6 Easy DIY Halloween Food Ideas – How to Make Simple Halloween Treats
Hi everyone, welcome to Delights to Share,
and today I’ll be showing you 6 Halloween Party Food Ideas that you can make quickly
and easily simply by using some store bought food items. I’ll show you how to make this spider and
eyeball pizza, A Frankenstein guacamole dip, Mummy Meatballs, Witch finger cookies, with bloody jam Swamp Juice with floating eyeballs And a Vomiting Humus Pumpkin. Let’s start with the spider and eyeball
Pizza, I’ll be using a 1 store bought pizza crust,
shredded mozzarella, fresh mozzarella balls, green olives, black olives, store bought pizza
sauce and some oregano and oil. And here’s how I make the spiders with the
black olives: half the olive will be the body, the other half of the olive I cut it into
6 slices to make the legs. I’m using a 13 inch round pan which I’ve
added olive oil and a bit of cornmeal. I also preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit
and I floured my working surface. I open the can with the pizza dough. This pizza dough comes in a square shape
so I’ll just adjust it to fit into a round pan by cutting off the corners and adding
the dough to the center. I place the dough on the pan and I continue
spreading the dough all around. And I cut off any excess dough. Now I add the store bought pizza sauce, and
a drizzle of olive oil…and off it goes to the oven for 6 to 8 minutes until the crust
starts to get a bit golden color on the edges. Ok, I take it out of the oven, I add some
shredded mozzarella, you can add more if you like. And then I add the spiders made out of black
olives. And here we go. To make the eyeballs, I cut a bit off the
mozzarella balls in order to create a flat surface, and on top of the mozzarella I add
sliced green olives. I also sprinkle some oregano and add another
drizzle of olive oil. And off it goes to the oven for another 10
to 13 minutes until the crust is fully cooked and golden. And here it’s done and it’s a good time
to press the green olives into the warm mozzarella balls. And here’s the finished spider and eyeball
pizza. The second recipe is this Frankenstein Guacamole
dip. I’m using blue tortilla chips, store bought
guacamole, black olives, pretzel sticks, and the leftover mozzarella pieces from the last
recipe. This is so simple; I just spread the store
bought guacamole onto a rectangular dish, covering about two thirds of the dish with
the guacamole. I cut the pretzel sticks in half and make
the wacky mouth. I use 2 black olives to make the bolts on
the side of Frankenstein’s neck, and a third black olive for the nose, I use two mozzarella
pieces for the eyes, and with a bit a black olives I make the iris of the eyes. I
use more pretzel sticks to make some stitches on the head. Finally the purple chips become Frankenstein’s
hair. And here he is all done The third recipe is Mummy meatballs. I’m using store bought frozen meatballs which
I’ve defrosted first. And I also use store bought crescent dough,
and mustard. I begin with preheating the oven to 375 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then I open the crescent dough can. I cut a strip of dough, and roll it into long
piece. Then I wrap the dough around the meatball,
making sure to leave enough of an open space to later place to eyes for the mummy. I continue the same with the rest of the dough
and the meatballs, and then I place them on a pan with parchment paper. Off they go to the oven for 10 to 13 minutes
until golden in color. Here the mummies are done and I let them cool
for about 30 minutes. In order to be precise with the eyes, I place
mustard in a plastic bag, make a very small hole and dot the mummies with eyes in the
open space I had created when wrapping the dough around the meatballs. Here are the finished mummy meatballs. The Fourth recipe is the witch finger cookies,
with some bloody jam. I’m using store bought vanilla sugar cookie
mix, and I’m changing the ingredients a bit: I’ll still add the 1 egg, but I’m using less
butter, the recipe calls for 8 tablespoons of butter (or 1/2 cup), I’m going to only
use 5 tablespoons (or 1/3 cup). Plus I’m adding a half cup of flour. These adjustments make the cookie dough stiffer
so the witch fingers don’t spread out flat while baking. I’ll also be using 2 tablespoons of strawberry
jam and red food coloring for the blood, and sliced almonds for the nails, and cocoa powder
to make the fingers look more realistic. Here’s the prepared cookie dough, which I’ve
refrigerated for 1 hour, don’t skip this step so that the dough stays stiff. I also cut parchment paper into pieces for
each finger. So I take a small piece of the cookie dough,
