IF you're going to have a halloween partry - this is the kind to have! Invite over young girls, between the ages of 11 and 14 - girls who are not boy crazy, who don't have to be glued to their cell phones, who can pass a mirror without stopping...(and good luck finding those!)...but if you are lucky enough to round up 5 girls like that, like I did, then you'll be guaranteed a darn good time! We cooked up a storm, ate ourselves silly and then did a few rounds of ding-dong-ditching...it was, in a word...Spooktacular...no, make that Spookalicious...better yet...Spooktabular!
Grace, Patricia, Katie, Kayla and Kiera...5 of the nicest young girls on the planet...and they worked like fiends in the kitchen preparing their meal...Yummy Mummy Pizza, Swamp Punch, Spider Brownies, Severed Fingers, Blood Filled Test Tubes, Spider Eggs, Ghost-topped Chocolate Shots...and roasted pumpkin seeds. Of course, they started with appetizers...Monster toes, Ghoul Fingers, Shrunken Heads and shots of Pus...it couldn't have been yummier! The rest of the recipes will be coming soon...'cause I know you'll want to make all of them for your little vampires! The girls also did a little painting project and not one drop of paint landed on the floor...nice AND neat - what more could I have asked for?!
Sous Chef Wendy filled in at the last minute...SO thankful she was there! She's like a little White Tornado - washing, rinsing, scrubbing and always smiling...thanks Wendy!
To make Ghoul Fingers I used salami, but any lunch meat will do. Fill with cream cheese, roll up and stick half of a grape tomato in one end for the fingernail...they are most excellent!
This recipe is from Taste of Home Recipes.
To make Monster Toes, which are SO realistic that you may not want to eat them...you'll need tortillas for the bandages, cocktail wieners for the toes and ketchup for the blood, or BBQ sauce or mustard...which makes a lovely pus!
Heat cocktail wieners in a pan with your favorite BBQ sauce. Set aside and let cool just a bit. Cut a little bit off the end of the wieners, to make a fingernail bed. Cut tortillas into strips, heat in microwave for a few seconds to soften and then wrap a strip around the end of the wiener, secure with a toothpick if needed. Fill the "fingernail bed" with ketchup or BBQ sauce...truly gross but who doesn't like cocktail wieners?!?
For the exact recipe, click here. I chose not to heat the wieners in the oven, like the recipe calls for...the way I did it was a bit messy but I thought it just added to the fun.
"Eat, drink and be scary." ~ Author Unknown
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