Ghost Suckers
Eyeballs
Ghost Hand Punch
Green Slime
Graveyard Cake
Bug Cookies
Tomb Stone Cake
Witch Cup Cakes
Chocolate Spiders
Halloween Worms
Cat Dump Casserole
Kitty Litter Cake
Monster Hands
Spider Cake
Cool Whip Grave Yard Dessert
Pumpkin Patch Cake
Black Kool-Aid
Aquarium Jello
Toxic Aquarium Jello
Cheesecloth Ghosts
Chocolate Spiders and Webs
Crispy Marshmallow Ghosts
Goblin Balls
Orange Worms
Critters In The Hay
Fudgy Bat Cookies
Ghost Cookies
Jack O Lantern Cookies
Jack-O'-Lantern Pie
Day Old Bathwater
Nasty Spider Cake
Black Cat Cupcakes
Dirt Cups
Decorated 1/4 sheet (9by13) of rice crispy treats
Frogís Eyes
Dem Bones
Voodoo Witchís Hands
Blood-shot Eyeballs
Kitty Litter Box Cake
Bloody Hands
Boogers On A Stick
Ghost Cookies
Ghoul-Ade
Ghosts On Broomsticks
Pus Pockets
Fungus Among Us Vegetable Salad

Betsy, NY (07:25:46 am) :
KIDS' PARTY IDEAS
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"I took Polaroid pictures of each kid as they arrived and attached
to the premade up goody bags." Linda Gross -- Springfield, VA.

Ghost Suckers:

Take a round-headed lollipop. Lay the head in the center
of a white handkerchief (disposable tissue or cloth depending on how
classy/expensive you want). Fold and gather the handkerchief down around
the stick and tie just below the head with a thread/ribbon/rubber band.
Add 2 black dots for eyes. Voila - a ghost. These make good party favors.
I've got a book that suggests writing the invitation around the outside of
the handkerchief before assembling and mailing them in padded envelopes.

Eyeballs:

Make Rice Krispie Treats and form the treats into balls, about 1
or 2 inches across. Add a pastel M&M or other small round candy for the
iris and dot the candy with frosting or gel for the pupil. A big hit at a
recent 8-year old party and my 5-year old is eager to try it out.

Ghost Hand Punch:

Ahead of time, buy some new latex gloves. Wash one out
and fill with water. Fasten the arm closed and freeze it. Float it in
the punch before serving. (Source - a magazine my son picked up at
McDonalds today)

Green Slime:

Serve lime jello out of a bowl. Don't cut it nicely - slop it out.

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Betsy, NY (07:56:32 am) :
I'm sorry, I don't know the source of these ideas:

Graveyard Cake.

you make a sheet cake & frost with chocolate frosting. Then you
cover it with crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, so it looks
like dirt.

To make headstones use a flat vanilla cookie
(rectangle shaped) and decorated with icing, use gravestone
motifs like: RIP, skulls, etc.

Put the headstones on the cake, standing up to looke like headstones.

Add some small Halloween decorations, like ghosts, witches,
black cats.

Another cake idea is THE BLACK CAT. many of you may have already seen
this.

You take two round cake layers. One you leave whole, the other is
cut so there is three pieces; one bow shaped (middle) and two
kind of long ovid shaped ones (either end), I can't figure out how to
draw a picture of it.

Anyway you take the bow shaped piece and put it on the bottom of
the cake, like a bow tie.

Take one of the ovid shaped pieces and cut in half the short way,
so you have to triangle shaped pieces. Put on top of the round
layer, like ears.

Eat the third piece.

Frost the whole thing with dark chocolate frosting. Pipe on eyes
with green frosting, and nose & lips with red; use licorice shoe
laces for wiskers.

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Betsy, NY (08:23:28 am) :
From: doodis@aol.com (DOODIS)
Date: 1995/09/29
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes

Bug Cookies- Buy Mallomars or other fluffy chocolate covered cookies,
black or brown pipe cleaners, white letter icing in a tube and mini
chocolate chips. Snip and bend pipe cleaners and stick them into
marshmellow for bug legs. Put big dalops of icing with mini chocolate
chips in the center for eyes.

Tomb Stone Cake- Bake a cake in a 9x12 pan. When cool, round off two
of the corners to make the shape of a headstone. Frost with cookies and
cream frosting (this makes it look like granite) and use dark icing in
tube or black licorice laces to write RIP, Happy Halloween, or any other
message you want.

Witch Cup Cakes- Make cup cakes. Add green food color to white
frosting to frost cup cakes. Make witch face with an assortment of items-
like black licorice laces for hair, for eyes use mini M&Ms, Butterfinger
BBs or other small candies, peanuts in the shell for nose, chocolate
chips for moles, etc. Just be creative!

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Cora, NC (08:27:04 am) : My best idea for kids Halloween parties,costumes
and food is to get THE PENNY WHISTLE HALLOWEEN BOOK, by Meredith Brokaw and
Annie Gilbar, ISBN 0-671-73791-0 in paperback. It has great ideas for entire
parties and lots of ideas to build upon to suit your needs. It's great!
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Betsy, NY (08:39:11 am) :
From: Michael mprothro@nwark.com
Newsgroups: rec.food.baking

Title: CHOCOLATE SPIDERS
Categories: Kids, Halloween, Candies
Yield: 2 Dozen

12 oz Twizzlers; chocolate flavor
4 oz Milk chocolate candy melts

Cut twizzlers into 1 1/2" pieces. Slice each piece in half
lengthwise. On waxed paper place 4 legs (pieces) on each side and
then drop 1 tsp melted candy in middle for body. Use a toothpick to
smooth to uniform circle and connect all candy pieces. Cool
completely before removing from waxed paper.

