Recipes Halloween
Indian Corn on a Stick
Melt margarine and marshmallows over low heat. Pour over popped popcorn and stir in nuts, coconut, and dried fruits. When cool enough to handle, butter hands and mold popcorn mixture into ear of corn shapes approximately 6 inches long. Place on a greased cookie sheet or waxed paper to set. Immed
Jack O Lantern Brownies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12-inch round pizza pan. If using a disposable pan, place on baking sheet to bake.
Beat melted butter, sugar and vanilla extract with spoon in large bowl. Beat in eggs. Stir in dry ingredients; beat with spoon until well blended. Spread into pan
Jack-O-Lantern Casserole
Clean out pumpkin and decorate outside with a black marker, if desired.
Brown hamburger and onion. Mix in remaining ingredients. Put pumpkin on cookie sheet. Fill pumpkin with mixture. Place in oven and bake pumpkin with lid on for 1 hour at 350 degrees F or until pumpkin is tender
Jack-O-Lantern Punch Bowl Centerpiece
Thoroughly clean inside of pumpkin. Make sure you remove all the fibrous strings. Paint a design on pumpkin using acrylic paints or permanent marking pens. Refrigerate pumpkin until ready to serve the drink.
Pour cider or punch into cold pumpkin. The refrigerated pumpkin cools the pun
Jell-O-Ween Poke Brownies
Prepare and bake brownie mix as directed on package for 8 or 9-inch square baking pan.
Remove from oven. Immediately use round handle of wooden spoon to poke holes at 1-inch intervals down through brownies to bottom of pan.
Pour cold milk into large bowl. Add pudding mix. B
Lime Chiller with Blood Drippings
In a shallow pan, such as a pie pan, add honey and food coloring and mix until well blended. Dip the rims of the wine goblets into the mixture one at a time, coating the rims of the glasses. Turn upright and let stand to allow the mixture to drip down, resembling blood. Place a paper towel aroun
Maggot Stew
Place oil in a large pot over medium-low heat.
Measure flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder into a zip-type bag. Drop in stew beef, seal bag, and shake until well coated. Pour contents of bag into the stew pot. Increase heat to medium. Use a long handles spoon to turn the meat every
Magical Hats
In a medium bowl stir together marshmallows, peanuts, candy corn and chocolate pieces. Set mixture aside.
Place ice cream cones on the wax paper-lined baking sheet. Spread outside of cones with melted chocolate or vanilla coating. If desired, sprinkle small candies on the cone before
Marshmallow Mummies
Press fruit snack flat. Wrap 1 strip around each marshmallow ghost or cat, like bandages, allowing eyes to peek through.
Lollipop or wooden stick can be inserted into bottom of mummy, if desired. Store in airtight container.
Makes 2.
Mashed Potato Ghosts
Cut ghost shapes out of wax paper to use as templates.
Place templates on serving dish or cookie sheet. Use rubber spatula to mold 1/2 to 1 cup potatoes into each ghost shape.
Slice olives to create circular shapes to be used for eyes and mouth.
Monster Mish Mash Mix
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
Place popped corn into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Combine butter, honey and cinnamon. Pour over popcorn; stir until evenly coated. Bake for 10 minutes. Spread on foil to cool.
Stir in raisins and candy corn. Store in tightly covered container.<
Monster Slime Juice
Mix juice and Kool-Aid. Add water, stir and watch it turn green!
Mucous Membrane Milkshakes
Place all ingredients except the milk into a blender. Blend on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add more ice cream if you like your mucus extra thick. Fill tall glasses with the mixture and refrigerate.
Heat the milk in a small pan over medium heat until it begins to boil. Remove
Mummy Dogs
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Open package of pizza dough. Grate cheese, and dice vegetables. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Place pizza dough on sheet and cut into 8 squares; press dough thin with fingers. Add pizza sauce to each square. Add hot dogs and other pizza topping
Mummy Eyes
Cut through each hard-cooked egg about 1/3 of the way from the tip, just enough to scoop out yolk. Place cooked yolk in a bowl and mash with a fork. Add mayonnaise, paprika, and salt to taste. Mix thoroughly.
Fill each egg white eye socket with mixture. Smooth yolk mixture. Press oliv
Nightcrawlers
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Core apples from the stem end to 1/2 inch from the bottom. Do not push through. Stuff each hole with 1 teaspoon each jam and butter. Place in a pan and bake uncovered for 35 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the apples. When done, the apple should
Ooglie Eyeballs
Prepare brownies according to package directions. Bake for 2 to 28 minutes in an 8-inch pan, or 18 to 22 minutes in a 9-inch pan, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Do not overbake. Trim crisp edges from the brownie while warm, eat or discard. Crumble remaining warm
Oozy Orange Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake baking pans with paper cupcake liners.
In small mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine cream cheese, egg and sugar. Blend in 2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring, adding more coloring if necessary to reach desired sh
Orange Haystacks
Melt chocolate morsels and butter in the top of a double boiler. Stir in marshmallows and orange food color paste. When marshmallows are nearly melted, stir in noodles and peanuts. Drop by spoonsful onto wax paper. Chill several hours.
