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Bobbing Apple Punch
Ghoul-ade
Halloween Witches Brew
Halloween Witches Brew, Too

Ghost Cookies I
Ghost Cookies II
Fudgy Bat Cookies
Spider Cookies
Halloween Cookies

Icky Sticky Sugar Snakes
Jack-O-Lantern Cookies
Witch Fingers
Scary Cat Cookies

Jell-O-Ween Poke Brownies
Candy Corn Treats
Halloween Ice Cream
Caspers Graveyard Treats
Peep-A-Boo Ghost Puff

Killer Monster Cookies
Make-A-Face Pumpkin Cookies

Smoky Treats
Pumpkin Cheeseball
Sweet ‘n’ Spicy Munch
Wormy Apple
Pumpkin Seeds
Spooky Eyes

Black Frosting

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

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

1 pkg. Kool-Aid grape unsweetened
1 pkg. Kool-Aid orange unsweetened
2 cup sugar
3 qt. water; cold
1 qt. ginger ale; chilled

Mix all together in punch bowl or large pitcher.

NOTE: This will be black as midnight and frightfully delicious!

1 quart pineapple juice, chilled
1 quart orange juice, chilled
1/2 gallon orange sherbet, softened
1 liter lemon-lime soda, chilled
Gummy worms, optional

Just before serving, combine juices in a chilled punch bowl. Add soda and softened scoops of sherbet. Stir until sherbet is almost melted.
Yield: About 20 (1 cup) servings.
Source: Carolyn: The Recipe Lady, http://www.bellevilleredhatsociety.org/recipeexchange.html

4 cinnamon sticks
16 allspice berries
6 inch square cheesecloth
12 inch length kitchen string
4 cups apple cider
4 cups cranberry juice
Orange slices for Garnish

Wrap cinnamon and allspice in cheesecloth, tying into bag with string. Combine cider and cinnamon packet in saucepan. Bring to simmering, reduce heat, cook at bare simmer for 10 min. Add cranberry juice. Bring to simmering. Remove cheesecloth bag, discard. Remove from heat. Let stand 10 min. before serving. Garnish with orange slices. Makes 12 servings.
Source: Marla Hudgins

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1 18-ounce refrigerator package sugar or peanut butter cookie dough
1/4 cup All-purpose flour
Assorted tubes of decorating gel
Orange sugar crystal sprinkles, etc.
Halloween metal cutters

Preheat oven and follow baking directions on package. Open package of prepared dough and work in flour. Cover and chill dough for about 1/2 hour. Flour board, roll out dough, and cut with shaped cutters. To prevent burning and over browning, bake on a shiny cookie sheet or parchment paper. Cool on a wire rack. Decorate when completely cool. Yield: About 2 dozen.
Source: Carolyn: The Recipe Lady, http://www.bellevilleredhatsociety.org/recipeexchange.html

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2 1/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1 stick margarine
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
8 oz. Cool Whip
2 cup boiling water
1 large package orange jello
1/2 cup cold water
ice cubes

Decorations:
Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies as tombstones
orange icing tube
candy corn
candy pumpkins

Mix 2 cup of the cookie crumbs, sugar and margarine in 13x9" pan. Press firmly onto bottom of pan. Refrigerate.
Source: 20ishparents.com

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Vanilla pudding Cream Puff:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs

Chocolate Glaze:
One cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 teaspoons light corn syrup
3 teaspoons milk.

Heat oven to 400°F. In medium saucepan, melt butter, add water and boil. Add flour and salt at once and stir vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat. Cool slightly for about five minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon after each addition until smooth.

Drop batter by heaping tablespoons 3" apart onto a greased baking sheet (shape into ovals with greased fingers). Bake at 400 degrees about 30 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Remove from oven, split and remove soft dough inside. Cool on wire rack.

Prepare vanilla pudding: Put a teaspoon of pudding and a Marshmallow Peeps® Chick into the center of the base and cover.

Prepare chocolate glaze: In a heavy medium saucepan, over low heat, heat one cup of semi-sweet chocolate pieces, 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine, 3 teaspoons of light corn syrup and 3 teaspoons of milk. Stir frequently until melted and smooth. Spoon glazes over cream puffs and refrigerates until set.

Source: frugal-moms.com

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6oz Vanilla flavored almond bark
15 1/2oz 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&127 beans in half and place on cookies. Cool completely before removing from rack.
Source: Gifts That Taste Good

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1/2 cup milk
6 oz. white chocolate
1 pkg. peanut nutter butter cookies
Chocolate chips

Melt white chocolate. Dip two thirds of each cookie into melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. For eyes, place chocolate chip on cookie. Cool completely.

