Those are excellent ideas

I am having a very small gathering here and I plan to do the devilish eggs (martha-http://www.marthastewartDOTcom/recipe/devilish-eggs)
and I am still up in the air about the rest. I am thinking more savory than sweet since, knowing myself, I well buy buckets of candy

but halloween is dd's favorite holiday, so i should get on it - thanks for all the groovy ideas!

"if i pass for other than what i am, do you feel safer?" ~ lani ka'ahumanu

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from my halloween snack files

For every four goblin guests, set out a cutting board, apple slicer, measuring cup, measuring spoon, table knife, and these ingredients:

* 1 apple
* 2 Tbsp. peanut butter or marshmallow creme
* 1/3 cup candy corn, broken pretzels, raisins,corn nuts, peanuts, and/or miniature semisweet chocolatepieces

1. Use the apple slicer to cut the apple into slices.

2. Spread peanut butter or marshmallow creme on one cutside of 4 apple slices. Arrange the candy corn, pretzels,raisins, corn nuts, peanuts, and/or chocolate pieces onthe peanut butter to look like teeth. Top each withanother apple slice. Makes 4 snacks.

Witch's Warts

Plan on a cutting board, table knife, microwave-safe plate, waxed paper, hot pads, and ingredients for every four goblin guests.

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* 4 jumbo turkey hot dogs
* Toppings such as chopped onion, chopped sweet green pepper, mustard, catsup, pickle relish, and finely shredded cheese

1. Cut each hot dog crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Place the slices on a microwave-safe plate. Sprinkle toppings over the slices.

2. Cover the plate with waxed paper. Microwave on 100% (high) about 30 seconds or until warm. Remove the plate from the microwave. Makes 4 servings.

edible ashtray (maybe not for the kids)

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=127279.0;topicseen

kitty litter cake (I've made this one)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kitty-Litter-Cake/Photo-Gallery.aspx?Page=1

a meat head

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=128816.msg1262982#msg1262...

tombstone brownies

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/brownies/tombstone-brownies/

huge snack list from a message board:

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Purchase a box of plastic or rubber gloves that are clear a couple of bags of candy corn pop corn, orange and black yarn and those spooky spider rings. First place 1 candy corn in each finger slot then fill rest of glove with popcorn then tie the hands off with the yarn and place a spider ring on the ring finger of the "Witches Hand" great for class room treats on to the door knocking ghouls that are sure to enjoy visiting your house.

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We did this with my son's class.

We did a blind menu of things like Vampire blood (Juice) and all the different sort of items. Gummy worms in Jell-0, rice crispy bars with spider rings called Spider traps, ghost was napkin, pitch fork was a fork. If they didn't order something they got to get it later, but initially they had to figure out how to eat their item if they didn't get the fork. It was real fun for the kids. Most of them picked everything on the list without knowing what it was (brave or what?). Any one that didn't get something got to come back, that way no one had hurt feelings they didn't get this or that. It was cute.

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Halloween Popcorn

3cups popped popcorn

12oz. honey roasted peanuts

1pkg. caramels

1pkg. Halloween M&M's

Pop the popcorn. Put in a Large bowl and set aside. Unwrap and melt caramels over medium heat.

Add 1/8 cup water to thin out caramel. Leave on low heat. Add M&M's and peanuts to popcorn. Pour caramel over popcorn mixture. Stir well, until clusters form. Yummy, Yummy!!

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Blood and Bones:

(Breadsticks and sauce)

Marinara Sauce (blood)

Pillsbury (Canned) Breadsticks (Bones)

Cut one breadstick into halves,

Shape the ends of breadstick into "bone" shapes.

Serve sauce room temp. with cheese.

Fresh Parmesan, or grated Cheese.

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Broomsticks

These are a hit with my daycare children at our Halloween Party. Shred apart pieces of string cheese in long strips. Press them around the end of a pretzel rod and tie a piece of string licorice around it to look like a broom. A healthy alternative and the kids love them!

