“Scary” Food & Treat Ideas
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Trick or treat? Both! With scary foods and treats galore.
Have an up-coming Halloween party and don’t know what to make to feed your guests? No worries! Here are five scary foods and treats that are sure to monster rock the house down!
Scary Pear Heads:
Using Pears as your main ingredient makes for a fun and spooky treat!
Ingredients
- 8 firm ripe Seckel pears
- 1/2 pound organic white chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 ounce semisweet organic chocolate, coarsely chopped
Directions
- Remove the stem from the pears. Using a wooden skewer, make a hole in the stem end of each pear. Insert a lollipop stick in each hole.
- In a double boiler or a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, melt white chocolate. Let stand until cool. Dip the pears in the chocolate, turning to coat. Stand the pears up in a piece of foam or oasis. Let stand until set, about 40 minutes.
- In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, melt the semisweet chocolate. Let cool for 5 minutes. Fit a small pastry bag with a #4 tip, and fill with melted semisweet chocolate. Pipe chocolate onto pears to create facial features. Let stand until set, about 10 minute
Be sure to use chocolate with Fair Trade on the label! For more fun recipes like this, check out Martha Stewart online!
Swamp Juice:
This spooky drink will creep out any party goer...in a delicious way!
- Ingredients
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- FOR 8 SERVINGS:
- 1/2 cup small tapioca pearls (found in the baking aisle of most grocery stores)
- 100% natural food coloring
- 4 tablespoons organic sugar
- 8 organic gummy worms
- Seltzer water
- All natural lemonade
- 8 organic gummy worms
- Instructions
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- MAKE THE EGGS: Bring 6 cups of water to a boil and add the tapioca pearls. Reduce the heat slightly and boil the pearls, stirring occasionally, for 20 to 25 minutes.
- COLOR THE EGGS: Divide the pearls, with the remaining water, between two bowls. Add 4 drops of food coloring (we used 3 drops of yellow and 1 drop of green in one bowl, and 4 drops of blue in the other) and 2 tablespoons of sugar to each bowl. Stir the mixtures, then allow them to sit uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes. Drain and rinse the pearls with cold water.
- ASSEMBLE THE DRINK: Spoon 2 tablespoons of pearls into each glass and drop in a gummy fish. Fill the glasses with seltzer water, then add a splash of lemonade. Place a gummy worm around a spoon as shown.
Be sure to get use one of our fun sponsors for your gummy candy at Surf Sweets! For more fun Halloween recipes similar to this one, check out Disney Family Fun!
Pizza Mummies:
Little mummies for mommy and her little kids too!
- Ingredients (choose organic whenever possible)
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- English muffins
- Pizza sauce
- Black olives
- Scallions
- Red or green pepper
- Cheese sticks or slices
- Instructions
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- Heat the oven to 350º F. For each mummy, spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce onto half of an English muffin (toast it first, if you like).
- Set olive slices in place for eyes and add round slices of green onion or bits of red or green pepper for pupils.
- Lay strips of cheese (we used a pulled-apart cheese stick) across the muffin for the mummy?s wrappings.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin is toasty.
Be sure to use English Muffins that are whole grain and gluten free!
For more fun Halloween recipes similar to this one, check out Disney Family Fun!
Swamp Creatures:
Oooooey, Goooey Swamp Creatures that taste good!
- Ingredients
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- All natural/organic Macaroni and cheese
- Sautéed spinach
- Olive slices
- Instructions
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- Mix up a batch of macaroni and cheese, then spoon it into greased muffin cups and bake until firm, about 25 minutes.
- Let the creatures rest for about 10 minutes, then gently remove them from the tins. Place them upside down on a swamp of sautéed spinach and add olive slice eyes.
Be sure to use whole grain, gluten free pasta for the macaroni!
For more fun Halloween recipes similar to this one, check out Disney Family Fun!
Slivered Scream Beans:
Healthy and Scary at the same time!
Ingredients
- 1 pound haricots verts
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 1/2 Thai chile, thinly sliced
- Coarse salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons black sesame seeds (kalustyans.com)
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
Directions
- Prepare an ice bath. Bring a 4-quart pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Add haricots verts, and blanch until vibrant green, about 5 minutes. Drain in a colander, and transfer to ice bath. Let stand until cool. Drain in colander, and thinly slice haricots verts on the bias.
- Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add garlic, and cook until just golden, 1 minute. Add ginger and chile, and cook for 1 minute more. Add blanched haricots verts, and cook, tossing, until heated through. Season with salt. Add sesame seeds and lemon zest, and toss to combine.
For more fun recipes like this, check out Martha Stewart online!
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Green Halloween® is a nationwide non-profit initiative started by mother-daughter team Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell. In 2010, Green Halloween became a program of EcoMom® Alliance and has events in cities across the U.S.
Carve the pumpkins as shown, cutting the mouths from the tops of the pumpkins. Break off the stems.
Cut a small piece from the large fish’s tail fin and secure it to the head with toothpicks.
