1/4 c (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, 1 bag (10 1/2 Ounces) miniture marshmellows, 1 pkg (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin Dessert, any flavor, 3 Qts (12 Cups) Popped popcorn, 1 c candy corn

Microwave butter and marshmallows in a large microwavable bowl on HIGH 1 1/2 to 2 mins or until marshmallows are puffed. Stir in gelatin until well mixed.

Pour marshmallow mixture over popcorn & candy corn in large bowl. Mix lightly until well coated. Shape into 15 balls or other shapes with greased or wet hands.MAKES 15.

Blend together 4 cups of milk, 4 sliced banana, 8 tablespoons canned pumpkin and a few dashes of cinnamon. Makes approximately 6 servings (depending on size)

4 cups semisweet chocolate baking chips

Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler. Let stand over the water until water is cool, about 10 minutes. Place wax paper on cookie sheet. Pour chocolate into a pastry bag that is fitted with a 1/8-inch or 1/4-inch tip. Squeeze chocolate onto wax paper in the shape of spiders. If chocolate is runny it needs to be cooled longer. Chill the spiders for about 10 minutes. When hard peel off wax paper. Store in refrigerator laid flat.

Make ice cubes with raisins in them, 4 1-pint bottles cranberry juice, 2 ½ cups peach juice, 1 cup fresh lime juice, 2 cups orange juice, Sugar to taste.

In a punch bowl mix all juices. Add the ice cubes (with insects in them)!

Hot dog buns, weiners, Ketchup

Cook hot dogs as normal, either boiled or grilled. With scissors cut out little triangles in top part of bun facing outward. The bun should look like a mouth. Place weiner in bun and add ketchup for blood affect.

8 cups cranberry juice, 6 cups sparkling apple juice, 6 orange slices

Put all ingredients in a punch bowl. Add ice cubes before serving.

1 1/2 quarts popped popcorn, 14-oz package light caramels, 1/4 cup light corn syrup, 2 tbsps water

Keep popcorn warm in a 200 degree oven. Melt caramels in top of double boiler over simmering water. Add corn syrup and water and mix until smooth. Slowly pour over popcorn in a large bowl. Stir to mix well. With greased hands, shape into balls about the size of softballs. Let cool completely before wrapping with plastic wrap.

1 cp creamy peanut butter, 1/3 cp water, 2 eggs, 1 pkg. chocolate cake mix, sugar, candy corn, red hots

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Beat together peanut butter, water and eggs. Gradually add cake mix. Mix well. Follow same procedure of rolling into a ball, flattening etc. Bake for 10-12 minutes Remove from over and immediately add candy corn eyes and red-hot nose. Makes about 3 dozen.

12 red delicious apples, 12 wooden skewers, 4 1/2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup light corn syrup, 1 tsp red food colouring, 1 1/2 cups water, 1 cup chopped peanuts

Grease a large cookie sheet and set aside. Wash and dry apples. Insert a stick through stem, leaving about two inches sticking out. In saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, food colouring and water. Cook, stirring constantly, until ingredients are dissolved and liquid boils.

Set a candy thermometer in mixture and continue cooking, without stirring until temperature reaches 290 degrees, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile place shopped peanuts in a bowl. Remove syrup from heat and dip the apples, one by one, to coat evenly. Work quickly. As you dip each apple roll in peanuts to coat then place on prepared cookie sheet. Let apples cool for at least an hour.

1 1/2 cups orange juice, 4 cups apple cider, 1 cup pineapple juice, 2 tablespoons sugar, 4 cups ginger ale-chilled, 6 to 8 small red apples, 1 orange, sliced

In punch bowl mix orange juice, apple cider, pineapple juice and sugar. Chill of a couple hours. Before serving add ginger ale, apples, orange slices and ice cubes.

1 cup butter- softened, 1 cup icing sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp almond extract, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 3/4 cup whole blanched almonds, 1 tube red decorator gel

In bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla; beat in flour; baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Working with one-quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remaining dough refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoons full of dough into finger shape for each cookie. Press almond firmly into one end for nail. Squeeze in centre to create knuckle shape. Using a paring knife make slashes in several places to form knuckle. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet in 325 degree over for 20-25 minutes or until pale or golden. Let cool for three minutes.

Lift up almond; squeeze red decorator gel onto nail bed and press almond back in place so gel oozes out from underneath. Remove from cookie sheet and let cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 5 doz fingers!

1 package (14 oz) caramels, 1 cup miniature marshmallows, 1 tbsp water, 5 or 6 small apples, Wooden skewers

Line baking sheet with buttered waxed paper; set aside. Combine caramels, marshmallows and water in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until caramels melt. Cool slightly while preparing apples. Rinse and dry apples. Insert skewers into apples. Dip each apple in caramel mixture, coating apples. Place on prepared sheet. Refrigerate until firm. For variety roll apples in crushed peanuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.

Take two ritz (or round crackers) have the child spread peanut butter on one half. Place 8 thin pretzel sticks for legs & put on the second ritz(make a sandwich). Use raisins dipped in Peanut Butter for eyes.

Large red or golden delicious apple, 1/3 cup lemon juice, 1 tbsp. salt, Whole cloves, Rice, Bottle cap

Peel apple and coat with mixture of lemon juice and salt. With a potato peeler, knife, or pumpkin carver carve out eye sockets, nose, mouth and ears. Stick whole cloves where eyes should be and rice where teeth should be. Sit apple on top of bottle cap. Place on a drying rack in a warm, dry place for about 2 weeks. Shape the face as it shrinks and hardens. Once dry, insert a strong wire to form body and add clothes if desired or other accessories.