I roll it out into a long piece, the roll should be a bit thinner than your own index
finger. I tear off one side to resemble the cut part
of the finger. Then I make a total of 3 indentations, squeezing
between each dent so it resembles knuckles. Then with a knife, I make small slits to resemble
wrinkles, but as you can notice, the knife sticks to the dough so I dip the knife in
flour and try again. That’s better, so I only score 2 knuckles
with the knife, but I also make sure to score below the knuckles as well. Finally I press a sliced almond into the tip
of the finger, I press it down well because the cookie will grow when baked so the almond
really needs to be imbedded in the dough while it’s raw. I refrigerate these fingers for 1 more hour,
and I preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Finally I take the finger cookies out of the
fridge and bake them from 12 to 15 minutes. To make the blood, I use 2 tablespoons of
strawberry jam or preserves, and 3 to 5 drops of red food coloring. I start with 3 drops, and I just keep checking
if it’s red enough. It’s not, so I end up adding 2 more drops. So the finger cookies have baked and they’ve
been cooling for 30 minutes. I need to remove the almond nails, some nails
fall right off, others I have to remove with the help of the tip of a knife placed under
the almond. If the almond breaks, don’t worry, just replace
it with a new almond slice. Now I remove the nail, and brush the knuckles
with cocoa powder, as well around where the nail goes. Then I grab the nail, dip the back of it with
the bloody strawberry jam, and I stick the nail back onto the finger, and it’s done. Here are the witch finger cookies, and I keep
the bloody jam so that everyone can dip the finger cookies into it. Now the fifth recipe I’m making is swamp juice
with eyeballs. I’ll use ginger ale and any light color juice,
in this case pear nectar. I’ll use yellow and green food coloring, and
green sprinkles. Finally I’m using frozen grapes with blueberries
inside the grape, and I made sure to freeze them the night before. Keep in mind I’m making enough for 2 servings,
so you just can multiply this recipe by the amount of guests you’ll be serving. Let’s begin by placing the glass in some
water and then dipping it in the green sprinkles. Then I pour 1 cup of pear juice and I add
1 drop of green food coloring and 1 drop of yellow food coloring, I stir well and I pour
it into the 2 glasses. I then poor 1 cup of ginger ale into the 2
glasses, and the swamp juice is almost ready. I add 2 or 3 frozen grapes into each glass
and the swamp juice with eyeballs is done. The sixth and final recipe is the vomiting
hummus pumpkin. I’ll use a small pumpkin, store bought hummus,
and blue tortilla chips. I first draw the face I want onto the pumpkin. Next I cut the top off the pumpkin so I can
begin taking out the seeds and flesh inside. Scraping the inside with a knife helps loosen
everything up, and then I spoon as much as I can out of the pumpkin. I also remove any loose flesh and seeds off
the top I had cut off. Now I’m ready to carve out the pieces of the
face I drew with a small knife. And here is the pumpkin’s face, a bit wide
mouthed since he’ll be vomiting. Here are all the recipes I just showed you,
and I’ll finish with the hummus vomit. I place a strip of wax paper out of the pumpkin’s
mouth onto the dish, this helps the hummus vomit stay in place. I then carefully spoon the store bought hummus
onto the wax paper. Finally I add some chips and the vomiting
hummus pumpkin is done. I hope you enjoyed watching these 6 simple
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Here are the ingredients for these 6 easy Halloween Food Ideas,
and enjoy!:
Spider and Eyeball Pizza:
(serves 4)
INGREDIENTS:
1 store bought pizza dough
1 store bought pizza sauce
shredded mozzarella
fresh mozzarella balls
green olives
black olives
oregano
olive oil
cornmeal
Frankenstein Guacamole Dip
(Serves 6)
INGREDIENTS:
1 Bag of blue tortilla chips
1 Store bought guacamole container
Black olives
Pretzel sticks
Leftover mozzarella pieces from the pizza recipe.
Mummy Meatballs
(Makes 20 meatballs)
INGREDIENTS:
1 Bag of store bought frozen meatballs
1 Can of store bought crescent dough
Mustard
Witch Finger Cookies, with Bloody Jam
(Makes 20 cookies)
INGREDIENTS:
1 store bought vanilla sugar cookie mix
1 egg
5 tablespoons of butter (or 1/3 cup)
1/2 cup of flour
2 tablespoons of strawberry jam
3-5 drops Red food coloring
Sliced almonds
Cocoa powder
Vomiting Hummus Pumpkin
(Serves 6)
INGREDIENTS:
a small pumpkin
1 container of store bought hummus
1 bag of blue tortilla chips
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