Recipes for Witches Brew, Devilish Eggs, Wormy Apples and Severed Finger Cookies.
Every Halloween party needs food and drink to suit the occasion. Below are fun, fast and easy-to-create recipes for spooky and delicious Halloween treats that are sure to be enjoyed by everybody.
Witches Brew Punch
Ingredients
- 20 cups water
- 1 large can frozen limeade
- 1 large can frozen lemonade
- 1 package lemon-lime kool-aid & 1 cup sugar (or 1 package pre-sweetened lemon-lime kool-aid)
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1 large bottle of ginger ale
- Crushed ice
Directions
- Mix all ingredients in a large punch bowl, add crushed ice.
Devilish Eggs
Ingredients
- One dozen hard-boiled eggs
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon minced onion or shallot
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Peel eggs.
- Cut eggs in half lengthwise and scoop out yolks, placing in a separate bowl.
- With a fork, mash yolks and add mustard, mayonnaise, onion/shallot, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
- Arrange egg white halves on a serving platter.
- Spoon yolk mixture into egg white halves and sprinkle with paprika. (Makes two dozen)
Wormy Apples
Ingredients
- 6 large apples
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 6 gummy worms
Directions
- Core apples, leaving stem ends intact.
- Mix raisins and pecans and stuff into cavities of cored apples.
- Set apples stems up in a lightly buttered baking pan.
- In a 1 to 2-quart saucepan, mix brown sugar, water, butter, cinnamon & nutmeg; stir over high heat. until mixture boils. Pour hot syrup around apples.
- Bake, uncovered, in 350° F (175° C) oven, basting occasionally with syrup, until apples are tender when pierced and skin begins to crack, about 30 to 35 minutes.
- Remove apples from oven and cool in pan at least 10 minutes, or let cool to room temperature.
- Set each apple in a small bowl and spoon syrup around fruit.
- In the top of each apple, cut a hole large enough for one of the candy worms and tuck one end into each apple, leaving most of the worm dangling. (Makes 6)
Severed Finger Cookies
Ingredients
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. salt
- almond slivers
- red cake decorator gel
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla
- Mix dry ingredients and add to butter mixture; mix well and chill for 1 to 2 hours.
- Break off about an inch-sized pieces and roll in hands into a long tube tht will resemble a finger.
- Using a butter knife, make three indents to resembe the knuckle. Make a small indent where the "fingernail" (almond) will go.
- Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350° F (175° C) for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly brown around the edges; remove from oven and allow to cool.
- When cooloed, put decorator gel on the fingertip to hold the almond sliver (fingernail) in place.
- For added effect, squeeze some red gel at the severed end of the finger to resemble blood. (Makes up to 8 dozen cookies)
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