* Low Calorie Dessert * * Great Cooking Activity for Kids * Makes 12 servings.

Place one ginger snap in bottom of cupcake papers. Beat ricotta until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, except topping and mix until well combined. Pour mixture into cups. Bake 20 minutes at 350° until lightly set; turn off heat. Let stand in oven 1 hour. Cool on rack and chill overnight. Serve with 1 tbsp topping.

These moist, wholesome muffins are loaded with vitamin A. For flavored muffins, we tried chocolate chip, raisin and autumn spice.

1 cup Pumpkin Mush or canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine, 2 eggs, 2 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 cup all-purpose and 1 cup whole-wheat flour), 2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl or bowl of an electric mixer, mix or blend the Pumpkin Mush, brown sugar, melted butter and eggs. In a separate bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and stir or blend only until combined. Spoon the batter into a 12-cup muffin tin lined with paper liners. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes. Makes 10 to 12, depending on their size.

Use this pureed pumpkin in all your favorite pumpkin recipes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cut a medium-size pumpkin, such as a sugar pumpkin, in half. Prick the skin with a fork, and place on a cookie sheet, cut-side up.

Bake for 50 minutes, or until it is very soft when poked with a fork. Let the pumpkin cool, then scoop out the seeds with a big spoon. Scoop out the pumpkin meat and compost the skin. Mash the pumpkin meat with a potato masher or puree in a food processor. Makes about 4 cups, depending on the size of the pumpkin.

3 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup packed brown sugar, 2 cups Pumpkin Mush (see recipe below) or canned pumpkin, 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. ginger, 1/2 tsp. cloves, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 12-oz. can evaporated milk, 8 mini pie shells (available at most grocery stores)

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and the sugars. Blend in the Pumpkin Mush, the spices, salt and evaporated milk. Pour the filling into the pie shells. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 50 minutes, or until the pies set. Serves 6 to 8.

1 small pumpkin, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, Salt

Use an ice-cream scoop to remove the seeds from the pumpkin and transfer them to a large bowl. Now for the tough part: Separate the seeds from the pumpkin fiber (this is a messy job that you should do outside). To make the process a little easier, fill the bowl with water and let the pumpkin seeds soak. Have a bowl of clean water nearby and a colander, too.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Toss the rinsed pumpkin seeds into a smaller bowl, drizzle with the oil, and sprinkle with salt. Spread the seeds on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until slightly brown.

1 c Butter, 1 c Sugar, 1 ea Large egg, 1 t Vanilla, 2 ts Baking powder, 1 tb Pumpkin pie spice, 2 3/4 c Flour, Orange food color

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add baking powder, spice, and flour one cup at a time mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour in by hand. Do not chill dough. To tint with icing color, add small amounts until desired color is reached. Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter. Dip Wilton "Jack-O-Lantern Cutters" in flour before each use.

Place half the cookies on cookie sheets. Place 1 tablespoon filling on cookie. Cut eyes and mouth from remaining cookies. Place on top of filling. Press to seal edges. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. To make filling just mix all ingredients in a bowl. You can also use jelly.

Fill each finger with a jelly bean or two (will look like nail polish) then proceed with the popcorn until full. Use your ribbon to tie closed at palm and embellish with a spider ring(on the ring finger). You can use these as a craft for your Halloween party or for decoration during the holiday!! The kids love them!

12 large apples, Boysenberry jam, 4 tbsp butter, 12 gummy worms

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Core apples from stem end to 1/2 inch from bottom. Stuff each hole with 1 tsp jam and butter. Place in a pan and bake uncovered for 35-45 minutes. Remove apples let stand for 15 minutes. Set each apple in a bowl and spoon syrup from baking pan around it. Insert a gummy worm with half its body protruding.

1 T. white shortening, 2T. cornstarch, 1 tsp. white flour, 4-5 drops food coloring, (One tablespoon shortening mixed with 2 1/2 tsp. cocoa makes great brown)

1 c Boiling water, 1 pkG. Jell-O orange flavor gelatin- 4 serving size, 1 pt. Vanilla ice cream, softened (2 cups), 1 Prepared chocolate flavor crumb crust (6 oz), Cool Whip, thawed, 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.

Spray the ice cream scoop with the vegetable spray and use it to form rounded scoops of the cereal treats. Shape to look like pumpkins adding the green gum drop stem and pieces of black gum drop or licorice to make the eyes and mouth of each Jack-o-lantern.Options: you can make these as small pumpkins without the faces.

Use one package of Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (or make your own dough from scratch). Roll into walnut sized balls. In each ball, insert 8 pretzel sticks (the small ones). Bake as directed on package, cool, and eat. My dcks had a great time with this. The older dcks also made insects using 3 smaller balls of dough and raisins for eyes.

Slice the top off an orange and scoop out pulp. Cut eyes, nose and mouth in orange so that it looks like a jack-o-lantern. Fill with orange jello.

Using wheat bread, spread with butter or mayonnaise. Lay on a slice of yellow cheese. On the top slice of bread cut out a jack-o-lantern, Enjoy!

Each child makes ghost toast by spreading margarine to make faces on toast then sprinkling coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and mouth.

Rinse pumpkin seeds and set on paper towel to dry. Melt butter and stir in seeds. Spread seeds on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with salt and bake in a 325 degree oven until light brown. (We recommend that an adult melt the butter and mix in the seeds. Cooking near a hot stove with children is not a safe activity.)

Children roll a small chunk of Velveta cheese in a ball. Raisins, licorice and parsley are added for facial features. Children can eat this treat with crackers.

