter knife to make the lines.
Using the green gel icing make the stem of the pumpkin and a leaf if desired.
Variation: Use black frosting and draw a Jack-O-Lantern face on them!
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Cheesy Zombie Fingers
By Stella Rivet
These are easy to make with string cheese and green peppers. It is a fun and easy appetizer for your Halloween party.
Ingredients:
- String Cheese
- Green bell pepper
- Cream cheese (optional)
Directions:
Cut the green bell pepper in to finger nail shapes and cut down the inside of the pepper to make the "nail" thinner.
Cut the string cheese in half. At the end of the rounded off side, cut out a place for the nail to sit. Add a little cream cheese to the bottom of the pepper to help it stick to the cheese if desired. Make out lines to create the knuckles one at the end and one just under the nail.
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Cyclops Eye Cupcakes
By Stella Rivet
Ingredients:
- Favorite white Cake Mix
- Favorite white frosting
- Black shoelace Licorice
- Maraschino Cherries
- Kiwi
- Red Icing (optional)
- Food Coloring (optional)
Directions:
Make cupcakes with your favorite white cake mix with the instructions on the cake mix but add food coloring if desired to make them extra creepy. Let cool.
Make or buy white frosting. Frost the cupcakes, let sit.
Peel Kiwi and slice approximately 1/4 inch thick. This will act as the iris of the eye.
Cut the tip off the maraschino cherry to create the pupil of the eye.
Cut the shoe lace licorice in 1 to 1-1/2 inch pieces these will be the eye lashes.
Place one round of kiwi on top of your cup cake first then place one piece of cherry on top of the kiwi. Use the red icing around the iris of the eye to create bloodshot eyes if desired. Stick the shoelace licorice into the cupcake paper and let it stick out like eye lashes.
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Toxic Waste Punch (Halloween Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1/2 gallon of rainbow sherbet
- 2 2-liter bottles of 7-up or ginger ale
- 1 pkg. green Kool-Aid
Directions
Put the sherbet in a 3 gallon bowl.
Sprinkle the Kool-Aid across the top.
Slowly pour the soda around the sides of the sherbet.
The soda will lift the Kool-Aid leaving delightful color streaks and sour flavors.
By Carolyn from East Northport, NY
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Vampire Teeth Appetizer
By Stella Rivet
Ingredients:
- Apples
- Red jelly or syrup
- Lemon juice
Directions:
Cut the apples into sharp vampire teeth shapes (triangles). Place in serving bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice so they won't turn brown.
I mixed currant jelly with boysenberry syrup to get the right consistency. Put dip in a small bowl.
The guests dip the apple pieces into the blood (red jelly or syrup) Enjoy! The kids really liked this one mostly because it was tasty.
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Bat Cup Cakes
By Stella Rivet
These Bat Cup Cakes are super easy and quick if you use Hostess Cupcakes like I did. You also could make similar bats by making your own cupcakes and they probably would cost less and taste better. Time commitment: About 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 Hostess Cupcake
- 1 Fruit Roll-up
- 1 white mystery Airhead (you can use one of these to make teeth for many Bats)
- 2 Creme Savers
- Candy covered chocolates (M&M's) or mint flavored colored chocolate chips
- Frosting (to glue the pieces together)
Directions
Place a little bit of frosting on the bottom of the creme savers and place them above the squiggly line on the cupcake. Then frost the bottom of the M&M's or colored chocolate chip and place it on top of the creme saver for the pupils of the eye. Then place one more M&M or colored chocolate chip for a nose. Cut the air head to be shaped like vampire teeth. Use frosting to glue the airhead teeth in place bellow the squiggly line on the cupcake. Cut the fruit roll-up diagonally and cut the scalloped ends on the short end of the roll-up. Place the roll-up wings down first them place the cupcake on top.
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Spider Crackers
By Stella Rivet
Spider Crackers are a fun and easy appetizer for your party. This is one the kids can help with making and they are a healthy snack.
Ingredients:
- Ritz Crackers
- Creamy peanut butter
- Stick pretzels
- Raisins
Directions:
Spread peanut butter on a Ritz cracker and place eight stick pretzels, four on each side, to create the spiders legs. Then place a cracker on top. Put a little peanut butter on the bottom of two raisins and place them on top of the cracker to create the eyes of the spider.
Kids love these!
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Bug Juice (Halloween Recipe)
Ingredients
- 2 10 oz. packages. frozen strawberries, thawed
- 1 16 oz. can lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 1 qt. ginger ale
- 2 cups raisins
- 6 gummy worms
Directions
Mix strawberries and lemonade concentrate in blender until smooth and thick. Gradually add ginger ale. Transfer to a punch bowl. Add raisins. Pour into glasses.
For a swampy effect, add the gummy worms onto the rim of each glass.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
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Pumpkin Milkshake (Halloween Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 frozen banana, peeled and broken into pieces
- 3 Tbsp. orange juice concentrate
- 3 Tbsp. pumpkin puree
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
- 1/3 cup water
Directions
Place all ingredients in blender and mix until smooth.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
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Wormy Gelatin (Halloween Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 large pkg. orange jello (8 serving)
- 1 1/2 cups cold water
- gummy worms (candy)
Directions
Spray a 9 inch pie plate with cooking spray.
To unmold, dip pie plate in warm water for 15 seconds then gently loosen edges with moistened fingers.
This was just something to do with the leftovers.
Make cupcakes according to the box.
When cupcakes have cooled completely you may begin decorating.
Frost the cupcake with white frosting.
Place a M&M in the middle, with the black gel make 4 legs on each side and two dots on the M&M for the eyes.
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Here's an easy and fun way to serve dip at your Halloween party.