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9oz Chocolate wafer cookies
4oz 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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12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips -- melted ***
2 cups chow mien noodles
40 pcs M&M's chocolate baking bits

In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Stir in noodles. Drop by spoonful onto waxed paper. Add 2 pieces chocolate baking bits for eyes.
*** If needed, thin chocolate by adding 2 - 4 tablespoons water.

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1/2 cup evaporated skim milk
1/4 cup honey
1 cup canned or thick cooked pumpkin
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups low-fat whipped topping, thawed

Combine milk and honey in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until well blended and hot. Do not let mixture boil. Stir in pumpkin, spices, and salt. Chill thoroughly. When cold, carefully fold in whipping topping. Pour into a shallow pan and freeze until solid. http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Hills/2587/halloween.html

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To make dough:
8 tbl. Unsalted butter -- at room
3 tbl. Honey
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Vegetable oil
1/2 cup Chocolate chips

To make sticky sauce:
1/2 cup Honey
2 tbl. Sugar
2 tb Ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a medium bowl, mash the butter and honey with a fork until well blended. Gradually stir in the vanilla extract, flour and salt. The mixture should have a doughy consistency. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Grease cookie sheets with the vegetable oil. After an hour, remove the dough from the refrigerator and separate it into pieces the size of golf balls. If the dough sticks to your hands, dip them in flour. Roll out balls between your hands into snakelike shapes, about the length and thickness of your pinky. Separate each ball into 4 smaller sections and roll each section into a snake. Place snakes 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the snakes begin to turn light brown. Carefully remove the cookie sheets from the oven and immediately remove the snakes from the sheets to a platter. Allow snakes to cool slightly and press 2 chocolate chip eyes into the head of each snake. Set aside until completely cooled. To prepare sticky sauce, mix honey, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Drizzle over the cooled snakes and serve. Recipe by: Creepy Cuisine, Lucy Munroe

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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. Marla:mhudgins@alliancelink.com

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1 ( 19. 8 oz.) pkg. brownie mix
1 and 1/2 cups cold milk
1 ( 4 serving size ) package Jell-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding and Pie Filling
Few drops each red and yellow food coloring

Prepare brownie mix according to package for an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan. After removing from oven, immediately use round end of a wooden spoon to poke holes at 1 inch intervals down through the brownies to the pan. Pour cold milk into a large bowl. Add pudding mix and beat with a wire whisk for 2 minutes. Stir in a few drops food colorings to tint mixture orange. Quickly pour about 1/2 of the thin pudding evenly over warm brownies and into holes. Tap pan lightly to fill holes. Let remaining pudding mixture stand to thicken slightly. Spread over top of brownies to frost. Refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. Cut into 2 inch squares. Cut each square diagonally into triangles. Makes 32 Source: Kraft Halloween Booklet pg. 63

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1/2 C Butter
10 C Crispy rice cereal
9 C Miniature marshmallows
2 C Mixture of candy corn and Indian candy corn
3/4 C Miniature chocolate chips
Candy pumpkins
Orange food coloring

Melt butter and marshmallows; stir until smooth.
In a large bowl, mix rice cereal,
candy corn and miniature chips together.
Add orange food coloring to marshmallow mixture,
or squirt over cereal in bowl.
Add marshmallow mixture to cereal mixture;
stir quickly to combine.
Spread on a large buttered jelly roll pan;
press with buttered hands.
While warm, press on candy pumpkins spaced 1 to 1/2-2 inches apart.
Refrigerate and cut into squares.
Marla:mhudgins@alliancelink.com

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6 eggs
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 cups sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
1 tbsp corn syrup
4 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter or margarine
2 - 2/3 cups peanut butter - 1 (18 oz) jar creamy/crunchy peanut butter
9 cups quick oats
1/2 pounds M&Ms
1/2 pounds chocolate chips

Beat eggs until foamy. Beat in sugars, vanilla and corn syrup. Add baking soda. Beat in butter and peanut butter until well blended. Stir in oats and chocolates. Shape into small hamburger sized patties. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 250°F for 12-15 minutes. *This recipe can be cut in half. It does make a lot of cookies with a full batch. But these are SOOOOO delicious. TishB94@aol.com

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1 1/2 cups bisquick® baking mix
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg
Assorted candies
(licorice candy, candy-coated peanut butter candies, candy coated chocolate candies)

