1. Monster Popcorn Balls
Yield: 6
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ingredients:
- 10 oz mini marshmallows
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- green food coloring
- 6 cups popped popcorn
- 6 sets of plastic vampire fangs
- candy eyeballs
- sour belts
Instructions:
Heat the mini marshmallows over a double boiler and add the butter and vanilla extract. Once everything has melted, add the green food coloring and mix until smooth. Pour the green marshmallow mixture over the popped popcorn, mix well, and form 6 equally-sized balls from the marshmallow popcorn mixture. Make a well in the center of each ball and refrigerate the popcorn balls until firm. Press a set of plastic vampire fangs into the well of each ball and decorate the monster popcorn balls with candy eyeballs and sour belts for eyes and mouths.
2. Goblin Pizza
Yield: 1
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ingredients:
- 2 ready-made pizza dough crusts
- shredded mozzarella cheese
- pizza sauce
- 1 ball of fresh mozzarella cheese
- 4-6 slices of bacon
- 4 hot dogs
- 8 almond slices
- 4 mozzarella pearls
- 4 black olive slices
- 4 almonds
Instructions:
Roll out the pizza dough crusts and sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese around the edge of 1 of the crusts. Fold the outer pizza dough edges inwards over the cheese and press it down into the dough to create a cheesy stuffed crust. Spread pizza sauce over the center of the pizza and top with shredded mozzarella cheese. Take the second pizza dough crust and wrap it around the ball of fresh mozzarella and seal the ends. Wrap bacon slices around the doughy cheese ball, place it on the top half of the pizza, and brush pizza sauce over it. Cut the hot dogs in half widthwise, make cuts in them as shown in the video, and then place them on either side of the bottom half of the pizza. Transfer the pizza to a preheated oven and cook at 350°F for 25 minutes. Remove the pizza fro the oven and place a sliced almond on the tip of each hot dog “finger.” Create multiple eyes with mozzarella pearls and black olive slices and place them around the pizza. Finally, place 4 almonds in the well of the bacon-wrapped doughy cheese ball to look like teeth.
3. Bat Nuggets
Yield: 12
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 13 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ingredients:
- bat-shaped cookie cutter
- flour tortillas
- 12 cheese squares
- 12 chicken nuggets
Instructions:
Use a bat-shaped cookie cutter to cut 12 bats out of flour tortillas. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and top each tortilla bat with 1 small piece of cheese and 1 chicken nugget. Transfer the baking tray to a preheated oven and cook at 400°F for 13 minutes.
Do you have goosebumps yet? Now all that’s left to do is gather your favorite goblins and ghouls and chow down on these scary delicious snacks!
Get the recipe for the Halloween Cauliflower Brain featured in the bonus video.