Source: Gifts That Taste Good (ISBN 0-942237-09-9)

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Betsy, NY (08:56:34 am) :
From: Mimi Hiller mimi@cyber-kitchen.com
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking

Source Sunset Magazine

Halloween Worms

Cooking time: ~ 5 min.

Prep time: ~ 15 min., plus overnight chilling

Notes: Use a cleaned 1-quart milk or orange juice carton to hold straws

1 pkg. (6 oz.) raspberry or grape flavor gelatin
3 envelopes unflavored gelatin
3 cups boiling water
100 flexible plastic straws
1 tall (same height as extended straws), slend 4 cup container
3/4 cup whipping cream
12 to 15 drops green food coloring

1.In a bowl, combine gelatins.
2.Add boiling water; stir until gelatins completely dissolve.
3.Chill until lukewarm, about 20 min.
4.Meanwhile, gently pull straws to extend to full length; place in tall
container.
5.Blend cream and food coloring with the lukewarm gelatin mixture.
6.Pour into container, filling straws.
7.Chill until gelatin is firm, at least 8 hours, or cover and chill up to
2 days.
8.Pull straws from container (if using a carton, tear carton away from
straws).
9.Pull straws apart; run hot tap water for about 2 seconds over 3 to 4
straws at a time.
10.Starting at the empty ends, push worms from straws with rolling pin, or
use your fingers; lay worms on waxed
paper-lined baking sheets.
11.Cover and chill until ready to use, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
12.Worms will hold at room temp. up to 2 hours.

Per worm: 17 cal., 42% (7.2 cal. from fat; 0.4 g. protein; 0.8 g fat (0.5 g
sat.); 2 g carbo.; 6.8 mg sodium; 3 mg chol.

Makes about 100, including a few casualties.

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Kim, NY (10:06:13 am) : First time chatting - hope I do this right!

We have 3 boys, therefor great gross parties.

One favorite: Cat Dump Casserole
(from "Gross Grub" Cheryl Porter,Random House, 1995

First, buy a new plastic kitty litter pan & scoop to serve the mess
effectively. (Wash it well anyhow - I know I feel better if I do.)

To make cat dumps:
1 c. baking mix (like bisquick)
1 cup shredded cheddar
1 lb. ground meat (beef, pork, turkey)

To make litter
2 c. long-grain rice
3 3/4 c. water
2 tsp. salt
2 tbs. butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix dump ingredients and mold into "logs" of various sizes. Bake on
ungreased baking sheet(not touching each other)about 20 minutes, until
brown, crispy and firm.

While meat cooks combine litter ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a
boil. Reduce heatto low, cover and simmer 14 minutes without lifting lid.

Fluff rice with a fork, set aside.

When "dumps" are done, transfer to a dish lined with papertowels to drain.

Spoon rice "litter" and meat "dumps" into letter pan and serve with scoop!

YUCCH! The kids love it!
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Sandy, Tx (11:02:36 am) : Kitty Litter Cake-Neosoft rec. foods

This is gross, but a lot of fun. I made it and my husband threw it out,
thinking it was real!!!!!!

Kitty Litter Cake

1 Spice or German Chocolate cake mix
1 White Cake mix
1 pkg White Sandwich Cookies
1 large pkg Vanilla Instant pudding mix
Green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls
1 new Kitty Litter Box
1 new Kitty Litter Box Liner
1 new Pooper Scooper

Prepare cade mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans)

Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble

Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in blender, they tend to
stick, so scrape often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup.

To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix
using a fork or shake in a jar.

When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss
with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. You
probably won't need all of the pudding, mix with the cake and "feel" it, you
don't want it soggy, just moist; gently combine.

Line new, clean kitty litter box. Put mixture into litter box.

Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until
soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly
to resemble "poop". Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls and bury in mixture.

Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie
crumbs lightly over the top, this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll
in kitty litter.

Heat remaining Tootsie Rolls, 3 at a time in the microwave until almost
melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. This
is my addition-only spread 5 of the remaining Tootsie rolls over the top;
take one and heat ntil pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter
box;l sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs

Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around.
I don't know about you, but my cat ALWAYS makes a MESS!!!

Serve with a new pooper scooper.:)
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chrismyrt (1:06:20 pm) : hi i don't know if I'm doing this right but here
goes. MONSTER HANDS----pop popcorn enough to fill a handful of clear
hospital gloves or other, place a candy corn into the end of each finger
then fill with popcorn until full at palm and tie off with red yarn or then
you can place one of those black spider rings on the ring finger. this is
fun as an activity for the kids to do themselves. so far it has been
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Velma TN (2:49:06 pm) : Chrismyrt, Monstor Hands is one of the cutest ideas
I've seen, and not very expensive. Thanks.
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Carol B, Fl (4:20:41 pm) :

* Exported from MasterCook *

Halloween: Spider Cake

Recipe By : Unknown
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories : Holiday/Gift Ideas Chinese
Sauces And Preserves Cheese
Sauces Turkey
Chicken Texican

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
----Batter----
1 box white cake mix -- (18 1/4 oz)
1 pkg green gelatin* -- (4 serv)
----Black Frosting----
blue food coloring
chocolate frosting
----Decorations----
4 black licorice
2 big green gumballs
6 little gumballs

Prepare cake and gelatin according to package directions. Except use 9"
round cake pans for the cake. Cut a smaller circle out of one cake and using
it as the head. Fill the hole left over with gelatin. Place the other layer
on top and trim to shape. To prepare frosting, in a mixing bowl, add blue
food coloring to chocolate frosting until black in color. Frost cake black.
Then, use the black licorice as legs and gumballs as eyes.

