Tricky Treats

Last year, I started the tradition of making a different treat each day during the week leading up to Halloween. The kids loved it. Here are the treats I made this year. I brought back a few of the faves from last year and mixed in a few new ones too!

Monday: Mummy Dogs (no photo)

Tuesday: Peanut Butter Spider Balls

Wednesday: Chocolate Skeleton Gingerbread Men


Thursday: White Chocolate Covered Pear Ghosts

Friday: Monster Mouths

Friday Night: Witch Fingers

More Tricks and Treats...

Halloween is over. Now it's just a hop, skip and a jump to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Where DOES the time go?

Here are the treats I made the rest of the week...

Orange pumpkins. Lame, I know. I should have started the week out with these. The kids didn't say, but I think they were a little disappointed in my lack of creativity with this one. For dinner that night, we had monster fingers (a.k.a. carrots with almond fingernails, dipped in ranch) and bagel eyeballs.

Then came, white chocolate covered pretzel sticks made into ghosts with a few strategically placed chocolate chips. I didn't take a picture of this one. Even though it was super easy and not very creative, it was a big hit.

On Friday, I went to Jonah's 4th grade classroom and made the witches (cleverly known as The Pear Witch Project). Wish I could claim that one but I got it from the same web site mentioned below. The kids had a great and messy time making them and an even better time eating them. I thought the finished product was pretty darn cute!

Last, but not least, were the witch fingers. I made those yesterday. This was my favorite project. They turned out so real looking, and quite tasty too.

Yesterday, on Halloween, we carved our pumpkin. This year, we started a new tradition. We each picked a part of the pumpkin to draw and then Michael and I carved it. Jonah had the left eye. I had the right eye. Sadie took the nose and Michael did the mouth. I think it turned out pretty good. I think it will be interesting to see how it turns out each year as the kids get older and more skilled. I can't wait for Little V to be old enough to get in on the action.

Next came Trick or Treat time! Coco even dressed up. She was a little witch. I carried her in my sweater. This was the first year that Violet actually Trick or Treated. She didn't actually say, "Trick or treat." What she did say was, "More!" One lady gave her more and Michael scolded her. So she stuck her hand down into her basket, pulled out a piece of candy and handed it back. :)

The kids came back with quite the loot. They were very excited. They each got to pick 15 pieces of candy from their bags which they get to keep. The rest goes into the community pot (part of which was recycled last night because we ran out of candy. The rest will hopefully get mostly eaten today when I have my class). Then they can have one piece each day until it is gone. This is the only way I can stay sane. Otherwise, it would be, "Can I have a piece of candy?" all day long, every day starting at 6 in the morning. My dad thinks this is cruel. I think it is genius!

Hope you had a Spooktacular Halloween! We did. (Except for the fact that some hoodlum stole one of my flameless candles that I had lighting the walkway).

Tricks and Treats

This whole week leading up to Halloween has been all about creepy treats. I have made a different spooky surprise each day for the kids' lunches. They've been so excited every morning to see what I've cooked up!

Here's a recap...

Monday morning was peanut butter crackers and pretzel spiders (which I did not take a picture of). You take two round crackers, spread peanut butter in the middle, add 8 stick pretzels for legs and 2 raisins for the eyes, and voila...spiders!

Monday night for dinner, we had Mummy Pizzas. Again, I forgot to take pictures. Here's a web site where I got the recipe if you want to see the finished product...http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-recipes/halloween-entrees/pizza-mummies-688188/

Tuesday's lunch surprise was Monster Mouths. These were a huge hit!!! Again, no picture but here's the web site...http://www.foodiewithlittlethyme.blogspot.com/ 

I also made a little after school snack...

These were super easy. 1/2 cup honey, 1 cup crunchy peanut butter, 2 cups dried milk powder mixed together until they form balls. Add some chocolate chips for eyeballs and chow mein noodles for the legs. 

Tuesday night's dinner was Mummy Dogs (just your basic pig in a blanket). Also, another big hit.

For today's treat, I made Ghosts on a Stick. Frozen bananas dipped in white chocolate.

For tonight's dinner, I served up Eyeballs and Fingers...

Check back to see what other ghastly treats are in store for the rest of the week.