Halloween Recipes

Halloween recipes for a great halloween party.

The benefit of halloween recipes for a halloween party is that you don't need to wrap the food individually - you can present the food on platters surrounded by halloween decorations, for an added effect.

The fun part can be coming up with decorative names and labels that you place next to each platter.

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Gruesome Grins Snack Grab an apple. Cut out a grin, with a sharp knife. Push slivered almonds into top and/or bottom of apple, to represent teeth. If it will be a while before serving, paint orange or lemon juice over...
Coffin Corn Chips Snack Make a coffin-shaped box. Or if you're lazy, just a rectangular white bowl. Place skeleton box/bowl, sitting up so that he is holding a clear glass bowl of salsa. Fill coffin with corn chips. Tip...
Skeleton Bones Snack These were really easy. I used frozen sheets of butter puff pastry, from the supermarket. While the pastry is still frozen, cut with a knife and ruler into 8 rectangles. I used scissors to free-...
Halloween Eyes Snack This healthy snack will absolve you of any guilt. One piece dried apple. Then one piece dried apricot. Then one sultana or raisin.
Bat wings Entree Oven-bake chicken wings in spicy sauce.
Halloween Eyes 2 Snack These are for an adult palate. Start with an eye-shaped oval leaf such as basil (I used rocket - that's all I could find in my garden today). Place a slice of tomato on it. Then a round cheese....
Red back spiders Dessert Buy black licorice and red snakes (or red licorice) Cut black licorice into thin strips for legs. Twist four strips over each other to make 8 legs. Experiment with a black loop of licorice for the...
Witches fingers Dessert As a shortcut, I used bought cookie dough from the supermarket. Shape dough into skinny long fingers. Mark some lines with a knife, for the knuckles Place a Smarty or M&M for the fingernails...
Frozen hand punch Drink Buy a latex rubber glove and wash it thoroughly. Turn it inside out so the smooth side is on the inside. Fill it with raspberry cordial, and freeze it until rock hard. Then mix together your...
Grape eyeballs Dessert One of our neighbours did this for halloween a few years ago. She had a big box with a small hole for a hand to go through, so you couldnt see inside. It also works well if you blindfold people, so...