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NOTES : *When cake is cut in to, it spurts green goop.
* Exported from MasterCook *

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CarolB, Fl (4:30:34 pm) :

* Exported from MasterCook *

Halloween: Cool Whip Grave Yard Dessert

Recipe By : Cool Whip
Serving Size : 15 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories : Holiday/Gift Ideas
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
----Crust----
2 c chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
1/4 c granulated sugar
1 stick margarine -- melted
----Filling----
1 pkg fat-free cream cheese -- (8 oz)
1 tub Cool Whip Lite. topping -- (12 oz) thawed
2 c water -- boiling
2 pkgs orange gelatin -- (4 serv)
1/2 c water -- cold
ice cubes
----Decorations----
1/4 c chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
7 rectangular shaped sandwich cookies
7 oval shaped sandwich cookies
decorator icing brown, green, orange, -- & white
candy corn
candy pumpkins

Preheat oven at 350. Prepare a 9 x 13 x 2" pan with cooking spray and flour.
To prepare crust, combine 2 cups cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and margarine
in a small mixing bowl. Press firmly into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes
and then chill. To prepare filling, combine cream cheese, remaining sugar,
and 1/2 cup Cool Whip in a mixing bowl. In another mixing bowl, combine
boiling water into gelatin until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and
ice cubes together to make 1 1/2 cups. Stir ice water into gelatin until
thickened. Remove any remaining ice cubes. Spoon gelatin over cream cheese
layer. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Spread remaining Cool Whip over
gelatin layer. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Decorate as a "grave
yard" by poking sandwich cookies on end into dessert. Decorate the cookies
as tombstones with the decorator icing. Scatter candy and pumpkins around
the surface.

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CarolB, Fl (4:31:52 pm) :
Halloween: Pumpkin Patch Cake

Recipe By : Washington Post
Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories : Holiday/Gift Ideas

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
----Batter----
2 boxes devil's food cake mix -- (18 oz)
----Frosting----
white frosting -- enough for 2 cakes
orange and green food coloring
----Decorations----
3 pcs candy corn
1 pc black licorice

Prepare cake mixes according to package directions. Except make the cakes in
12-cup Bundt Pans with ridges (to resemble a pumpkin). Also, take enough
batter to make one cupcake*. Unmold pans and place them bottom to bottom.
Set the cakes on a large platter and frost them with the white frosting
tinted orange. Then, frost cupcake with white frosting tinted green. There
will be a hole in the middle of the cake. Fill with leftover frosting and
set green cupcake on top (pumpkin stem). Place candy corn where eyes and
nose should be. Then, place licorice where mouth should be.

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NOTES : *Cupcake can be substituted with a ice cream cone covered with green
frosting.

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Judi, TX (6:42:44 pm) : This is always popular at Halloween with the little
ones. For ice, take a plastic glove and fill with water and freeze. You can
put in fingernails or whatever "scares" you and the kiddos like the way it
tastes.

I called Kool-Aid at 1-800-367-9225 and got the recipe for black Kool-Aid,
which they call Halloween Punch. It makes 32 half-cup servings.

1 env. orange unsweetened Kool-Aid
1 env. raspberry unsweetened Kool-Aid
2 c. sugar
3 qts. water with ice cubes
1 liter ginger ale

Mix Kool-Aid and sugar in pitcher; add water and ice. Stir. Add ginger ale
just before serving. You can also get the black color by mixing grape and
lemon-lime or grape and orange.
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Betsy, NY (7:31:29 pm) :
AQUARIUM JELLO
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Great idea for a simple dessert at kid's parties!

goldfish bowl, nice and clean
red hots or Jelly Belly gravel beans
blue Jello
ice cubes
cold water
purple endive
parsley sprigs
gummy fish

Use a new or well cleaned goldfish bowl. In the bottom, the original recipe
called for red-hots as the 'gravel', but I plan to use the Jelly Belly beans
that look like rocks. Mix up as much blue Jello as your bowl will hold. Mix
using ice cubes & cold water instead of the cold water called for on the
box. Pour this into the bowl over a knife blade or something to keep from
disturbing the gravel. If you want it to have 'seaweed', poke a couple of
pieces of purple endive or something similar down into the gravel. When the
whole thing starts to jell, use a wooden skewer to push gummy fish into
different parts of the bowl. If you're going to be able to supervise the
serving, you could even add a plastic diver man, etc.

TOXIC AQUARIUM JELLO
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Well, what we'd do for a Halloween party would be to make a Toxic Aquarium.
Mix orange and blue jello to get a putrid shade of green. Lifesavers make
old tires and you can toss in other junky things for trash on the bottom of
the sea. Something barrel-shaped for that illegally dumped toxic waste.
Float your fish upside-down on top, and add a plastic skeleton or two.
Haven't figured out a good way to put something on the bottom to represent
the sand.

