Ghoulish Goodies (sample Pages)

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Edited by Margaret Sutherland Art direction, book design, and photo styling by Alethea Morrison Text production by Liseann Karandisecky Photography by © Kevin Kennefick Food styling by Norma Miller Illustrations by © Michael Slack Indexed by Christine R. Lindemer, Boston Road Communications © 2009 by Sharon Bowers All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce illustrations in a review with appropriate credits; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other — without written permission from the publisher. The information in this book is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. All recommendations are made without guarantee on the part of the author or Storey Publishing. The author and publisher disclaim any liability in connection with the use of this information. For additional information, please contact Storey Publishing, 210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247. Storey books are available for special premium and promotional uses and for customized editions. For further information, please call 1-800-793-9396. Printed in China by Regent Publishing Services 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowers, Sharon. Ghoulish goodies / by Sharon Bowers. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-60342-146-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Halloween cookery. I. Title. TX739.2.H34B69 2009 641.5’68—dc22 2009007802

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Introduction, 2 Intr CChapter One

Candy C and dy aand Goodies, 13 Chapter Two

Cookies, 49 Chapter Three

Cakes and Cupcakes, 71 Chapter Four

Party Food, Snacks, and Drinks, rink ks, 1107 07 Chapter Five

Halloween Supper, 125 Chapter Six

Scary Party Food, 137 Postscript, 147 Index, 151

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chapter

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You can make some party food scary simply by giving it a creepy name. For instance, roasted chicken wings are much more fun to eat on Halloween if a card placed near the serving dish identifies them as “Bat Wings,” and a “Sandwich Graveyard” makes a platter of sandwiches much more Halloween-appropriate. Other food actually looks kind of creepy, innocent as it is. While Worm Pie or Cup of Worms might take you into sugar overload, they are just gummy worms, set in Jell-O or buried in chocolate pudding and cookie crumbs. If you still enjoy eating gummy worms — I find I can live without them quite nicely as the years go by, but my kids feel differently — you probably won’t find these dishes off-putting in the slightest. All bets are off, however, when it comes to the scary foodstuffs that people feel, rather than eat. For a kids’ party, I trot out the goopiest, yuckiest stuff I can think of to represent things like witch’s guts (canned spinach) and intestines (soft manicotti stuffed with sour cream). And some items, such as dried apricots or torn flour tortillas, feel quite harmless in and of themselves, but when you hide them in a paper bag and call them mangled ears and flayed skin . . . well, the possibilities are endless.

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Makes 36 bones

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More fun with pretzels and melted chocolate! Like the pretzel lollipop ghosts, these are a tasty mix of sweet and salty. With the white chocolate coating on them, they are uniformly charming. For the best effect, heap and jumble the little bones in a bowl rather than laying them on a plate. (Although I call for white chips, this is one place where lower grade white “coating” chocolate or bark is so easy to work with that it might be worth the trade-off in taste.) 1 (12-ounce) package white chocolate chips (2 cups) 36 pretzel sticks and rods of various sizes 72 mini-marshmallows (about 1 cup)

1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. 2. Place the chips in a double boiler over just-simmering water and melt, stirring fre-

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quently. As soon as the chips are just melted (there may even be a few solid ones left), remove the pan from the heat and remove the top section of the double boiler so the chocolate’s temperature doesn’t keep rising. Stick marshmallows onto both ends of the pretzels, with the marshmallows’ flat sides parallel to the pretzel. Dip each pretzel in the chocolate and lift out with a fork, letting the excess drip back in the bowl. Lay the bones on the baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or at a cool room temperature.

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index Page references in italics indicate photos or illustrations.