Place waxed paper on microwavable plate. Mix all ingredients except candies until very soft dough forms. Drop dough by 2 rounded tablespoonsfuls onto waxed paper; spread to make 3-inch circles. Makes 3 cookies at a time. Decorate with candies to make monster faces. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute. Turn plate 1/2 turn. Microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute longer, checking once or twice until cookies are puffed and dry. Slide waxed paper with cookies onto wire rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove cookies waxed paper to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. 9 or 10 cookies.
Calories 200 (calories from fat 55); Fat 6g (Saturated 2g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 320mg; Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary fiber 1g); Protein
From: Bisquick Magazine Oct 1999

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Blue food coloring
Chocolate frosting

In a mixing bowl, add blue food coloring to the chocolate frosting until black in color. Susan's Homepage:http://home.earthlink.net/~susan926/

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Apples
Peanut Butter
Oreo Cookies
Gummy worms

Wash and dry apples;
hollow out core almost to the bottom
(need to leave a little to act as a plug).
Fill w/ peanut butter and top
w/ some crushed Oreo Cookies(dirt).
Insert a gummy worm wriggling out of the top.

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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 teaspoonsful 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°F oven 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.

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2 1/4 cups Bisquick® baking mix
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/3 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
black decorating gel
black rope licorice, cut into 1 inch piece

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets. Mix all ingredients except gel and licorice until stiff dough forms. Shape dough into thirty 1 inch balls. Pull a little bit of dough from each of 15 balls to make tails; set aside. Cut about 1/4 inch slit in same balls, using scissors. Separate dough to slit for cat's ears. Place balls about 2inches apart on cookie sheet Place remaining balls below each cat head on cookie sheet for body. Shape small pieces of dough into 15 ropes, about 2 1/2 inches long. Place end of rope under each body. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool Make eyes and nose on cats with black gel. Add licorice pieces for whiskers. About 15 cookies Note if dough is sticky, refrigerate for 30 minutes or until it is easy to handle. These look just like the two circle drawings of cats.
from:Bisquick/Oct 1999 #153

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1 pound spiced gumdrops
1/2 pound candy corn
1/2 pound black and orange jelly beans
1 16-ounce can salted peanuts

In a large bowl mix all ingredients together. Store in an airtight container.
Yield: About 8 cups
Source: Carolyn: The Recipe Lady, http://www.bellevilleredhatsociety.org/recipeexchange.html

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1 pound Hillshire Farm Litt’l Smokies
Chili sauce
Grape Jelly

In an electric skillet, place Smokies in a single layer. In a sauce pan, whisk together equal parts of chili sauce and grape jelly. Heat to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Pour over smokies and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
Yield: About 12 servings.
Source: Carolyn: The Recipe Lady, http://www.bellevilleredhatsociety.org/recipeexchange.html

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1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned 100% pumpkin puree
1 8-ounce package finely shredded Sharp Cheddar cheese
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
6 pitted black olives, cut into eyes, nose, and mouth
Celery stalk/leaves for stem
Whole grain crackers

Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, pumpkin, Cheddar cheese, and pineapple until smooth. For easier shaping, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Place on a serving plate and shape into a face up pumpkin. Score face with knife to resemble a pumpkin and then add celery stalk/leaves for stem. Place on slices of black olives for face. Cover and refrigerate before serving. Surround with whole grain crackers.
Yield: About 12 servings. Source: Carolyn: The Recipe Lady, http://www.bellevilleredhatsociety.org/recipeexchange.html

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2 cups Bisquick® baking mix
2/3 cup milk
1 package cream cheese(3 oz) softened
1 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese(4 oz)
2 slices Swiss cheese(3/4 oz ea)
16 slices ripe or pimento-stuffed green olives

Heat oven to 450°F. Stir baking mix and milk until soft dough forms. Turn dough onto surface dusted with baking mix; gently roll in baking mix to coat. Shape into ball; knead 10 times. Roll dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2 inch round cutter. Cut each circle in half. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Spread 1 teaspoon cream cheese on rounded edge of each biscuit. Roll in cheddar cheese. Cut 1 inch circle from Swiss cheese slices; place circle on center of each biscuit. Top with olive slice.
Makes 16 biscuits
from: Bisquick/Oct 1999 #153

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Wash the seeds and pat them dry

Soak for about an hour in soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce
(try a batch of each just to see which you like better)
Sprinkle w/ garlic powder if desired

Roast on cookie sheet @ low heat 250°-300°F.
After 1/2 hr, turn the seeds over and
continue roasting for another 1/2 - 1 hr.

Test by biting into one - they're done when they're crunchy.

Some variations:
Soak in butter instead of the soy or Worcestershire sauce.
Sprinkle with a few Italian spices - oregano for instance.

Experiment until you find a flavor you like!

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