Beach Bungalow Banquet made easy!

Voodoo Doll Cookies

Sugar Cookies-

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• Granulated sugar or colored sugar

Directions

• 1 Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• 2 Heat oven to 375ºF. Lightly grease cookie sheet.
• 3 Divide dough in half. Roll each half 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes with 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place on cookie sheet.
• 4 Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

Quick Hack – Pillsbury sugar cookie slice & bake cookies can be substituted for making the dough yourself. There are a variety of Gingerbread Cookie Box mixes that you can use if you wish.

Here are a few examples of how you can decorate your cookies for Halloween.

 

Toxic Tonic Mocktail

(non alcoholic drink)

How FUN!! Check out this Spooky Halloween Drink that you can make with just a few simple family friendly ingredients. It’s really all about the presentation. Run to the nearest dollar store and snag a few stage items and then wow your guests with this toxic tonic.

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• Grape Juice or cocktail (must be full sugar/not light)
• Orange sports drink (must be low or no sugar)
• Scary glasses (beakers found at $0.99 only store)

Instructions

• Add ice to glasses.
• Fill with grape juice until about a 1/3 full.
• Make sure ice is floating on top and above the juice if not add a few cubes, this prevents the next liquid from mixing.
• Slooowly, pour the Orange drink onto the ice and fill to desired level.
• The key to this is the sugar content of the drinks. More sugar on bottom less sugar on top. Theoretically, you could do more layers of color as long as you work your layers most to least sugar bottom to top.

How FUN!! Check out this Spooky Halloween Drink that you can make with just a few simple ingredients. It’s really all about the presentation. Run to the nearest dollar store and snag a few stage items and then wow your guests with this toxic tonic.

Beach Bungalow Banquet made easy!

Scare up some fun…

Spiders Kiss Cocktail

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 part Melon Liqueur
• 1 part Vodka
• Juice from ½ Lemon
• Chocolate syrup
• Grenadine

DIRECTIONS:

• With chocolate syrup, draw a web on the inside of the martini glass. Chill glass.
• Shake Melon Liqueur, Vodka and lemon juice with ice and strain into martini glass.
• Drizzle grenadine down the side for a blood effect.

 Witch’s Cheese Brooms

INGREDIENTS:

• 12 Slices of Cheese
• 12 Pretzel sticks
• 12 Fresh Chive

DIRECTIONS:

•  Fold each cheese slice and cut the fringes of the broom using a pair of scissors.
• Roll the slice of cheese around a snack stick having the fringes looking down.
• Finally to keep the cheese around the stick, use some chive and knot it around.

For the kid in all of us….

 Monster Treats

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 5 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
• 6 cups rice cereal
• 7 drops green food coloring
• “eyeball” candy treat toppers

DIRECTIONS:

• Microwave butter in a large bowl for 30 seconds.
• Add Marshmallows to bowl and stir
• Microwave mixture for 45 seconds. 
• Stir and add food coloring. 
• Microwave an additional 45 seconds.
• Stir marshmallow mixture well and add rice cereal.
• Use large spoon to scoop out treats onto serving platter.
•  Place “eyeball” candy treat toppers.

Witches Brew (a non alcoholic punch)

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 bottles of sparkling apple cider
• 4 cups of pineapple juice
• 4 oz lime juice (one small bottle)
• 2 packets Sweet ‘N Low
• Green food coloring

DIRECTIONS:

• In a large pitcher combine pineapple juice, lime juice and Sweet ‘N Low.
• Then pour in sparkling apple cider — this will create a nice froth on top, which is pretty for serving.
• Add drops of green food coloring a few at a time until desired color is reached.
• Garnish Witches’ Brew glasses with gummy worms and serve.