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Need some Halloween recipe ideas

18 years ago

We're going to our friends' Halloween party. We would like to bring either a munchie or dessert that has a Halloween theme. Any ideas?

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evelyn_craftdiva
18 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Cheese Eyeballs Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 pound (2 cups) cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 cup flour
1 6 ounce bottle stuffed green olives
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Shred cheese in work bowl of food processor, then place metal chopping blade in work bowl and add margarine. Combine salt, paprika, and flour in separate bowl. Turn on food processor, and slowly add flour mixture tbrough the feed tube. Stop processing as soon as ingredients are combined. Measure approximately one teaspoon of this mixture and form an "eyeball" around an olive. Turn the olive in the "eyeball" so that it is "staring" outward.
Line up the eyeballs on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the oven for approximately 15 minutes. If you want to make these ahead of time, freeze them UNBAKED on the cookie sheet and transfer to a plastic bag when frozen. Then just thaw and bake when needed.
Yield: 24

Candy Spiders
Ingredients:
Black jumbo gumdrops
Â· Thin black licorice
Â· Red hot candies
Preparation:
Using a toothpick, poke holes in the gumdrops. Insert thin licorice, cut to desired leg length. Press red hots into the gumdrops for eyes. Store in tightly covered containers.

Witches Fingers
This is one of my favorite Halloween recipes because these Witches' Fingers just look so cool.
Made with Mozzarella string cheese, cream cheese, and slivered almonds, the ingredients don't necessarily fit well together. But kids do love string cheese and you can consider the other ingredients to be a garnish, like the bugs and spiders.
Ingredients
Â· one package of Mozzarella string cheese
Â· one package of slivered almonds
Â· a few teaspoons of cream cheese

Preparation:
1. Toast the slivered almonds in the oven at 325 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown
2. Cut each piece of cheese in half to make two 'fingers'
3. Carve out small wedges of cheese to make the knuckles and a small area where the fingernails will go
4. Place a small amount of cream cheese into the depressions you created at the end of the fingers and place your toasted almond fingernails into place as pictured above.

You could also bring a punch like:
Slime Rickey (Halloween Drink)

Yield: 4 servings

2 pk Lime gelatin (3 oz. size)
1 1/4 c Water, boiling
6 oz Frozen limeade
2 c Water
1 x Green food coloring
10 oz Club soda or seltzer

Combine gelatin with boiling water. Stir until gelatin has
dissolved. Pour into 9 inch-square pan and chill until firm,
about 3 hours.
In a large pitcher, combine limeade, remaining water and enough
food coloring to turn the drink bright green, about 5 drops.
Chill. Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes from gelatin, or cut
into strips.
Add club soda to limeade just before serving. Serve over ice with
a gelatin shape in each glass.
cheerful1_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I love it! Thanks, Evelyn.
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Laurel, sorry, I was gone all morning. I salt and pepper my meat (top of round steak), both sides. Then spread mustard on one side. At one end put a half of a pickle (depending on size) sliced long ways, some onion (about a table spoon full) chunks or slices, and 1/2 slice of bacon (last time I used ham, cause I had some) then roll it up from that end. Secure with metal pins, you know, the kind you can also use for closing a turkey, or use string/thread. Brown in hot oil, or bacon grease turning frequently to get it brown all the way around. Add about a cup or two of broth for gravy. I cooked mine for 15 minutes in my pressure cooker. My cookbook calls for a simmer time of 45 to 60 minutes. Thicken the juices with a mix of cornstarch and flour. Red cabbage Last time, I made a whole head, and had plenty of left overs. :) Quarter a head of cabbage, remove the white rib. Slice the cabbage very thin (my choice), unless you have a good shredder. Dice about 1/4 cup of onion peel and core an apple, and dice it too. Depending on your dietary restrictions, heat oil (any will do) or bacon grease, about 2 to 3 tablespoons in a large pan/dutch oven. add the onion, and as soon as it starts browning add the cabbage. Saute for a bit, add the apples just before adding about a cup of broth. Put the lid on and let it simmer on low for about an hour. When I cooked Rouladen and Red Cabbage for my friends earlier this month, I served them with boiled potatoes. Sorry, forgot to take pictures of the finished meal, we just dug right in.
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gordon43812
18 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
One dessert thats always a hit is Kitty Litter Cake.
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/dessert/cakes/kittylittercake.html

I am going to make these for a party I am having ....
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_32014,00.html

And tomorrow on Semi-Homemade with Sadra Lee on the food network she is doing a halloween show. Her recipes are always easy, fun and cute. Try there tomorrow.
Good luck!

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