
A couple of green M&M's with black pupils painted with edible marker become the eyes. What could be tastier? - in a slightly gross way, of course.įinally, you're sure to delight when you combine eyes with America's favorite cookie - and then make it even cuter by turning it into a cat.īlack Cat Oreos begin with an Oreo. So why not make a party treat that actually resembles an eye? Better still, a bloodshot eye.Īll you need are deviled eggs, slices of black olives for the pupils, and thin strips of pimento radiating from them across the yolk. But instead of frying them, you wrap them in mummy-like strips of refrigerated crescent dough and bake them.Īdd a couple of candy eyeballs just for spooky fun, and you have a spicy treat that will make you run screaming for your mummy.īy this time, you may be tired of candy eyeballs. These begin with the familiar jalapeño popper beloved by patrons of every sports bar in America. If you enjoy playing with your food, and you don't mind things a bit spicy, you will love Jalapeño Popper Mummies. A couple of googly eyes on top completes the treat, but if you really want to have fun, use just one eye. You take those miniature rounds of cheese wrapped in red wax - they are made by Babybel - and cut scary or funny teeth in the middle of the wax, where the pull-apart strip is found. It is as if you have improved on perfection.Ĭontinuing the monster theme, Cheese Monsters are actually kind of healthy, or at least they are not unhealthy.

Like magic, you have turned a regular doughnut into a monster doughnut. Simply take a glazed doughnut and put vampire teeth in the hole and candy eyeballs above them. Monster doughnuts are, if possible, even easier to make. They're a snap to make, and they are so much more giddy fun to eat than regular chocolate-covered pretzels. Who could resist something called Screaming Pretzels? Nothing can beat it, unless you put candy eyeballs on them and call them Screaming Pretzels. The crisp pretzel base and sprinkling of salt bring out the very best in chocolate.

Candy eyeballs, painted eyeballs, googly eyeballs - they are all essential parts of a happy Halloween feast.Īnd they're all so deliciously easy to make.Ĭhocolate-covered pretzels have been popular for years. Even when it's all in fun.įor a lighthearted Halloween party this year, we made food that really has its eyes open. It is merely meant to be enjoyable, something to evoke the idea of horror.Īnd yet, there is something … unnerving … about eating something that is looking back at you. In a similar vein, so to speak, Halloween party food that claims to be frightening, isn't. We all know that those ghosts and witches and vampires flying around aren't there to haunt us or to drink our blood they're just children looking for a good time and a lot of candy. Let's face it: Nobody really gets scared on Halloween.
