Chocolate Orange Halloween Pudding

Ingredients:

• 1 3oz package orange gelatin



• 1/2 cup boiling water



• 4 cups milk



• 2 3oz pkg instant vanilla pudding (4 1/2 cup serving size)



• Orange food coloring (optional)



• 24 fudge sandwich cookies (or substitute chocolate sandwich cookies such as Oreo)



• 1 cup sweetened whipped cream (real preferred, but frozen whipped topping can substitute)

Directions:

1. Dissolve the orange gelatin in the boiling water and set aside.



2. Pour the milk into a blender container, add the pudding mix and blend for about 30 seconds.



3. Scrape the sides and blend for a few more seconds.



4. Add the gelatin and blend for 15-30 seconds; add food coloring if using and pulse the blender until mixed in.



5. Immediately pour into a bowl and place into the freezer for about 10 minutes to set.



6. Meanwhile, place the cookies in a Ziploc-type bag, seal, and crush with rolling pin or similar object.



7. Divide 1/3 of cookie crumbs among 6 Sunday dishes



8. Layer 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the cookie crumbs, dividing evenly among the six dishes.



9. Repeat with another layer of crumbs and pudding.



10. Top with remaining crumbs.



11. Cover and refrigerate until serving time; this dessert can be made up to 1 day ahead.



12. To serve, top with sweetened whipped cream.

Witches Brew

Ingredients:

• 1 (10 oz) package frozen raspberries thawed


• 2 1/2 cups cranberry juice (can use additional 4 cups for juice too)


• 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin


• 2 liters ginger ale


• 2 liters sparking apple cider (non-alcoholic - also can substitute for regular apple juice)


• 6 gummy snakes candy (optional)

Directions:

1. To make frozen hand: Wash and rinse the outside of a rubber glove. Turn glove inside out and set aside. In a 4 cup measuring cup combine the thawed raspberries and 2 1/2 cup cranberry juice.


2. Pour 2 cups of raspberry mixture into a small saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin over and let stand 2 minutes. Warm over low heat stirring constantly. just until gelatin dissolves. mix back into reserve raspberry mixture in the measuring cup.


3. Pour raspberry mixture into inverted glove. Gather the top of glove and securely with kitchen twine. Freeze until solid, or several days if possible.


4. To serve: Carefully cut glove away from frozen hand. (Fingers may break off if you don't cut it off when frozen.) Place frozen hand palm side up , leaning against side of large punch bowl. Pour in ginger ale, sparkling cider and raspberry juice. Garnish with gummy snakes.

Garlic Bones (Breadsticks)

Ingredients:

• 1 can Garlic Bread sticks


• 1 can Parmesan cheese (optional)


• marinara sauce

Directions:

1. Separate out bread sticks and cut in half


2. Roll between hands to make long and skinny


3. Tie off ends in knots


4. Bake in 350 oven for 10 minutes


5. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top


6. Serve with marinara sauce

Rice Crispy Pumpkins

Ingredients:

• 6 cups of Rice cereal


• 1 10oz bag of miniture marshmallows


• 4 Tbsp butter (half stick)


• 1 tsp vanilla


• 3 drops red food coloring


• 3 drops yellow food coloring


• Gumdrops, chocochips, almond slices, etc (candy decorations)


• 1 tube of Green icing

Directions

1. Melt butter, marshmallows on low heat untill mixture is completely melted.


2. Remove from heat and add vanilla.


3. Add food coloring until happy with color.


4. Roll into 3 in balls.


5. Decorate like pumpkins or monsters (can dye green or other colors if want to do monsters too).



6. Top off pumpkin with green icing for leaves or stump.

Halloween Pizza

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg Tortilla


• 2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese


• 2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese


• 1 can pizza sauce


• olives (Spiders)


• Peperoni

(various other toppings can be substituted out as desired)

Directions:

1. Spread pizza sauce on tortilla


2. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on tortilla (great base fro pumpkin face and spiderweb)


3. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese lightly as spider webs


4. Add toppings. (Olives can be split into 8 legs and added as spiders on web or can be cut up into shapes for pumpkin face)


5. Bake in oven at 400 for 10-13 min

Have fun experimenting on different shapes for decorating pizza. Mozzarella can be basis for ghost too.

Magic Wands

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Bag Pretzel Rods


• 1 Bag Carmel (We used Carmel Apple Sheets covers to save time)


• 1 bag Chocolate Bark (you can substitute chocolate chips, white chocolate, etc for variety)


• Decorative Sprinkles (Halloween sprinkles were used. Can swap out for different holidays)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut Carmel wraps in half.


