BIZARRE BITES!
Halloween Party Recipes
Hosting a Halloween party and want to get into the spirit of things? Serve these eccentric eats to munch on…they may sound gross but they sure will feed those hungry souls!
Finger Pizzas
1 red bell pepper (4 oz.)
12 sticks (1 oz. each) mozzarella
8 small (about 5" diam.) baked pizza crusts
1 cup purchased pizza sauce
Core, stem and de-seed the pepper; cut lengthwise into 1"-wide strips. Cut each strip crosswise into 1/2" pieces (fingernails). Round corners on one end of each piece. Cut each cheese stick in half crosswise. On rounded end of each stick (finger), cut out a 1/2"-square notch into which a pepper piece will fit to make a nail. Lay crusts slightly apart on 3 baking sheets, each 12x15". Spread 2 Tbsp. of sauce evenly over each crust. Lay 3 cheese fingers well apart on each crust: fit a red pepper nail onto each. Bake in oven at 450ºF until cheese begins to melt. Takes approximately 8 minutes. Ready to serve hot!
Witches' Fingers
What you need:
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
4 Boneless chicken breasts
1 cup flour, 1 cup breadcrumbs, 1 egg, beaten
Pitted black olives, halved lengthwise
Shredded lettuce.
What to do:
Grease a baking sheet with the oil and set aside. Cut the chicken breasts part way to create five fingers (the uncut part being the palm of the hand). Dust the chicken in flour, dip in the egg and coat in the breadcrumbs. Grill for five minutes on each side until golden and cooked through. Trim the "fingertips" with the olive "fingernails" and serve on lettuce.
Bugs
12 oz. chocolate chips
12 oz. butterscotch chips
1 pkg peanuts
1 pkg chow mein noodles
Melt chips in double boiler & pour over noodles and nuts. Mix well and drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet. Chill until firm.
Eyeball Cookies
½ cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups peanut butter
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
12 oz. white chocolate
Cream the butter and peanut butter together. Add the sugar and vanilla and thoroughly blend. Shape into small 1" balls and refrigerate on waxed paper for 30 minutes. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. With a toothpick, dip the "eyeballs" into the white chocolate, covering all but a small circle on the top. Let cool on waxed paper. Makes 40 eyeballs.
Radioactive Punch
Mix: Mountain Dew, Orange Juice and Great Bluedini Kool Aid to get a nauseating green color. Fill unpowdered latex gloves with red juice and freeze. After completely frozen, carefully remove latex gloves and float the disembodied hands in the punch bowl to keep it chilled. The fingers break off easily, so you may want break off some of the fingers and place the 'disembodied' fingers in the punch for a "bloody" effect.
24 navel oranges
1 gallon dark chocolate or fudge ice cream
24 whole cinnamon sticks
Cut off the top of the oranges. Gently hollow out the pulp, leaving a thick shell; hollow pulp out of cut-off tops too. Cut Jack-O'Lantern faces into each orange. Pack scoops of ice cream into shells (try to avoid letting ice cream ooze out of eyes or mouth). Cut a small hole in the top of each orange. Set tops back on over the ice cream and insert a cinnamon-stick stem through the hole. Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours or until serving time.
Witches' Brew
What you need:
4 cups cranberry juice, 4 cups apple juice
1 cup chopped candied ginger, 3 oranges
2 large bottles ginger ale, 2 cups grapes
What to do:
In your "cauldron," bring one cup of cranberry juice and candied ginger to the boil over a high heat. Boil, uncovered, for about two minutes and set aside. With a vegetable peeler, peel the zest from the oranges and cut the peel into thin 2-inch-long worms. Add the peel to the cranberry mixture. Cover and chill for at least four hours or overnight. Juice the oranges and put juice into a large pan or heavy bowl. Sir in the cranberry-ginger mix, the remaining 3 cups of cranberry juice, apple juice and grapes. Cover and chill for up to two hours.
Halloween Worms
What you need:
For worms: 6-7 ozs egg noodles,
cooked with 8oz spaghetti,
broken into short pieces.
What to do:
Toss with: plenty of butter or margarine, 1 1/2 cups of grated cheddar cheese. Place in a greased casserole dish For "dirt": 2 slices wholemeal bread, toasted and crumbled Melted butter or margarine 1/4 tsp salt Mix the dirt ingredients together and sprinkle over worms. Place under a hot grill for five minutes.
Skeleton Bone Biscuits
What you need:
4 egg whites, 1 tsp grated orange peel
1 3/4 cups sugar , 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 3/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups salted almonds
What to do:
With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites and sugar with orange peel and backing powder until blended. Gradually add nuts and flour, beating until mixture is thoroughly blended. Cover and chill until firm enough to handle, at least an hour or up to a day. Lightly flour your hands and pinch off a three-tablespoon size piece of dough.
On a lightly floured board, use the palms of both hands to evenly roll an 8-inch long rope. Cut rope in half; roll each half out again to 8 inches. Fold an inch of each end back onto rope and pinch ends to make bone shapes. Repeat to shape all the dough. Place bones an inch apart on a buttered and flour-dusted baking sheets. Bake in a 325F oven until cookies are lightly browned on bottoms (about 20 minutes).
Party Music
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Featuring a number of break-dancing Zombies in his video only added to the spookiness of this Halloween party favourite.
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin' Jay Hawkins
This enchanting classic has been covered many times and by many artists but the original is pure magic!
Love Song For A Vampire – Annie Lenox
You’d have to be batty to forget this haunting and delicately spooky song that made it to the ending credits of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker
If your ghosties get too much you’ll know who to call? This film theme is a must have party classic!
Monster Mash – Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Make your party come to life with this monsterous song.
Blue Moon – Bobby Vinton
There’ll be no hairy moments once this werewolf classic is on.
Tubular Bells – Phillip Glass
Exorcise your right to give even the strongest spook a shiver with this devilishly good instrumental theme!
The X-Files – Mark Snow
The theme from the cult show is simply out of this world!