Recipe: You did say "anything goes!" :-)

Mary N: This is fun. 40th for hubby!! Here are a few to start. I'll post more tonight..

Litterbox Cookies
Recipe By : Lil Gator's recipe

1/2 cup honey
2/3 cup ( 1 and 1/3 stick) butter or
margarine
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla -- or peppermint extract
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
grape-nuts(tm) cereal
Gingerbread ingredients:
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
2/3 cup (1 and 1/3 stick) butter or margarine
1 egg
7 cups whole wheat flour
spices-ginger, cinnamon, cloves to
taste(maybe 1/2 tsp e
grape-nuts(t
Mix-ins:
coconut
chocolate chips
butterscotch chips
peanut butter chips

Microwave the honey till it bubbles(about 1 minute). add the butter, and
the molasses, if any. Add the egg, mix well, then mix in all the other
stuff. A dd mix-ins of your choice to some or all of the batter.
Chill 1 hour in the freezer or several hours in the fridge. Roll dough
logs of random length and the diameter of cat poops. Roll logs in grape-
nuts and bake at 350 degrees till done (10 to 15 minutes).
Serve in a disposable cat litter box on a bed of grapenuts, with a cat
litter scoop. I hear you get lovely effects by decorating the box and
scoop with melted chocolate or pudding.

This recipe worked especially well at the halloween party where the table
was already decorated with plastic flies.

NOTES : There are two flavors-chocolate, and gingerbread.
The cookies are dense and not very sweet, this is necesssary
so that they will keep their shape during baking. If you use white
flour or sugar they may be tastier but they won't look like poop.

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Orange-Ooze Cupcakes
Makes 36

-----FILLING-----
8 Ounces Cream cheese -- softened
1 Egg
1/3 Cup Sugar
Yellow and red food coloring
6 Ounces Chocolate chips
-----CUPCAKES-----
3 Cups Flour
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Cocoa
2 Teaspoons Baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Cups Water
1/2 Cup Plus 2 tablespoons vegetable -- oil
2 Tablespoons Cider vinegar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla

Preparation time: 20 to 25 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Utensils:
Measuring cups and spoons, cupcake baking pans, paper cupcake liners, two
small mixing bowls, electric mixer, mixing spoon, large mixing bowl, oven mitts.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line cupcake baking pans with paper cupcake liners.
In small mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine cream cheese, egg and
sugar. Blend in 2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring,
adding more coloring if necessary to reach desired shade. Use mixing spoon
to stir in chocolate chips; set filling aside.
In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set
aside.
In second small mixing bowl, combine water, vegetable oil, vinegar and
vanilla. Add contents of small mixing bowl to large mixing bowl and stir
with mixing spoon to combine.
Using mixing spoon or soup spoon, fill cupcake liners half full with cupcake
batter, then place 1 teaspoon filling at center of each. As cupcake bakes,
the batter will rise to surround the filling.
Wearing oven mitts, place cupcake pans in oven; bake approximately 25
minutes or until cupcakes test done.
When done, wear oven mitts to remove pan from oven and turn off oven.
If desired, frost with orange icing--or just let the orange filling ooze out
as a surprise.

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Halloween Cool Whip Grave Yard Dessert (using cream cheese and orange jello)
Source: Cool Whip
From: CarolB, Fl - 09-27-97
Makes 15 servings

FOR THE CRUST:
2 1/4 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs, divided use
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine, melted
FOR THE FILLING:
1 (8 oz) pkg fat-free cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 (12 oz) tub Cool Whip Lite topping, thawed, divided use
2 cups boiling water
2 (4 serving-size) pkgs orange gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
Ice cubes
DECORATIONS:
1/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
7 rectangular shaped sandwich cookies
7 oval shaped sandwich cookies
Decorator icing: brown, green, orange and white
Candy corn
Candy pumpkins

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9x13x2-inch baking pan with cooking spray and flour.

TO PREPARE CRUST:
Combine 2 cups cookie crumbs, granulated sugar, and butter in a small mixing bowl. Press firmly into prepared pan.

Bake for 10 minutes and then chill.

TO PREPARE FILLING:
Combine cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, and 1/2 cup Cool Whip in a mixing bowl. Spread over crust.

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.

TO DECORATE:
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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CHUNKY CAT BARF
Makes 6 servings

1 lg Spaghetti Squash
8 oz Cottage Cheese
16 oz Mozzarella (grated)
8 oz Parmesan (grated)
1 qt Spaghetti sauce (w/peppers)

Cook squash. Fork out insides into a giant cassarole dish. Add cottage
cheese, half of the mozzerella and parmesan, sauce. Mix it until it looks
like it's name. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Note: You could substitute spaghetti noodles for the squash.

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EDIBLE PLAY DOUGH

2 c Flour
4 c Oatmeal
1 c Water
1 c White corn syrup
1 c Peanut butter
1 1/2 c Nonfat dry milk
1 1/4 c Confectioner's sugar

Mix flour and oatmeal in blender and grind for about 30 seconds.
Add 1 cup water and knead.
Add corn syrup, peanut butter, nonfat milk, and confectioners sugar.
Combine and knead well.
Add more flour or powdered milk if dough is still sticky.
Put out bowls of chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, sunflower seeds,
white chocolate chips, red hots or peanuts to decorate creations.
Variations: Mix 16 oz peanut butter with 6 tablespoons honey. Add dry milk
or flour until not sticky. Chocolate chips may be added.

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Jello Aquarium Recipe
Servings: 6

1 pk Jello Berry BLUE jelly
-powder
1 c Boiling water
2 c Ice cubes
gummy fish

Dissolve jelly powder in boiling water. Add ice cubes, stirring until
jelly thickens, about 3-5 minutes. Remove any unmelted ice. Spoon jelly
into to clear sided bowls. Poke 3 or 4 gummy fish into each dish of
slightly thickened jelly. Refrigerate 30 minute to set. Serve with 1-1/2
hours.