.Meaty Mummies.

.Ingredients.
Pre-Made or Home-Made Meatballs
4-inch pieces of Summer Sausage
2 pkg 8 oz cream cheese
pre-made or home-made pesto
cooked fettuccine noodles
capers
pasta sauce
6 inch wood skewer


.Instructions.
Wrap a legion of scary mummies for a Halloween dinner or party appetizer. To make, skewer a purchased meatball and a 4-inch piece of summer sausage stick with a 6-inch wooden skewer. Combine 8 ounces of cream cheese and 1 teaspoon of purchased pesto. Spread some of the mixture over the meat skewer and wrap with cooked fettuccine noodles. For a more bulky body, spread with additional cream cheese mixture and wrap with another layer of cooked fettuccine. Add capers for eyes. Serve with pasta sauce for dipping.


(Source: Better Homes and Gardens)


Enjoy!

.Nevermore Halloween Wreath.

I stumbled upon this AMAZE-BALLS wreath and it has so few supplies and looks easy enough for even ME to do it! Had to share - it's just so cute!

Head over to KatyDid and Kid, HERE to see how to make one for yourself!

Enjoy!

.Tombstone Taco Dip.

Tombstone Taco Dip
.Ingredients.
1 16 ounce can refried beans with green chiles
1/4 cup bottled salsa
2/3 cup bottled ranch salad dressing
2 teaspoons taco seasoning
1 1/2 cups finely chopped cooked chicken
1 7-ounce pouch refrigerated guacamole
1/2 of a 2-1/4-ounce can chopped pitted ripe olives, drained
Tombstone Graveyard Characters (see below)
Shredded lettuce


.Instructions.
1. In a small bowl, combine refried beans and salsa. Spread refried bean mixture in a 2-quart rectangular dish. In a small bowl, combine ranch salad dressing and taco seasoning; stir in chicken.

2. Spoon on top of the beans in an even layer. Spoon guacamole in small mounds on top of the chicken mixture. Carefully spread to an even layer.

3. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes or up to 6 hours before serving. Just before serving, place Graveyard Characters into dip. Sprinkle the graves with chopped olives and shredded lettuce.

4. Serve with tortilla chips.


Tortilla Graveyard
.Ingredients.
10-inch flour tortillas (any flavor)


.Instructions.
Using cookie cutters or a knife, cut tortillas into gravestones, cats, owls, bats, fence rails, and a tree. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until firm and crisp. Cool on rack.


.Tips.
You can pretty much add the tortilla graveyard pieces to ANY dip you want to make and serve at your gathering!


(Source: Better Homes and Gardens)


Enjoy!

.Candy Corn Dipped Marshmallow Pop Treats.

.Ingredients.
giant marshmallows
orange candy melts
yellow candy melts
Popsicle sticks


.Instructions.
To make these, all you do is dip 2/3 of the marshmallow in orange candy melt, let it cool, then dip the bottom 1/3 of the marshmallow in the yellow candy melt. Once wrapped, they make fun treats for holiday parties, teacher gifts or just to munch at home.


.Tips.
Add a tablespoon of Crisco to 1/2 cup of Wilton candy melts to make the candy more smooth for dipping.

Let the orange fully dry before dipping in the yellow candy.

Use GIANT campfire marshmallows, bigger is better, always.

Pop the treats in the fridge for an hour before eating.


(Source: Food Family and Finds)


Enjoy!

.Frankenstein Marshmallow Pops.

.Ingredients.
marshmallows
green candy melts
chocolate mint or regular chocolate candy melts
Wiltons Black Glittery Gel


.Instructions.
1. Insert lollipop sticks into your marshmallows.

2. You take marshmallows and dip them in melted green candy chocolates, place them in the fridge for 12 minutes.

3. Next dip the top portion into chocolate mint or regular chocolate candy melts for the hair.

4. Use Wiltons Glittery Gel for the scar, face, and bolts!


(Source: CraftOManiac)


Enjoy!

.Spider Cake.

.Ingredients.
Cake Mix (Box or Scratch, your choice)
orange food coloring (or red and yellow)
Chocolate frosting
white frosting
mini Oreo cookies


.Instructions.
1. Bake your cake and using some food coloring turn it orange. The cake in the photo was baked using a mini 4 inch pan (3 layers).

2. Chocolate frosting was used for the filling between the layers.

3. Cover in white frosting, (your choice on flavor or make your own buttercream).

4. Use leftover chocolate frosting to pipe on the spider web. A piping bag and a #4 decorating tip was used for the photo. You could certainly use a Ziplock bag and snip off the corner.

