Halloween Recipes for cooking up a frightfuly good time

I have included some of my favorite Halloween Recipes in this section

Every Halloween I'd get so excited. Wanting to rush for trick-or-treating.
The only thing slowing me down was that Mom made us sit down and eat a healthy meal first. Usually beef stew.
Didn't she know that this was going to fill me up and I wouldn't be able to eat my Halloween candy? Hmmm... maybe she did!
These recipes cannot be considered healthy unless you count the eyeballs made out of hardboiled eggs!
Hope you enjoy these Halloween Recipes as much as I do.

Halloween Recipes: Drinks

Slime Punch

• 1 Large bowl
• 1 Half-gallon lime sherbet
• 1 Quart ginger ale
• 1 Quart lemon-lime soda
• 1 Quart sugar-free lemonade (dye any color with food coloring, green is good)
• 2 Surgical gloves (any latex gloves
• String

Wash gloves in warm soapy water, rinse and air dry.
Turn inside to use.
For really neat effect put gummy worms and/or plastic spider into the gloves before filling with liquid.
Fill Gloves with the Lemonade
Tie Securely
Freeze until solid
Right before the party starts:
In the large bowl mix the ginger ale, lime soda and the lime sherbet.
Remove glove from freezer, cut off the string and peel the glove off the ice.
Float the hand in the punch for an eerie Halloween treat.
As the ice melts the worms and Halloween treats will start to emerge from the ice! Sounds and looks like one of those hard to do Halloween Recipes but it really isn't hard at all!

Eyeball Cubes

Fill small muffin tins with juice and freeze slightly.
Place a red grape in the center of each tin and freeze until solid.
Float in a bowl of punch or serve one per cup.

Halloween Brew:

Equal parts of Kool-aid and Mt.Dew. Any color!

Bug Juice:

Lemonade with some blue food coloring added to create a greenish ghouly look. You could also add tons of red food coloring to turn it into a fake blood drink.

Halloween Recipes: Meals

Scrambled Brains:

Scrambled eggs with food coloring added!

Eyeballs:

Hard Boiled eggs with an olive set into them to make an eye!

Eyeball Stew Recipe

• 1 Can of beef stew
• 1 Bag of frozen meatballs

Heat the meatballs in the microwave until warm.
Add the meatballs to the stew and cook according to the directions on the can.
This isn't the recipe my Mom used. This one is a lot quicker!

Halloween Pizza

• 1 Round Pizza Baking Sheet
• 1 Roll of Pizza Dough or use pre-made Pizza Crusts
• 1 Package of Pepperoni slices
• 1 8oz. Package of Shredded Cheese
• 1 Can of Pizza Sauce

Make the Pizza Crust by smoothing the dough onto the round baking sheet.
Pre-Cook crust according to the directions on the package.
Spread the Pizza Sauce over the crust covering it completely.
Sprinkle the Shredded Cheese over the sauce. I like lots of cheese on my pizza!
Pepperoni slices can be cut into triangles and other shapes to form the eyes on the pumpkin.
Just use a clean pair of scissors and use your imagination.
Place the cut pieces onto the cheese.
You could add olives, peppers, mushrooms, pre-cooked sausage or anchovies for other Halloween facial effects.
Once you have the face that you like, Bake the pizza according to the directions.
Let cool and serve.
This Halloween Recipe is great for a teen party activity.

Candy Halloween Recipes:

Frankenstein's' Adam Apple

(caramel apple recipe)

• 6 - Apples
• 48 - Caramel cubes
• 1 - Tablespoon water
• 6 - Wooden sticks(usually comes in package with caramels if not you can use Popsicle sticks)
• 1 - Wax paper (grease lightly and put onto a cookie sheet)

Wash and Dry the apples.
Remove the Stems by twisting them.
I also like to remove the stuff at the bottom of the apple, using my fingernails.
Insert sticks into the apples.
Put the caramels into a saucepan along with the water, melt caramels with the heat set on low.
Stir constantly until smooth.
Dip apples, covering them completely.
Place onto greased wax paper.
Store caramel apples in the refrigerator.
Let stand at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before serving.
What fun would Halloween be without a gooey caramel apple?
Don't lose this recipe, its a time tested favorite!

