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Ghoulish Goodies: Edible Fingers and Eyeballs

It’s Halloween. Time to get creepy in your kitchen. With a little creativity, traditional party recipes can turn into devilish dishes perfect for a Halloween buffet.

Here are a few monstrously delicious recipes to make for your little ghosts and goblins this Halloween:

EDIBLE FINGERS

Ingredients:

1 can refrigerated breadstick dough

1 pepperoni stick

Dried rosemary

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Separate breadsticks and place on greased cookie sheet.

Cut pepperoni into fingernail shapes and press into dough.

Cut knuckle marks into “fingers” and sprinkle with rosemary to create a hairy-knuckle look.

Bake according to package directions (typically less than 20 minutes).

FRUITY WITCH’S BREW

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons chocolate syrup

Cold club soda, seltzer or ginger ale

3 scoops (about 3/4 cup) orange sherbet

Twizzlers or your favorite brand of red licorice

Directions:

Combine syrup with a small amount of club soda in 16-ounce soda glass.

Add sherbet; fill glass with club soda.

Garnish with candy.

Serve immediately.

JELL-O EYEBALLS

Ingredients:

3 ounces lemon JELL-O

1 cup hot water

1/2 cup miniature marshmallows

1 cup pineapple juice

1 8-ounce package cream cheese

1 cup heavy cream, whipped

1 cup mayonnaise

Red food coloring

Directions:

Dissolve lemon JELL-O in 1 cup water in a double boiler, add marshmallows and stir to melt. Remove from heat.

Add pineapple juice and cream cheese. Mix until well blended. Cool slightly. Fold in whipped cream and mayonnaise. Chill until firm.

Using a melon baller, scoop mixture into balls.
Use red food coloring to paint on blood-shot lines on your JELL-O eyeballs.

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About Michele Cheplic

Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. She spent the next ten years as a television anchor and reporter at various stations throughout the country (from the CBS affiliate in Honolulu to the NBC affiliate in Green Bay). She has won numerous honors including an Emmy Award and multiple Edward R. Murrow awards honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast journalism. In addition, she has received awards from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association for her reports on air travel and the Wisconsin Education Association Council for her stories on education. Michele has since left television to concentrate on being a mom and freelance writer.