Banana Ghosts: |
Ingredients:
- bananas
- Popsicle sticks
- white chocolate
- raisins or
- chocolate chips
Remove stringy fibers from the peeled bananas,
then cut it in half widthwise. Push a Popsicle stick into each half through
the cut end, then cover each pop with plastic wrap and freeze until firm (about
3 hours). Place a 6-ounce piece of white chocolate candy in a microwave-safe
bowl and cook on high until melted (about 1 minute). Dip the frozen banana halves
in the melted white chocolate. Set the pops on a waxed-paper-covered dish. While
chocolate is still warm, press on candies or raisins for eyes and mouths and
return the pops to the freezer until ready to serve. |
Dirt Pudding |
Ingredients:
2 packs of chocolate pudding
orange jello
whipped cream or cool whip
gummy wormsFirst make 2 packages of your favorite chocolate
pudding according to the recipe on the pack. Put the chocolate pudding in a
clear glass container, add the gummy worms and give it a short stir. Now place
some gummy worms on top of the pudding half submerged. It looks good if a worm
is peeking out of the dirt. You can decorate the top with candy pumpkins and
ghosts. |
Ghost Pudding |
Ingredients:
2 packs of chocolate pudding
whipped cream or cool whip
chocolate chips for eyesMake 2 packs of chocolate pudding from your favorite recipe or mix, follow the recipe on the box. Place the pudding in clear containers. Now spoon on some cool whip or whipped cream on top of the pudding and place 2 chocolate chips in the cool whip to make it look like eyes. |
Ghost Toast: |
Ingredients:
Bread
Margarine
Coconut
Chocolate Chips or Raisins
Ghost Shaped Cookie CutterToast bread as usual. After bread is toasted
use a ghost shaped cookie cutter to make a ghost shape. Spread on margarine
then sprinkle coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. |
Hairy Eyeballs: |
Ingredients:
- 6 eggs, hard cooked, and peeled
- 6 oz whipped cream cheese
- 12 green olives with pimientos
- Red food coloring
Cut cooked eggs in half the long way. Remove
the yolks and fill the hole with cream cheese, leveling surface as much as possible.
Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimiento side up, for an eerie
green iris and red pupil. Dip a toothpick into red food coloring and draw broken
blood vessels in the cream cheese. |
Popcorn Balls: |
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Molasses
1/2 cup Corn syrup
1 1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
1/4 teaspoon Salt
8 cups of Popped Popcorn
Cook 1/2 cup molasses with corn syrup until the thermometer reaches about 270
degrees. Stir in the butter and salt. Have the precooked popcorn in a bowl.
Slowly stir in the mixture with a wooden spoon. Coat all of the popcorn. IMPORTANT!
Butter your hands lightly and shape the popcorn into balls. Make them the size
you want. Set them on wax paper and let them harden. Wrap the ones you don't
eat with wax paper. |
Pumpkin krispies: |
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
10 ounces marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispies
candy bits
orange food coloring1. Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and food coloring and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. 2. Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated. 3. Press mixture into balls and place on wax paper when done. |
Skeleton Hands: |
 Ingredients:
Popped popcorn
candy corn
Plastic gloves
ribbonUse clear plastic gloves (not rubber), like
the ones cafeteria workers use. The gloves can be bought at a kitchen supply
store or possibly a supermarket. Put a candy corn candy in each fingertip in
the glove so they look like fingernails. Then stuff the glove with popcorn,
and tie the end of it with black and orange curly ribbon. You can also give
these out as favors as your guests are leaving. |
Spider krispies: |
 Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
10 ounces marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispies
candy bits
black food coloring1. Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows
and food coloring and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. 2. Add
Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated. 3. Press mixture into balls and
place on wax paper when done. |
Swamp Slime |
Ingredients:
lime jello
orange jello
whipped cream or cool whip
gummy wormsMake lime jello and orange jello in two different
pots keep separate and allow to cool. Put the green jello in a clear plastic
container and wait until it is almost completely hardened and then add the orange
jello. When the jello starts to solidify, add various gummy worms & bugs, stir
and refrigerate. When you are ready add whipped cream or cool whip to the top
of the slime. Decorate with candy bugs if you have them. |
Toxic Dump Dessert |
Ingredients:
1 medium-sized bowl, clear if possible
2 large pkg. orange Jell-O
2 large pkg. blue Jell-O
Gray speckled Jelly Belly's
Gummi Lifesavers
Gummi soda bottle candies
Gummi fish candiesPlace the gray speckled Jelly Beans into the
bottom of the bowl. Cook the jello using instruction on the side of the box
and allow to cool. Cube the Jello. Mix the gummi candies all together. Pour
one fourth of the jello in bowl over jelly beans, trying not to disturb the
candy "gravel" on the bottom. Pour some of the gummi mixture over
the jello. Now add another fourth of the jello and then the gummies. Repeat
this until jello and gummies are all in. Turn just once or twice with a wooden
spoon, so you don't mess up the Jell-O too much. Refrigerate. Top with some
cool whip and you have an intoxicating dessert! |
Trail Mix: |
Ingredients:
popcorn
cereal
peanuts
raisins
potato chips
pretzelsI like Halloween popcorn "trail mix" because
no measurements are required and you can make it to suit your taste. Just mix
any or all of the ingredients in a bowl. Be sure to cover with plastic rap until
your guests arrive. Or add anything else that you like. |
Wobbling Blobs: |
 Ingredients:
2 lg. packs Strawberry-jello
4 teaspoons cornstarch
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup ApplesauceSpray 2 baking sheets with no stick vegetable
spray. Mix the jello and the cornstarch together in bowl. Stir in 3/4 cup water
and 1/2 cup applesauce. Microwave on high for 5 minutes or boil. Stir after
2-1/2 minutes and again after cooking is complete. Spoon 1 cup of mixture on
each of the baking sheets. Refrigerate 20 minutes, or until set. Cut strips
of Wobbling Blobs with sharp knife and pull off baking sheets. Place on lightly
greased tray or baking sheets. Store in refrigerator until needed. |
Pumpkin Ice Cream: |
 Ingredients:
1 cup Pumpkin; canned puree
1/2 cup Brown sugar
1/4 cup Honey
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 c Ginger Ale
1 qt Frozen vanilla Ice CreamCombine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour into dessert cups to serve. Make a face on each using corn candies. Keep
frozen until ready to eat. |