It’s very important fill those bellies of your little ghosts and goblins before they head out trick or treating. However, those kiddos are usually so excited about filling those goodie bags that they would prefer to skip the healthy meal part. Parents can alleviate this issue by preparing a spooky dinner to entice them. Make Halloween fun before the haunting begins by making some of these fun Halloween dinner ideas!
Feet Loaf ~
Do you have a favorite meatloaf recipe your family already loves? You can still follow that recipe, however, once your ingredients are all mixed up, you will shape the meat into feet.
Shaping the feet:
Shape the feet, bringing the back up to form the top of the ankle. Then snip small sections to create toes and spread them out a bit to keep them separated while baking. Hollow out the top of the ankle and place half of an onion in the hollowed area to keep ankle formed. This also adds extra flavor from the juices of the onion as well. Cut 10 small sections of onion to create toenails and place one on each toe. Drizzle some ketchup around the ankle where you have placed the onion.
Bake at 350 for about an hour or until cooked through and browned.
Frankenstein Corn Dogs ~
This simple recipe uses frozen corn dogs. Make a simple egg wash of 1 egg and 2 Tablespoons of water. Mix in green food coloring until you get a nice dark green color. Cover the entire corn dog with the green egg wash and bake as normal. Lightly coat the top of the corn dog in honey and then roll in crushed black tortilla chips to create the hair. Push pretzel pieces in the sides of corndog for arms. Use candy eyeballs and either black olives or more black tortilla chips to create the mouths.
Make an easy side dish of green beans and corn. Top with a couple of plastic eyeballs for a spooky finish.
⬅Don’t have plastic eyeballs??? These are so realistic and eerie!
Breadstick Spider Bowl ~
Use a loaf of frozen bread dough for this eerie delight. Follow directions on package to thaw out dough. Divide the dough into 8 smaller balls, 1 medium sized ball and 1 larger ball.
Roll out the 8 smaller sections of the dough into long breadstick shapes. Then fold in half to form the legs and place on greased baking sheet. Let rise according to directions on package. If you desire, season with garlic powder, grated parmesan cheese, seasoned salt and red paprika. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until a light golden brown.
Using the remaining dough, form 2 balls, one larger one for the body and a smaller one for the head. Let rise according to directions on package. If you desire, season as stated above. Bake according to package directions until they are a light golden brown.
Let legs and body cool. Place 2 black olives in the head for eyes. Cut 8 small incisions along the side of the body to anchor the legs. Cut out a small circle in the body make room for bowl of nacho cheese sauce.
Monsterghetti ~
Make spaghetti as you normally would, with the exception of dying the noodles to the color of your choosing for noodles to soak in. Once noodles are prepared, place a heaping spoonful on plate, top with meaty spaghetti sauce and 2 olives for the eyes and voila, you have monsterghetti!!!
Festive Halloween Serving Ware ~
Of course, you have to finish off your fun Halloween dinner ideas with a cool serving platter. There are so many to choose from, whether you want simple or fancy. Here are some great deals below:
Make the rest of this month fun celebrating Halloween in every way you can. Make these fun Halloween dinner ideas leading up to Halloween as well as Halloween night! Make memories with your ghosts and goblins!
Happy Haunting!
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