Halloween Recipe Ideas

Halloween is the perfect time for parties and what's more fun than creepy "finger" foods? The following link offers a ton of fun ideas for parties including such recipes as Stuffed Intestines, Decaying Mummy Eyeballs, and Zombie Brains.

http://www.365halloween.com/halloween-recipes

For Halloween 2011 I will be hosting a formal masquerade dinner party with a murder mystery theme and am always looking for unique food ideas that taste phenomenal so I can wow my guests. As I sample recipes, I will be sharing them on my blog. Some of the food I would like to serve is Cheesecake Eyeballs. One of my fellow graduate students who also adores Halloween, Danialle Dube, recommended that instead of cheesecake to try peanut butter balls dipped in white chocolate with a chocolate chip in the center for the eye (pushed in upside down). She then said she would use red frosting to draw red lines around the "pupil." I think for my dinner party I would like to offer both options.

Danialle also gave me a great idea on how to make a pumpkin cake using two original style Bundt cake pans. Simply bake a cake in each pan and when cooled, place one on top of the other and frost using a thin, orange icing. For the hole on top, she bakes a cupcake and frosts it for a stem. I think rather than frost it I may simply use chocolate cake. The lines from the cake pan give the impression of a real pumpkin and as long as the frosting isn't too thick it should keep its effect. I'm really looking forward to trying this idea.