By Jeanne Benedict

Creepy, kooky, mysterious and ooky! Serve guests a big brain, eyeballs and worms at your Halloween party.

Of course, we’re suggesting fun food that looks like body parts and creatures…did we mention Witches' Fingers and Orange Pepper Jack-O-Lanterns filled with Black & Green Olive Tapenade? Read on, if you dare, to find 10 devilishly delicious party food recipes and ideas for Fright Night.



Gruesome Gourmet
1. Spider Web Design on a Triple Layer Guacamole, Egg and Cream Cheese Torte -- Create a spider web design made out of sour cream on top of guacamole or my crowd-pleasing Triple Layer Guacamole, Egg and Cream Cheese Torte.

2. Hard-Boiled Egg Eyeballs -- Take a close peek at the photo with the RIP and ghost cookies on a tray and you’ll see hard-boiled eggs with blue pupils and bloodshot eyes.

3. Brain Dip -- Fill a plastic brain mold with a pretty pink shrimp dip for the ultimate gross-out grub on Halloween.

4. Black & Green Olive Tapenade in an Orange Pepper Jack-O-Lantern -- Hollow an orange pepper and carve a Jack-O-Lantern face in the side. Fill with tapenade and serve with crackers as a tasty appetizer.

5. Witch Finger Cookies -- Form zesty cookie dough into creepy witch fingers and use a blanched almond for the fingernail.


Eerie and Easy
6. Jack-O-Lantern Face Pizza -- Make a Jack-O-Lantern face on frozen cheese pizza by using pepperoni slices cut into triangles for the eyes, an olive for a nose, and a green pepper sliver for the mouth. Arrange face ingredients and cook pizza according to manufacturer’s instructions.

7. Gibson Onion Eyeball Garnish for Onion Dip or Cocktails -- Slice a pimento-stuffed green olive into small rounds and place on a Gibson onion. Insert a toothpick through the olive and onion to keep them together and garnish dips or cocktails.

8. Pumpkin-Shaped Food -- Use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to stamp out cookies, sandwiches, and cheese slices to melt on burgers.

9. Worms in Dirt Pudding -- Fill clear plastic cups with chocolate pudding and top with a layer of Oreo cookie crumbs for dirt. Add gummy worms coming out of the dirt.

10. Witch Hat Cookies -- Ice a cookie with chocolate frosting and place a Hershey’s Kiss in the center to make a witch hat.


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