| There thousands of Halloween recipes that you can | | | | planning your menu, don't focus only on spooky cakes |
| create to leave your guests screaming with delight (or | | | | and cookies, but on savory (and spooky) snacks your |
| sometimes disgust-- but in a good way!). Preparing | | | | guests will actually want to eat. And that won't give |
| creepy-looking Halloween food that also tastes utterly | | | | them sugar shock. Need a few ideas? Here are three |
| delicious can be a bit of a challenge... but with the right | | | | easy ways to make your Halloween food look just a |
| recipes, it can be a lot easier than you might think! The | | | | little spookier this year. |
| simple Halloween party food ideas below are the | | | | 1. Bloody Breadstick Bones. Love to serve |
| perfect thing to frighten your guests... but without | | | | breadsticks? Transform them for Halloween! This is so |
| scaring away their appetites! | | | | easy to do, you don't even need a real recipe. Just |
| Dreadful Halloween Desserts | | | | open a package of refrigerated breadstick dough and |
| Don't forget the sweet stuff! After all, it is Halloween; a | | | | separate the individual rectangles. Gently lengthen each |
| holiday well known for sugar-filled feasts and spooky | | | | breadstick by pulling the ends. Then to create the bone |
| costumes. Here are a few of my favorite scary | | | | shape, cut a 1 inch slit in the middle of each end. Roll |
| dessert recipes for your guests to scream over after | | | | the sides of the slit into little knobs so they look like the |
| the rest of the Halloween food is gone. | | | | ends of a bone. Sprinkle each bone with sea salt, garlic |
| 1. Creepy Cupcakes. Cupcakes always are a popular | | | | powder, and finely grated parmesan cheese, and bake |
| favorite at parties. To stick with the theme, add some | | | | according to the package directions. Serve your |
| food coloring to your cupcake batter and decorate | | | | breadstick bones with tomato-based "bloody" dipping |
| them with colored frosting and sprinkles to make them | | | | sauce for a spooky but tasty bonus. |
| look like jack-o-lanterns, zombies, bugs, or eyeballs. | | | | 2. Use unique serving dishes. Use small pumpkins |
| You can even use a small cupcake pan to make mini | | | | carved as jack-o-lanterns to hold serving bowls for |
| zombies or mummies if you like! | | | | dips, such as guacamole or bean dip. Not only do they |
| 2. Witches Finger Cookies. Serve up "severed fingers" | | | | make great bowls for your Halloween food, but they |
| by using shortbread cookie dough to make the finger | | | | also help make the table look more festive. |
| shapes, then press an almond into the end for the | | | | 3. Creepy Crawly Spiders. Make creepy "spider |
| "fingernail." Then frost them with red icing on the ends | | | | snacks" by sticking small pretzel sticks into |
| to up the "ewww" factor. | | | | personal-sized cheese rounds (like Babybels) to create |
| 3. Build a Dessert Graveyard. Bring out some old | | | | the body of a spider. Add raisins, peppercorns, or pine |
| fashioned fall favorites such as pumpkin pie, but use | | | | nuts for eyes. They're too good to get grossed out by! |
| crumbled Oreos for the topping. Then, stick some small | | | | As you can see, Halloween party food should be |
| fake tombstones (or cookies that look like tombstones, | | | | anything but boring! All it takes is a little imagination to |
| such as Milano cookies) on top to create the image of | | | | make for a great party. Plus, preparing these recipes is |
| a grave yard! | | | | fun for children as well as adults, which means fun for |
| Spooky Halloween Appetizers | | | | the whole family... and it leaves you plenty of time to |
| While sweets and chips are great, most people will | | | | get into your costume! After all, you dress yourself up |
| agree that small savory appetizers are probably the | | | | for this awesome holiday... so why not do the same |
| best choice for Halloween party food. So when | | | | with your Halloween food? |