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DIP FOR BRAINS

The perfect head for skeleton crudite

Ingredients:

3 cups low-fat yogurt
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup peach jam
1 tbsp. orange juice
1/2 tsp. to 1 tbsp. mild curry powder
1/2 tsp. white pepper



Directions:


Stir all the ingredients in a skull-size bowl or scooped-out head of lettuce and refrigerate. Serve with vegetables, crackers, pita slices, or as the head for Skeleton Crudite. Makes 8 servings


SWEET MONSTERS

INGREDIENTS
2 dozen cupcakes from your favorite recipe
3.4-ounce box of vanilla-flavored instant pudding
green food coloring
1 cup of green melting candy (we used Wilton Candy Melts)
24 large marshmallows
skewers
waxed-paper-lined baking sheet
M&M's Minis
small serrated knife
chocolate frosting
black gel
2 green Tic Tac mints
1. Bake and cool 2 dozen cupcakes from your favorite recipe. Prepare a 3.4-ounce box of vanilla-flavored instant pudding. Stir in drops of green food coloring until you have a shade you like, then place it in the refrigerator to chill.
2. Next, microwave 1 cup of green melting candy (we used Wilton Candy Melts, available at party supply stores) for 1 minute at 50 percent power, then stir. If necessary, heat in 15-second intervals until completely melted. One at a time, spear 24 large marshmallows with a skewer and roll them in the melted candy, coating the sides. Set them on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, add M&MÕs Minis for eyes, and place them in the refrigerator to chill.
3. With a small serrated knife, remove a 1-inch-wide chunk from the center of each cupcake. Fill each hole with a tablespoon or so of the pudding, then spread chocolate frosting around each pudding hole.
4. Cover each pool of pudding with a chilled marshmallow. Add black gel facial features and 2 green Tic Tac mints for bolts.
5. Finally, top each monster head with a bit of frosting and muss with your finger or a fork. Keep the cupcakes chilled until serving time.

FINGER FOOD

INGREDIENTS
vegetable dip
4 long carrots
1 medium carrot
softened cream cheese
sliced-almond
baby carrots
1. To prepare them, just fill a serving bowl with your favorite vegetable dip. Wash and peel 4 long carrots for fingers and 1 medium carrot for a thumb.
2. With a paring knife (a parent's job), cut a flat, shallow notch in the tip of each carrot. Then use a dab of dip or softened cream cheese to glue a sliced-almond fingernail atop each notch.
3. Stick the fingers in the dip, as shown, and serve with plenty of peeled baby carrots for dipping.

GOBLIN GRINS

INGREDIENTS
1 pea pod
1 red bell pepper
few slivered almonds
1. For each one, use the tip of a paring knife to cut a slit centered in one side of an edible pea pod (a parent's job).
2. Cut out a tongue shape from red bell pepper and insert the top of it through the opening in the pea pod (it looks best if the inside of the pepper faces up).
3. For the finishing touch, insert a few slivered almonds for teeth.

For more recipes check out some posts I posted last year
http://forums.bigbigsavings.com/show...ight=halloween
http://forums.bigbigsavings.com/show...ight=halloween
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpo...llofoodie.html

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