Halloween Special!

Hey everyone! Today we’re bringing you some deliciously spooky Halloween treats.These snacks are as delicious as they are spooky and would be great for anyone hosting a Halloween party. We hope you enjoy the list and we’d love to hear from anyone who takes on one of the recipes! 

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1.       Individual Spooky White Pizzas

These little guys are easy to prepare and a delicious finger food for your guests.

                                                                

What you need:

• One 1-pound ball prepared pizza dough
• All-purpose flour, for rolling the dough
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, finely grated
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
• 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella (about 6 ounces)
• 4 pitted black olives, ends trimmed and each cut into 3 rounds

  What to do:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. 

Divide the pizza dough into 4 pieces. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll and stretch on a lightly floured surface into an 8- to 9-inch oval. Transfer to a prepared baking sheet and pull the end of the dough to one side into a tapered end to create a ghost shape. Repeat with the remaining dough, putting 2 ghosts on each baking sheet. Don't worry if they all look slightly different-- it will give the ghosts personality. 

Mix the oil and garlic together in a small bowl and evenly brush over the 4 ghosts; sprinkle with a total of 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bake until the crusts are golden and set, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the pans top to bottom halfway through the baking time. 

Mix the ricotta, Parmesan and Italian seasoning together in a small bowl and spread over the ghosts, stopping about 1/2-inch from the edge. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and return to the oven until the ghosts are hot and the cheese has melted, about 5 minutes more. Place 2 pieces of olive on each ghost for the eyes and1 piece on each for a mouth.
Transfer the ghosts to individual plates and serve. 

      2.       Creepy Carrot  Fingers with Ranch Dressing

Super creepy and super easy!

What you need:

• 1 bag peeled baby carrots
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• Cream cheese
• Bottled ranch dressing

What to do:

Place a bit of cream cheese on the end of a baby carrot and place an almond slice face down on top. The almond should look like a fingernail on the carrot "finger". Repeat until all carrots are finished.

Pour dressing in a bowl and stand a few carrot fingers upright in the bowl. Place the bowl on a platter and lay the remaining carrot fingers around the bowl. 

3.       R.I.P Cake

The cake says it all….

What you need:

• 8-inch square baked chocolate cake (from mix or scratch)
• Store bought chocolate icing
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• Green food coloring
• White chocolate bar
• Black icing (can also use semisweet chocolate morsels, melted in microwave)

What to do:

Coat cake with chocolate icing. Combine coconut and enough green food coloring to make green "grass".

Break the white chocolate bar into squares for tombstones. Break off a few with jagged edges to look like old stones.

Place black icing or melted chocolate into a plastic zip-tip bag and cut a tiny hole in the corner. Pipe 'RIP' onto the chocolate squares. Allow to dry. (You can place them in the refrigerator for a few minutes for a quick dry.)

Sprinkle grass over top of cake. Insert pieces of white chocolate to make tombstones.

4.       Dirty Worms

This dirty treat is made with everyday hot dogs and black beans!

                         

What you need:

• 8 hot dogs, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick strips
• 2 can(s) (15 ounces each) black beans, drained and chopped

What to do:

Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer; add hot dogs and simmer until they begin to curl; drain.

Place black beans in a serving bowl and top with curled hot dogs, gently tucking them into the beans to give the appearance of worms in dirt; serve immediately.

5.       Mummy Dogs

Transform hot dogs into creepy mummies using crescent dinner rolls

What you need:

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet

2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)

10 large hot dogs

Cooking spray

Mustard or ketchup, if desired

What to do:

Heat oven to 375°F.

If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.

 With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).

 Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like "bandages," stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for "face." On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.

 Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on "face."

Bonus: Fizzy Ghoul Cocktail!

This ghoulish cocktail recipe comes from Blogger Jessica Walker @ lilmissbossy.com

 

What you need:

1 black licorice wheel

1/4 cup (2 oz) melon-flavored liqueur

1/4 cup (2 oz) lemon-lime carbonated beverage

Ice

Note: serving size is for one cocktail

What to do:

  Place licorice wheel in bottom of martini glass.

 In chilled cocktail shaker, pour liqueur and carbonated beverage; add ice. Shake; pour into glass. Serve immediately.

*Make sure you decorate glass with plastic spider for creep effect!*