Halloween Feast of Mummies, Witches Hats, Spider Webs and Mud Pumpkins

Plan a little ahead of time and make this year's Halloween memorable for your children or friends. Who wouldn't like a chocolate peanut butter ball all dolled up for the holiday? If you don't expect "trick or treaters" then why not treat the fireman, EMT or law enforcement members in your neighborhood. They are always there when we need them and holidays are a perfect time to say thank you! Rest assured they will be on call on Halloween.

If you don't want to cook, what about pumpkin posies? Just add a few flowers to one of those minature pumpkins, some grenery, even a cinammon stick or some rosemary and it's sure to put a smile on someone's face.

Halloween Hotdogs-Mummies
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)
10 large hot dogs
Cooking spray
Mustard or ketchup, if desired
Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half). Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like "bandages," stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for "face." On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on "face."

Halloween Pizza – Spider Webs
1 pkg (10 oz) prebaked mini 8-in pizza crusts (such as Boboli)
1/3 cup pizza sauce
2 (1 oz each) mozzarella string cheese
3 large pitted black olives
Heat oven to 450°F. Place crusts on a baking sheet; top with sauce. Pull cheese into thin strips; place on pizzas in the shape of a web. Bake pizza for 8 to 10 minutes until cheese melts. Cool 3 minutes. Cut off one end of 2 olives for spider heads. Halve remaining olives lengthwise. Use one half for body; cut remaining pieces into strips for legs. Assemble spider on each pizza.

Halloween Hats – Witches Hats
32 Hershey's® Kisses® milk chocolates, unwrapped
1 package (11 1/2 ounces) fudge-striped shortbread cookies (32)
1 tube (4.25 ounces) orange or red decorating icing
Attach 1 chocolate candy to chocolate bottom of each cookie, using decorating icing.
Pipe decorating icing around base of milk chocolate candy.

Halloween Chocolate – Mud Pumpkins
½ cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons softened butter
¼ tsp vanilla
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
8 ounces chocolate-flavored confectioners' coating
Mix peanut butter and butter and add vanilla. Gradually add sugar stirring until well blended. Shape into one-inch balls. Place them on wax paper. Melt confectioners' coating and stir. Dip balls into coating letting excess drip off. Place candy on wax paper and allow chocolate to chill. Use white coating on some and add orange coloring so white for coating or decorating. You can simply swirl icing for decorations or you can turn them into mud pumpkins by decorating with jack o’latern faces. Package individually in cellophane bags for gifts for your favorite trick or treaters.

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