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7 Terrifying Halloween Food Ideas

Pumpkin Head Dip

MATERIALS
Carved pumpkin
Parchment paper
Toothpicks
Bowl of salsa
Guacamole
Dry ice
Chips

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Carve a pumpkin with a large mouth.
2. Place a piece of parchment paper through the mouth of the pumpkin and secure to the base of the pumpkin with toothpicks.
3. Place the pumpkin on a large cutting board.
4. Fill a bowl, the size of the top of the pumpkin, with salsa and place on top of the pumpkin.
5. Create a waterfall of guacamole starting at the mouth of the pumpkin and continuing on the parchment paper to the cutting board. Scatter a generous amount of chips around the guacamole.
6. As a optional step place a cup of dry ice inside the pumpkin. Add water to the cup to create a waterfall of smoke flowing out of the mouth of the pumpkin.

Bleeding Vampire Drink

MATERIALS
1 cup water
2 tablespoons grenadine
1 tablespoon red food coloring
Plastic vampire teeth
Pipette or eyedropper
Lemon lime soda

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Combine water, grenadine, and food coloring.
2. Using a pipette or an eyedropper fill the inner chamber of plastic vampire teeth with the grenadine mixture.
3. Freeze the filled vampire teeth.
4. Fill a clear glass with lemon lime soda or any other clear carbonated beverage.
5. Place the frozen vampire teeth ice cubes on the rim of the glass.
6. The grenadine ice cube will melt into the drink and slowly turn the drink red.

Shattered Glass Cupcakes

MATERIALS
2 cups sugar
¾ cup water
⅔ cup light corn syrup
Food thermometer
Baking tray
Parchment paper
Red velvet cupcake
Red gel frosting

INSTRUCTIONS
1. In a medium-sized pot combine sugar, water and light corn syrup.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil and stir.
3. Heat the mixture to 300°F (148°C).
4. Place a piece of parchment paper over a baking tray.
5. Carefully pour the hot sugar mixture onto the parchment paper and smoothen out with a spatula.
6. Let the sugar mixture cool for at least 2 hours.
7. Shatter the cooled sugar glass by slamming it on a table.
8. Take the shattered sugar glass and carefully insert into a red velvet cupcake.
9. Garnish the sugar glass shards red food gel.

Meathead Charcuterie

MATERIALS
Plastic skull
Plastic wrap
Prosciutto
Pickled olives

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cover a plastic skull with plastic food wrap.
2. Use thin slices of prosciutto to cover the plastic skull. Leave the eye sockets, nose hole and teeth uncovered.
3. Carefully make an incision on the plastic around the eye sockets. Insert pickled olives in the sockets to create the eyes.
4. Place the meathead on a platter and add cheese and crackers.


Rotten Deviled Eggs

MATERIALS
8 hard-boiled eggs
Large storage bag
2 tablespoons black food coloring
1 cup water
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon green food coloring
Black olives

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Use a spoon and carefully create cracks on 8 hard-boiled eggs.
2. Place the cracked eggs in a large bag. Add black food coloring and water.
3. Close the bag, mix around and set aside for 15 minutes.
4. Rinse the eggs in clean water and peel to reveal the cracked design.
5. Cut the eggs in half and separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.
6. Combine the egg yolks with mayonnaise, mustard and green food coloring.
7. Pipe the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites.
8. Garnish the deviled eggs with an olive spider.
9. To create an olive spider use half of a black olive for the body and olive slices for the legs.

Skull Candy Apple

MATERIALS
Delicious red apple
Cake pop stick
Melted white chocolate
Red gel frosting

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Insert a cake pop stick through the top of an apple.
2. Create a melting face by using melted white chocolate. Outline three circles on the side of your apple. Leave these circles unfilled.
3. Create a dripping design around the apple by coating the apple with melted white chocolate.
4. Use red gel frosting to garnish your apple and to create an oozing blood design.

Hot Dog Fingers

MATERIALS
Hot dogs
Small knife
Ketchup
Hot dog buns

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Using a small knife create thr