Pay Day Snack
Mix together and store in a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid.
Popcorn Goblin Gorp
In large bowl, combine all ingredients; toss gently. Great for a Halloween Treat!
Pumpkin Punch with a Punch
On day of party slice off top of pumpkin and scoop out seeds. Use equal portions of cider, cranberry juice and ginger ale, judging quantity used by size of pumpkin. Chill beverages before pouring into pumpkin. Serve rum (light or dark) in bottle or decanter on side; invite guests to spike punch
Quick Ghost Cookies
Melt almond bark/white chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave. Dip cookies in almond bark/white chocolate. Place cookies on cookie sheet or parchment paper. Place mini chocolate chips on cookies for eyes. Let dry for 1 to 2 minutes.
Rainbow Candy Apples
Optional Coating
Dried unsweetened coconut flakes (in health-food stores)
* For yellow candy apples, use Golden Delicious apples and yellow food coloring. For green candy apples, use Granny Smith and green food coloring.
To avoid sugar-syrup burns, wear rubber gloves w
Red Candied Apples
Wash and dry apples and insert sticks into stem end of each. Apples should be room temperature to prevent moisture from forming inside the taffy. Mix remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat in a small saucepan until it reaches 300 degrees F on a candy thermometer (hard-crack stage), abou
Scare Crow Scramble
Mix well. Bake at 250 degrees F for 1 hour, stirring often.
Shadowy Moon Marshmallow Treats
In large bowl, combine cereal and cookie crumbs; set aside.
In large saucepan, over medium-low heat, heat margarine and marshmallows until melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Pour over cereal mixture, tossing to coat well. Press mixture into greased 14-inch pizza pan. Sprin
Shrunken Heads
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease baking dish.
Wash and core apples, then cut in half lengthwise; brush cut sides with lemon juice. Carve a face on each apple half.
Combine brown sugar, melted butter, spices and salt in small bowl; brush over all sides of apple, filling fa
Spider Web Munch
Heat morsels and 3/4 cup peanut butter in small, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth; remove from heat. Add sugar; stir vigorously until smooth.
Place cereal in large bowl. Add 1 cup melted chocolate mixture; stir to coat well. Place on ungreased baking
Skeleton Bone Cookies
With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites and sugar with orange peel and baking powder until blended. Gradually add nuts and flour, beating until mixture is thoroughly blended. Cover and chill until firm enough to handle, at least an hour or up to a day.
Lightly flour yo
Smiling Skull Popcorn Treat
Lightly coat a skull-shaped pan with cooking spray or, if pan is unavailable, spray a double sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil shaped into form of a skull. Set aside.
Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in 3-quart heavy saucepan. Add butter and place pan over medium heat, stirring wit
Spaghetti and Eyeballs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, ketchup, egg, pepper, and oregano in a large bowl. Form into about 18 to 24 eyeball-size balls. Press an olive into each eyeball, pimento side out. Place the eyeballs in a baking dish, cover, and bake for 45 minutes.
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Spider Cake
Place a cracker on a plate. Arrange pretzels around the edge of the cracker so they look like 4 legs on each side. Cover the cracker with a pepperoni slice. Place an olive slice at the edge of the pepperoni. With the squeeze cheese, make 2 antennas stretching out from the olive.
Spooky Eyeball Tacos
Mix meat and seasoning mix. Shape into 36 (1-inch) balls. Place in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through.
Fill each of the 12 taco shells with 1 meatball, taco sauce, lettuce and tomato.
Top with 2 additional meatballs
Spooky Halloween Tree
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Stir together about half of the cake mix (dry), the shortening, butter, vanilla, egg and food color in large bowl thoroughly, using spoon. Stir in remaining cake mix.
Divide dough in half. Roll each 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered
Spooky Sundaes
Put a small scoop of sherbet between two cookies; top with chocolate topping, and then drizzle with caramel. Serve immediately. Or you can crush the cookies and layer them in the bottom of a dish, top with sherbet and then more crumbs, then drizzle the toppings over that.
Squashed Frogs
Melt butter in large saucepan. Add marshmallows and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until melted and mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat. Add vanilla extract and food color. Mix. Add corn flakes and M&Ms and mix until well coated and bright green. Drop from a tablespoon on a piece of wax
Vampire Blood Fudge
Mix sugar, salt, butter or margarine and milk in a saucepan. Place the mixture on the stove, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir carefully and continuously for exactly 5 minutes. If you stop stirring, the mixture will rise in the pan and burn. If the mixture is too near the top of the pot
Werewolf Hands
Cut each chicken breast into 4 fingers and a thumb, leaving them attached at the bottom like a palm. Dip in beaten egg, then dredge in crumbs. Saut� in hot oil, spreading out the fingers as it cooks.
Use black olives for finger nails.
Serve on black or green pasta to
Witches Brooms
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla extract in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls.
Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press ball of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press d