Pumpkin Gut Nachos

Serving Size: varies

Ingredients:

• 1 C. shredded Cheddar cheese

• 1/4 C. sliced almonds

• 1/4 C. Mayonnaise

• 1/4 tsp. red chili powder (optional)

Preparation:

Mix together all ingredients until smooth. Spread cheese mixture over nacho chips and broil in a 350 degree oven until the cheese is slightly toasted.

Pond Scum

Serving Size: 4

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. 4 serving size green Jell-O

• 1 pkg. gummy worms

Preparation:

Prepare Jell-O according to package directions. Pour Jell-O into four equal serving sized clear plastic cups, or you can use a bowl. Once the Jell-O has almost set, add gummy worms to the top and serve.

Peanut Butter Caterpillars

• bananas

• peanut butter

• grapes

• chow mien noodles

Peel and slice a banana. Join the slices together by "gluing" them with peanut butter. Carefully poke two chow mien noodles (or break a pretzel stick in half to make two pieces) through the top of the grape. Use more peanut butter to attach the head (grape) to the front of the body, with antennae (chow mien noodles) pointing up.

Muenster Beetles

• crunchy chow mien noodles

• muenster cheese (or other soft block cheese)

Cut cheese into 2" x 1" rectangular blocks. Gently insert three chow mien noodles on each side of cheese block for legs. Using two broken chow mien noodles, insert into "head" as antennae.

Note: Cheddar makes a bright and colorful beetle, but can be very frustrating for little fingers as the cheese is a bit too hard to press the noodles into without breaking. Use softer cheese such as Gouda, Havarti, Monterey jack, or even mozzarella.

Cookie Spiders

• black or chocolate licorice twists

• fudge sandwich cookies

• chocolate frosting

• red cinnamon candies

Cut licorice in half. Remove the top of each sandwich cookie; press 8 licorice pieces into the fudge center to resemble spider legs. Spread a little chocolate frosting over the licorice; replace cookie tops. Frost the tops of the spider cookies with frosting. Place red cinnamon candies on top for eyes.

Bugs on a Log

• celery stalks

• peanut butter

• raisins

Spread peanut butter onto washed and drained celery stalks. Top with raisins. For children who are allergic to peanuts, try using cream cheese or processed cheese spread in place of the peanut butter.

Ants in the Sand

• graham crackers, crushed

• chocolate sprinkles

• snack sized resealable plastic bags

To crush graham crackers, place inside a large (gallon size) resealable plastic bag. Using a rolling pin, smash crackers through bag by rolling back and forth over them until they are all in crumb form.

Fill snack sized resealable bags halfway with graham cracker crumbs. Add a small handful of chocolate sprinkles to the bags and seal.

Sweet Witch Treat

CRAFT MATERIALS:

• Black trash bag

• Scissors

• Flat green lollipops (wrapped) or

• Use the caramel apple suckers (wrapped)

• Black yarn

• Glue

• Googly eyes

• Green yarn

• Black card stock

• Red construction paper

Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. To make the cape, cut a 3-inch square out of the trash bag. Then secure one end around the top of the lollipop handle with a piece of black yarn.

2. 2. Glue googly eyes and green yarn hair to the lollipop wrapper. Cut a witch's hat from black card stock and glue it on top of the hair.

1. To finish, cut a mouth from the red construction paper and glue it into place.

Bug Juice

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 Can Hi-C Ecto Cooler(the green kind)

• 2-2 liter Sprite

• 1 container green sherbet

Preparation:

Mix first two ingredients in large punch bowl, add sherbet to keep the mix cool. This recipe can be doubled, tripled, etc.

Glycol Punch

Serving Size: Varies

Notes:

This punch has a fantastic color. The punch also tastes pretty good. If you want an excellent effect for punch this is the one to go for. Diet Mountain Dew produces the best color.

Ingredients:

• 2 liters of Diet Mountain Dew

• 1 pkg. Blue Kool-Aide prepared

• large punch bowl

Preparation:

In a large punch bowl add the Diet Mountain Dew. Add in enough of the prepared Blue Kool-Aide to obtain the Glycol color. We obtained our color with about 3 cups of Kool-Aide.

Monster Toes

Recipe Ingredients:

• Cocktail wieners

• 6-inch tortillas

• Ketchup or mustard

• Toothpicks

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut a wedge into the end of each cocktail wiener to make a toenail.

2. Cut the tortillas into strips about 4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. Discard the ends.

3. Soften the strips in the microwave between damp paper towels for 10 to 30 seconds.

4. Roll each wiener in a tortilla strip and secure with a toothpick.

5. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes. Remove them from the oven, then fill the toenail with ketchup or mustard. Remove the toothpicks before serving.

Finger Pizza

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 red bell pepper

• 12 mozzarella sticks

• 1 COOKED pizza crust

• pizza sauce

Preparation:

Spread pizza sauce on cooked crust. Form fingers by slicing mozzarella sticks in half lengthwise, then width wise. Put a notch in the rounded tip. Cut pepper lengthwise and then again width wise, so they look like a fingernail. Arrange cheese(fingers) on pizza crust and place fingernails in the notch. Heat until cheese just starts to melt.

Edible Fingers

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 5 hot dogs

• 1 package refrigerated biscuit dough

• 10 sliced almonds

Preparation:

Preheat oven to the temperature on the biscuit package. Separate biscuit dough into individual pieces. Roll and stretch a biscuit until flat.

Cut each hot dog in half. Lay a half of hot dog in the center of a flattened biscuit and roll dough around the hot dog until it is enclosed in the biscuit.

Place wrapped hot dot on a cookie sheet. Repeat the above steps until you have 10 wrapped hot dogs,aka "fingers".

Place a sliced almond at one end of each wrapped hot dog so it loks like a fingernail.

You can also use a toothpick to make knuckle lines. B your fingers for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with some ketchup (blood) at the severed end, if you want.

Deviled Eyeballs

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 12 eggs, hard-cooked, cooled and peeled

• 24 green olives stuffed with pimientos

• Miracle Whip

• Mustard

Preparation:

Half eggs lengthwise, take out yolks. Mix yolks, some miracle whip and mustard until you have a smooth paste. Spoon this mixture back into the eggs. Add one olive to the center of the mixture in the egg.

Choco Lanterns

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 ct Cool Whip

• 2 lg pkg Jello chocolate pudding

• 12 mini pumpkins

• green food coloring

Preparation:

Prepare Jello pudding according to package directions. Chill until firm. Cut the tops off the pumpkins and remove most of the interior with a sharp knife. Then scoop to even out the inside. Draw faces with perminate marker on pumpkins, you may need another pkg of pudding if your pumpkins run big. Scoop pudding into pumpkins until full. Mix Cool Whip and green food coloring and top pumpkins with a spoonful. Keep cool until ready to serve.

Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c Butter

• 10 c Crispy rice cereal

• 9 c Miniature marshmallows

• 2 c Mixture of candy corn and Indian candy corn

• 3/4 c Miniature chocolate chips

• Candy pumpkins

• Yellow and red food coloring

Preparation:

Melt butter and marshmallows; stir until smooth. In a large bowl, mix rice cereal, candy corn and miniature chips together. To marshmallow mixture, blend in 2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring, adding more coloring if necessary to reach desired shade. Add marshmallow mixture to cereal mixture; stir quickly to combine. Spread on a large buttered pan; press with buttered hands. While warm, press on candy pumpkins spaced 1 to 1/2-2 inches apart. Refrigerate.