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Betsy, NY (7:32:07 pm) :
CHEESECLOTH GHOSTS
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What you need for those are a mess of cheesecloth, fabric stiffener or white
glue, googly eyes (available in craft stores), balloons, drinking glasses,
and nylon thread or fishing line (optional). First, blow up the balloons and
set them in the drinking glasses; this will provide a form for you to mold
the ghosts around. Cut squares about 12-14" of double layers of cheesecloth.
Dilute the fabric stiffener or white glue 1:1 with water, dip the
cheesecloth squares in the glue mixture and wring out the excess. Drape the
cheesecloth on the balloon in a ghostly shape. You can have the ghost's
hemline trail the table for a standup ghost, or you can have a sheer drop
for a flying ghost. Let dry overnight. When dry, remove the balloons, glue
on the googly eyes and attach nylon thread to the beads of any ghosts you
want to fly through the air. Hang the flying ghosts wherever appropriate!
The standup ghosts can stand on a table.

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Betsy, NY (7:33:07 pm) :
Title: Chocolate Spiders and Webs
Categories: Snack, Halloween, Chocolate d
Yield: 2 doz spider

1 sm Pk (6 oz or 1 c) semisweet
- chocolate chips
Spider web pattern (follows)

In the top of a double boiler over barely simmering water, stir the
choco- late until melted; remove from heat. Let stand over water until
chocolate is cool but still fluid, about 10 minutes. Or melt
chocolate in microwave. Lay pattern on a 12 x l5 inch baking sheet
and cover with waxed paper.

Put chocolate into a pastry bag fitted with 1/4 inch diameter tip
or a paper cone; fold top edge down to seal.

Squeeze chocolate out of pastry bag onto waxed paper, tracing
spider or web designs that show through from the pattern underneath.
If chocolate is too runny to hold lines, let cool a little more. As
pan is filled, transfer pattern to another 12 x l5 inch, cover with
waxed paper and continue.

Chill spiders or webs on pan until firm, about 10 minutes. Gently
peel paper away from chocolate. Spiders and webs are delicate and
melt fast, so handle gently and quickly. If made ahead, arrange in
single layers, separat- ed by waxed paper; store airtight in the
refrigerator up to 2 weeks. Serve as candy or to top desserts.

Makes about 2 dozen spiders or 1 dozen webs.

Spider and Web Pattern.
On a 12 x l5 inch sheet of light-colored paper, boldly draw at
least 1 pattern for spider and web. You can either repeat the
pattern as you pipe the chocolate onto the waxed paper, or you can
draw a pattern that includes designs for multiple items.

Start with spider legs: draw a half circle that is 1 1/2 inches
across. Inside and about 1/4 inch parallel to it, draw another half
circle. Back to back to the big half circle, repeat the 2 curved
lines; you now have 8 legs. Where the lines curve together, draw a
small circle to intersect all 4 lines to make the body. Draw a small
circle for the head on top the first circle.

For the web, draw a 4 inch long cross. Draw diagonal lines to
bisect the quadrants. Connect these spokes with concentric loops.

Ideas compiled from various Internet sources by:
Vicki Schlining -- love2bake@aol.com vreading@ssa.ssw.dhhs.gov
Stephanie da Silva -- arielle@bonkers.taronga.com
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Betsy, NY (7:34:20 pm) :
Title: Halloween: Crispy Marshmallow Ghosts
Categories: Candies, Halloween
Yield: 14 ghosts

1/3 c Butter
6 c Miniature marshmallows
1 ts Vanilla
8 c Crispy rice cereal
2 oz Semisweet chocolate, chopped

--------------------------------PALLOR ICING--------------------------------

1 c Granulated sugar
3 tb Water
1 Egg white
pn Cream of tartar
pn Salt
1/2 ts Vanilla

Pallor Icing: In top of double boiler over boiling water, combine sugar,
water, egg white, cream of tartar and salt. With electric mixer, beat at
high speed for 7 minutes or until stiff glossy peaks form. fold in vanilla.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until thickened. [Can be stored up to 3
days.][Makes 2 cups.]

Ghosts: In Saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in marshmallows
until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Scrape into large bowl; stir in cereal until
coated.

Set bowl over saucepan of boiling water. Using rubber gloves, shape cereal
mixture into 4-inch long ghost shapes. Let stand for about 30 minutes or
until firm. Spread with Pallor Icing; let stand for about 30 minutes or
until set.

In top of double boiler over bot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate; pipe
onto ghosts to make faces.

[Ghosts can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 3 days.]

Decorate by drawing faces with chocolate, or use candies and licorice
strings.

Variation: Jack-O-Lanterns: Add orange food colouring with vanilla; shape
into 1-1/2 inch balls. Create face with currants, red fruit leather, and
licorice shoestrings and twists.
Source: Canadian Living magazine, Nov 95 Presented in article "Kids & Fun:
Happy Halloween" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Recipe

[-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com

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Betsy, NY (7:34:45 pm) :
Title: Halloween: Goblin Balls
Categories: Candies, Halloween
Yield: 24 balls

8 c Popped corn
1 c Granulated sugar
1/2 c Corn syrup
1/3 c Water
1 tb Butter
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Orange and black gumdrops
-or jujubes, chopped

Currants and diced apricots can replace the candy.

