Recipes

Different Ways to Roast Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds used to just be thrown out with the rest of the pumpkin “goo” that resulted after carving your pumpkin. But today enterprising cooks have found a variety of ways to roast the pumpkin seeds and serve them in delicious recipes. It is important to keep in mind that you can not quite cook [...]

Paper Jack O’ Lantern

The following are two simple Halloween crafts that are fun for kids and adults, and that get everyone in the spooky, fun, mood for Halloween: Paper Jack-O-Lantern: Paper Jack-O-Lanterns are a fast, easy and relatively mess free way to let your child experience the fun of making a Jack-O-Lantern without the pumpkin, knife, and mess [...]


Meringue “Bones”

Kids will get a kick out of making these fake bones which also happen to be yummy. Ingredients 3 egg whites 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar pinch of salt 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Cooking Instructions: Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F. Use parchment paper to line two cookie sheets. With an [...]

“Maggoty” Pumpkin Soup

If your Halloween crafting spirit tends more toward using a mixer and less toward using a glue gun these next recipes just might be for you. Edible Halloween crafts can be a delicious way to welcome the Halloween holiday and spend time with your kids in the kitchen. While most kids love to craft there [...]


Ghostie Pops

For a non-cooking but still yummy treat try making ghostie pops. This is an especially good craft for younger children. Ingredients: •lollipops•kleenex•string or black ribbon•markers Directions-Take a lollipop and put a kleenex over it. Tie with a piece of string or ribbon. Use a black marker to color on eyes and a mouth.

Monster Munch Print

This snack is fun to make and secretly has some nutrition thanks to the fruit and peanut butter. The kids will have fun making it and you never have to tell them! Ingredients •1 Cup dry roast unsalted peanuts•1/3 Cup butter•1 Pound marshmallows •1/2 Cup peanut butter •3 Cups puffed rice cereal •1 Cup dried [...]


Peanut Butter and Jelly-Filled Spiders

If you are looking for some projects to do with your children this Halloween look no further than the kitchen. While traditional craft projects are always fun not all kids like to do them but few would turn down a chance to create a Halloween craft in the kitchen that they can eat afterwards! In [...]

Ghoul-Ade

1 Envelope Kool-Aid grape flavor unsweetened mix 1 Envelope Kool-Aid orange flavor unsweetened mix 2 Cups sugar 3 Quarts cold water 1 Bottle (qt.) ginger ale — chilled Mix Kool Aid’s together with sugar, in large pitcher. Add water and mix. Just before serving, add ginger ale. TIP: Add grapes cut in half and take [...]

Halloween Punch

12 oz orange juice concentrate, frozen 12 oz white grape juice, frozen2 liter 7-Up 1 pt orange sherbet green food coloring Instructions: Mix together orange juice, white grape juice, 7-Up, orange sherbetIf desired, serve with large, buoyant, and well-washed plastic spiders on the top! )

Smoking Cauldron

Prepare your punch recipe and put in your punch bowl or cauldron.Put gloves on to protect yourself from the dry ice.Wrap chunks of dry ice in cheesecloth and secure. A big tea ball can also be used, but will have to be replaced more often.Carefully place in punch.Replace as necessary. CAUTION:Dry ice is crystalized CO2, [...]

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