Halloween Recipes for All

Halloween is a holiday fraught in tradition and religious controversy but for kids it's just a fun holiday to act silly. Here are some of the recipes that I have collected over the years that have brought a smile to the faces of my children.

Mice

(Makes 6)

6 Hard boiled eggs
1 black olive, chopped
Radishes, 12 round, thin slices
1/2 t. Red Pepper, chopped

Cut two diagonal slits on the small end of the egg about one quarter up the egg from the middle down. Place a slice of radish in each slit. Make two small cross cuts for eyes and place a piece of chopped olive in each. Make one small cross cut and place red pepper piece in for the nose. Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Eyeballs

Radishes
Pimento stuffed olives

Peel radishes leaving some red (broken blood vessels), hollow out center of "eyeball" enough to stuff olive into radish. Stuff olive into radish with pimento side out. In order to keep radishes crisp make sure olives are drained thoroughly and store the eyeballs prior to service by placing a paper towel under them to soak up drainage.

Green Blobs

Makes 30

1 c water
1/4 lb. butter
1/2 t. salt
Green food coloring
1 c. flour
4 eggs

Filling

Fresh strawberries
Strawberry glaze

Heat oven to 400. Bring water to boil in a heavy pan. Add butter, salt and food coloring. After butter has melted, add flour all at once. Stir vigorously. this will form a compact ball. Remove from heat into a mixing bowl. Break up ball and let cool 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.

Drop on ungreased cookie sheets by the tablespoon. Bake 30 minutes or until the blobs are lightly browned and are stiff to the touch. The blobs may be frozen unfilled and then later and then warmed in the oven when ready to use.

Fill the blobs cutting a slit into the blob large enough to push in a strawberry, then pipe the glaze into the blob using a pastry funnel and push in a strawberry. Store in an air tight container.

Gross-Looking Spread (but really good)

1-8 oz package cream cheese
1-8 oz can crab meat, drained and shredded
Red food coloring
3/4 c Ketchup
1 stalk celery, chopped fine
1 t. Worchestershire Sauce
1 T. Prepared Horseradish