A Apples, Caramel, 33, 33–34

B Bag O’ Dirt (party favor), 145 Bandaged Fingers, 110, 111 Bat Wings (chicken wings), 141 beef, ground Haunted Shepherd’s Pie, 134 Unblinking Eye Halloween Meatloaf, 130 beverages, 107, 115–120 Bite-Your-Tongue Spiced Cider, 115 Ghoul-ade with Fly-in-My-Ice, 118, 119 Haunted Drinking Chocolate, 120 Screaming Red Punch with a Hand, 116, 117 Boo-rific Pumpkin-Seed Brittle, 16–17 Bread, Pumpkin-White Chocolate, 135 Brownies, Swirled Chocolate-Pumpkin, 68

C cakes and cupcakes, 9, 71–105 Creature Feature Cupcakes, 102, 103–105 Ghostly White Cake, 75–76, 77 Hairy Eye Cupcakes, 99–100, 101 Halloween After-Cake, 148 Halloween After-Cupcakes, 150 I’ Scream Cake, 72, 73–74 Monster Cupcakes, 96, 97–98 platter for large cakes, 71 Pumpkin Spice Jack-O’-Lantern Cake, 84, 85–87 Spiderweb Pumpkin Cheesecake, 121–122, 123 Spidery Cupcakes, 88, 89–90 Tombstone Cupcakes, 91–92, 93 Whistling Past the Graveyard Cake, 78, 79–80 Witch’s Hat Sheet Cake, 81–83, 83

Wormy Cupcakes, 94–95 candy and goodies, 13–47 Boo-rific Pumpkin-Seed Brittle, 16–17 Caramel Apples, 33, 33–34 Chocolate Mice, 38, 39 Chocolate Spider Clusters, 42, 43 Funny Bones, 24, 25 leftover candy, recipes for, 147–150 Monster Eyeballs, 14, 15 Pumpkin Spice Vanilla Fudge, 32 Pumpkins in the Field, 40, 41 Rice Krispie Jack-O’-Lanterns, 35–36, 37 Rocky Road-to-Perdition Fudge, 31 Swamp Creature Toes, 22, 23 White-as-a-Sheet Ghost Lollipops, 28, 29–30 Worse-Than-Its-Bite Chocolate Bark, 26–27 Wrapped Caramels, 44–45 Candy Corn Pizza, 128, 129 caramel Caramel Apples, 33, 33–34 Sticks and Stones Caramel Corn, 20–21 Wrapped Caramels, 44–45 cheese Candy Corn Pizza, 128, 129 Cheddar Eyeballs, 112, 113 Witches’ Knuckles, 108, 109 Cheesecake, Spiderweb Pumpkin, 121–122, 123 chocolate/chocolate chips, 8 Bag O’ Dirt (party favor), 145 Choco-Bats, 66, 67 Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Bars, 69 Chocolate Mice, 38, 39 Chocolate Spider Clusters, 42, 43 Cup of Worms, 142, 143 Haunted Drinking Chocolate, 120 Monster Eyeballs, 14–15 Rocky Road-to-Perdition Fudge, 31 Swamp Creature Toes, 22, 23

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chocolate/chocolate chips (continued) Swirled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies, 68 Tombstone Cupcakes, 91–92, 93 Worse-Than-Its-Bite Chocolate Bark, 26–27 Cider, Bite-Your-Tongue Spiced, 115 Colcannon, 131 Cold-as-a-Witch’s-Hat Cones, 46, 47 coloring food, 6, 36 cookies and bars, 49–69 Choco-Bats, 66, 67 Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Bars, 69 Dem Bones (Ossi di Morti), 59 Gingerbread Jack-O’-Lanterns, 50–51 Glowing Jack-O’-Lantern Cookies, 53–54, 55 Halloween After-Cookies, 149 Ladies’ Fingers, 62, 63 Monster Toes, 52 Perfect Sugar Cookie Ghosts, 60–61 Spiderweb Sugar Cookies, 56, 57–58 Spooky Shortbread Tombstones, 64–65, 65 Swirled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies, 68 Creature Feature Cupcakes, 102, 103–105 Cup of Worms, 142, 143

D Dem Bones (Ossi di Morti), 59 desserts, 142–146, 144 Bag O’ Dirt (party favor), 145 Cup of Worms, 142, 143 Jiggly Eyeballs, 144 See also cakes and cupcakes; cookies and bars