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Pumpkin Ice Cream- Submitted by Sherry

1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 2 cups heavy cream, 2 Large, clean coffee cans, 2 Small, clean coffee cans, Rock salt, Crushed ice, Duct tape

Have the children mix all the ingredients together. Pour the ice cream mix into the small coffee cans. Tightly seal the lid with duct tape. Place the small cans into the large cans. Layer ice and rock salt in the space between the small and large cans. Tightly seal the second lid with duct tape. During circle time, have the children roll the cans to each other. After about 20 minutes, you will have ice cream!

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Pumpkin Play Dough- Submitted by Sherry

2-cups flour, 1-cup salt, 4 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice, 2 tablespoons of oil, 1-cup warm water, Orange food coloring

Mix all the dry ingredients in your bowl. Add the oil and food coloring into the water then mix into the dry ingredients. Stir until the dough forms a ball (add more flour if the mixture is too sticky, add more water if the mixture is too dry). Knead on a lightly floured surface until the dough is pliable. Refrigerate in a Ziploc bag when not in use.

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Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies- Submitted by Cindy

2 cups Flour, 1 cup Quick oats (uncooked), 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Butter or margarine (softened), 1 cup Brown sugar (packed), 1 cup Granulated sugar, 1 Egg -- slightly beaten, 1 teaspoon Vanilla, 1 cup Libby's solid-pack pumpkin, 1 cup Semi-sweet morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in morsels.

For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; spread dough into a ghost shape using a thin metal spatula. Or make a quick ghost pattern of heavy paper. Make 2 or three poses for realism. Bake 20-25 minutes, til cookies are firm and lightly browned.Remove from cookie sheets; cool on racks. Spread with white royal icing. Trim brown face features with tube-icing.

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Edible Eye Balls- Submitted by Sherry

1 powdered donut hole (or the powered sweet sixteen donuts work well too) for each child, 1 gummy life saver (for the iris of the eye), 1 chocolate chip (for the pupil), 1 tube of red GEL icing for gluing all in place and for making the eye ball blood-shot.

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Chocolate Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

For a special Halloween treat melt some chocolate chips in the microwave. When done put in chocolate dry chow mien noodles and mix all together. Spoon onto grease proof paper as little blobs and put 2 mini m&ms on each one for eyes. Leave in fridge to cool. They might not sound to nice but they are really yummy and the kids cant get enough of them!

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Spider Cupcakes- Submitted by Sherry

Cupcakes, Twizzler or licorice - preferably brown black or red, M& M's

Make cupcakes according to directions on box- Or purchase already made Let cool and frost, Chocolate and vanilla frosting work best. Cut the Twizzlers the long way to get thin pieces. Then cut those two pieces in half. Place three on each side of the cupcake as legs. Use the M& M's as eyes. My son took these to school for bake sale day and all 60 of them were sold!!

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Ghost Sandwiches- Submitted by Sherry

white bread, sandwich fixings, mini chocolate chips, ghost cookie cutter

Use your cookie cutter to cut out ghost shapes from the white bread. Use deli meats/cheeses, p b & jelly or cheese spread to fill sandwiches. Use the mini-chocolate chips to add eyes and a mouth to the ghost!

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Halloween Magic Wands- Submitted by Sherry

Pretzel Rods, dipped in chocolate and rolled in sugar sprinkles. Looks like a wand dipped in glitter.

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Halloween Suprise- Submitted by Sherry

Use vanilla pudding mix orange food coloring. Have teddy grams on the side, the children like to dunk the teddy grams.

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Spider Snacks- Submitted by Sherry

ritz crackers, peanut butter, stick pretzels, raisins

Dab a bit of peanut butter on a cracker. Break pretzels into approximately 3" pieces, and stick three on one side of the peanutbutter and three on the other side for legs. Put two raisins at one end of cracker for eyes.

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Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

What you do to make spiders is take a full size marshmallow take 8 pretzels and stick 4 on both sides and take 2 m and m's put them on the front to be the eye's and now you have spiders .

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Dirt Pie- Submitted by Sherry

Ttake 30 Oreo cookies..finely grind into crumbs.make 2 large packages of Jell-o chocolate pudding.(allready made is ok) 2 packages of gummy earth worms.mix oreo crumbs..pudding..and gummy worms together..leaving about 5 worms out. Place the remaining worms on top for decor.

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Halloween Party Snacks- Submitted by Sherry
by Danielle Schultz

Slime Gelatin:

What You Will Need:
Lime Gelatin, Gummy Worm Candy, Large Glass Baking Dishes

Directions:
Follow the directions on the package of lime gelatin. Prepare in a large clear glass baking dish or bowl. Once the gelatin has begun to set (about 1.5 hours) place the gummy worms into the gelatin.

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Ghost Sandwiches:

What You Will Need
Bread, Peanut Butter or Whipped Marshmallow Creme, Ghost (or gingerbread boy if you can't find a ghost) Cookie Cutter, Raisins

Directions:
Make the sandwiches using your choiceof peanut butter or marshmallow creme (or both). Use the cookie cutter on the finished sandwiches to create spooky shaped sandwiches.

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Gelatin Jiggler Eyeballs:

What You Will Need:
Ice Cube Trays, White Grape Gelatin,Blueberries or Dark Grapes

Directions:
Follow the directions to make the gelatin (use the jiggler recipe). Pour 3/4 full into the ice cube trays. Oncethey have begun to set, add the blueberries or grapes. Follow the directions explaining how to use warm water to remove the jigglers from the tray. Place in a white or clear serving bowl or arrange on a platter.

