Recipes for Halloween
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HALLOWEEN BLACK SPIDER CAKE
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 INGREDIENTS
--Batter--
18-1/4oz. box white cake mix
1-4 pkg green
gelatin
--Frosting--
Blue food
coloring
--Decorations--
4 black
licorice
2 big green gumballs
6 little gumballs
Chocolate frosting
DIRECTIONS
1. Prepare cake and gelatin according to
package directions.
Except use 9" round cake pans for the
cake.
2. Cut a smaller circle out of one cake
and using it as the head.
3. Fill the hole left over with gelatin.
4. Place the other layer on top and trim
to shape.
5. To prepare frosting, in a mixing
bowl, add blue food coloring
to chocolate frosting until black in color.
6. Frost cake black.
Then, use the black licorice as
legs and gumballs as eyes.
NOTE : When cake is cut into, it oozes
Orange Frosting Recipe
Mix confectioner's sugar with just enough milk
to give it a spreading consistency.Add orange food coloring and a few drops of orange
extract. Stir until smooth and spread on the cookies.
Jack-O-Lantern Sandwiches
You will need: whole wheat bread slices,cheese slices and Mayonnaise
For each sandwich,cut a smiling
jack-o-lantern face out of a slice of bread.Spread mayonnaise on another slice of
bread,lay a cheese slice on top
and cover with a slice of bread from which you have cut out the jack-o-lantern face.
CAT COOKIES
Chocolate sandwich
cookies
white frosting
candy corn
mini baking bits
red/black licorice
lace
Spread each cookie on one side with
frosting.
Dab some frosting on the bottom of 2 pieces of candy corn and place on top of cookie for
ears,
may have to hold for a minute.
Decorate the "face" of the cat with mini baking bits for eyes
and red licorice for nose and black for whiskers.
Mystic Punch
Make ice cubes with raisins in them
4 1-pint bottles cranberry juice
2 cups peach juice
1 cup fresh lime juice
2 cups orange juice
Sugar to taste
In a punch bowl mix all juices.
Add the ice cubes with "insects" (raisins) in them!
Vampire Punch
8 cups cranberry juice
6 cups sparkling apple juice
6 orange slices
Put all ingredients in a punch bowl.
Add ice cubes before serving.
Popcorn Balls
2 quarts popped popcorn
1 14-oz package light caramels
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2 tbsp. water
Keep popcorn warm in a 200 degree oven.
Melt caramels in top of double
boiler over simmering water.
Add corn syrup and water and mix until smooth.
Slowly pour over popcorn in a large bowl. Stir
to mix well.
With greased hands, shape into balls
about the size of softballs.
Let cool completely before wrapping with plastic wrap.
Caramel Marshmallow Apples
1 package (14 oz) caramels
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 tbsp water
5 or 6 small
apples
Wooden skewers
Line baking sheet with buttered waxed paper;
set aside. Combine caramels, marshmallows
and water in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until caramels melt. Cool slightly while preparing
apples. Rinse and dry apples. Insert
skewers into apples. Dip each apple in caramel mixture, coating apples. Place on prepared sheet. Refrigerate until
firm.For variety, roll apples in crushed
peanuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.
Flies in Slime
Take raisins and add slivered almonds ....2
almonds inserted into a raisin to
look like wings....and suspend in green jello and call it flies in slime.....gross, but kids love it.
Trick or Treat Pie
6 to 8 servings
1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
2 cups coarsely chopped candy, divided (see
Note)
One prepared 9-inch graham cracker pie crust
1 container (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping,
thawed
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the ice cream and 1-1/2 cups of the candy; mix well.
Spoon into the pie crust then spread the whipped topping evenly over the top. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup candy. Cover loosely and freeze for at least 2 hours before
serving.
NOTE: Chocolate-covered candy bars work best,
but candy corn,
M&M's, gumdrops and other soft
candies are super here, too.
Take a plastic glove, latex or clear plastic.
If gloves have a powdery residue inside,
turn inside out and soak in warm water or wipe with soapy water and rinse.
Allow gloves to dry. Put a few gummy
worms in gloves.
Add enough prepared KOOL -AID soft drink mix
to fill gloves, but not so full that the fingers will not move. Fasten glove tightly with twist tie.
Place paper towels on a cookie sheet and lay "hands" on paper towels. Freeze.
When frozen solid, carefully use scissors to cut gloves off frozen "hands".
Float "hands" in bowl of punch.
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