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Halloween Recipes! 
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Apple on a Stick, Pie and more!
See Halloween party beverage recipes HERE ←
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HALLOWEEN ROASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS
1 lg. pumpkin
1 1/2 tbsp. olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. salt
After carving your family's scary masterpiece don't discard the seeds! Instead, clean
them of strands and mix with oil and salt. Plop onto a cookie sheet and bake in a 250
degree oven for about an hour. Stir occasionally.
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HALLOWEEN APPLES ON STICK
12 sm. red eating apples
12 wooden skewers
3 c. sugar
3/4 c. light corn syrup
1 c. water
Few drops oil of cloves
Red food coloring or 12 red cinnamon
candies
Wash apples in hot water and dry. Insert skewer in blossom end of each apple. In
saucepan mix sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over direct heat, stirring until sugar
dissolves. Add oil of cloves a little coloring. Continue cooking without stirring until
small amount cracks when dropped into cold water. Set pan over boiling water. Dip
each apple into syrup. Remove and whirl apple until syrup covers it smoothly. Stand
apple skewers side up on tray or plate to cool and harden.
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MONSTER MASH HALLOWEEN PARTY MIX
10 c. popped popcorn
1 (16 oz.) bag plain M & M's
1 (14 oz.) jar peanuts
1 c. raisins
1 c. Reese's pieces
Mix and enjoy. Makes 15 cups.
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HALLOWEEN PIE
1 c. pumpkin, mashed
1/4 c. brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. aromatic bitters
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 (4 1/2 oz.) carton whipped topping,
thawed
1 pt. butter pecan ice cream,
slightly softened
2 tbsp. pecans, chopped
Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, bitters, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Fold whipped
topping into pumpkin mixture. Spoon ice cream into gingersnap crust (below) spreading
to edge of crust. Swirl pumpkin mixture over ice cream. Freeze, uncovered, at least 3
hours. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving. Sprinkle pecans in
circle on pie.
--GINGERSNAP CRUST:--
1 1/2 c. gingersnap crumbs
1/4 c. butter or margarine, melted
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix crumbs and butter or margarine and firmly press evenly
against bottom and sides of 9" pie plate. Bake 10 minutes; cool.
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HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN COOKIES
1 stick butter or margarine
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. cooked pumpkin or pie filling
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar together in bowl. Add egg,
pumpkin and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to bowl. Mix. Drop by
tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly
browned.
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HALLOWEEN SPIDERS
1 (12 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips
1 med. can of chow mein noodles (may not need all of them)
1 pkg. M & M candy
Melt chocolate in microwave. Stir in noodles. Drop by spoonsful onto waxed paper.
Add 2 M & M's for spider eyes. NOTE: Add 2 to 4 tablespoons water, if needed, to thin
chocolate.
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HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN BREAD
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. oil
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 c. water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients. Pour into 5 x 9 x 3 inch greased pan.
Bake 65-75 minutes. Yields 1 loaf.
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SQUASHED FROGS FOR HALLOWEEN
1 stick margarine
40 lg. marshmallows (10 oz. bag)
5 c. corn flakes cereal
1/2 tsp. vanilla (optional)
2 tsp. green food coloring
Plain M & M candies for eyes
Melt margarine in large saucepan. Add marshmallows and cook over low heat, stirring
constantly until melted and mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and food
color. Mix. Add corn flakes and mix until well coated and bright green.
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MONSTER MASH HALLOWEEN PARTY MIX
10 c. popped popcorn
1 (16 oz.) bag plain M & M's
1 (14 oz.) jar peanuts
1 c. raisins
1 c. Reese's pieces
Mix and enjoy. Makes 15 cups.
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HALLOWEEN DINNER
1 pkg. Uncle Ben's Wild Rice mix
1 lb. Jimmy Dean pork sausage
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 lg. onion, chopped
Salt & pepper
1 c. celery
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 undiluted can cream of mushroom soup
1 pumpkin, hollowed out
Brown meat, saute vegetables. Add water chestnuts, soup, salt and pepper. Place in
pumpkin, cover with top of pumpkin. Place in baking pan. Add water around bottom to
keep from sticking while baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 3 hours.
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