Place popped corn in bowl; set aside.

In small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring sugar, corn syrup, water,
butter and salt to boil; cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Cook,
without stirring, for 10 minutes or until at hard-ball stage of 254F 123C on
candy thermometer, or until 1/2 ts syrup dropped into cold water forms rigid
but still slightly pliable ball. Remove from heat. Wearing oven mitts to
shield against splatters, carefully stir in vanilla.

Pour over popped corn; using greased spoon, toss until coated. Stir in
candy. Wearing rubber gloves, form into 2-inch balls; let cool on baking
sheet.

Source: Canadian Living magazine, Nov 95 Presented in article "Kids & Fun:
Happy Halloween" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Recipe

[-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com

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Betsy, NY (7:36:15 pm) :
Title: ORANGE WORMS
Categories: Kids, Halloween
Yield: 13 servings

2 cn Apricot halves packed in light syrup
4 Envelopes unflavored gelatin
2 c Orange juice

Wiggle these worms any way you want on your plate. If you like, give
them 'eyes' made from licorice bits.

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 let5 stand for 5 minutes to
soften gelatin. Place pan on burner and bring to a boil over med/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 pancake
turner to remove strips to serving plate. Use your hands to twist
strips into worm shapes. Makes 13 worms.

Origin: Cookbook Digest Sept/Oct 1993. Shared by: Sharon Stevens

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Betsy, NY (7:36:47 pm) :
Title: CRITTERS IN THE HAY
Categories: Holidays, Kids, Halloween
Yield: 4 Quarts

1 1/2 c Sugar
1 c Light corn syrup
2 tb Butter
1 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Green food color(optional)
3 1/2 qt Popped popcorn; remove any
-unpopped kernals
1 c Candy corn
-Licorice ropes;black
-wooden picks
-small black gum drops or
-other small black candies
-red decorating icing
-tiny red jaw-breakers candy
-wormshape candies

In Dutch oven, bring sugar,corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2 1/2
minutes. Stir in pumpkin pie spice,vanilla,salt and food coloring(if
desired) mix until evenly colored. Add popcorn and toss until evenly
coated. Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of
foil and allow to cool and harden. Break into bite-size pieces and
mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside. To make
spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths. To make legs, starting at
one end, make three 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch cuts to make four legs.
Repeat cuts at opposite end. Leave about 1/2 inch in center uncut.
Gently pull legs apart and curl down. Push wooden pick through center
of body, leaving about 1/4 inch exposed on top. Push one gumdrop onto
exposed pick to make a body. Using writing tip of decorating icing,
squeeze two small dots of icing into gumbrops. Press jaw-breakers
into icing to make eyes. Place"spiders" and worm-shaped candies in
popcorn. Remove wooden picks before eating. Makes 4 quarts.

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Betsy, NY (7:37:09 pm) :
Title: FUDGY BAT COOKIES
Categories: Kids, Cookies, Halloween
Yield: 3 Dozen

9 oz Chocolate wafer cookies
4 oz Milk chocolate candy melts

Use a serrated knife to carefully cut 18 of the cookies into
quarters. Save remaining cookies for another use. For each bat,
place 2 cookie quarters 1/4" apart on waxed paper. Repeat with
remaining quarters. Melt candy melts. Drop about 1/2 teaspoon of
melted candy at center of each bat, connecting cookies. Use a
toothpick to smooth melted candy into a uniform circle. Cool
completely before removing from waxed paper.

Source: Gifts That Taste Good

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Betsy, NY (7:37:32 pm) :
Title: GHOST COOKIES
Categories: Kids, Cookies, Halloween
Yield: 32 Cookies

6 oz Vanilla flavored almond bark
15 1/2 oz Nutter butter cookies
Small black jelly beans

Melt almond bark following package directions. Dip 2/3 of each
cookie in melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating.
Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. For eyes, cut jelly
beans in half and place on cookies. Cool completely before removing
from rack.

Source: Gifts That Taste Good

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Betsy, NY (7:37:47 pm) :
Title: JACK O LANTERN COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Kids, Halloween
Yield: 20 Cookies

9 oz Chocolate wafer cookies
1/2 c Peanut butter; smooth
24 oz Vanilla flavor almond bark
Orange paste food coloring
Black licorice candy

Spread a small amount of peanut butter on the flat side of the
cookies; top with remaining cookies. Cut licorice into triangles and
squares to make faces. Melt almond bark following package
directions. Remove from heat and tint with food coloring. Using
tongs, dip each sandwich cookie in melted candy, coating completely.
Gently shake each cookie to remove excess coating. Place on wire
rack with waxed paper underneath. PLace licorice pieces on the
cookies for faces. Cool completely before removing from rack.

Source: Gifts That Taste Good

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Betsy, NY (7:38:28 pm) :
Title: JACK-O'-LANTERN PIE
Categories: Halloween, Kids, Weird, Desserts
Yield: 8 Servings

1 c Boiling water
1 pk Jell-O orange flavor gelatin 4 serving size
1 pt Vanilla ice cream; softened (2 cups)
1 Prepared chocolate flavor crumb crust (6 oz)
Thawed Cool Whip
Candy Corn
Black licorice, cut into 1 inch pieces

Stir boiling water into gelatin in medium bowl 2 minutes or until
completely dissolved. Spoon in ice cream, stirring until melted and
smooth. Refrigerate 10 minutes or until slightly thickened
(consistency of unbeaten egg whites). Spoon into crust.

Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Just before serving, make
jack-o-lantern face on pie with whipped topping, candy corn and
licorice. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

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Betsy, NY (7:39:00 pm) :
Title: DAY OLD BATHWATER
Categories: Personal, Kids, Halloween, Gross
Yield: 1 Servings

12 oz Can frozen lemonade
12 oz Can frozen pink lemonade
12 oz Can frozen limeade
1/2 ga Rainbow sherbert

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Ice cream scoop
Mixing bowl
Long stirring spoon
lg Punch bowl
Ladle
Cups

About 45 minutes before serving time, set cans of lemon and limeade
and the container of sherbert out to thaw. After 15 minutes, scoop
out half of the sherbert's containers contents and place it into a
brownish color. Place the remaining sherbert back in

Prepare lemon and limeades according to the package directions and
pour into the punch bowl.

Carefully float spoonfuls of the brown blended sherbert on top of the
lemnade mixture, spreading it around to look like dirty brown suds.
Do not stir. Use a ladle to serve punch in cups. Serves about 30
dirty, nonbathing buddies.

Sicko serving suggestion: Float a handful of green, yellow and white
tiny after dinner mints (tiny bars of soap), on top of your scummy
punch.

From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN
0-679-86693-0

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Betsy, NY (7:39:51 pm) :
Title: NASTY SPIDER CAKE
Categories: Cake, Halloween
Yield: 1 Cake

1 Cake mix
1 pk Green jello prepared
Black frosting
8 Licorice sticks
8 Gumdrops

(once made as a tease for a woman who HATED spiders)

Take your average cake mix. Bake it up in 2 metal bowls--1 bigger
than the other. Once unmolded, cut the bigger one (the "body") in
half, horizontally. CAREFULLY scoop out an adequate cavity in each
half. FILL with well-whipped set green Jello, and reattach the
halves. Frost black, arrange on serving platter. Use licorice stix as
legs. Use 2 BIG green gumdrops and 6 little ones as eyes. When the
cake is cut into, it spurts green goop, just like a real spider when
stepped on.

Why not add a red hourglass to the back and make it toxic? ;-)

August 1994, Lars in Denmark

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Betsy, NY (7:42:13 pm) :
Title: Black Cat Cupcakes
Categories: Holiday/, Halloween
Yield: 24 servings

1 1/4 c Reduced Fat Oreo. cookie crumbs
18 1/4 oz reduced fat chocolate cake mix
16 oz reduced fat milk chocolate frosting
: black string licorice
: jelly beans
: semisweet chocolate chips
: Halloween Oreo. cookies

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 24-2 1/2" muffin cups with cooking spray
and flour; set aside. Prepare cake mix according to package
directions; stir in cookie crumbs. Spoon batter into prepared muffin
cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack. Make
cat faces on each of the remaining cookies: using some frosting,
attach 4-1 1/2" licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves
for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears. Let set at least 30 minutes.
Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on
each cupcake. Place 3" piece licorice string on back half of each
cupcake for tail.

Recipe By : Recipes From Nabisco's Recipe

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Betsy, NY (7:44:13 pm) :
Title: Dirt Cups
Categories: Dessert, Kids, Fun, Amphibians, Plants
Yield: 10 servings

2 c Cold milk
1 pk JELL-O chocolate pudding
1 pk COOL-WHIP topping,thawed
1 pk Chocolate sandwich cookies
10 7 ounce plastic cups

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Gummy worms
Gummy frogs
Candy flowers
Chopped peanuts

1. POUR milk into large bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with whisk until
well blended, 1-2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. 2. STIR in whipped
topping and half of crushed cookies. 3. PLACE 1 tablespoon crushed
cookies into cups. Fill cups 3/4 full with pudding mixture. Top with
remaining crushed cookies. Refrigerate 1 hour. Decorate.
From: Carl Berger

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angel, LA (7:57:08 pm) : Another good idea we do is make a 1/4 sheet (9by13)
of rice crispy treats then cut in small pieces put keep in cake sheet form .
Ice the top like you would a cake except for the sides so everyone can see
what it is. Make a pumpkin patch on the top or any Halloween scene. Bring to
school party and all the kids have to do is look and enjoy then pull out the
pieces cause they are already cut.
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Vicki,La (8:09:01 pm) : The most inportant thing to remember about these
recipes
is to always place a name tag directly below the dish.
Otherwise who whould know what ingredents you have
used?

Frogís Eyes
Yield - * gallon

Ingredients
* LB COLAVITA PEPE PASTA
* LB COLAVITA SMALL RINGS PASTA
* TSP GREEN FOOD COLORING
1 CUP SUGAR
1 TBSP FLOUR
1/4 TSP SALT
2 EGGS
2 CANS MANDARIN ORANGES (reserve juice)
2 CUPS COOL WHIP

Method
Cook pasta separately, drain. Use the food coloring to color the small rings
green, set both
pastas aside.

Beat eggs until frothy and combine with sugar, flour, salt and juice from
the mandarin
oranges. Place this egg/sugar/juice mixture in a saucepan, and heat until
thick and frothy.

Pour this concoction over the pastas and mix well. Refrigerate until well
chilled. Blend in
Cool whip and mandarin oranges.