Ghostly Teeth

(caramel corn)

• 14 cups popcorn (popped) This works best if you don't use the microwave type)
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup butter sliced up
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cookie sheets
• 1 Oven safe bowl

Heat Oven to 200 degrees.
Remove un-popped kernels from the popcorn.
Place popcorn into a large buttered oven safe bowl and set in the oven to keep warm.
Put brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and the salt into a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Once it starts to boil, cook for 5 minutes without stirring.
If you have a candy thermometer cook until it reaches 255 degrees.
Remove from heat and add baking soda mixing well. Foaming of the mixture is typical!
Pour mixture over the popcorn.
Use greased spoons to mix it, cover the popcorn completely.
Spread onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 200 degrees for about 1 hour.
Turn popcorn occasionally with a greased spatula.
Allow to cool completely and store in covered containers.
This recipe sounds hard, but is really easy.
The key to this Halloween Recipe is to make it when its not humid out!

Popcorn Balls

(the ultimate Halloween Recipe)

• 1/2 Cup Molasses
• 1/2 Cup light Corn syrup
• 3/4 Cup butter
• 1 tsp Salt
• 8 Cups popcorn (Popped....this works better if you don't use microwaved popcorn)

Cook the molasses and corn syrup to about 270 degrees.(hard crack stage)
Stir in butter and salt.
Slowly stir the mixture into the popcorn with a greased spoon. Coating all the popcorn.
Butter your hands lightly and shape the popcorn into balls.
Mixture will be hot, use caution!
Set balls onto wax paper until cooled.
Wrap with wax paper and store in covered container.
Use orange food coloring to make these into Halloween Pumpkins to hand out at a party.
Makes 6 Halloween Pumpkin Balls.

Crispy Treats

• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 package (10 ounces) marshmallows
• 1/2 cup Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
• 6 cups crisp rice cereal
• Food coloring

lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch pan.
Melt butter or margarine in large saucepan on low heat.
Add marshmallows. Stir until completely melted.
Remove from heat.
Add food coloring orange for pumpkins,black for hats,green for Frankenstein.
Add Jiffy peanut butter.
Stir until well blended.
Add cereal and stir until well coated.
Butter hands and form into round shapes for pumpkins, or cone shape for witches hats.
Rectangle shapes will make Frankenstein.
Let cool on greased pan.
This is a great recipe that can be adapted to any holiday party.

Soft Monsters

• Marshmallows large size
• 4" sucker sticks
• Candy Melts (suggestions:orange for pumpkins, green for Frankenstein, white for ghosts)
• Decorating Gel

Insert sticks into marshmallows.
Freeze for about 15 minutes.(use a piece of Styrofoam to insert sticks into so they stand up.)
Heat one cup of candy melts on low heat in a double-boiler, stirring constantly until the candy is completely melted.
Take one or two marshmallows from the freezer and dip them into the melted candy.
If you are making ghosts, you can leave a peak at the top of the marshmallow or add it before serving by using whipped topping!
Keep finished monsters in the fridge while decorating the rest of them.
Add face features using the decorating gel.
You can make small pumpkins by using miniature marshmallows and use them to decorate a cake.
You could also take the large marshmallow monsters and use them to decorate any Halloween cake.

Miscellaneous Halloween Recipes:

Pumpkin Seeds

• Medium to Large Pumpkin
• Salt
• Cookie Sheet

Cut your Halloween pumpkin open and put the pulp and seeds into a bowl.
Separate the seeds from the pulp, discarding the stringy stuff and any chunks.
Do Not Wash the seeds to clean them, you want some pulp coating on them... it adds flavor.
Place the seeds onto a cookie sheet in a single layer.
Sprinkle with salt.
Bake at 250 degrees until slightly browned on the edges. Usually about 15-20 minutes.
Once they cool off you can dig in. This is a great Halloween Recipe. I make these every year.

Graveyard Worms

Add Gummy Worms to a container of Chocolate Pudding.
You can top with Oreo crumbs for a graveyard look. One of the easiest and quickest Halloween Recipes to create for a party!

Pumpkin Cake

Use two mini Bundt cakes to make a pumpkin.
Stack the cakes so that the two flat sides are together.
Decorate with Orange Frosting. (white frosting tinted orange) Use some black frosting to make face.