Monster Mash (Popcorn Snack)
Ingrediants
10 cups - Popcorn (popped)
1 bag (16 ounce) - M&M's
1 bag (14 ounce) - Chocolate covered peanuts
1 cup - Candy corn
1 cup - Peanut butter chips
Preparation
In a large bowl combine 10 cups popped popcorn, 1 16-ounce bag of M&Ms, a 14-ounce bag of chocolate covered peanuts, 1 cup candy corn and 1 cup peanut butter chips. Place 1 cup each in a plastic storage bag.
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Squirmy Worms (Gelatin Snack)
Ingrediants
2 cans - Apricot halves packed in light syrup
4 envelopes - Unflavored gelatin
2 cups - Orange juice
Preparation
Place apricots in colander and let drain. Place drained apricots in food processor, cover, and whirl until well blended.
Place gelatin in 3-quart pan, add orange juice, and let stand for 5 minutes to soften gelatin.
Place pan on burner and bring to a boil over medium/high heat, stirring with whisk. Turn off burner and remove pan to rack. Add apricots and mix with whisk until well blended. Pour into baking pan, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about 4 hours, until set.
Use butter knife to cut gelatin crosswise into 9-inch long, 1-inch wide strips. (you should have about 13 strips) Use spatula to remove strips to serving plate. Use your hands to twist strips into worm shapes.
Makes 13 worms.
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Jolly Roger (Fruit Snack)
Ingrediants
4 - Bananas
1 can - Pear halves (drained)
1 handful - Raisins
Strawberry or raspberry fruit sauce or "all fruit" preserves
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut bananas in half lengthwise and place 2 halves, or bones, crisscrossed in X shapes in a baking dish or on a cookie sheet. Place your pear-half skulls on top of the banana X's, curved side up.
With a blunt knife, make 2 small slits in the pears for the eyes. Insert a raisin in each slit. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven and carefully transfer to individual serving plates. Drip some fruit sauce blood around your creepy crossbones.
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Frozen Gnats (Chocolate Raisins)
Ingrediants
8 ounces - Semisweet chocolate chips
9 ounces - Raisins
1 small package - Shredded coconut
6 ounces - Lime gelatin powder
Preparation
Heat 2 inches of water to simmering, not boiling, in the bottom of a double boiler. Place the chocolate chips in the top of the double boiler. Set the top into the bottom part and melt over low heat. Once the chocolate begins to melt, stir constantly until it is fully melted. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for about 5 minutes.
To prepare gnats, spear raisins on each tine of a fork. Dip the fork into the melted chocolate, and then arrange the raisins on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Repeat until all of the raisins are chocolate covered.
Stick 2 pieces of shredded coconut antennae onto each raisin and freeze for 20 to 30 minutes.
Prepare the gelatin according to the directions on the package. Pour into individual dessert bowls and set in the freezer for 20 minutes, or until the gelatin begins to harden. Remove the gelatin when it is partially set and arrange the gnats on top. Refrigerate until the gelatin sets completely.
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Ghoul Kisses (Cheese and Crackers)
Ingrediants
½ pound - Fresh peas (in the pod)
8 ounces - Cream cheese (softened)
6 - Large round crackers (about 3-inches)
6 ounces - Pimentos (drained)
1 cup - Raisins
Green food coloring
Preparation
Open the pea pods and remove the peas into a bowl; set aside. In another small bowl, mix food coloring, drop by drop, into the cream cheese, stirring with a spoon until the desired shade of green is reached.
Spread a large thin oval of cream cheese on each cracker. Use clean scissors to cut pimentos into upper and lower lip shapes - you'll need 1 upper and 1 lower for each cracker.
Using extra cream cheese, if necessary, to adhere lips to crackers, place a set of lips on top of each cracker, surrounding the oval of cream cheese. This will form your open mouth. Place 2 rows of peas and raisins (rotten teeth) between each set of lips. Arrange on a serving platter.
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