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Answers: Last year we had a stew inside a pumpkin, "finger" cookies, spider cupcakes, and chips/dip. I want to do something besides a stew for the main dish...then just some fun treats and snacks...any good ideas???
Also - we want to have chicken wings ("bat wings") can I dye the sauce black somehow? Is there black food coloring??

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Halloween Party for Adults

You might want to limit it to finger food to make it easier for guests to handle, especially if it's a costume party.
* Plan Halloween-themed decorations. Use paper plates, napkins and cups to make clean up easier.

i hope u like these

Baked Chicken Wings ("Bat Wings")
2pounds chicken drummettes (24)
2tablespoons honey
2tablespoons ketchup
1tablespoon red pepper sauce
1tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Paprika
2/3cup ranch dressing

1.Heat oven to 350oF. Line jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, with aluminum foil. Remove skin from chicken.
2.Mix honey, ketchup, pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce in resealable plastic bag. Add chicken. Seal bag and refrigerate, turning occasionally, at least 15 minutes but no longer than 24 hours.
3.Place chicken in pan; sprinkle with paprika. Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until crisp and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Serve with dressing.

for dinner u can have
Cuban Black Bean Soup
2 2/3cups dried black beans (1 lb)
2tablespoons vegetable oil
1large onion, chopped (1 cup)
3cloves garlic, finely chopped
3cups beef or vegetable broth
3cups water
1/4cup dark rum or apple cider
1teaspoon liquid smoke
1 1/2teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2teaspoons dried oregano leaves
1medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
1large tomato, chopped (1 cup)

1.Place beans in Dutch oven; add enough cold water to cover beans. Heat to boiling. Boil uncovered 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain and reserve beans.
2.In same Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender.
3.Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling. Boil 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 2 hours or until beans are tender.
4.Carefully pour soup into blender. Cover; blend until almost smooth.

dessert
Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
1package (8 ounces) cream cheese or reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel) , softened
1tablespoon chopped fresh dill weed or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
4flour tortillas (8 to 10 inches in diameter)
1package (4 1/2 ounces) smoked salmon, skinned and finely chopped
16spinach leaves
16strips (about 5x1/4 inch) red bell pepper

1.Mix cream cheese and dill weed. Spread about 1/4 cup of the cream cheese mixture over each tortilla. Sprinkle each with 1/4 cup salmon. Place 3 or 4 spinach leaves and 4 bell pepper strips evenly spaced on each tortilla.
2.Roll up tortillas tightly; seal edge of each tortilla by spreading with additional cream cheese mixture. wrap securely with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
3.To serve, cut into 1-inch pieces. Place cut side up on serving platter

Drink
Bloody Eyeballs on the Rocks
12 radishes
7 ounces olives -- pimento-stuffed
46 ounces tomato juice
Prepare these bloody eyeballs the day before your plan to serve them.
Peel radishes, leaving thin streaks of red skin on them for blood vessels. Using the tip of the vegetable peeler or a small, knife, carefully scoop out a small hole in each radish.
Stuff a green olive, pimento side out, in each hole. Place 1 radish eyeball in each section of an empty ice cube tray. You may need to pare your eyeballs down a bit to fit.

Fill the tray with water and freeze overnight.

Pour tall glasses 3/4 full of tomato juice and add a pair of eyeballs to each glass.

Serves 6.
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Ghoulish Punch
2 cups boiling water
1 package (8-serving size) or 2 packages (4-serving size) JELL-O? Brand Lime Flavor Gelatin Dessert
2 cups cold orange juice
1 liter cold seltzer
Ice cubes
1 pint (2 cups) orange sherbet, slightly softened
1 orange, thinly sliced
1 lime, thinly sliced

Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in cold juice. Cool to room temperature.

Just before serving, pour gelatin mixture into punch bowl. Add cold seltzer and ice cubes. Place scoops of sherbet and fruit slices in punch.

Sorry i am tying my best to let u have the wonderful Halloween party, hope u like them

one more thing have dry ice on yr yard or main door get someone ready to pour water on the dry ice it will create mist... very spooky when all light are dim in the room.

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You can make black food coloringby mixing other colors correctly. and maybe have a cauldren with punch in it and have dry ice in it so it acts like witches brew. i did this for a halloween party i had. it was a real hit.

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Swedish meatballs are always yummy but it would take lots of time and patience to make enough for that many people.
How about chili? That's a great dish for alot of people, and most people like it.

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I like the idea of meatballs because you can label them "eyes in blood" or something . . . and you can do it easily. Buy a couple of bags of frozen mini meatballs and put them in a crock pot with - no kidding - a whole bottle of ketchup and a 2 litre bottle of ginger ale. I think you have to cook it about 6 hours or something but the liquids reduce into a glaze and the meat cooks in that. It sounds mad, but it's good.

Also, when I was a kid, we froze juice in a plastic glove and then peeled off the plastic once it was frozen and put it in the punch bowl . . . use a darker juice for the "hand" and a lighter juice for the punch to make it show up OK.

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Devilled eggs, devil's food cake. Chicken diablo or blackened fish and dirty rice. Bloody Marys. Cosmopolitans (they're red)

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yes,black food coloring..add to chocolate frosting..

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