Bite Size Halloween Treats!

Since I don't work on Friday's, I decided to treat my co-workers to some Halloween cupcakes on Thursday, so I whipped up a few batches of mini cupcakes.

I used white icing and red and yellow food coloring gel to get a deep orange color for the icing. And I got it on the first try - how about that!! (My husband can attest, he watched me).

Then I used some Halloween sprinkles we had (black and purple with white ghosts) to garnish the top. We got these sprinkles at the Christmas Tree Shops last year after Halloween - 50% off!! Good thing sprinkles don't go bad, so I could save them for this year!

I know my co-workers will be excited to see these cupcakes and they are the perfect bite-sized Halloween treat for a pick-me-up at work!

Yum!

Halloween Week Continues with Bloody Zombie Dinner Tarts!

In keeping with the Halloween theme this week, and complying with my husbands request for his favorite meal - my Hamburger Pie - I decided to get a little creative and make little individual "tarts" of hamburger pie with a monster face.

I followed my hamburger pie recipe loosely - I diced some onions and threw them in a saute pan before I added the 93% lean beef to brown. Once that was browned, I added the cream of mushroom soup along with shredded cheddar cheese.

While that was cooking, I unrolled a can of crescent roll dough and cut 8 circles. Four of the circles I left alone, and 4 I cut little monster faces out.

When the mixture was ready, I put a few spoonfuls onto each whole circle, put the monster face circle on top and pinched the sides closed.

I then took green food coloring and brushed it onto the top of the face...lastly adding a few dabs of red food coloring for blood.

I popped them in the oven at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes and poof! Something fun and creative to eat for dinner!!

Happy Halloween week!

Chocolate Covered Pretzels - Halloween Edition!

My husband and I have always wanted to play with the candy molds at the arts n crafts stores like Michael's. Every time we go in we see the bags of colored chocolate melts and we swear that one day we will make some.

Well, that day was over the weekend. My husband was out at a baseball show, so I was left alone to do the errands. Since the grocery store is right next to Michael's, I decided to splurge and I purchased a candy mold you can use with pretzels. I got finger bones!!

I decided to purchase white and green candy melts and give it a try. I wanted to make bloody bones and tried to use red food coloring on one of the bones, but it didn't come out the way I wanted just yet. But I had fun trying out my first 9 candy molds.

I did buy a decorator brush so I could make more intricate designs in the future.

This is a fun activity to do, and it hardly takes any time. Melt some chocolate, design your mold and pop it in the fridge for a half hour at the most.

Yum!

Sunday Game Day Snack - Halloween Theme! (Pizza Mummies)

So, Halloween is a week away and I decided to make my husband a fun little snack for football Sunday today.

He was out all morning at a baseball show so he didn't really eat lunch and I knew he would need a bigger snack. I found this adorable recipe on FamilyFun.Go.Com and I just had to make them!

This snack is a perfect family snack and is easy to make. The kids will love them and well, guys will eat anything relating to pizza!

Enjoy these pizza mummies!!

Ingredients:

English muffins
Pizza sauce
Black olives
Red or green pepper
Cheese sticks or slices (I used string cheese and pulled pieces to use as the wrappings)

Directions:

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 bits of red or green pepper for pupils.

Lay strips of cheese across the muffin for the mummy's wrappings.

Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin is toasty.