Simple Halloween Treats

As I'm recovering from my surgery, my mom came up to help with the kids (oh, I'm so grateful).  Right now she is assisting the kids with three simple Halloween projects as I supervise from the couch.  My kids love any sort of project, and since I can't be at Lambeau (boo!), the next best thing is crafting with my kids.

Every single year we make these witches hats because they are so super simple (3 ingredients) and  anyone can put them together.  I do not have the best attention to detail and even I can manage to pull these off.

1.   WITCHES HATS

Turn the stripped cookie upside down, frost, add a Kiss and you have witches hats - adorable!!!


Witches Hats with Pumpkin Seeds in the middle
Featured on my Grandma's platter

 

 

2.  BURGERS AND FRIES COOKIES:

 

Next we made these burgers and fries that my Aunt Paula made for us when we visited her in Manitowish Waters.  These are a little putsy, but the kids LOVE making them (and eating them).

INGREDIENTS:

1 box vanilla wafers
1 box Keebler grasshopper cookies
Coconut (mix with green food coloring)
Egg White - whipped
Sesame Seeds
White frosting colored orange (Red and Yellow make orange)
Shoestring potatoes (one large container)
Cup Cake Papers

Assembly:

1 wafer flat side down, frost top.   1 grasshopper cookie place on top.  Frost top of grasshopper cookie and put vanilla wafer on top.   Dip assembled cookie into green coconut.  Lightly brush top of vanilla wafer with egg white and add sesame seeds.  Add to cupcake papers and add shoestring potatoes - looks just like burger and fries.  Adorable!!!

Burger and Fries Cookies

 

 

Burger and Fries Cookies - on my Grandma's serving platter (I have a few)

 

3.  PUMPKIN SEEDS:

My mom carved pumpkins with the kids and later we made delicious and healthy pumpkin seeds.

Remove seeds from pumpkin and allow to air dry for 24 hours (this part if important).  Liberally drizzle with olive and oil and salt and cook for 1/2 hour turning every 15 minutes.  Yum!!!!




Pumpkin Seeds

4. HALLOWEEN FINGERS

I also saw these adorable Halloween Finger Cookies, but I'm running out of time and energy and we have enough junk in our house to last a month.  Here's a picture:

Halloween Finger Cookies - picture and recipe from All Recipes

 

I wish I could tell you I have some awesome Halloween costume ideas this year, but I haven't given it much energy so the kids have some store-bought costumes.  The boys really do not like to dress-up, but hopefully I can do it up big for Greta next year. 

What are you doing for Halloween this year?  Happy Halloween - thanks for reading,

Kristin

Happy Halloween - Pumpkin Seeds

Surprise, surprise - we all LOVE pumpkin seeds!  We carved nine pumpkins, yes nine, so we had plenty of seeds.  Here's Gus and Greta carving away:

Harvesting the Seeds

We made three types of seeds:  cinnamon, regular, and spicy.

Here's a picture of regular roasted pumpkin seeds, with the picture taken on my Grandma's platter:

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

2 cups pumpkin seeds rinsed and blotted dry
3 T of vegetable oil
1 T of garlic salt

Toss the pumpkin seeds to coat and spread on a cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for an hour or until crunchy.
Stir about 1/2 way through and add garlic salt if needed.

Next we made the most delicious dessert:  Cinnamon Pumpkin Seeds!  We all LOVED these.

Cinnamon Pumpkin Seeds

Here's the recipe:  Cinnamon Pumpkin Seeds


And last but not least, I made a few SPICY pumpkin seeds for the adults in the house and they were also good.  Here they are in my Grandma's bubble dish:

Mix 1 cup of dried pumpkin seeds with 2 tsp. of chili powder and 3 shakes of Tabasco.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  Enjoy!

It seems you can't go wrong with pumpkin seeds.  Happy Halloween!  I'm looking forward to trick or treating with the kids.

Kristin :)