Plate Presentation
Serve in a large bowl or platter as a dessert or use as an "icing" for a
sheet cake.

Chef's Notes:
Thanks to Ms Barbara Kincaid for the inspiration for this most unusual
recipe.

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Vicki,La (8:10:25 pm) : "Dem Bones"
Yield - 24 - 26 enchiladas

Ingredients
Sauce
2/3 CUP PEANUT OIL
2 TBSP CHILE POWDER
2 TBSP SPANISH PAPRIKA
1 TBSP CUMIN
* TSP WHITE PEPPER
* TSP CAYENNE PEPPER
Stuffing
3 CUPS YELLOW ONIONS (Finely diced)
2 LBS CHEDDAR CHEESE (Shredded)
1 LBS ROASTED ANAHIEM PEPPERS (Chopped)
6 OZ BLACK OLIVES (Chopped)

30 CORN TORTILLAS *

Method
In a shallow bowl mix the sauce ingredients, whip with a whisk or hand
blender. Also
combine the stuffing ingredients in a stainless steel bowl.
Microwave the wrapped tortillas for 30 to 40 seconds. This will soften them
and make them
pliable. Dredge a tortilla through the sauce, then place about a * cup of
stuffing on top of
the sauced tortilla. Roll the tortilla into the traditional enchilada shape.
Place the enchilada
widthwise and 2 abreast on a parchment lined * sized baking sheet. When
finished spread
any additional sauce on top of the "bones". The tray can be wrapped with
film and
refrigerated for future use.
When ready to serve, bake uncovered in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. Remove
from oven
when done and allow to cool to the touch.

Alternate Method
* CUP JALEPENOS PEPPERS (Chopped fine)
For a spicier stuffing.

Plate Presentation
Use a "Jack-o-Lantern" for a head and arrange the "bones" as ribs on a
serving tray.

Chef's Notes:
A great Halloween party treat, that can be eaten with just a paper napkin.
* Additional tortillas are called for since quite often some tortillas are
broken or dried out,
and are difficult to use.

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Vicki,La (8:11:45 pm) : Voodoo Witchís Hands
Yield - 12 Dinner party servings

Ingredients
12 CHICKEN BREAST (Boneless and skinless)
Marinade
2 -12 OZ DIXIEíS CRIMSON VOODOO BEER
2 TBSP MINCED FRESH GARLIC
2 TBSP EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
2 MEDIUM ONIONS (Cut into rings)
1 TSP WHITE PEPPER

1 CUP WHITE FLOUR
3 MEDIUM EGGS (Beaten)
3 CUPS ITALIAN SEASONED BREAD CRUMBS
LOT BLACK OLIVES (Pitted halved lengthwise)

Method
Use a heavy mallet and pound breast flat, carefully cut chicken breasts to
create four
fingers and a thumb (the uncut part of the breast will be the palm of the
hand). Slice them a
little crooked for effect. Marinade breasts, refrigerated and covered for 2
to 3 hours.

Dust in flour, dip in egg, then coat in bread crumbs. Arrange on a parchment
lined baking
sheet.
Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown and
cooked through.

Meanwhile, over medium high heat, reduce the marinade in a sauce pan until
thick and
glossy.

Plate Presentation
LOT RED LEAF LETTUCE
Trim the tips with the olive fingernails and serve on lettuce. Place the
sauce in a finger
bowl to allow for dipping or spooning on top of the breasts.

Chef's Notes:
Great Halloween party entree that can be prepared in advance and held warm
in the oven.

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Vicki,La (8:12:06 pm) : Blood-shot Eyeballs
Yield 12 Eyeballs

Ingredients
6 MEDIUM EGGS (Hard-boiled, cooled, and peeled)
6 OZ WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE
12 GREEN OLIVES STUFFED WITH PIMENTOS
LOT RED FOOD COLORING OR KETCHUP

Method
Half eggs widthwise. Remove yolks (reserve for other dishes), fill the hole
with cream
cheese, smoothing surface as much as possible. Press an olive into each
cream cheese
eyeball, pimento up, for an eerie green iris and red pupil. Dip a toothpick
into ketchup and
draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese.

Plate Presentation
Serve on a bed of lettuce.

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Vicki,La (8:13:11 pm) : Kitty Litter Box Cake
Yield - 20 servings

Ingredients
1 BOX SPICE OR GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX
1 BOX WHITE CAKE MIX
2 VANILLA INSTANT PUDDING MIX
1 -12 0Z WHITE SANDWICH COOKIES
LOT GREEN FOOD COLORING
12 OZ TOOTSIE ROLLS
1 NEW KITTY LITTER BOX
1 NEW KITTY LITTER BOX LINER
1 NEW POOPER SCOOPER

Method
Prepare cake mixes and bake according to box directions (any size pan).

Prepare pudding, chill until ready to assemble.

Crumble sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often.
Set aside all
but 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup of crumbs, add a few drops of green food
coloring and mix using
fork or shake in a jar.

When cakes are cooled to room temp, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with
half the
remaining cookie crumbs and chilled pudding. You probably won't need all the
pudding, mix
the cake and "feel" it, you
don't want it soggy, just moist; gently combine.

Line litter box. Put mixture into box. Put half of the unwrapped tootsie
rolls in microwave
safe dish and heat until softened. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt,
curving slightly.
Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter green crumbles
lightly over top
(chlorophyll in cat litter).