H Hairy Eye Cupcakes, 99–100, 101 Halloween After-Cake, 148 Halloween After-Cookies, 149 Halloween After-Cupcakes, 150 Haunted Drinking Chocolate, 120 Haunted Shepherd’s Pie, 134

I ice cream Cold-as-a-Witch’s-Hat Cones, 46, 47 I’ Scream Cake, 72, 73–74 icing, 9, 61, 78, 80

J Jiggly Eyeballs, 144

L Ladies’ Fingers, 62, 63 Lollipops, White-as-a-Sheet, 28, 29–30

M Meatloaf, Unblinking Eye Halloween, 130 Monster Cupcakes, 96, 97–98 Monster Eyeballs, 14, 15 Monster Toes, 52

O Orange Popcorn Balls, 18, 19 Orange Rice with Bacon (Pumpkin Risotto), 126

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Feeling Scary (scary things to touch), 138 fudge. See under candy and goodies Funny Bones, 24, 25

Party Sandwich Graveyard, 139 peanuts and peanut butter Boo-rific Pumpkin-Seed Brittle, 16–17 Monster Eyeballs, 14, 15 Monster Toes, 52

G Ghostly Mashed Potatoes, 132, 133 Ghostly White Cake, 75–76, 77 Ghoul-ade with Fly-in-My-Ice, 118, 119 Gingerbread Jack-O’-Lanterns, 50–51 Glowing Jack-O’-Lantern Cookies, 53–54, 55

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Perfect Sugar Cookie Ghosts, 60–61 Pie, Worm, 146 Pizza, Candy Corn, 128, 129 pointers for success, 6–11 popcorn Orange Popcorn Balls, 18, 19 Sticks and Stones Caramel Corn, 20–21 1 potatoes Colcannon, 131 Ghostly Mashed Potatoes, 132, 133 Haunted Shepherd’s Pie, 134 pumpkin and pumpkin products Boo-rific Pumpkin-Seed Brittle, 16–17 Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Bars, 69 Orange Rice with Bacon (Pumpkin Risotto), 126 Puking Pumpkins, 140 Pumpkin Pie Spice, Make Your Own, 87 Pumpkin Seeds, Spicy and Sweet, 114 Pumpkin Soup with Cheese Croutons, 127 Pumpkin Spice Jack-O’-Lantern Cake, 84, 85–87 Pumpkin Spice Vanilla Fudge, 32 Pumpkin-White Chocolate Bread, 135 Spiderweb Pumpkin Cheesecake, 121–122, 123 Swirled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies, 68 Pumpkins in the Field, 40, 41

R Rice Krispie Jack-O’-Lanterns, 35–36, 37 Rice with Bacon, Orange (Pumpkin Risotto), 126 Rocky Road-to-Perdition Fudge, 31 Royal Icing, 61

Sticks and Stones Caramel Corn, 20–21 Swamp Creature Toes, 22, 23 Swirled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies, 68

T Tombstone Cupcakes, 91–92, 93

U Unblinking Eye Halloween Meatloaf, 130

W Whistling Past the Graveyard Cake, 78, 79–80 white chocolate, 8 Funny Bones, 24, 25 Pumpkin Spice Vanilla Fudge, 32 Pumpkin-White Chocolate Bread, 135 White-as-a-Sheet Ghost Lollipops, 28, 29–30 Worse-Than-Its-Bite Chocolate Bark, 26–27 Witches’ Knuckles, 108, 109 Witch’s Hat Sheet Cake, 81–83, 83 Worm Pie, 146 Wormy Cupcakes, 94–95 Wrapped Caramels, 44–45

S Sandwich Graveyard, Party, 139 Screaming Red Punch with a Hand, 116, 117 Shepherd’s Pie, Haunted, 134 Spiderweb Pumpkin Cheesecake, 121–122, 123 Spiderweb Sugar Cookies, 56, 57–58 Spidery Cupcakes, 88, 89–90 Spooky Shortbread Tombstones, 64–65, 65

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