2. Melt Chocolate over low heat (can melt in microwave at 1 minute intervals on half power)


3. Take 1/2 section of Carmel wrap and mold around pretzel. Make sure you leave at lest 1 in section for handle.


4. Dip pretzel into chocolate.


5. Decorate with sprinkles or candy.

Shrunken Pumpkins

INGREDIENTS:

• 11 1/2 oz pkg of refrigerated soft bread sticks


• 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice


• 1/4 cup Sugar


• 4 drops orange food coloring- (or yellow & red)


• 1 10oz bag of of Hershey mini chocolate chip kisses

DIRECTIONS:

1. Turn on oven to 350 degrees


2. Mix sugar, pumpkin pie spice and food coloring in shallow dish.


3. Unroll and separate bread sticks and cut into 1 inch pieces.


4. Wrap bread stick piece around mini chocolate chip and roll into ball.


5. Roll ball in sugar pumpkin pie spice mixture and put on greased cookie sheet.


6. Bake for 10 minutes.


7. Put chocolate chip on top when cooling

You can experiment with mint chips, butterscotch chips, etc but may want to add more then one in center of ball. Also, we used Pillsbury Grand biscuits split into 6 pieces each and they were great too.

Mummy Dogs (Pigs in a blanket)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Pkg of Hot dogs (8 ct)


• 4 Slices of Cheese


• 1 can of Grands Biscuits (8ct)


• mustard

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut dogs in half (lengthwise)


2. Cut Slice of cheese into 4 Strips.


3. Insert cheese into open hot dog.


4. Wrap biscuit around hot dog


5. Cook in oven as per biscuits directions.


6. Decorate hot dog with face using mustard for eyes.

You can be creative and use anything to decorate the mummy.

Witches Fingers

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 bag Crunchy Cheetos



• 1/2 C White Chocolate



• Food Coloring (Depends on what color you want - Red works great as blood)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Melt White Chocolate in double boiler or in microwave for 30 seconds.



2. Add Food Coloring. Usually 2-4 drops work but depends on color and how dark you want color.



3. Dip Cheetos in chocolate if you want to look like blood. Paint on tips of fingers using clean paint brush, if you want to look like fingernails.

Homemade Meatballs

INGREDIENT:

• 2 lbs Ground Beef


• 1 Sleeve of Crackers


• 2 Tsp Onion Powder


• 2 Tsp Garlic Powder


• 2 Tsp Salt


• 1 Tsp Pepper

DIRECTIONS:

1. Crush Crackers


2. Mix all ingredents together


3. Roll Ground Beef into 1 inch balls.


4. Bake @ 400 degrees for 20 - 30 minutes. (time is dependent on Oven)

(Our class made individual meatballs by giving each kid thier own meat, crackers & spices in a baggie, so they may not be use to the over all totals)

Cheese and Ham Stuffed Biscuits

INGREDIENTS:

• Biscuit dough (Refrigerated 10 piece is what we used)


• Cubed mild cheddar cheese (4 cubes per biscuit)


• Cubed sliced ham (abt. 4 cubes per biscuit -can substitute deli sliced ham as well)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut up cheese and ham and put into bowls (makes for easy assembly


2. Spray cooking sheet with nonstick spray


3. Stretch out biscuits and put Ham and cheese in middle.


4. Fold over and pinch so that there are no holes.


5. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10-13 min

Fruit Kabobs

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberries


• Watermelon


• Grapes


• Pineapple (canned or fresh)


• Cantaloupe


• Bamboo Skewers

(You can use any fruit you desire but these are the ones we used.)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Chop up fruit and put in separate bowls (makes it easier to assemble).


2. Take fruit and load onto bamboo skewers. You can experiment with different patterns


3. Chill in refrigerator.


4. Serve

You can also dip fruit in Chocolate for added variety.

Chile

INGREDIENTS:

• 1lb ground beef


• 1 can chili beans


• 1 can black beans (you can substitue kidney beans or othere types)


• 1 tsp chili powder


• 1 tsp garlic


• 1 tsp salt


• 1/2 tsp pepper

DIRECTIONS:

1. Brown ground beef in medium sauce pan


2. Add remaining ingredients


3. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.

This makes a relatively mild chili that won't burn your mouth. Feel free to spice it up. Also it can be served with shredded cheese and sour cream.

(Optional - you can add more chili power, chopped green chili or pepper to spice up more)

Simple Fudge

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 cups of semisweet chocolate chips (milk chocolate can be substituted)



• 1 (14ounce) can sweetened condensed milk



• 1/4 cup butter



• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter or margarine in large microwaveable bowl. Heat in microwave on medium heat until chips are melted, about 3-5 minutes, stirring every minute until everything is melted.



2. Stir in nuts, if desired



3. pour into well-greased 8x8 inch glass baking dish. Refrigerate until set.

You can substitute the chocolate chips with mint chocolate chips or white chocolate chips and added different flavoring flavoring (around 1/4 teaspoon) or food coloring for a variety.

Welcome!!!

This blog is set up for the Edgemont Elementary Kids in the Kitchen program. I will post our recipes here so that kids can access it from home if they want to try to recreate some of our projects. Thanks so much for your participation! Feel freee to post comments and ideas as to how you have individualized each recipe for your own.

Thanks,

Ruth Mullins