Think of Halloween as a creative time to make spook-tacular foods to please goblins and ghouls of any age.
Whether you are hosting a “boo bash” party or just making Halloween treats for the family, these recipes are easy and fun to create.
Halloween Bones and Blood
Ingredients:
- 1 jar Marinara sauce (blood)
- canned breadsticks (bones) (can found in refrigerator section)
- cookie sheet
- Parmesan cheese, grated
Directions:
- Cut the breadsticks into halves.
- Curve the ends of each breadstick into bone shapes.
- Sprinkle the "bones" with Parmesan cheese.
- Bake as directed on the package.
- Place these bones onto a dish and serve with a bowl of warm Marinara sauce.
Spider Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 envelope Kool-Aid orange flavor unsweetened mix
- 3 quarts cold water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 quart bottle ginger ale (chilled)
- black plastic spiders
- ice cube trays
- pitcher
- large spoon (for mixing)
Directions:
- Place plastic spiders into ice cube tray sections. Add water and freeze.
- Pour the Kool Aid and sugar in a large pitcher. Add water and mix together.
- Just before serving the punch add the ginger ale.
- To make a spooky punch, add spider ice cubes to the pitcher.
- Remember to tell your guests "don't drink the spiders"!
Hot Halloween Sandwich
Ingredients:
- English muffins split in half
- black olives
- pepper strips; red or green
- shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
- Sprinkle grated cheddar cheese onto an English muffin half.
- Make a jack-o-lantern face using black olives and pepper strips (green or red).
- Heat the sandwich in the oven until the cheese melts.
Create a Face Cookie
Ingredients:
- oatmeal cookies; store bought or your favorite recipe
- peanut butter or chocolate frosting
- decorations such as chocolate chips, candy corn, gumdrops, shoestring licorice, tiny marshmallows and fruit-flavored round cereal.
- camera (optional)
Directions:
- Buy or bake oatmeal cookies.
- Invite the children (guests) to frost the cookies with peanut butter or chocolate icing.
- Give them a plastic knife to do the frosting (nothing sharp).
- Provide decorations and let the kids enjoy making funny faces on the cookie.
- Take photos for a lasting memory, then eat and enjoy.
Halloween Shaped Sandwiches
Ingredients:
- egg salad, tuna salad, peanut butter, jelly, and luncheon meats
- cheese slices
- bread
- pumpkin, jack-o-lantern, ghost, witch, or cat cookie cutters
Directions:
- Make fancy shaped sandwiches with familiar fillings, such as egg salad, tuna salad, peanut butter and jelly, or luncheon meats and cheese.
- Use Halloween theme cookie cutters to cut slices of white or whole wheat breads. The cutters can also cut the luncheon meats and slices of cheese.
- Fill the breads and cover with another shaped slice.
- Plate your sandwiches on a theme platter.
Make a Halloween Brew
Ingredients:
- 1 quart apple cider
- cinnamon sticks and cloves
- 1 quart ginger ale soda
- Halloween cups
Directions:
- Combine one quart of apple cider with a couple of cinnamon sticks and cloves.
- Bring this to a boil and simmer the brew for about ten minutes.
- Cool. Add one quart ginger ale soda and served chilled in Halloween cups.
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