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POND SCUM

fill up clear plastic glasses with green Jell-O, then when it is almost done hardening add some gummy worms! my kids really love these kind of treats!

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Edible eye balls (sounds gross but the kids love it) What you'll need: 1 powdered donut hole (or the powered sweet sixteen donuts work well too) for each child 1 gummy life saver (for the iris of the eye) 1 chocolate chip (for the pupil) 1 tube of red GEL icing for gluing all in place and for making the eye ball blood-shot.

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Chocolate spiders.

For a special Halloween treat melt some chocolate chips in the microwave. When done put in chocolate dry chow mien noodles and mix all together. Spoon onto grease proof paper as little blobs and put 2 mini m&ms on each one for eyes. Leave in fridge to cool. They might not sound to nice but they are really yummy and the kids cant get enough of em!

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Popcorn Pumpkins

In microwave melt 1/4 c. oleo and a 10 1/2 oz. bag of mini marshmallows on high for 1-2 min. to melt oleo and puff marshmallows. Stir in a 4 serving size orange Jell-O mix well. Pour over 3 qts of popped popcorn (12 cups) Have children grease their hands well and form the popcorn into a pumpkin. use a green spearmint as a leaf and choc chips for the face. they taste good and are awesome to make. Can be used with different flavors (colors) for other holidays.

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Spider Cupcakes ingredients:

Cupcakes
Twizzler or licorice - preferably brown black or red.
M& M's

Make cupcakes according to directions on box- Or purchase already made Let cool and frost, Chocolate and vanilla frosting work best. Cut the Twizzlers the long way to get thin pieces. Then cut those two pieces in half. Place three on each side of the cupcake as legs. Use the M& M's as eyes. My son took these to school for bake sale day and all 60 of them were sold!!

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"Ghost Sandwiches"

You'll need: white bread, sandwich fixings, mini chocolate chips, ghost cookie cutter

Use your cookie cutter to cut out ghost shapes from the white bread. Use deli meats/cheeses, p b & jelly or cheese spread to fill sandwiches. Use the mini-chocolate chips to add eyes and a mouth to the ghost!

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You can order bread from your local bakery in colors. I would pick orange, don't think black would be too cool - might be though. Then you put peanut butter and jelly on them and cut them out with a Halloween shaped cookie cutter.

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2 bundt cakes put together makes a really great pumpkin. A little orange frosting and some creative thinking and you'll have an edible jack-o-lantern. Bon appetite!!

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Ghosts in the Graveyard

Ingredients: Instant chocolate pudding, Oreo cookie crumbs, Cool Whip, Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies, icing, mini m&m's

Make a batch of instant chocolate pudding. Spread it into a pan. Sprinkle with Oreo cookie crumbs. Decorate Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies with icing to look like tombstones. Stick the "tombstones" into the pudding. Then use blobs of whip cream to make ghosts in the graveyard. Use mini M&M s for eyes.

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When putting dry ice in your Halloween punch, please be sure to wrap & seal it in cheesecloth first to avoid a choking hazard!

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Halloween Magic Wands

Pretzel Rods, dipped in chocolate and rolled in sugar sprinkles. Looks like a wand dipped in glitter.

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Ghostly Pretzels: Take the big stick pretzels, dip in almond bark, add crazy candy eyes. You can also color the almond bark green and make a pretzel Frankenstein!

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HALLOWEEN SURPRISE!!!

Use vanilla pudding mix orange food coloring. Have teddy grams on the side, the children like to dunk the teddy grams.

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Fill a rubber glove with orange or green Kool-Aid (Orange juice is a healthy alternative). Bend the fingers down and place in freezer. On the day of the Halloween Party, cut off the glove and put the ghoulish hand in the punch bowl. A COOL idea that the kids freak out over!