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Cheese Boogers:

What You Will Need:
Cheez Whiz, Green Food Coloring,Pretzel Sticks, Wax Paper

Directions:
Follow the directions to melt the Cheez Whiz. Dip a pretzel half way into the cheese. Wait fifteen to twenty seconds then repeat. Place on wax paper to harden. When the cheese has re-hardened, remove from wax paper and place on a serving tray.

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Popcorn Hands:

What You Will Need:
Clear Plastic Food Service Gloves,Popcorn (popped), Candy Corn, Twist Ties or Ribbon

Directions:
Place a candy corn in the finger of each glove, then fill with popcorn. Use the twist ties or ribbon to seal each bag. Place popcorn hands into a large serving bowl.

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Spooky Suckers

What You Will Need:
Suckers (Tootsie Roll Pops work exceptionally well), White Facial Tissue, Orange or Black Ribbon or Yarn

Directions:
Place the top of the sucker in the very center of the tissue, then wrap the tissue around the sucker. Tie the ribbon or yarn under the sucker. Use a felt tip marker if you like to draw features on the ghost faces.

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Pigeon Poop

What You Will Need:
5 Cups Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal, 3 Cups Rice Krispies,
2 Cups Pretzels, 2 lbs. of White Chocolate, 2 1/2 Cups Mini Marshmallows

Directions:
While you melt the white chocolate in a double boiler, mix all other ingredients in a large bowl. Pour melted white chocolate over mixture, then spread onto wax paper until cool. Once cool, break into chunks and serve.

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Halloween Rice Cereal Treats

What You Will Need:
Marshmallows, Rice Cereal, Halloween Candy, Orange Food Coloring

Directions:
Follow the directions on the rice cereal to make rice cereal treats. Add in candy pumpkins, candy corn, chocolate chips and/or orange food coloring for extra fun.

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Don't forget about the traditional favorites: candy or caramel apples and popcorn balls!

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Skeleton Bone Cookies- Submitted by Sherry

This is almost like a meringue cookie, but the kids absolutely have a blast with them. Let the kids form the "bones" and then try and put them back together after they have baked and cooled.

Ingredients:
4 egg whites, 1 teaspoon grated orange peel, 1 3/4 cups sugar, 1/2 teaspon baking powder, 1 3/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups salted almonds

Directions:
With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites and sugar with orange peel and baking powder until blended. Gradually add nuts and flour, beating until mixture is thoroughly mixed. Cover and chill until firm enough to handle, at least 1 hour or up to 1 day. Lightly flour your hands and pinch off a 3 tb size piece of dough. On a lightly floured board, use the palms of both hands to evenly roll an 8 inch long rope. Cut rope in half; roll each half out again to 8 inches. Fold 1 inch of each end back onto rope; pinch ends to make bone-end shapes. Repeat to shape all the dough. Place bones 1 inch apart on buttered and flour-dusted 12 x 15 inch baking sheets. Bake in a 325F oven until cookies are lightly browned on bottoms, about 20 minutes.

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Spider Cookies- Submitted by Cheryl

Use a permanent marker to personalize a foil square for each child. Place a 1/4 inch thick slice of refrigerated cookie dough on each childs square. Direct each child to break four pretzel sticks in half and press eight halves into opposite sides of the slice. Have each child then press two M&M's into his slice to resemble eyes. Place child's foil squares and cookies on a tray and bake according to directions.

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Scarecrow and Spider Cupcakes- Submitted by Sherry

1 1/2 cups Original Bisquick®, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk or water, 2 tablespoons shortening, 1 tablespoon vanilla, 1 egg, 1 tub Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla or butter cream ready-to-spread frosting, 8 fudge-dipped flat-bottom ice-cream cones, Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® strawberry chewy fruit snack rolls, Shredded whole wheat cereal biscuit (crushed), Assorted candies (such as candy corn, red string licorice and small gumdrops), 32 candy eyes, 1 tub Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate ready-to-spread frosting, 48 large black gumdrops, Black shoestring licorice (cut into 4-inch pieces)

Double recipe Heat oven to 375ºF. Place paper baking cup in each of 16 regular-size muffin cups, or grease and flour muffin cups. Beat Bisquick, sugar, milk, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Fill muffin cups about half full. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediantly remove from pan; cool completely. Frost and decorate cupcakes as directed below for Scarecrows and Hairy Spiders.

Scarecrows:
Frost 8 cupcakes with vanilla frosting. Decorate each ice-cream cone with bow made with fruit rolls. Place ice-cream cone upside down on each cupcake for hat. Arrange crushed cereal on cupcakes for hair. Use candy corn for nose, red licorice and small gumdrops for mouth and candy eyes for eyes.

Hairy Spiders:
Frost 8 cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Squeeze large black gumdrops, one at a time, through garlic press to form hair; arrange on cupcakes. Insert black licorice pieces into cupcakes for legs. Place candy eyes on large black gumdrops for eyes.

Makes 16 cupcakes

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Ghost Toast-Submitted by Cheryl

loaf of bread, margarine, shredded coconut, raisins or chocolate chips

Each child makes ghost toast by spreading margarine to make faces on toast then sprinkling coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. Toast again slightly, if desired.

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Witch and Wizard Sundaes- Submitted by Georgie

To make wizard hats, dip sugar cones in melted chocolate. Let the excess drip off and set them on wax paper. Before the chocolate is completely dry, use colored sugar or edible glitter to stencil moons and stars onto the hats!

To make the sundaes, put a big scoop of ice cream in each person's bowl, put a 'hat' on each scoop, and let everyone decorate their own witches and wizards. Use crispy chow mein noodles or chocolate sprinkles for hair, and thin licorice laces for glasses. Use all kinds of small, colorful candies for making facial features.

