Here are some simple recipies for fun and kreepy treats.

 

Ghost-on-a-Stick Snacks

To make Ghost-on-a-Stick snacks, you will need:

• A baking tray lined with wax paper.
• A wooden stick or spatula.
• A wide, shallow glass or microwave-safe bowl.
• White Chocolate Pieces
• Bananas Cut in Half Lengthwise
• Popsicle sticks.
• Candy, Raisins or other decorations to form the ghosts' faces.

Once you've gathered your ingredients and tools, follow these instructions to assemble the Ghosts:

1. Place the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat it at 60% power (or level 6) for 1 minute.
2. Stir the melted white chocolate. If there are still some solid pieces in the bowl, microwave it again for no more than 1 minute, and then check and stir it. Repeat as necessary until all of the white chocolate has melted.
3. Once the white chocolate is completely melted, take it out of the microwave and let it cool a bit until it's just slightly warm.
4. Dip the banana halves in the white chocolate to coat them.
5. Place the coated banana halves on a wax-paper-lined cookie sheet.
6. While the white-chocolate coating is still tacky, use candy, raisins or other decorations to form the ghosts' faces.
7. Refrigerate the coated and decorated bananas for at least 20 minutes.
8. Insert a popsicle-stick into the bottom of each banana to finish off your Ghost on a Stick snacks, and then serve them within one day.

Creepy-crawly Cupcakes

• 1 Chocolate cupcake per guest
• Canned chocolate icing (or caramel)
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Red sweets, Smarties, Jelly beans etc.
• Black string lace licorice

To assemble:

1. Frost the cupcakes with chocolate icing or caramel.
2. Roll the tops of the cupcakes in chocolate sprinkles to create a “hairy” look.
3. Press two red sweets in the center of the cupcake to serve as eyes.
4. Cut eight 4-inch pieces of licorice per cupcake for the legs. Bend each “leg” in half and crease. Push the end of each leg into the cupcake (four on each side).
5. Serve!

Ice Cream Jack O'Lanterns

To make Ice Cream Jack O'Lanterns, you will need:

• Navel oranges.
• A knife or a permanent black marker.
• Vanilla ice cream and/or orange sherbet.
• A baking tray.

Once you've gathered your ingredients and tools, follow these instructions to make the Jack O'Lanterns:

1. Cut a round lid out of each navel orange.
2. Hollow out the oranges by scooping the pulp out of each.
3. Use a knife to carve a face in each orange, or draw on faces using a permanent black marker.
4. Fill each orange with vanilla ice cream and/or orange sherbet. If you carved faces into the oranges, be careful not to let any ice cream ooze out of the holes.
5. Put the lids back on the oranges.
6. Place the oranges on the baking tray and freeze them until you are ready to serve them.

 

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