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"Rice Krispie Pumpkins" Make rice krispies following the directions on the cereal box but add orange food coloring to the marshmallows. When cool roll into balls and then decorate faces on them. You can use shoelace licorice for a mouth, green gumdrop for the stem, M&M's or red hots for the eyes and nose or whatever you choose to use. The kids love em'!!!

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This idea is a lot of work but the reward on young children's faces it well worth it. Take an orange and cut the top off like you would a pumpkin. Remove the inside of the orange and put in a bowl to fill pumpkin with later. Now carve a face into the orange and fill with orange or any fruit or pudding. To keep cover of orange secure use a toothpick.

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Gum drops

Open a box of Jell-O mix into a bowl. Make a shallow well in center of Jell-O. Drop a drop of water into the well. Roll drop around. Let set up about 15 minutes. You have gum drops!

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Well you take green Jell-O and following the boxes directions you put it in the fridge but before it fully sets you mix gummy worms, bugs, and fish to make a swampy treat. Kids LOVE it!!!

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"Spider suckers"

Take a large lollipop (Tootsie Roll Pops are great) and Wrap 4 long black pipe cleaners around the stick beside the sucker. Twist around until secure. Then, extend the pipe cleaners out to make 8 legs. Bend each leg to resemble a spider's leg. Last, glue on wiggly eyes. Makes a great gift for pre-schoolers or trick-or-treaters.

Yummy Jack-O-Lanterns

Needed: cream cheese, English muffins, raisins, orange food coloring

Have the children mix the orange food coloring into the cream cheese to make it a wonderful "pumpkin" color. Next, have the children spread the orange cream cheese on their English muffins. Finally, have the children make Jack-O-Lantern faces using the raisins.

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I found this on the Internet. I can't remember where. I adapted it. Frozen witches: Scoop ice cream into muffin cup liners in muffin pan (your choice of ice cream according to what the kids would enjoy.) They suggested green pistachio ice cream for a green head. I used vanilla and they all ate them. I scooped the ice cream balls the night before. I also made the witch hats the night before. Take the fudge striped shortbread cookies or a larger circle dark chocolate cookie, spread with dark chocolate frosting. Place a chocolate pointed oreo cone (I only found them at Albertson's) on top like a witches hat. Let set overnight. Before serving witches, dribble the hard crack chocolate over ice cream ball like hair, leaving a little pool of chocolate on top where you will set the witches hat to harden in place. Put back in freezer. Right before serving make the witches face with two M&M eyes poked in and a candy corn nose. Keep frozen until you serve. I removed them from the paper liner and placed on a Halloween plate and served with a spoon. The original recipe used shoestring licorice for hair. Another thing I make is spiders. Take Oreo cookies. Poke 8 holes around the middle frosting with a round toothpick. Insert small pieces of shoestring licorice for legs and then put on two M&M eyes on top of the cookie with a squirt of frosting or gel.

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Make their favorite type of sandwich and use Halloween shaped cookie cutters to make them into shapes!

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I got this from a setup at a Pumpkin Hunt!

You need:
A box of Hostess Dingdongs
red vine shoelace licorice
mini m&m's
chocolate frosting for "gluing m&m eyes"
butter knife to spread frosting

Cut shoelace licorice into 3" spider legs, then place four of the legs on each side of the dingdong. Then with the frosting, "glue" the m&m eyes on top of dingdong with the butter knife. There you have big spiders!!

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SPIDER SNACKS

INGREDIENTS:
ritz crackers
peanutbutter
stick pretzels
raisins

Put a dab of peanutbutter on a cracker. Break pretzels into approximately 3" pieces, and stick three on one side of the peanutbutter and three on the other side for legs. Put two raisins at one end of cracker for eyes.

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Ghost Suckers

Take Tootsie pops. Cover with white tissues. Use rubber bands to attach to sucker. Use markers for the face! Something easy and fun the kids can do themselves.