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Weave a Tangled Web- Submitted by Georgie

Create a spider web on top of a cake! Start by spreading a round cake with white or orange frosting. Thin some chocolate frosting with milk until it's about the consistency of melted chocolate, and place it in a piping bag with a 1/4 inch tip. Starting in the center, pipe a spiral pattern radiating out until you come within an inch of the edge of the cake. Now, pretending the cake top is the face of a clock, gently drag the tip of a toothpick from the center to 12 o'clock, continuing all the way to the edge of the cake. Drag the toothpick from 1 o'clock back to the center, and then from the center to 2 o'clock. Continue in this fashion until you have completed the circle. You can also do this on a smaller scale with cookies and cupcakes. Decorate your 'web' with plastic spiders and bugs!

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Jack-o-Lantern Sandwiches- Submitted by Georgie

Wheat Bread, Yellow Bread, Butter/Mayonnaise

Using wheat bread, spread with butter or mayonnaise. Lay on a slice of yellow cheese. On the top slice of bread cut out a jack-o-lantern, Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Seeds- Submitted by Georgie

1 tsp. butter for each cup of pumpkin seeds and Salt

Rinse pumpkin seeds and set on paper towel to dry. Melt butter and stir in seeds. Spread seeds on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with salt and bake in a 325 degree oven until light brown. (We recommend that an adult melt the butter and mix in the seeds. Cooking near a hot stove with children is not a safe activity.)

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Cheesy Pumpkins- Submitted by Georgie

Velveta Cheese, raisins, thin red licorice strands, Parsley

Children roll a small chunk of Velveeta cheese in a ball. Raisins, licorice and parsley are added for facial features. Children can eat this treat with crackers.

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Pumpkin Spread English Muffins- Submitted by Georgie

Whipped cream cheese, Canned pumpkin, Powdered sugar, English muffins, Raisins

Mix first three ingredients to your taste. (We had a sweet tooth.) Toast the muffins. Have the children practice their fine motor/spreading skills then add rasins for eyes, nose and mouth. Then enjoy! Our kids really enjoyed this snack.

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Dirt Pie- Submitted by Georgie

Make or buy a graham cracker crust, either chocolate, vanilla, or plain. Fill it with chocolate pudding and top with Grape-nuts. Gummi Worms make a nice finishing touch!

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Stained Glass Cookies- Submitted by Georgie

Makes 2 different jack O lantern cookie cutters, one smiling and one not. Take either or both, and make you favorite sugar cookie recipe. Be sure to color it orange! Make sure that the holes are cleared out when you cut out your pumpkins. Before baking, crush yellow hard candies (by hand or with coffee bean grinder - life savers work well), and fill the eye & mouth holes with the crushed candy. Bake as directed, and you will end up with a very pretty stained glass effect, and delicious cookies!

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Bleeding Heart Jello- Submitted by Georgie

The heart is made from red Jell-O with a some evaporated milk added to make it opaque. The blood is honey or Karo syrup with red food coloring added. Place the 'blood' in a small Zip-lock plastic bag and submerged in the Jell-O. I guess you could use any mold for the Jell-O but a heart shape really looks special.
The Presentation: A heart shaped mold sits innocently on a platter. When pierced with a sharp knife it oozes blood red sauce. The effect is disgusting, but not bad tasting. When you've gathered everyone around for the cutting, be sure to use a fairly sharp knife so it pierces the bag. Also, the best effect is when the center of the heart is pierced, then the knife is twisted. This oozes blood out of the wound" and looks gross!! If you have a "hearty" crowd that wants to dig in, just remember to remove the bag! (I've heard of a Halloween gag, but this is ridiculous!)

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Earth N' Worms- Submitted by Georgie

Take a nice appropriately themed serving platter or a small piece of new outdoor carpeting to resemble grass, scrape the white filling out of some Oreo® or Hydrox® cookies, then crush the outer portion of the cookies into a fairly fine texture to resemble dirt. Place Gummi-Worms® throughout the pile and then add a small plastic shovel or something for effect. You may also want to add a small tombstone with some type of funny name or epitaph like "Dawn Under," "Yul B. Next," or "Barry M. Deep" as a centerpiece behind the "dirt" mound.

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Dead Man's Meatloaf- Submitted by Georgie

Use your favorite recipe, but instead of shaping it into a loaf shape; shape into a dead body. Legs together, arms folded across your chest. Bake as usual. For an added effect, just before you serve it stab the guy in the heart and poor ketchup on him.

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Meat Head- Submitted by Georgie

A hollow skull (The top comes off and there is a space inside for candy or whatever), Cherry or strawberry Jell-O mix, Cold cuts (ham and turkey look good), Red or green food coloring (optional), Eyes (optional)

This recipe is rather labor intensive and must be done ahead of time! First, we prepared some red ice (water and food coloring mixture) although green ice or no color at all should work equally as well. We also modified our skull slightly by drilling holes from the internal compartment to the outside of the skull to allow for drainage.

Second, wash the skull completely, making sure that it is clean enough to eat off of (which is what you will be doing). I worked in two sections and put each section into zip lock plastic bags after I was finished. It is important to store everything in the *FREEZER* until maybe an hour before you serve it.

Third, prepare your Jell-O. I make mine in several pans and make sure it is only 1/4' thick. When it has set up, you will be slicing it up into 2-3" strips which can be layered over the skull sections. Fourth, cut up your cold cuts. I typically use thin sliced meats and cut them into 2x6" strips but almost anything will work. If you use ham. the head will look more natural but using turkey looks like a zombie head. You can experiment with other meats see how they look Even using a combination of meats looks good.

