Happy Halloween! Spooky treats that are especially sweet flavor the following projects. Spice up a ghoulish celebration with everything from white-chocolate ghost suckers to breadstick bones -- fun to make AND good to eat. White-Chocolate Ghost Suckers Halloween without a ghost? Never! Create some fun and easy "spooky stick" treats for the young (and the not-so-young) in eight easy steps. - Melt white-chocolate cubes in a double boiler.
- On a sheet of paper draw ghosts about 5" to 6" tall and 3" wide.
- Cover drawings with waxed paper and place a Popsicle stick at bottom of each drawing.
- Here's the trick: Pour the white chocolate within the lines of the ghost drawings, using a spoon to pour the melted chocolate little by little (figure A). Be sure to cover the top of each stick well to secure it to the waxed paper.
- Place chocolate chips for the eyes.
- Let the molds harden.
These spooky sticks are perfect for decorating a cake, or you can display them on a Styrofoam base -- provided you have the willpower not to eat them first! Spiderweb Soup Ingredients/Materials: Canned or homemade tomato soup
1/2 cup sour cream
1 Tbs. milk
Green food coloring
Plastic sandwich bag
Toothpick - Pour soup into bowls. In a separate bowl combine sour cream and milk with enough green food coloring to turn the mix a pale green.
- Pour the mixture into a plastic sandwich or freezer bag. Snip off a very small piece of one corner of the bag, and starting from the side of the bowl, swirl the green mixture inward to the center of the bowl of soup, creating a spiral.
- Using a toothpick and starting in the center of the bowl, drag the toothpick through the sour-cream mixture and the soup, straight to the edge of the bowl. Repeat several times to create a spiderweb design.
Spider Rolls Portion refrigerated dinner-roll dough according to the photo at right. Each spider requires two rolls, one for the body and the other to create the head (1/3 of the roll) and legs (2/3). Follow these steps: - With 2/3 of a roll, break off four equal portions of the dough and roll into thin logs for the legs.
- Roll the remainder of the dough into a ball for the head.
- Take the thin logs and make two U-shaped legs going down and two U-shaped legs going up.
- Place the large roll on the back for the body and the small roll on the front for the head (figure B).
- Give the dough spider an egg wash or spray.
- Sprinkle poppyseeds over the spider and bake according to the instructions on the dinner-roll package.
Creepy Apple Sneak something hauntingly healthful into Halloween treats with a creepy apple. This is sure to be a favorite with children. Here's how: Pick or buy a nice, firm Granny Smith apple. Core the apple with a melon baller. Pour strawberry jam into the core of the apple to give that "bloody" effect. Bake for about 40 minutes at 375 degrees. Insert a gummy worm into the core. Breadstick Bones Turn simple breadsticks into sweet Halloween treats. Here's how: - Cut frozen sweet-roll dough into two pieces (or more for smaller breadstick bones).
- Roll the dough into long, thin logs.
- Tie off each end into a knot (figure C).
- Snip a small indentation in the middle of each breadstick to replicate a joint connection.
- Sprinkle some cinnamon-sugar over the breadsticks.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 325 degrees.
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Holiday Fun Year-Round With Dian Thomas
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Fun at Home
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