Whether you are planning a Halloween party this year or just want to get your family into a festive mood, a spooky menu can be a lot of fun. Try out some of these creepy recipes and you will be sure to thrill your table guests!

• Mummy Dogs
  • Wrap hot dogs in crescent rolls so that it looks like a mummy with just the tip (face) poking out.
  • Bake until crescent rolls are done.
  • Add red (ketchup) or yellow (mustard) eyes with a toothpick.
• Apple Monster
  • Cut an quarter out of an apple to be a mouth.
  • Line the mouth with “teeth” made by poking sunflower seeds into the apple edge.
  • Make eyes by “gluing” dried fruit with peanut butter above mouth.
• Deviled Egg Eyes
  • Make your regular deviled egg recipe, except dye the yolk part green and top with a halved black olive.
• Oreo Spider
  • Stick 7 pieces of black licorice string into the sides of an oreo to look like spider legs.
  • “Glue” on 2 mini m-ms for eyes using peanut butter.
• Cracker Spider
  • Spread peanut butter between 2 round crackers.
  • Add 8 pretel sticks to be legs.
  • Raisins or m-ms can be “glued” on with PB to be eyes.
• Goblin Grins
  • Make a slit in the center of one side of a pea pod.
  • Stick in some slivered almonds to be teeth.
  • Add a piece of red pepper (put the inside of the pepper facing out…it looks more tongue-like).
• Monster Fingers
  • Cut cheese sticks to look like fingers (don’t forget to score across to look like knuckles).
  • Use cream cheese to “glue” green pepper fingernails on top.
• Goblin Feet
  • Use green melted candy wafers and cover a peanut butter cookie (such as a nutter butter).
  • Place 3 cashew halves on the edge like claws.
• Eyeballs
  • Melt white chocolate chips and coat donut holes.
  • Add a chocolate chip (pointy end in) into the center of the donut to be the pupil.
  • Cool on wax paper.
  • Use red icing to make the eye look blood-shot.
• Funny Bones
  • Stick 2 mini marshmallows to the end of a pretzel stick to look like a bone.
  • Dip the bone in melted white chocolate.
  • Cool on wax paper.

What Halloween foods have you prepared in the past?  What will you make a part of your Halloween menu this year?