By Stephanie Callahan,
October 31, 2011 at 12:53 pm
In honor of Halloween, I wanted to share with everyone some of my favorite "spooky" recipes I've been stalking over the past few weeks! If you're stuck for ideas for a last minute bash I've got some great Sandra Lee inspired semi-homemade recipes to help you out!
Bloody Test Tubes, Eyeball Martini, and Candy Corn Cupcakes are compliments from the Food Network website! Click on the link for more scary recipes!
Do you have any easy go-to Halloween recipes? Share them in the comments section!
This recipe is super easy to put together! Simply use a canned tomato soup such as Campbells and cook as directed. Then pour the soup into little beakers that can easily be passed around at a party!Use a box of your favorite cupcake mix and top with yellow icing and candy corn!Use some ready made pizza dough or English muffins if your going for a more personal pizza size and let people turn their pizza into their very own edible Jack-O-Lantern, supply ingredients like black olives for eyes, pepperoni for a smile, mozzarella sticks if you want to turn your Jack-O-Lantern into a mummy and red peppers for a bloody good time!So it's probably guaranteed if your an awesome person, you've carved at least one pumpkin this year. And chances are you have plenty of leftover pumpkin seeds. Why not doing something more creative with them other than just roasting them with salt. Let kids or friends choose a flavor they want, go out and buy some packets of ranch dressing mix, cheddar cheese for popcorn, kettle corn flavoring and add them to the seeds for a tasty treat!For a scary treat for the grown-ups in your bunch eyeball martini's will really hit the spot. Just decide who is driving home first! The "eyeballs" in this recipe are really lychees!
To make the martini you'll need:
Ice cubes
6 ounces vodka
4 ounces lychee juice
Splash vermouth
2 lychees, for garnish
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice add vodka, lychee juice and vermouth. Shake until chilled. Pour into 2 martini glasses and garnish with lychees.
I'm Stephanie Eats Chicago and I'm always up for any sort of eating adventure! I live in Lincoln Park and love exploring all of Chicago's neighborhoods, cooking, alfresco dining, running and being outside (esp in the summer). I try and cook at least one great meal every week and love sharing my new recipes with friends and family. I love blogging for ChicagoNow as it's a way to do three of my favorite things all in one: write, eat/cook and experiment with social and digital media!