Fifth, once everything is prepared, take the two halves of skull and pick one to work on. I decided to go all out and grabbed a pair of those spring glasses (the ones with the eyeballs on springs) and cut the eyes out. I washed them and placed them into the eye sockets, which gave the skull a very interesting look. Layer the slices of Jell-O over the skull and on top of it, layer the sliced meat. The meat will act as a bonding agent to hold the whole mess together. It will probably take 10-15 layers of meat to make the head look "natural" and will probably take some practice to get it to look right. Personally, I've learned not to put the meat down in any pattern, just to have it crisscross and go any-which-way.

As each half of the skull is finished, put it into a sealable plastic bag and put it into the freezer. This keeps the meat and Jell-O cold but keeps the moisture in the meat from freezing solid. About an hour before serving, remove the pieces from the freezer. Fill the skull with the ice that you had prepared previously and seal the two ends of skull together with more cold cuts. I suggest putting it into the refrigerator to let any ice that had formed in the freezer time to melt. Place it on a platter of lettuce and serve.The effect it gives is quite interesting.

As parts of the meat head are cut away, both the red Jell-O are exposed and parts of the skull. The Jell-O also does melt somewhat and starts to ooze through the meat. As the ice inside the skull melts. it drains through the holes that I previously mentioned and starts to pool on the platter.I am not responsible for anyone who becomes violently ill trying to eat this concoction.

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Gnarled Witches Fingers- Submitted by Georgie

1 Tbsp vegetable oil, 4 boneless chicken breasts, 1 cup flour, 1 egg, beaten, 1 cup bread crumbs, pitted black olives, halved lengthwise, Shredded lettuce

Grease cookie sheet with oil, set aside. Carefully cut chicken breasts partway to create five fingers (the uncut part will be the palm of the hand). Slice them a little crooked for effect. Dust in flour, dip in egg, coat in bread crumbs, broil 5 minutes each side till golden and cooked through. Trim the tips with the olive fingernails and serve on lettuce

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Creepy Deviled Eggs- Submitted by Georgie

Start with deviled eggs make nasty faces on the yolk part with sliced green olives
for eyes and green or red pepper for mouth and eyebrows.

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Srained Eyeballs- Submitted by Georgie

6 eggs, hard cooked, cooled, and peeled, 6 oz whipped cream cheese, 12 green olives stuffed with pimentos, Red food coloring or ketchup

Half eggs widthwise. Remove yolks and 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.

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Bug Bites- Submitted by Georgie

Color cream cheese green, put pickle slice on cracker, add lump of cream cheese and stick in two almond slices to look like wings. Can add small olive pieces to look like eyes.

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Spider Bread- Submitted by Georgie

Bread dough or package of pre-made rolls, (optional) poppy seeds, almond slivers, pesto or cheese/sausage filling

Separate dough into individual rolls. Using floured scissors, cut each roll in two. Cut one part into four sort of long strips (for legs) and lay them across the other part, pinching in the center to get the ends to all stick out the sides. Bake as directed. You can use the poppy seeds for eyes and the almond slivers for fangs. When I made them I filled the body part with pesto, and sausage and cheese. Anything you d put in a calzone will work, but be careful it's not too runny 'cause it'll leak out

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Edible Eye Balls- Submitted by Georgie

(sounds gross but the kids love it)

1 powdered donut hole (or the powered sweet sixteen donuts work well too) for each child 1 gummy life saver (for the iris of the eye) 1 chocolate chip (for the pupil) 1 tube of red GEL icing for gluing all in place and for making the eye ball blood-shot.

Chocolate Spiders- Submitted by Georgie

For a special Halloween treat melt some chocolate chips in the microwave. When done put in chocolate dry chow mien noodles and mix all together. Spoon onto grease proof paper as little blobs and put 2 mini m&ms on each one for eyes. Leave in fridge to cool. They might not sound to nice but they are really yummy and the kids cant get enough of em!

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Popcorn Pumpkins- Submitted by Georgie

In microwave melt 1/4 c. oleo and a 10 1/2 oz. bag of mini marshmallows on high for 1-2 min. to melt oleo and puff marshmallows. Stir in a 4 serving size orange Jell-O mix well. Pour over 3 qts of popped popcorn (12 cups) Have children grease their hands well and form the popcorn into a pumpkin. use a green spearmint as a leaf and choc chips for the face. they taste good and are awesome to make. Can be used with different flavors (colors) for other holidays.

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Spider Cupcakes- Submitted by Georgie

Cupcakes, Twizzler or licorice - preferably brown black or red, M& M's,

Make cupcakes according to directions on box- Or purchase already made Let cool and frost, Chocolate and vanilla frosting work best. Cut the Twizzlers the long way to get thin pieces. Then cut those two pieces in half. Place three on each side of the cupcake as legs. Use the M& M's as eyes.

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Ghost Sandwiches- Submitted by Georgie

White bread, sandwich fixings, mini chocolate chips, ghost cookie cutter

Use your cookie cutter to cut out ghost shapes from the white bread. Use deli meats/cheeses, peanut butter and jelly or cheese spread to fill sandwiches. Use the mini-chocolate chips to add eyes and a mouth to the ghost!

You can order bread from your local bakery in colors. I would pick orange, don't think black would be too cool - might be though. Then you put peanut butter and jelly on them and cut them out with a Halloween shaped cookie cutter.

2 bundt cakes put together makes a really great pumpkin. A little orange frosting and some creative thinking and you'll have an edible jack-o-lantern. Bon appetite!!

