Halloween is right around the corner and this is a great Halloween party recipe for kids and adults alike. Wrap up your favorite brand of hot dogs in true Halloween mummy fashion! These are cute and very fun to make and serve.

Source: Pillsbury.com

Ingredients

• 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls OR 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet
• 2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)
• 10 hot dogs
• Cooking spray
• Mustard or ketchup as desired

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.
3. With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).
4. Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like “bandages,” stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate “bandages” so hot dog shows through for “face.” On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.
5. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on “face.”

Try a mini version with cocktail sausages.

These are easy and FUN cupcakes to make for any party for just for the pure Halloween fun of it!

Having a Halloween party at school? Whip up a tray of these and just wait for the oohs and ahhs from delighted children. And adults love them as well.

Ingredients

1. Your favorite boxed cake mix
2. Halloween themed cupcake baking liners
3. White or cream cheese frosting
4. Red and yellow food coloring
5. 1 tube black decorating gel OR melted chocolate (Hint: the tube of decorating gel is much easier to handle!)
6. Black string licorice
7. 24 large gum drops
8. Toothpicks

Instructions

• Follow the instructions on the cake mix box for cupcakes
• While the cupcakes are in the oven, start preparing the orange icing by mixing in a few drops of red and yellow orange coloring in the tub of icing. Start with just a drop of each and then add more to get the desired orange color.
• After the cupcakes are completely cooled, frost them with the orange icing
• Using the black decorating gel or melted chocolate inside a plastic bag (cut-off the corner to make it like a piping bag), make 3 or 4 concentric circles radiating out from the center of the cupcake. Then use a toothpick starting at the center of the cupcake and pulling to the edge of the cupcake about 8 times around the entire circumference to create the web-like appearance.
• Take a large gumdrop and attach 3 or 4 pieces of black string licorice to each side to make the spider legs by poking a hole in the gumdrop using a toothpick where you want to insert the licorice. Use the black decorating gel to put a couple eyes on each gumdrop and place the completed spider on top the cupcake web.

Up the gore factor with this Halloween Sangria that resembles swamp water but tastes like autumn nectar. All you need to do is add a drizzle of green swamp slime to the rim of the serving glasses.

Making edible slime is a snap and will take you just a minute or two. In a wide, shallow bowl, mix together a few drops of green gel food covering and about 1/2 cup of glucose syrup or light corn syrup. You can find the glucose syrup online and at baking and craft store.

Swamp Sangria Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 small bunch fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 750-milliliter bottle mead (honey wine), chilled
• 1 cup calvados (apple brandy), chilled
• 6 cups apple cider, chilled
• 1 lemon, juiced

Instructions

1. In a large pitcher, combine the basil and sugar, Use a wooden spoon to mash the basil into the sugar.
2. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
3. Serve well chilled with the green slime drizzled on the rim of the glasses.

Nothing says Halloween punch like fish eyes. So here is a ghoulish recipe for a party-sized kettle of fruity, bubbly witches brew studded with slippery, slimy, gooey fish eyes!

Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 1 cup tapioca pearls
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 64-ounce  bottle cranberry juice blend, chilled
• 2-liter bottle lime seltzer water, chilled
• 12-ounce can frozen peach blend juice concentrate, thawed
• Gummy worms or other gummy candies 

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring the water to a boil.
2. Add the tapioca pearls and sugar, then return to a boil.
3. Lower the heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Transfer the tapioca mixture to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until chilled.
5. Once the tapioca has chilled, in a large clear punch bowl, combine the cranberry juice blend, seltzer water, peach juice concentrate and chilled tapioca mixture. Stir gently to combine.
6. Garnish the bowl with Gummy candies.

Halloween Wormy Burgers

This is a terrific Halloween treat recipe for young children. It is easy, delicious and lots of fun, so gather the family in the kitchen and add to your Halloween traditions with this great Halloween recipe.  Make these Halloween treats for Halloween parties at school or at home. They will be an instant hit!

This fun recipe is courtesy of Disney Family Food.

Ingredients

40 Vanilla Wafers

1 container dark chocolate icing (1 – 1 and 1/2 cups if home-made)

4 Gummy Worms

Directions

1. Spread 20 Vanilla Wafers with 1 teaspoon dark chocolate icing
2. Add 2 Gummy Worms to each cookie. Press worms into the icing to make sure they stick.
3. Top each burger with the remaining Vanilla Wafer cookies.

Halloween Fun

Be sure to visit Operation Letters to Santa’s Halloween section where you will find all kinds of wonderful things to keep you busy and entertained during the month of October. Be sure to visit our Halloween desktop wallpaper section where you can download vintage FREE Halloween desktop wallpapers for your computer every day!

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Ingredients

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/3 cup water
2 large eggs
1 (18.25-ounce) package chocolate cake mix
M&M’s plain candies or Candy Corn
Red hot candies
Black licorice whips (cut into 3/4 inch strips)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375*F (190*C).
2. In a large bowl, beat together peanut butter, eggs, and water. Gradually add cake mix. Mix well.
3. Form dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten balls with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Pinch out 2 ears at top of cookie.
4. Add M&M’s or Candy Corn for the eyes, black licorice strips for the nose.  and red hots for the mouth. Press fork into dough to form the whiskers.
5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Makes 4 dozen cookies.

Enjoy!

Halloween Fun

Be sure to visit Operation Letters to Santa’s Halloween section where you will find all kinds of wonderful things to keep you busy and entertained during the month of October. Be sure to visit our Halloween desktop wallpaper section where you can download vintage FREE Halloween desktop wallpapers for your computer every day!

Halloween and Any Time Costume Resources