I am not one of those people who groans at everything flavored with pumpkin this time of year. I love Fall. I love pumpkin. Bring it on. Especially when it’s healthy and spiced with the flavors of this time of year. Make super-easy frozen pumpkin yogurt pumpkins HERE at Creative Food.
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Marshmallow Pumpkin Patch, Dracula Apple and Mummy Pot Pie
More Halloween fun for snacks, dinner and dessert, thanks to Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons. Make a dracula apple HERE, a marshmallow pumpkin patch HERE, and one of my favorite dinners ever, in scarier form, mummy pot pies HERE.
… Read More ...IZZE Sparkling Juice. And Get Out Your Camera! Big Prizes on the Way.
One of the perks of this gig is getting boxes full of cool stuff just to try. This time around my box was full of pretty bottles of IZZE. That is, IZZE, the sparkling fruit beverage flavored only with natural fruit juice that boasts (rightly so) to offer “just the right combination of sweetness and sparkle.” I know … Read More ...
Spider Brownie Truffles
Creepy, crawly, chocolate. All ya’ need for Halloween. And those legs are made from Tootsie Rolls. Who knew you could roll Tootsie Rolls so thinly? Find the step-by-step how-tos with photographs to make creepy spider truffles HERE at Shrimp Salad Circus.
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Monster Cookie Sticks
I made this quick and easy monster cookie sticks quickly and easily for a small gathering at a friend’s house last week. The kids and adults gobbled them up almost as soon as I put them down. No need for special cookie cutters, you can cut these out by hand. And no need for ace decorating skills, the more mistakes … Read More ...
Pretty Stamped Cookie Tutorial
I’ve seen (and done) so many variations of stamping on sweets in the past couple of years, I’m always interested in new and different ways to perfect the technique. Find the step-by-steps for these pretty stamped cookies HERE at PaperVine.
… Read More ...Gourmet Skull Pizza
And after you eat your salad with pumpkin-shaped carrots, dig into a skull-shaped pizza. A yummy-sounding skull-shaped pizza. Find the recipe for bacon, spinach, sun-dried tomato and goat cheese skull pizza HERE at Hungry Happenings.
… Read More ...Pumpkin-Shaped Carrots
Yes, a healthy Halloween post! Woo hoo for that. And here I thought these pumpkin-shaped carrots were somehow cut out with super strength and a mini cookie cutter, but there’s a much easier way. Find the how-tos HERE at Make the Best of Everything!.
… Read More ...Spread of Halloween Party Food and Treats
I promise I’m not just saying this because my zombie marshmallows lead the pack, though it helps. Find a fantastic round-up of creepy Halloween goodies, dinner, snacks and drinks HERE at eHow, including these monster munchies and goblin cheese head.
… Read More ...Cake Ball Brains that Ooze Blood
If I had more leisure time, I’m pretty sure I could post cool, creepy, clever Halloween food every minute of the day, because you folks keep coming up with cool, creepy, clever Halloween food. Like bloody cake ball brains. Sheesh, that even sounds gross, let alone the actual cake balls. Make cake ball brains oozing blood HERE at Hungry Happenings… Read More ...
Who are You Calling a Cauliflower Head?
Yes, ’tis the perfect (healthy) addition to any Halloween food table. Cauliflower. More specifically a cauliflower head. Might make kids laugh enough to actually want to eat cauliflower? I think so. Find the how-tos HERE at The Brass Paperclip Project.
… Read More ...Chocolate Bugs
So I’ve made easy chocolate spiders before… All you need are some chocolate chips and candy eyes. (See chocolate spiders HERE.) But I’m loving (in a “not really loving, per se, since I find bugs creepy, but in a that’s awesome kind of way) these beetles and other creepy crawlers. Find them HERE at Cute Food for Kids… Read More ...
Haunted Gingerbread Houses
If you just can’t wait for Christmas… start your gingerbread houses now. I’m loving this cute haunted gingerbread house from no. 2 pencil. Make it HERE.
Looking for Christmas themed Cookie Cutters, then check these out.
… Read More ...Frozen Yogurt Candy Corn
I only just said that anything can look like candy corn this time of year, and look what I spot moments later. This is a first for me: Frozen yogurt candy corn. Find the directions to make your own HERE at Studio DIY.
… Read More ...Chocolate Peanut Butter Eyeballs
Not sure how I feel about my dessert looking up at me, especially my favorite chocolate-peanut butter combo, but I’d make the exception at Halloween. That and for my favorite chocolate-peanut butter combo. Make these eyeball treats HERE at Key Ingredient.
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