Pretzel Spider Webs

Recipe and Photos from:
Making Memories

What you'll need:
* stick pretzels
* white melting chocolate
* raisins


Arrange the pretzels like this

Melt the chocolate according to package directions. Spoon into a plastic sandwich bag with a small hole cut in the tip.

Squirt some white chocolate in the middle to secure the pieces and then make 3 circles around the pretzels. Add raisins for spiders.

Boo Cups

Recipe and Photo From: Meet the Dubiens

What You Need

3/4 cup boiling water
1 pkg.(3 oz.) JELL-O Orange Flavor Gelatin
2 cups ice cubes
2/3 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided
8 miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Make It

ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in large bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice; stir 3 to 5 min. or until gelatin is thickened. Remove any unmelted ice. Whisk in 1/3 cup COOL WHIP until well blended. Pour into 4 dessert dishes. It will be pretty liquidy at this point but will firm up nicely in the fridge.

REFRIGERATE 30 min. or until firm.

Top with Cool Whip to make a ghost shape and add mini chocolate chip eyes.

Deviled Egg Eyeballs

Another fun Halloween idea! I have not made these yet, but I will be tomorrow!

Recipe and Photo from Recipe Shoebox

6 hard boiled eggs
1/4 c mayonnaise
1-2 tsp yellow mustard
salt/ pepper to taste
black olives
red and blue food coloring
toothpick
piping bag


The Directions:
Slice your hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop (or pop) out the yellow yolk into a small bowl.
Mash up the yolks with a fork and then add mayonnaise and mustard. Blend well to make as smooth as possible. Add salt and pepper according to your tastes. You may also want to add more mayonnaise or mustard depending on your taste. Add a couple drops of blue food coloring and mix well.

Cut your olives into slices. You can choose to leave them round and have round black eyeballs in the middle, or cut smaller pieces of olive to represent the iris. Place your olives in the middle of the yolk.

Squeeze a little red food coloring onto a plate or even a spoon to use. Take the tip of your toothpick and dip it in the food coloring. Now draw red squiggle lines to make it look like the eyes are blood shot.

Marshmallow Ghosts

I have not actually made these yet, but I wanted to post before Halloween so you would have a chance to make this super cute treat! I will be making mine this weekend and I can't wait!

Update...
*I had a lot of chocolate left over...enough to do another bag of marshmallows!

You will need a food marker for the ghost face, which I heard you could buy at Walmart. I couldn't find any when I looked though. I would guess Hobby Lobby or Michaels carries these markers?

Update...
*Could not find a food marker, instead bought a bottle of Wiltons black icing in a jar. I used a lollipop stick to stamp on the ghost face.

** Adapted from Yum! Magazine for Kids

1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 Tablespoon shortening

Graham Cracker crumbs

Pretzel sticks

Large Marshmallows


Draw a ghost face on Marshmallows.

Melt the chocolate chips and shortening together in the mircrowave for about 1 minute. Stir until completely melted – don’t overheat or you’ll burn the chocolate!

Stick a pretzel stick into the marshmallow. Dip the bottom of the marshmallow in the chocolate and then in the graham cracker crumbs.

Set on a parchment lined cookie sheet and place in the frig for about 15 minutes, or until chocolate sets.

Menu Planning Monday

Ok, so I have been falling behind on getting all the meals that I have planned to make-actually made. This week I will play "catch up" going back over the last few weeks to make some recipes that never became a reality.

Here are the ones I am hoping to actually get to this week.

3 Meat Soup
Hasselback Potatoes and Steak
Beef Tenderloin Steak, Cheesy Ranch Twice Baked Potatoes

Boo Cups
Watermelon Lemonade
Apple Cookies with Carmel

Ok- we will just try to accomplish this much this week...here's to hoping it happens.

Parmesan Garlic Rolls

Ingredients:
24 frozen Rhodes rolls
5 tbsp. melted butter
parmesan cheese-to taste
garlic salt-to taste

Directions:
Place frozen rolls in well greased muffin tin. Brush butter on tops with a pastry brush-this was Destrie's job.
Sprinkle parmesan cheese and garlic salt on top.
Let rise according to the directions.
Bake according to the directions on roll package.

Rate It!
Jen: 8
Kile: 8
Kiley:
Madee:
Destrie: good

Johnny Fries

This is a recipe for baked Fries. This lovely seasoning makes them absolutely delicious.

I have also sprinkled this seasoning on french fries after they have come out of the fryer. YUM! Anyway, on to the recipe.

Ingredients:
4 large russet potatoes
4 Tbsp.extra virgin olive oil
Johnny's salt-to taste

Directions:
Wash potatoes, pat dry, cut into wedges. Coat with light layer of olive oil. Sprinkle with Johnny's salt. Bake in 350 degree oven for about an hour.

*variation-can coat fries in buttermilk instead of olive oil before baking... I will try this next time!

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