More than eye candy: 5 Halloween decorations that double as food

Halloween food combinations to help you get in the spirit!

By: Aru Kaul

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Get ready to throw the best party this Halloween with these spooky food combinations! You’ll give your guests a good scare and serve some delicious food at the same time.

1. Bloody Hot Dogs

To make this no-cook bloody treat, all you need is: 

  • Hot dogs

  • Hot dog buns

  • Ketchup 

  • A knife 

Instructions:

  1. Take the knife and cut off the top layer of the sausage on one end so that there is pink showing.

  2. Then, use the knife to make knuckle marks. 

  3. Put some ketchup in the hot dog bun and place the sausage on it. And there you have it! The perfect finger food (no pun intended).

2. Spider Pizzas

This is the perfect way for pizza lovers to get in the Halloween spirit! You seriously only need to prepare two items:

  • Mini pizzas

  • Black olives

Instructions:

  1. For the base of this creepy-crawly treat, it’s easier to buy ready-made mini pizzas, but you could definitely make your own too. 

  2. To make the spiders, cut some black olives in half, then cut the other half into thin slices. This will be the body and legs. 

  3. Assemble the olive slices in the shape of spiders on the pizza!

3. Monster Burger

This recipe is the perfect way to enjoy your burger of choice while also getting in the Halloween spirit!

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Your patties of choice

  • Burger buns 

  • Cheese

  • Lettuce 

  • Green olives

  • A pair of scissors

  • Toothpicks

You can also include other ingredients if you like, but these are the main ones to make this scary sandwich! 

Instructions:

  1. The first step is to cook your patties until they’re ready and place them on the bottom burger bun, on top of the lettuce. 

  2. Then take your cheese out of its wrapper and start cutting. You’ll want to make a zigzag pattern on one end. Place it on the patty so that the zigzag hangs over the edge. 

  3. Once you’ve closed the burger with the top bun, finish by putting two toothpicks with green olives on the top — these are the monster’s eyes. 

4. Eyeball Pasta

This green, alien-like pasta is the perfect way to fill you up so you don’t eat too much candy! 

For this dish, prepare some: 

  • Pasta

  • Pesto sauce

  • Mozzarella balls

  • Black olives 

Instructions:

  1. The first step is to boil your pasta and toss it with your pesto sauce of choice. If you want to make the pasta even more green, you can add a few drops of green food colouring. 

  2. Slice some black olives and put them over the mozzarella balls — this is what you’ll top the pasta with. 

  3. Now you can enjoy. Just don’t look it in the eye!

5. Jalapeno Mummies

Now, jalapenos can be a little hard to swallow on their own for many (especially young kids), but I bet you nobody will even have their guards up when they’re looking this adorable. All you need for these mighty little guys is:

  • Jalapenos

  • Cream cheese

  • Croissant dough

  • Candy eyeballs 

Instructions:

  1. Cut each jalapeno in half and fill with cream cheese. 

  2. Cut some croissant dough into thin strips and wrap them over the jalapeno to resemble a mummy. Leave some space for the eyes. 

  3. Put them in the oven for 11 to 13 minutes and once they’ve cooled, stick on the candy eyeballs. Now you have something that will certainly spook out your guests with the spice!