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What kid doesn't love Halloween? Some of us grownups seem to get a kick out of it as well... Here are some really easy, kid-friendly recipes you can use for Halloween parties or special Halloween treats!
Ingredients:
6 apples
1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels
2 tablespoons milk
Directions:
Lightly butter a baking sheet and set aside. Remove the stem from each apple and stick a craft (popsicle) stick into the top of each apple. Unwrap caramels and place caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave approximately 2 minutes, stirring half way through. Carefully remove caramel from microwave and let cool for about 1 minute. Quickly roll each apple in caramel until well coated. Place on prepared baking tray and allow to set.
Ingredients:
* Be warned this mixture is very rich and contains quite a bit of sugar… serve in small amounts!
1(11 ounce) package of small pretzels
1 (10 ounce) package miniature peanut butter filled crackers
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 (10 ounce) package M&M's
1 (18 ounce) package candy corn
Directions:
In a large bowl combiner pretzels and peanut butter crackers and set aside. In a large saucepan combine sugar, butter and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat and simmer for approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over pretzel mixture and stir until coated. Transfer mixture to a greased baking pan.
Bake at 250F for 45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and break apart while warm then allow to cool completely. Transfer to large bowl and toss with candy corn and M&M's. Store in an airtight container.
Ingredients:
10 cups prepared popcorn
1 package peanut butter chips
1 cup candy corn
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple cider
1 (16 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 cinnamon sticks
2 cloves
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Simmer over low heat for approximately 15 minutes. Transfer to punch bowl and serve.
Ingredients:
1 (12-ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 (1-liter) bottles of ginger ale
1 package orange sherbet
Directions:
In a punch bowl combine condensed milk and orange juice concentrate. Add ginger ale and mix well. Right before serving top with scoops of orange sherbet and serve.
Ingredients:
*These are great for serving in party punch or drinks.
Water
Raisins
Directions:
Fill ice cube tray with water and place a raising in each ice cube. Freeze and use.
Ingredients:
6 hot dogs
1 package ready to bake pastry
Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Wrap each hot dog in a pastry sheet and lightly brush with melted butter. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top. Place "mummy dogs" on a lightly greased baking tray and bake at 350F for approximately 15 minutes or until golden and baked through. Top with "blood" (ketchup) and serve.
Ingredients:
6 hamburgers or veggie burgers
6 slices cheese
Pitted olives
Red and green bell peppers
6 lettuce leaves
6 hamburger buns (split)
Directions:
Using a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter cut cheese into pumpkin shapes. Cut olives into shapes for eyes and nose.
Cut bell peppers into shapes for mouth and pumpkin top (green pepper). Cook burgers according to recipe and during the last few minutes of cooking top with cheese. Carefully remove and place into lettuce-lined buns. Garnish pumpkin face using olives and peppers. Serve open top.
Ingredients:
2 packages red gelatine
Vanilla ice cream
Raisins
Red decorating jell
Directions:
Prepare jello according to package instructions. Fill individual glass serving bowls with jello and place in refrigerator to set.
Once jello has set, using a spoon scoop out a circle of jello in center of bowl. Fill circle with one scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Place one raisin in center of ice cream and using red decorating jell paint lines going down the side. This will create a "bloodshot eye" swimming in "blood".
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups self-rising flour
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon all spice
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions:
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar and spices. In a separate bowl combine beaten eggs, vegetable oil and pumpkin puree.
Mix well and add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture. Mix well. Fold in chopped walnuts (if using). Place in a lightly greased pumpkin shaped baking tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for approximately 25 minutes or until golden and baked through. Decorate with orange frosting, candy corn and liquorice to form a pumpkin face.
Tip: If you don’t have a pumpkin shaped baking tin, you can use a regular tin and decorate as a pumpkin for a similar effect.
Ingredients:
Prepared Cupcakes
Frosting of choice
1 package gummy worms
1 package chocolate cookies or graham crackers
Directions:
Place a few cookies in a plastic bag and using the back of your hand or a rolling pin press down until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Using a teaspoon make a small well in the center of each cupcake. Frost cupcakes around well and sprinkle with cookie crumb mixture. Stick a gummy worm into the center of each cupcake.
Ingredients:
4 large egg whites
2 cups icing sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250F. In a large bowl beat egg whites until stiff. Gradually start adding the sugar, one tablespoon at a time.
Keep beating and adding sugar until you have a meringue. Line baking trays with paper. Using a piping bag with a plain nozzle pipe a straight meringue bone line (approximately 4 inches long). Pipe a meringue ball at the end of each bone. If necessary shape bones further using a small knife. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until bones have dried out.
Remove from oven and let cool on paper.
Makes: 12 Muffins
Oven Temperature: 400 degrees
Baking time: 20-25 minutes
Dry Mixture:
2 Cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
½ teaspoon Ground ginger
½ Cup Raisins (optional)
Moist Mixture:
1Large Egg
1/3 cup Butter
2/3 Cup Lightly packed brown sugar
¾ Cup Milk
¾ Cup Pumpkin Pie Filling
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare 12 muffin cups.
In a large bowl combine well the dry mixture.
Melt butter.
In a medium bowl beat eggs lightly and combine all ingredients of the moist mixture.
Make a well in the dry mixture and add the wet mixture all at once.
Stir until batter is blended but still lumpy.
Fill the 12 prepared muffin cups completely full.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 (16oz) can pumpkin
1 Cup sugar
4 Eggs (beaten)
1 Can sweetened condensed milk
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping:
1 box carrot cake mix
1-3/4 sticks oleo (melted)
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans (optional)
Directions:
Mix together pumpkin, sugar, eggs, spices, and milk. Pour into 9x13 inch greased pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mix, then drizzle oleo over dry mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Sprinkle pecans over top and press lightly into cake. Served with whipped cream.
Makes: 16 Servings
Bake: at 350 degrees
Time: 65-70 minutes
Ingredients:
1 and ½ Cups butter or margarine, softened
2 and ¾ Cups of Sugar
6 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
3 Cups All-purpose flour
¾ Teaspoon ground Cinnamon
½ Teaspoon Baking powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
½ Teaspoon ground Ginger
¼ Teaspoon ground Cloves
1 Cup canned pumpkin
Sauce:
1 Cup packed Brown sugar
½ Cup whipping cream
¼ Cup corn syrup
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
½ cup chopped Walnuts
½ Teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin, beating just until combined. Pour into two greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
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