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Ghosts in the Graveyard- Submitted by Georgie

Instant chocolate pudding, Oreo cookie crumbs, Cool Whip,
Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies, icing, mini m&m's

Make a batch of instant chocolate pudding. Spread it into a pan. Sprinkle with Oreo cookie crumbs. Decorate Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies with icing to look like tombstones. Stick the "tombstones" into the pudding. Then use blobs of whip cream to make ghosts in the graveyard. Use mini M&M s for eyes.

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Halloween Magic Wands- Submitted by Georgie

Pretzel Rods dipped in chocolate and rolled in sugar sprinkles. Looks like a wand dipped in glitter.

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Ghostly Pretzels- Submitted by Georgie

Take the big stick pretzels, dip in almond bark, add crazy candy eyes. You can also color the almond bark green and make a pretzel Frankenstein!

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Halloween Suprise- Submitted by Georgie

Use vanilla pudding mix orange food coloring. Have teddy grams on the side, the children like to dunk the teddy grahams.

Fill a rubber glove with orange or green Kool-Aid (Orange juice is a healthy alternative). Bend the fingers down and place in freezer. On the day of the Halloween Party, cut off the glove and put the ghoulish hand in the punch bowl. A COOL idea that the kids freak out over!

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Rice Krispie Pumpkins- Submitted by Georgie

Make rice krispies following the directions on the cereal box but add orange food coloring to the marshmallows. When cool roll into balls and then decorate faces on them. You can use shoelace licorice for a mouth, green gumdrop for the stem, M&M's or red hots for the eyes and nose or whatever you choose to use. The kids love em'!!!

This idea is a lot of work but the reward on young children's faces it well worth it. Take an orange and cut the top off like you would a pumpkin. Remove the inside of the orange and put in a bowl to fill pumpkin with later. Now carve a face into the orange and fill with orange or any fruit or pudding. To keep cover of orange secure use a toothpick.

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Gum Drops- Submitted by Georgie
Open a box of Jell-O mix into a bowl. Make a shallow well in center of Jell-O. Drop a drop of water into the well. Roll drop around. Let set up about 15 minutes. You have gum drops!

Well you take green Jell-O and following the boxes directions you put it in the fridge but before it fully sets you mix gummy worms, bugs, and fish to make a swampy treat. Kids LOVE it!!!

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Spider Suckers- Submitted by Georgie

Take a large lollipop (Tootsie Roll Pops are great) and Wrap 4 long black pipe cleaners around the stick beside the sucker. Twist around until secure. Then, extend the pipe cleaners out to make 8 legs. Bend each leg to resemble a spider's leg. Last, glue on wiggly eyes. Makes a great gift for pre-schoolers or trick-or-treaters

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Yummy Jack-O-Lanterns- Submitted by Georgie

cream cheese, English muffins, raisins, orange food coloring

Have the children mix the orange food coloring into the cream cheese to make it a wonderful "pumpkin" color. Next, have the children spread the orange cream cheese on their English muffins. Finally, have the children make Jack-O-Lantern faces using the raisins. YUM!

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Frozen Witches- Submitted by Georgie

Scoop ice cream into muffin cup liners in muffin pan (your choice of ice cream according to what the kids would enjoy.) They suggested green pistachio ice cream for a green head. I used vanilla and they all ate them. I scooped the ice cream balls the night before. I also made the witch hats the night before. Take the fudge striped shortbread cookies or a larger circle dark chocolate cookie, spread with dark chocolate frosting. Place a chocolate pointed oreo cone (I only found them at Albertson's) on top like a witches hat. Let set overnight. Before serving witches, dribble the hard crack chocolate over ice cream ball like hair, leaving a little pool of chocolate on top where you will set the witches hat to harden in place. Put back in freezer. Right before serving make the witches face with two M&M eyes poked in and a candy corn nose. Keep frozen until you serve. I removed them from the paper liner and placed on a Halloween plate and served with a spoon. The original recipe used shoestring licorice for hair.

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Spiders- Submitted by Georgie

Take Oreo cookies. Poke 8 holes around the middle frosting with a round toothpick. Insert small pieces of shoestring licorice for legs and then put on two M&M eyes on top of the cookie with a squirt of frosting or gel.

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Cat Poop Cookies- Submitted by Lisa in VA

1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup molasses, 2/3 cup butter, 1 egg, 2 1/3 cups whole wheat flour, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 package {32 ounce} wheat and barley nugget cereal -- (eg. Grapenuts TM), 1/2 cup crushed ramen noodles

In a medium bowl, Microwave the honey until it bubbles. This may take up to 1 minute. Stir in the molasses, butter and egg. Beat until smooth. Stir in the flour, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves until combined. Then add the dramatic additions of your choice such as coconut, ramen, chocolate chips, or peanuts. Chill dough until firm. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll dough into logs about 3/4 inch in diameter. Cut into pieces the approximate length of cat poop. Roll pieces in the cereal, place on an unprepared cookie sheet, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Serve the cookies in a disposable cat litter box, on a bed of cereal, with a brand new litterbox scoop. Add plastic flies, and dip the litter scoop in chocolate for added fun.

Makes 3 to 4 dozen

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Frozen Jack-O-Lanterns- Submitted by Christi

8 small oranges, 1 quart chocolate icecream, 4 - 1/2 inch pieces of black licorice

Cut a 1/2" slice from the tops of the oranges; using a spoon, scoop out flesh and discard. Using a ball point pen, outline a Jack-0-Lantern face onto each orange. Using a small paring knife, cut out the faces. Fill orange cups with ice cream. Freeze until ready to serve. Just before serving, insert licorice pieces into top of icecream in each Jack-O-Lantern for pumpkin stems!

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Chocolate Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

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.