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Pumpkin Heads

Bologna

Flour Tortillas

American Cheese

Mustard and Catsup

Cut the american cheese into small triangles (eyes) and jagged lines (mouth). Give each child a piece of bologna and a tortilla. Have the children place their bologna on their tortilla. Let them decorate their "pumpkin heads" with the cheese eyes and mouths. For added fun, let the children make hair, etc... with the mustard and catsup. Yumm!!!!

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Make any kind of punch you like. Then fill a Rubber Glove with water and tie it shut & put it in the freezer, and put the punch in the frig. When readto serve put the frozen hand in the punch.

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SPIDERS What you do to make spiders is take a full size marshmallow take 8 pretzels and stick 4 on both sides and take 2 m and m's put them on the front to be the eye's and now you have spiders .

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Dirt pie.take 30 Oreo cookies..finely grind into crumbs.make 2 large packages of Jell-o chocolate pudding.(allready made is ok) 2 packages of gummy earth worms.

mix oreo crumbs..pudding..and gummy worms together..leaving about 5 worms out. Place the remaining worms on top for decor.

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Witches hats! Take a fudge stripe cookie. Put a hershey's kiss on top.Witches broom! Take a pretzel stickand a ball of peanut butter cookie dough! Smash it into a broom shape with a fork-BAKE!

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Ghost Toast

Toast white bread in toaster. Have the children spread soft margarine on toast and then sprinkle with powdered sugar. Hmmm good!

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Make Monster Bread

You will need :

1 slice of bread per child

food coloring

milk

butter

Clean paint brushes

Mix food coloring and a 1/4 cup of milk ( whatever colors you like). Have the children paint scary faces on the bread, toast , butter and enjoy for snack!

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ANOTHER GHOST COOKIE

Using peanut shaped cookies, spread with white frosting or marshmallow fluff, add choc chips for eyes and nose. Simple & easy!

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Witches Brew

Mix up a batch of lemonade from concentrate. Add green food coloring to the lemonade to give it a spooky look. Get a plastic witches cauldron and place a piece of dry ice in it. Pour the "brew" over the dry ice and watch your kids delight! Serve and enjoy the "brew".

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Ghost cookies

This is one for the mom's to do, but the kids love to decorate it.

Dip Nutter Butter cookies in white chocolate, let completely dry. Then let the kids decorate the face with cake mate frosting,or choc. chips. They love it.

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An idea from my new Cooking Art books is Potato Ghosts, which are hand sculpted from mashed potatoes, placed on an oiled cookie sheet, brushed with melted butter, and put in the oven to heat and brown a little. I like to serve them with bat-shaped meatloaf!

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Pumpkin Faces

Ingredients

English muffins

Orange spreadable cheese

Raisins

Let the children spread the cheese on the english muffin. Let them arrange the raisins to make the eyes, nose and mouth. Finally, eat and enjoy!

Spooky Sandwich Puzzles

Let the children make their own peanut butter sandwiches with two pieces of bread. Give each child a halloween cookie cutter and let them press the shape out of the center of their sandwich. They will now have a "spooky sandwich puzzle".

"Hand" Snacks (for children over 4 years old)

Clear food server gloves (one for each child)

Popcorn

Candy Corn

Yarn

Take one of the food server gloves and place a candy corn in each of the fingers. Fill the rest of the glove with popcorn. Fasten the top of the glove with yarn. Make a glove for each child in your class.

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Monster Cookies

Ingredients

oatmeal cookies

candy corn

chocolate chip pieces

raisins

Each child creates a monster cookie by making a face on an oatmeal cookie (can be precooked or store bought cookies) by using candy corn, chocolate chips, marshmallows, raisins, etc. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet and place in a hot oven just long enough for the faces to melt. This creates truly monster faces.

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Ghost Toast

Ingredients

loaf of bread

margarine

shredded coconut

raisins

chocolate chips

Each child makes ghost toast by spreading margarine to make faces on toast then sprinkling coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. Toast.