Heat 3 or 4 tootsie rolls in microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on
top of the cake
and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining tootsie rolls over top;
take one and
heat until pliable, hang over side of litter box, sprinkle with cookie
crumbs.

Plate Presentation
Serve with the popper scooper for a gross Halloween dessert.

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Vicki,La (8:15:19 pm) : Bloody Hands
Yield 6 - Ice molds

Ingredients
* GALLON RED FRUIT PUNCH
6 SURGICAL GLOVES
LOT TWIST TIES

Method
Fill a glove with the fruit punch. Twist the wrist portion of the glove then
wrap tightly with a
twist tie. Freeze over night.

Alternate Method
Use orange, cranberry, or grapefruit juices as substitutes.

Plate Presentation
When ready to serve cut small holes in the gloves with a scissors and float
the "hands" in
your favorite punch bowl.

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Vicki,La (8:33:30 pm) : * Exported from MasterCook *

Boogers On A Stick

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 ounces Jar cheez whiz
Green food coloring
25 To 30 pretzel sticks
-----TOOLS-----
Waxed paper
Long handled spoon
Platter

With an adults help, melt the cheeze whiz in the microwave or on top of the
stove, according to directions on the jar.

Allow the cheese to cool slightly in the jar.

Using a long handled spoon, carefully stir about three drops of green food
coloring into the warm cheese, using just enough to turn the cheese a
delicate
snot green.

To form boogers: Dip and twist the tip of each prtezel stick into the
cheese,
lift out, wait twenty seconds, then dip again. When cheese lumps reach an
appealingly boogerish size, set pretzels, booger down, onto a sheet of waxed
paper.

Allow finished boogers on a stick to cool at room temperature for ten
minutes
or until cheese is firm.
Gently pull boogers off waxed paper and arrange on a serving platter. Serves
5
to 6 booger buddies.

Sicko Serving Suggestion: Place a bowl of chunky red salsa in the center of
the
platter so that guests can turn plain buggers into bloody ones.

From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN 0-679-86693-0
Shared by Carolyn Shaw 10-95
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Vicki,La (8:34:07 pm) : MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04

Title: Ghost Cookies
Categories: Kids, Cookies, Halloween
Yield: 32 cookies

6 oz Vanilla flavored almond bark
15 1/2 oz Nutter butter cookies
Small black jelly beans

Melt almond bark following package directions. Dip 2/3 of each
cookie in melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating.
Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. For eyes, cut jelly
beans in half and place on cookies. Cool completely before removing
from rack. Source: Gifts That Taste Good

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Vicki,La (8:34:59 pm) : Exported from MasterCook *

Ghoul-Ade

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 20 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 package Kool-aid grape unsweet
1 package Kool-aid orange unsweet
2 cups Sugar
3 quarts Water -- cold
1 quart Ginger ale -- chilled

Mix all together in punch bowl or large pitcher. NOTE:
This will be black as midnight and frighfully delicious!

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Vicki,La (8:36:05 pm) :
GHOSTS ON BROOMSTICKS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kids Misc
Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 lb White chocolate chips
1/2 c Tiny red cinnamon candies
12 Wooden sticks

Recipe by: Creepy Cuisine, Lucy Munroe
Heat 2 inches of water to simmering, not boiling,
in the bottom of a double boiler. Place the white
chocolate chips in the smaller pot and set it over the
pot of simmering water. Cook on low heat, stirring
constantly until the chocolate is fully melted. Remove
from the heat. Cover 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper.
Arrange the wooden sticks on the waxed paper, 6 to a
sheet. Spoon ghost-shaped blobs of chocolate onto the
paper, partially covering each stick. Press 2 candies
into each ghost for eyes. Freeze ghosts for 15
minutes, or until hard.
Penny Halsey (ATBN65B).

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Vicki,La (8:37:26 pm) : * Exported from MasterCook *

PUS POCKETS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kids Misc
Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 sm Pitas
8 oz Mozzarella cheese -- shredded
Ketchup

Recipe by: Creepy Cuisine, Lucy Munroe
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Slit open each
pita along 1/4 of its edge to make a pocket, and spoon
1/2 cup shredded cheese into each one. Place the
stuffed pitas on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for
15 minutes, or until the pitas turn golden brown.
Remove from the oven. With a knife, poke a hole in the
top of each pita. Carefully squeeze pitas, they'll be
hot, until a little melted cheese oozes out of the
hole. Dab ketchup around the hole and arrange on a
platter. Now you can not only pick your pimples, but
you can eat them too!
Penny Halsey (ATBN65B).

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Vicki,La (8:55:04 pm) : Exported from MasterCook *

FUNGUS AMONG US VEGETABLE SALAD

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kids Misc
Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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9 oz Frozen creamed spinach
1/2 Iceberg lettuce
4 Carrots
2 Cucumbers
2 Tomatoes
6 Radishes
2 Red onions

Recipe by: Creepy Cuisine, Lucy Munroe
Prepare the creamed spinach in a saucepan
according to the directions on the package and let
cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Wash the
lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes in
cold water. Pat the lettuce dry with paper towels,
tear it into pieces and place it in a salad bowl. Peel
the carrots, cucumbers and onions, then slice all of
the vegetables into small pieces. Add to the salad
bowl. Pour the cooled creamed spinach (fungus) into
the salad bowl and toss.

Penny Halsey (ATBN65B)

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