5. Extend the “web” down the side of the cake, pipe the spider legs longer than your cookie so the frosting can help hold the cookie spider body like glue.

6. With more leftover frosting, you can give the spiders some little eyes.


(Source: cookies and cups)


Enjoy!

.Halloween Handwiches.

.Ingredients.
12 Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
1 egg, beaten
Sesame or caraway seeds
Assorted sandwich fillings



.Instructions.
1. Flatten one roll into a 4-in. x 5-in. rectangle. Make 4 equal cuts into one end for fingers, cutting the thumb strip three-fourths of the length of the dough and the finger strips one-half the length. Repeat steps for second hand making cuts opposite. Separate the fingers slightly.

2. Pull the thumb strip off to the side and cut in half. Tuck the cut off piece under the palm and press into the dough. Place hands on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Brush with egg and sprinkle with seeds if desired. Repeat with remaining rolls to make a total of 6 right hands and 6 left hands.

3. Cover with plastic wrap that has been coated with cooking spray. Let rise 45 minutes or until almost doubled. Remove wrap. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Use a right and left hand to make a sandwich.


(Source: Taste of Home)


Enjoy!

.Spider Cheeseball.

.Ingredients.
Cheese­ball:
2 (8 oz) pack­ages of cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 C shred­ded cheese blend (I used a mix of sharp, colby jack, and mon­terey cheddar)
3/4 C fresh shred­ded parme­san cheese
1/2 C mayonnaise
2 T gar­lic & onion chives, chopped (you could do green onions instead, but we had chives in the garden)
2 tsp red pep­per flakes
1 tsp gar­lic powder

Spi­der:
3–5 cans black olives (depend­ing on cheese­ball size & olive size)
wooden skew­ers (I used 4, each cut into smaller pieces)
pimento (for eyes)


.Instructions.
1. Blend together all the cheeses using a hand or stand mixer. Then, add in chives (or onions), sea­son­ings, and mayo.

2. Once creamed together, shape into a spi­der (head & abdomen) onto a plat­ter (I didn’t use all of it, because there was some­thing else I wanted to try too).

3. Halve olives and begin cov­er­ing the spi­der. Then begin con­struc­tion on the legs.

4. For the legs, cut seg­ments off a skewer (size deter­mined by the size of your spi­der). Stick the cut skewer into the cheese­ball (where the head and abdomen meet). Then, lace the olives onto the skewer (through their holes), leav­ing a lit­tle bit of the end of the skewer open. For the bot­tom part of the leg, lace the olives onto the skewer leav­ing the top part of the skewer open. To attach the two skew­ers, place one olive such that both skew­ers will stick into it (and con­nect). Repeat the process until the entire spi­der is com­plete.

5. For the eyes, slice an olive so that you have open rings. Inside each open­ing, place a pimento for some creepy red eyes!


(Source: Mom Endeavors)


Enjoy!

.Spider Krispies.

Cocoa Pebbles Marshmallow Treats:

.Ingredients.
6 cups Cocoa Pebbles
1 (10.5 oz) bag of mini marshmallows
1/4 cup butter


.Instructions.
1. Spray a 9×9 pan lightly with cooking spray.

2. Melt butter over low heat in large saucepan.

3. When butter is melted stir in your marshmallows until melted.

4. Remove from heat and stir in your Pebbles.

5. Press into prepared pan.

6. Let cool for 15 minutes and cut using knife or cookie cutter.


Spider Krispies:

.Ingredients.
pretzel sticks
mini marshmallows
a black food writer
vanilla Tootsie Rolls


.Instructions.
1. Take a 2″ round cookie cutter to cut the krispies into circles.

2. Using a rolling pin, flatten the mini marshmallows. The marshmallow will stick on easily to the krispie treat.

3. Flatten your vanilla Tootsie Rolls, then you can cut your fangs. Just press them on your spider.

4. Draw eyes on with your black food writer and carefully stick the pretzel sticks in the sides for legs.


(Source: cookies and cups)


Enjoy!

.Puking Pumpkin Pepper.

.Ingredients.
spaghetti with pasta sauce (your choice)
orange bell peppers


.Instructions.
1. Make up your favorite version of spaghetti. (You can even use chicken spaghetti!)

2. Carve the top off your bell peppers, take out all of the seeds (and as much of the veins as you can).

3. Carve little jack-o-lantern faces into the sides of your bell peppers.

4. Fill with spaghetti, pull some out of the mouth for puking effect!


.Tips.
You can soften the bell pepper by baking or steaming them for several minutes.


