Last Minute Halloween Treat

Turn ordinary store-bought, chocolate cupcakes into something fun and festive for an easy last minute treat for your kids’ Halloween party.  You can make these batty cupcakes simply by adding edible candy eyes (you’ll find them with the cake decorating supplies at your grocery store) and use oreo halves for wings. Check out some of our other […]

20+ Tasty Treats for Halloween

Here are some of our favorite treats for Halloween–some of them are even healthy to balance to heavy sugar intake! 1. Batty Cupcakes Keep it simple: turn ordinary store cupcakes into something festive. Just add googly edible eyes and oreo halves for wings to make your batty little cakes. 2. Peanut Butter Spider Cookies If you love the peanut and chocolate […]

Bloody Orange Tequila Cocktail for Halloween

This Blood Orange Tequila cocktail is perfectly gruesome for Halloween! Ingredients 3 ounces fresh blood orange juice 1 oz fresh lime juice 2 oz tequila 1 oz Grand Marnier a lime wedge Instructions First, salt the rims of your glass. Use a lime wedge to moisten the edge of your glass. We used Snowy River Orange Cocktail Salt from Amazon but you can probably find red salt […]

A Last Minute Mom’s Easy, No-Bake Halloween Treat

Need a last minute treat for a Halloween party? This couldn’t be easier with store-bought cupcakes!, All you need: Chocolate-frosted chocolate cupcakes Oreos Edible Googly Eyes. Use Oreo halves for the ears and pop on edible googly eyes. The hardest part? Cutting the Oreo so here’s a tip: wet a sharp knife with water. Hold the knife […]

Halloween Cocktail: Vampire’s Kiss with Tequila

Here’s a ghoulishly perfect Halloween cocktail. If you can find the black lava salt it completes this ghoulish cocktail even better! Try one of these Halloween Treats & Apps to wash it down with.  SIZE: makes 8 drinks INGREDIENTS:  Kosher salt (or black lava salt… at amazon.com) Lime wedges Ice 1 1/2 cups silver tequila 1 1/2 cups fresh lime […]

Halloween Mummy Dogs

Ingredients 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls 2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered hot dogs cooking spray Directions Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles. With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle […]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Spider Cookies

Ingredients 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips * About 24 Reese mini peanut butter cups candy eyeballs o Directions Heat oven to […]

15+ Spooky, Fun Halloween Treats

Here are some of our favorite treats for Halloween–some of them are even healthy to balance to heavy sugar intake! 1. Mini Caramel Apples Your kids will love eating fruit when you make these caramel- and candy-dipped mini apples. They’re bite-sized and fun to make. It is so easy that 2 of our teen contributors made them all […]

Halloween Pumpkin Cheese Dip

Here’s a fun way to serve your favorite cheese dip on Halloween. While you’re carving away your jack o’lanterns, hollow out one more and fill it with cheese dip. Cut Halloween shapes like bats or pumpkins into bread and toast. Or simply serve with french baguettes, tortilla chips or corn chips. Two of our favorite dips […]

Ghostly Gooey Halloween Smores

Ok, so it’s not the healthiest of snacks but it sure is the cutest. It is Halloween after all. I came across this idea after seeing it at a store and I decided I could make this at a fraction of the cost they were selling it. I am taking it to a Halloween party for […]