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Spider Cookies- Submitted by Christi

1 package black or chocolate licorice twists, 1 package fudge sandwich cookies (about 24), 1 can prepared chocolate frosting, red cinnamon candies (red-hots)

Cut licorice in half. Remove the top of each sandwich cookie; press 8 licorice pieces into the fudge center to resemble spider legs. Spread a little chocolate frosting over the licorice; replace cookie tops. Frost the tops of the spider cookies with frosting. Place red cinnamon candies on top for eyes.

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Pumpkin Biscuits- Submitted by Cindy

Canned pumpkin and baking mix are the shortcuts to these fragrant, golden, lightly sweetened biscuits, perfect for holiday meals or anytime.

3 cups biscuit mix (Bisquick), 3 Tbsp light brown sugar, packed, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, 15 oz can solid pack pumpkin, flour for flouring

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. In a large bowl toss the biscuit mix, brown sugar and spices. Stir in the pumpkin to make a very soft dough.

Place a large sheet of waxed paper on the counter and sprinkle it with flour. Dump the dough onto the wax paper and sprinkle it with more flour. Flour your hands well and pat the dough into a square or rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Use a knife to cut the dough into about 24 squares. Lift the biscuits gently to the cookie sheet with a floured spatula. Bake about 20 minutes or until cooked. Serve warm with softened butter.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies- Submitted by Cindy

1 cup canned pumpkin, 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon milk, 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix in a large bowl, pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, egg and vanilla. Blend well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda. Stir into pumpkin mixture, add the milk. Blend well. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Use teaspoon to drop cookies on baking sheet. Bake 8 - 10 minutes.

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Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies- Submitted by Cindy

2 cups Flour, 1 cup Quick oats- uncooked, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Butter or margarine- softened, 1 cup Brown sugar- packed, 1 cup Granulated sugar, 1 Egg- slightly beaten, 1 teaspoon Vanilla, 1 cup Libby's solid-pack pumpkin, 1 cup Semi-sweet morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in morsels.

For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; spread dough into a ghost shape using a thin metal spatula. Or make a quick ghost pattern of heavy paper. Make 2 or three poses for realism. Bake 20-25 minutes, til cookies are firm and lightly browned.Remove from cookie sheets; cool on racks. Spread with white royal icing. Trim brown face features with tube-icing.

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Pumpkin Roll- Submitted by Cindy

Mix in order: 3 small eggs (or 2 large), 1 c. sugar, 2/3 c. pumpkin, 1 t. baking soda, ½ - 1 t. cinnamon, ¾ c. flour

Pour onto 10 x 15 cookie sheet that has been greased and floured. Bang cookie sheet on counter. Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes.

Flour a dish towel with lots of flour, flip sheet onto towel. Roll the pumpkin bread (short end to short end). Leave it cool ½ hour. While cooling make the filling (see below)

Filling

2 T. Butter, 8 oz. Cream cheese, ¾ t. vanilla, 1 c. confectioners sugar

Mix well. Unroll bread, spread mixture on bread and add chopped pecans if desired (leave about ½ inch edge all around). Roll up again. When slicing, wipe knife after each slice for a clean cut.

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Pumpkin Bread- Submitted by Cindy

3 c. sugar, 1 c. oil, 2 c. pumpkin, 3 ½ c. flour, 4 eggs, 1 t. baking powder, 2 t. baking soda, 1 ½ t. salt (optional), 1 t. ground cloves, 1 t. cinnamon, 1 t. nutmeg

Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs and pumpkin. Mix dry ingredients together and add to wet ingredients. Bake at 325 F for 1-1 ½ hours (I find 1 hr. 15 min. works great for me)

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Pumpkin Cookies- Submitted by Cindy

1 c. shortening, 1 c. sugar, 1 c. pumpkin, 1 egg, 1 c. raisins (optional), 1 c. nuts (optional), 2 c. flour, 1 t. Baking soda, 1 t. Cinnamon, ½ t. Salt

Cream shortening, sugar and pumpkin. Add egg and mix well. Add sifted flour and other dry ingredients. Mix well. Add raisins and nuts. Drop on cookie sheet from spoon. Bake at 375 F 10-12 minutes.

Icing

3 T butter, 4 t. milk, ½ c. brown sugar, 1 c. powered sugar, 3 t. vanilla

Cook butter, milk and brown sugar until dissolved. Cool and add powered sugar and vanilla. Spread on cooled cookies.

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Witches' Brew Punch- Submitted by Sherry

1 gallon orange juice, 2 liters ginger ale, 2 liters carbonated orange soda, gummy worms, hot water

Combine chilled juice and sodas. Pour over ice ring in punch bowl. To make the ice ring: Arrange gummy worms in an ice ring mold and pour hot water over them. (Hot water makes the ice freeze clear.) Freeze. Makes enough for about 20 people.

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Marsh-Mummy Yummies- Submitted by Sherry

1 10-1/2 oz. bag of marshmallows, 3 tablespoons of butter or margarine, 5-6 large handfuls of potato chips, coarsely crushed

Melt together marshmallows and butter or margarine over low heat, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture over crushed potato chips and stir until chips are thoroughly coated. Spread mixture into well-greased 8x8 pan. Refrigerate for at least one hour then cut into bars to serve. Or, shape into ghosts or pumpkins before refrigerating for fun individual treats.

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Pop O'Lanterns- Submitted by Sherry

1 bag caramel candies, 4-5 cups popped popcorn, Assorted nuts for garnish

Melt caramels over low heat, stirring occasionally. Mix a little bit at a time with popcorn, until popcorn just sticks together. With well greased hands, shape into balls. Add assorted nuts for stem, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. to make your Pop O'Lantern!

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