(Source: Making Memories with Your Kids)


Enjoy!

.Gruesome Green Toes.

.Ingredients.
Nutter Butters
Black Dots
White Chocolate
Green Food Coloring


.Instructions.
1. Cut the Dots in half (these are the toe nails!)

2. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave and add some green food coloring.

3. Dip the Nutter Butters in the chocolate. Mine was a little too thick to dip so I just spread it over the cookies (all sides).

4. Add a toe nail and set on waxed paper to harden.


(Source: Making Memories with Your Kids)


Enjoy!

.Puff Pastry Intestines.

This puff pastry topping has endless possibilities - you can cover pie filling or savory beef/chicken/turkey dishes!

.Ingredients.
1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry
3 cups filling of your choice (savory or sweet)
1 egg, beaten
red food coloring
small paintbrush


.Instructions.
1. Thaw puff pastry according to package’s directions. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line a 9″ x 13″ baking pan with parchment paper.

2. Divide each sheet of puff pastry lengthwise into 6 strips. Lightly flour an expansive counter or other surface and lay each strip next to one another. Press and seal the seams between strips.

3. Spread your filling of choice down the entire length of the dough, leaving a bit of space on each side to pinch closed.

4. Pinch the entire length of the dough closed, stretching the dough slightly around the filling as you go.

5. Carefully lift intestine onto baking sheet, seam-side down, and form an “intestine-like” pattern.

6. Brush puff pastry with beaten egg. Dip small paintbrush into red food coloring and draw ”blood” in the creases.

7. Bake about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.


(Source: The Knead for Speed)


Enjoy!

.Mummy Meatloaf.

.Ingredients.
1-1/2 lbs. extra lean ground turkey or beef
1 small white onion, finely chopped
1 egg
1 cup skim milk
1 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/3 cup + 2 Tablespoons ketchup
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
8 ounces pappardelle pasta (or lasagna noodles, cut lengthwise in half with frilly edges removed)
1 3-ounce mozzarella ball, divided
2 pitted black or green olives


.Instructions.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch round baking dish (I used a springform pan). Combine the meat, egg, onion, milk, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Empty mixture onto baking dish and shape into a dome.

2. Mix together ketchup and brown sugar in a small bowl. Spread mixture evenly over meatloaf.

3. Bake meatloaf for 1 hour. Let meatloaf rest for 20 minutes.

4. While meatloaf rests, cook and drain pappardelle or lasagna noodles according to package directions.

5. If using a springform pan, remove outer piece before placing pasta on meatloaf. If using other type of pan, remove meatloaf from pan and transfer to serving plate.

6. Slice mozzarella ball in half. Layer pasta strands over meatloaf to look like mummy’s wrappings, adding mozzarella circles about halfway throught the process. Cut a small piece off the bottom of each olive and place, flat side down, in the middle of each mozzarella “eye.”


(Source: The Knead for Speed)


Enjoy!

.Candy Corn Pizza.

.Ingredients.
1 can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated classic pizza crust or your favorite homemade dough
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 cup pizza sauce


.Instructions.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Spray a pizza pan with cooking spray.

3. Press pizza dough into the pan evenly.

4. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese into a 4 inch circle in the center of the pizza dough.

5. Take 1 cup of shredded cheese and sprinkle it into a 3 inch wide ring around the circle of mozzarella.

6. Carefully spoon the pizza sauce over the ring of cheddar cheese.

7. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of cheddar cheese in a ring around the outside of the pizza sauce ring.

8. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

9. Cut into slices to resemble candy corn.


(Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything)


Enjoy!

.Dracula's Dentures.

.Ingredients.
1 package (18.25 ounces) refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough or your favorite cookie recipe
1/2 cup prepared vanilla frosting, tinted red
1 3/4 cups miniature marshmallows
48 slivered almonds


.Instructions.
1. Prepare cookies as directed on package or according to your favorite recipe. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

2. Cut each cookie in half for a total of 48 halves.

3. Frost the bottoms of all cookie halves with frosting. Place 6 marshmallow teeth around curved perimeter of 24 halves. For additional support, an additional marshmallow can be placed behind the teeth.

4. Top with remaining 24 halves.

5. Insert two almond slivers in between teeth for fangs.


.Tips.
If fangs do not adhere, dip tips into frosting.


(Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything)


Enjoy!