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Five Yummy Halloween Treats

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by Mary Lutz in Mom Talk

Halloween is just around the corner. Whether you’re hosting a Halloween party, going to a Harvest Party, or just have a pack of hungry ghouls, it’s fun to make creepy Halloween snacks. Here are five ideas that are sure to please kids of all ages.

1. Worms in Dirt

Ingredients

Orange or green Jello

Gummy worms

Crushed Oreo cookies

Clear plastic cups

Instructions

Prepare Jello as directed on package. Place a gummy worm in the bottom of each plastic cup. Pour Jello on top of the gummy worm, filling cup to about ½ to 1 inch from the top. Refrigerate until Jello is set. Add a layer of crumbled cookies to the top of each cup. Place a few gummy worms on top.

2. Halloween Snack Mix

Ingredients

Count Chocula or Frankenberry cereal (found in some stores around Halloween)

Candy corn

Raisins

Mini marshmallows

Small pretzels

Chocolate chips

Instructions

Mix ingredients in a large bowl or plastic pumpkin in proportions of your choice.

3. Jack O’Lantern Sandwiches

Ingredients

Whole wheat bread

Sliced ham, turkey or other sandwich meat

Sliced cheese

Mayonnaise

Instructions

Toast bread lightly. Assemble sandwiches, making sure the mayonnaise is on the bottom and the cheese on top. Use a pumpkin cookie cutter to cut a pumpkin shape out of each one. Remove the top slice of bread, and use a small triangular cutter or a knife to cut out eyes, nose and mouth. Replace the top piece of bread.

4. Fruit Eyeballs

Ingredients

Pitted dates

Cream cheese

Raisins or dried cranberries

Slice each date lengthwise. Stuff with cream cheese. Place a raisin or dried cranberry in the center for the pupil.

5. Witch Finger Cookies

Ingredients

1 c. softened butter

1 c. sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 tsp. almond extract

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 ¾ c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

¾ c. whole blanched almonds

Red paste-type food coloring

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix dry ingredients except whole almonds. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and almond and vanilla extracts. Beat in dry ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

While waiting, dilute some of the red food coloring with water. Brush onto the almonds.

Remove one-fourth of the dough from the refrigerator at a time. Roll heaping teaspoons of dough into a finger shape, making them somewhat smaller than you want the finished cookie to be. Press an almond into one end as a fingernail. Squeeze the center of each cookie in slightly, and use a knife to make slashes for knuckles.

Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until pale golden brown. Let cool on wire rack.

photo credit: lostinmiami

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About the author  Mary Lutz began blogging in 2004 on her personal blog. In June of 2008, she began her own Virtual Assistant Business, and discovered her passion for writing. Besides writing for her own blogs, she also writes for other Work at Home Mom sites. Read more from this author

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