Kid-Friendly Halloween Party
Boo Y'all
Follow our tips and How-To Videos to throw an easygoing get-together for your favorite goblins, pretty princesses, superheroes, and their parents on October’s spookiest night.Haunting (but not Daunting) Menu
Serves 8 to 10Onion-Bacon DipAssorted Multigrain and Vegetable ChipsMonster Meatball SandwichesBarbecue StewMummy DogsCereal–and–Granola "Apples"Chocolate Ghost Cakes
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"Stay Dry" Apple Bobbing
Bob for apples without the water and all the mess by suspending them from string. Remember, no hands allowed!
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Onion-Bacon Dip
Recipe: Onion-Bacon Dip
At your Halloween party, your guests are sure to find this appetizer simply scary-delicious. Served in an acorn squash, Creamy Onion-Bacon Dip is sure to be a hit–you probably should go ahead and double the recipe. It mixes all the smoky, salty, flavors of a great, crunchy bacon with the sweetness of a large sweet onion, plus leeks, sautéed in bacon drippings. What could possibly taste better than that? This dip tastes great with everything, so just keep it simple: we serve ours with multigrain chips and an assortment of cut fresh vegetables. Dig in, and dip those chips.
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Monster Meatball Sandwiches
Recipe: Monster Meatball Sandwiches
These 5-ingredient, money-saving mini sandwiches will satisfy the heartiest of appetites. Using premade frozen meatballs keeps preparation swift and simple.
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Mummy Dogs
Recipe: Mummy Dogs
A spider web of mustard and ketchup goes perfect with Mummy Dogs. (The secret to the “bun” is refrigerated breadstick dough.) To make the web, fill a small bowl with ketchup. Using a squirt bottle, pipe mustard in concentric circles on top of ketchup. Beginning at the center, draw a wooden pick through the circles in a spoke pattern.
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Barbecue Stew
Recipe: Barbecue Stew
Serve make-ahead Barbecue Stew over baked frozen oven fries for a hearty meal.
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Cereal-and-Granola "Apples"
Recipe: Cereal-and-Granola "Apples"
Serve Cereal-and-Granola "Apples" for dessert or package them as party favors for the kids.
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Scary Spider Coolers
Keep an assortment of drinks cool in scary spider coolers. Soft copper tubing is oh-so-easy to shape into legs. You can also use wrought iron “S-shaped” plant hangers or pipe cleaners.
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Not Your Average Jack-O-Lanterns
Download Pumpkin Carving Designs
Creating designs on your pumpkins, like the ones shown here, is easier than you think. Kits are available everywhere–from dollar stores to high-end kitchen shops–but you really don’t need a kit. Assemble your own with basic kitchen tools such as a sharp knife, a smaller paring knife, and wide, sturdy spoons to clean out the seeds and stringy pulp. A small handsaw is also helpful.