Fun and Gross Recipes for Halloween

Looking for a way to make your Halloween recipes fun for the kids?  Busy moms will enjoy these quick and easy ideas for Halloween party food.  

There’s more than trick-or-treat going on — why not gross the kids out with your scary recipes.  They’ll absolutely love it!

Graveyard Cupcakes  

Ingredients: 

Prepared Cupcakes 
Frosting of choice
1 package gummy worms
1 package chocolate cookies or graham crackers

Directions: 

Place a few cookies in a plastic bag and using the back of your hand or a rolling pin press down until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.  Using a teaspoon make a small well in the center of each cupcake.  Frost cupcakes around well and sprinkle with cookie crumb mixture.  Stick a gummy worm into the center of each cupcake.

 

Skeleton Bones  

Ingredients: 

4 large egg whites
2 cups icing sugar  

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 250F.  In a large bowl beat egg whites until stiff.  Gradually start adding the sugar, one tablespoon at a time.

Keep beating and adding sugar until you have a meringue.   Line baking trays with paper.  Using a piping bag with a plain nozzle pipe a straight meringue bone line (approximately 4 inches long). Pipe a meringue ball at the end of each bone.  If necessary shape bones further using a small knife.

Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until bones have dried out.  Remove from oven and let cool on paper.

 

Monster Party Mix  

Ingredients: 

* Be warned this mixture is very rich and contains quite a bit of sugar — serve in small amounts!
 
1(11 ounce) package of small pretzels
1 (10 ounce) package miniature peanut butter filled crackers 
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 (10 ounce) package M&M’s
1 (18 ounce) package candy corn 

Directions: 

In a large bowl combiner pretzels and peanut butter crackers and set aside.  In a large saucepan combine sugar, butter and corn syrup.  Bring to a boil over medium heat and simmer for approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda.  Pour over pretzel mixture and stir until coated.  Transfer mixture to a greased baking pan. 

Bake at 250F for 45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and break apart while warm then allow to cool completely.  Transfer to large bowl and toss with candy corn and M&M’s.  Store in an airtight container.

 

Easy Halloween Party Mix

Ingredients: 

10 cups prepared popcorn
1 package peanut butter chips
1 cup candy corn
1 cup chocolate chips 

Directions: 

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.

 

Hot Witch’s Cider  

Ingredients: 

1 gallon apple cider
1 (16 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 cinnamon sticks
2 cloves  

Directions: 

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.  Simmer over low heat for approximately 15 minutes.  Transfer to punch bowl and serve.

 

Pumpkin & Goblins Punch  

Ingredients: 

1 (12-ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 (1-liter) bottles of ginger ale
1 package orange sherbet
 
Directions:
 
In a punch bowl combine condensed milk and orange juice concentrate.  Add ginger ale and mix well.  Right before serving top with scoops of orange sherbet and serve.

 

Scary Frozen Bugs 

Ingredients: 

*These are great for serving in party punch or drinks.

Water
Raisins 

Directions: 

Fill ice cube tray with water and place a raising in each ice cube.  Freeze and use. 

 

Mummy Dogs  

Ingredients: 

6 hot dogs
1 package ready to bake pastry
Parmesan cheese 

Directions: 

Wrap each hot dog in a pastry sheet and lightly brush with melted butter.  Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top.  Place “mummy dogs” on a lightly greased baking tray and bake at 350F for approximately 15 minutes or until golden and baked through.  Top with “blood” (ketchup) and serve. 

 

Halloween Burgers  

Ingredients: 

6 hamburgers or veggie burgers 
6 slices cheese
Pitted olives
Red and green bell peppers
6 lettuce leaves
6 hamburger buns (split) 

Directions: 

Using a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter cut cheese into pumpkin shapes.  Cut olives into shapes for eyes and nose.

Cut bell peppers into shapes for mouth and pumpkin top (green pepper). Cook burgers according to recipe and during the last few minutes of cooking top with cheese. 

Carefully remove and place into lettuce-lined buns.  Garnish pumpkin face using olives and peppers.  Serve open top.

 

Ghostly Eyeballs  

Ingredients: 

2 packages red gelatine
Vanilla ice cream
Raisins
Red decorating jell 

Directions: 

Prepare jello according to package instructions.  Fill individual glass serving bowls with jello and place in refrigerator to set. 

Once jello has set, using a spoon scoop out a circle of jello in center of bowl.  Fill circle with one scoop of vanilla ice cream. 

Place one raisin in center of ice cream and using red decorating jell paint lines going down the side.  This will create a “bloodshot eye” swimming in “blood”.

 

Make your Halloween recipes fun this year, and impress the kids with these gross recipes for Halloween!

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