31 Days Series: Day 26

 Witch Hats

Very simple snack to make with kids or to have out on the buffet table at a Halloween party.

Supplies:

-Keebler Fudge Strip cookies (1 per hat)

-Hersey kisses (1 per hat)

-orange frosting

Directions:

1.  Unwrap a Hersey kiss.

2.  Add a dollop of orange frosting on the bottom of it.

3.  Place down in the middle of an upside-down Fudge Strip cookie.

 Idea from:  https://pinterest.com/pin/96757091963818394/

31 Days Series: Day 21

 Pretzel Skeletons

Let the kids make an edible craft today. The supplies needed are used in several of the snacks so hopefully you will have them all already in your pantry.

Supplies:

-peanut butter/almond butter

-rectangular crackers (we used graham crackers)

-pretzel twists, sticks, rings

-chocolate chips (we used regular and mini)

Directions:

1.  Spread the peanut butter on one of the rectangular crackers.

2.  Using your pretzels, make a skeleton shape on top of the peanut butter.

(You will need to break some of the pretzels into smaller pieces.)

3.  Decorate faces with chocolate chips or other small edible items. 

Adapted from: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/appetizers-snacks/mr-bones/

31 Days Series: Day 20

 Spooky Brownies

Take a regular treat and turn it into something to share for Halloween.

Supplies:

-brownie mix (and the ingredients the box calls for)

-Halloween shaped cookie cutters-from one to as many as you want

*I got a container of 18 Halloween cookie cutters at Wal-Mart for $8.97

-powdered sugar

-small candies or tube of icing

Directions:

1.  Bake the brownies as directed on box.

2.  Let cool.

3. Use cookie cutters to cut brownies into Halloween shapes.

*I did have some trouble getting my cut brownies out of the pan, so make sure you spray your pan with cooking spray and use a butter knife to help pry the brownies out in one piece.

4.  Add eyes, etc and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

We used a cauldron, tombstone, cat, spider and bat cookie cutters.  You can use mini M&M's for the eyes.  I had tube of orange icing so I used that.
**I have definitely gotten my money out of the cookie cutter set because I use them to make my daughter's sandwiches into Halloween shapes for her school lunch. She loves it and can't wait to see what shape she gets in her lunch box that day!

31 Days Series: Day 6

 Monster Mouths

These are such a fun snack to make with kids of all ages.  You might have seen these or even made these before using marshmallows for the teeth but we added the candy corn to make it more of a Halloween treat.  This is also a very cheap snack.  You can slice your own apples and you probably already have peanut butter or something similar (almond butter, etc) in your pantry so they only thing you might need to buy is the candy corn...and it's pretty cheap.

Supplies:

-apple slices (2 per mouth) We used red apples for the lips but if you have green, use those, they can be "witch lips."

-peanut butter

-candy corn (5 pieces per mouth)

Directions:

1.  Get two slices of apples and spread peanut butter on one side of one of the slices.

2.  Arrange about 5 pieces of candy corn on the slice with the peanut butter on it.  We did the two outside pieces pointing down (like fangs) and the middle three pointed up.

3.  Spread peanut butter on one side of your other apple slice.

 4.  Put the second apple slice on top of the first one to make a "mouth."

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