Cat's Eyes

1/2 c Peanut butter
8 Ritz crackers
1 Banana; cut into 8 slices
8 Raisins

Spread peanut butter on crackers and top each with a slice of
banana. Place a raisin in center of each banana to form a cat's eye
and repeat for all banana topped crackers.

PUMPKIN NUTS

Save the seeds when you clean out your Halloween Jack-o-lantern.

Rinse the seeds if you wish.

Melt 3 or 4 Tbsp. butter or margarine in a pan, add a dash of Worchestershire sauce.

Mix together with the seeds.

Spread out on a cookie sheet and sprinkle them with a little salt.

Bake at 350 until the seeds are brown and crispy.

Stir from time to time.

Roasted pumpkin seeds are eaten shell and all.

 

*** Peppermint Ice Cream ***

3 lb. coffee can with plastic cover
1 lb. coffee can with plastic cover
Rock salt
Crushed ice
2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Red food coloring
Crushed peppermint stick (about 3 T.)

Place 1 lb. can in center of 3 lb can. Fill 1 lb. can with ice cream ingredients. Layer crushed ice and rock salt around the small 1 lb. can. Cover both with their plastic lids. Sit in a circle on floor and roll the can back and forth for about 15 minutes.

PEANUT HONEY BALLS
Makes 24 balls

1/4 cup crushed wheat flake cereal; (1 cup = uncrushed)
3 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk solids
Non-stick cooking spray

Reserve two tablespoons crushed cereal. Mix honey and peanut butter. Gradually add nonfat milk, mixing well. Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray and shape into 1/2 inch balls. Roll in reserved cereal. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. Store in refrigerator.

PEANUT CHEWS
Makes 48 pieces

1 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup smooth peanut putter
1-1/4 cup salted or dry roasted peanuts; (6-1/2 oz can)
5 cups corn flakes

Combine corn syrup and sugar in 3-quart heavy saucepan. Bring to a full boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; quickly stir in peanut butter. Add peanuts and corn flakes, stirring to coat. Press into buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Cool and cut into 48 pieces.

midnite owls:
1 package ready-made sugar cookie dough
1 container ready-made chocolate frosting
1 container ready-made white frosting
1 package M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate MINIS® for Halloween
Create beautiful Night Owls by cutting out an owl shape from ready-made cookie dough and bake according to package instructions. Click here to download a sample owl shape to use as a stencil. Decorate with chocolate and white ready-made frosting. Detail the Night Owls with brown ears, yellow eyes, orange wings and a red tail using M&M'S® Brand MINIS®.

Makes 8 owls.

birds nest cookies
1 cup (2 sticks or 240mL) butter
1/2 cup (120mL) granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups (480mL) all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 12 ounce package (1-3/4 cups or 340g) M&M'S® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Baking Bits, divided
1 1/3 cups (3 1/2 ounces or 100g) flaked coconut

Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
Spread coconut on ungreased cookie sheet.

Toast in oven, stirring occasionally until coconut

just begins to turn a light golden color, about 25 minutes. Remove toasted coconut from cookie sheet; set aside. Increase oven temperature to 350°F (180°C).

In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture, only until combined.

Stir in 1 cup (240mL)M&M'S® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Baking Bits.

Form dough into 1-1/4-inch (32mm) balls.

Roll heavily in toasted coconut.

Place 2-inches (50mm) apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.

With thumb, press indentation in center of each cookie. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until coconut is golden brown.

Remove cookies to wire rack; immediately fill indentations with reserved candies,

using a tiny teaspoonful in each. Cool completely.

MAKES ABOUT 3 DOZEN COOKIES.

 Happy Halloween Mini Popcorn Balls 
 10 cups popped corn
1 (1-lb.) bag miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup diced dried fruit (papaya, mango or peaches)
1 cup butterscotch chips
Orange food coloring
Place popcorn, fruit and butterscotch chips in large bowl; set aside.
Heat marshmallows and butter in a large saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Stir in several drops of food coloring. Pour over popcorn and candy, tossing to coat evenly. Cool 5 minutes.
Grease hands and form into 3-inch balls.
Yield: About 16 balls

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HAUNTED POPCORN HANDS
Clear Polyethylene food service gloves
Candy corn
Popcorn
Ribbon or yarn
Place 1-3 pieces of candy corn at the end of each finger (depending on size of glove), pointy side first, to make fingernails. Fill the glove with popcorn and tie it off with ribbon or yarn.

Halloween Kitty 
 2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 cups popped popcorn, unsalted
2 8 1/2-by-11 inch oval paper plates
1 6-inch dessert paper plates
Aluminum foil
Licorice strings or colored toothpicks (6 2-inch strips)
Licorice rope (1 15-inch strip)
Light corn syrup for assembly

Combine sugar, water, salt, 1/2 C. corn syrup and vinegar; cook to hard ball stage (250 degrees Fahrenheit); add vanilla. Pour over popped corn and mix well. Line paper plates with foil and press popcorn mixture firmly into them; allow to cool. Unmold.

With a sharp knife cut a wedge from one end of each large oval to form legs of cat. Trim each small round (head) popcorn shape to fit other end of oval (body). Cut licorice strings into six 2-inch strips and rope licorice into a 15-inch strip.

To assemble, heat corn syrup to a boil and brush over body and head shapes where they fit together; press together to form cat. Brush flat side of one cat with hot syrup; arrange 2-inch strips of licorice to make whiskers. Press second cat over first to give a three-dimensional effect. Cut ears from popcorn wedge scraps and attach to head with hot syrup. Shape licorice rope into a tail and attach to body.
 
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Ghastly   Ghoul   Mix!

1/2 CUP RED HOTS
1/2 CUP GUM DROPS
1/2 CUP SUNFLOWER SEEDS (WITHOUT THE SHELLS)
1 CUP CANDY CORN
1 CUP M&M'S (HALLOWEEN COLORS)
1 CUP CORN CHIPS
1 CUP RAISINS
1 CUP CHEESE CURLS
1 CUP GOLDEN GRAHAMS CEREAL
1 CUP DRY ROASTED PEANUTS
1 CUP SHOE STRING POTATOES

PLACE IN LARGE BAG AND SHAKE! PUT IN SERVING CONTAINERS. ENJOY!

Cobweb Cookies

• 3/4 cup All purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Cooking oil
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 large Eggs
• Powdered sugar

Beat together the flour, sugar, vegetable oil, milk, vanilla and eggs until smooth. Pour batter into a plastic squeeze bottle with a narrow opening. Heat a large (preferably non-stick) skillet over medium heat until hot; grease lightly. Working quickly, squeeze batter to form 4 straight, thin lines which intersect at a common center point to form a "star" shape. To form cobweb, squeeze thin streams of batter to connect lines. Cook 30-60 seconds or until bottom is golden brown; carefully turn. Cook until golden brown; remove from skillet. Cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Makes about 2-1/2 dozen (4-5") cobweb cookies.