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http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Alligator-Swamp-Water/Detail.aspx WARNING! Highly alcoholic.

Go here and have a ball: http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Halloween-Drinks-Spooky-Sipping/Detail.aspx Happy Halloween, everyone!

This site not only has the organization, it has recipes to match! http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Halloween-Pumpkin-Carving-Party/Detail.aspx There are even pumpkin carving templates!

Carving a pumpkin this fall? Don't throw any of it away! By Jeff Yeager Posted Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:44am PDT Related topics: Food and Drink , Holidays , Veggies More from The Green Cheapskate blog "Jeff, can't we at least celebrate the holiday before you eat the decorations?" I've heard that more than once from my long-suffering wife during our 26-year marriage. You see, cheapskates like to celebrate Halloween and other holidays just like everyone else. But we grimace at wasteful rituals like throwing away a perfectly good pumpkin after using it for only a few days as a decoration. Americans buy more than one billion pounds of pumpkins at Halloween, and the vast majority of those end up in the trash. But at the Green Cheapskate's house, we eat our jack-o-lantern, every last bit of it. While some particularly meaty varieties of pumpkins are specifically grown to be eaten (including Sweet Jack-be-Littles, Cheese Pumpkins, Sugar Pumpkins, and some delicious heirl...

Candy Corn Bark SUBMITTED BY: Julie G PHOTO BY: MEREDITHRAE24 "A delightful recipe only for those with a incurable sweet tooth! Candy corn mixed with chocolate sandwich cookies and pretzels will please your whole Halloween crowd." RECIPE RATING: Read Reviews (30) Review/Rate This Recipe PREP TIME 10 Min COOK TIME 10 Min READY IN 50 Min Original recipe yield 20 pieces INGREDIENTS ( Nutrition ) 16 Halloween-colored chocolate sandwich cookies, chopped (Yeah, Halloween Oreos, okay?) 1 1/2 cups broken small pretzels 1/3 cup raisins 1 1/2 pounds white chocolate, broken into squares 2 cups candy corn orange and brown sprinkles DIRECTIONS Spread the cookies, pretzels and raisins evenly onto a lightly greased small baking sheet. Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave, stirring frequently until melted. Remove from the heat while there are still a few chunks, and stir until smooth. White chocolate burns easily. Drizzle chocolate with a spoon ove...

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Too fun not to do, right?

Samhain (October 31st) 8. HISTORY Samhain to the Celts was their New Year's Eve even. That mysterious moment belonging to neither past nor present, or this world nor the other. It was a time when the herds were slaughtered and the meat salted, which also led to the use of salts in magic ritual as a disinfectant against psychic or spiritual evil. On this night also, the spirits of dead friends sought the warmth of the Samhain fire and communication with a living. The divinatory aspect of Halloween is understandable for two reasons. First, the psychic climates of the season favored it, and second, the anxiety about the coming winter demanded it. The fertility ritual aspect was reflected in legends of gods and heroes. As such, it was a time of deliberate (and tribally purposeful) sexual freedom. That is primarily a Celtic tradition, as many other superstitions say to refrain from sex for fear that your former (dead) friends would take over your body and you might have A Change...

Yes, of course it has lots of garlic. LOL! It's good. Trust me. I substitute cauliflower for the potatoes though.

I'll make the non-alcoholic version, and yes, I will make the glasses "bleed." What's life without a little fun?

Yeah, you know it's good. I recommend getting a friend who knows calligraphy to print out name cards detailing what each dish is on a "parchment" cardstock card to place near each food. Who says kids get all the fun?

Follow the directions carefully, and try not to laugh too much at this funny snack.

Black Devil Martini Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas A martini of a different color, dark rum and a black olive garnish give this drink its midnight hue. Rim the glass with coarse orange sugar to dress it up for a Halloween party. Ingredients: 2 oz. dark rum 1/2 oz. dry vermouth Black olive Preparation: Stir and strain into chilled martini glass, garnish with olive. Recipe courtesy American Professional Bartending Schools of Illinois in Chicago

Liquefied Ghost Liquefied Ghost Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas This ghostly-white drink tastes like a grown-up version of a milkshake. Mix vanilla simple syrup, cream, vodka and soda and serve in a martini glass. Ingredients: 2 oz. vodka 1 oz. vanilla simple syrup 1 oz. cream 2 oz. soda Preparation: Mix vanilla simple syrup, cream, vodka and soda and serve in a martini glass. Recipe courtesy Janelle Maiocco,

Kalamata olives aren't that difficult to find these days. I can even find them in the deli section of the commissary. It's not a bad spread, really.

Now these are easy treats! Marshmallows on sticks with a candy coating. Wow! I'm so doing this.     http://www.wilton.com/idea/Kooky-Candy-Coated-Marshmallows       Lena Austin http://www.LenaAustin.com Writing blog: http://depravedduchess.blogspot.com Recipe and Pagan blog: http://third-infinity.blogspot.com Low Carb Diet blog: http://fatfrogdiary.blogspot.com  

For those who can't figure it out, it's: G oat Cheese, H erbs, O ak-leaf lettuce, S un-dried tomatoes and T apenade. I'll post the tapenade recipe tomorrow.

I don't drink, but this sounds fun to serve.

Okay, so it's a little work. They still look cool and taste pretty darn good.

You can find Branston Pickle here: http://www.britishfoodshop.com/shopexd.asp?id=45 They claim it's worth the trouble to get. Let me know, will you? If you wish, you can make your own pumpernickel bread using this recipe for the bread machine: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bread-Machine-Pumpernickel-Bread/Detail.aspx

Bloody Brain Shooter Bloody Brain Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream causes the cream to curdle, creating brain-like strands in the shot. Ingredients: 1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli 1/8 oz. Rose's lime juice 3/4 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream Splash of grenadine Preparation: Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey's Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey's put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey's in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey's will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey's. Repeat the...

URL: http://www.fineliving.com/fine/entertaining/article/0,2498,FINE_22197_5673660,00.html Witches Brew Witches Brew Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas Use a cauldron to mix up a batch of this party-perfect punch. A mixture of pineapple and cranberry juice give this drink its harvest moon-hue, while a shot of Malibu rum gives it a Caribbean kick. Ingredients: 2 oz. mixed pineapple and cranberry juice 2 oz. 7-Up 1 1/4 oz. shot Malibu Coconut Rum Preparation: Mix juices and 7-Up in a highball glass. Pour shot down the side of the glass right before drinking. Recipe courtesy Kelley Meredith, bar manager, Red Brick Tavern, Lafayette, Ohio

This too-easy trick has been known to Moms for years, but hey, why should the kids have all the good eats? Me, I love different dipping sauces besides just plain ol' barbecue, but that's up to you.

While these do require some skill, mostly they just require some special equipment. Take your time! The biggest necessity for this treat is patience!

My favorite is the banshee. What's yours?

Who doesn't love a good creature? This list gives you scary things from around the world to do. More tomorrow!

Yes, I know, I forgot the template. However, a good web search will undoubtedly reveal a few witch on broom silhouettes you can use. This particular craft came from Martha Stewart Living magazine, so I'd start with the Martha Stewart websites. Forgive me, but I find a certain amount of sardonic humor in having witch designs all over my house at Halloween time. All in good fun, of course.

This is really much easier than it first appears. Right click on the image, save to your computer, then print it out. All the spiders are pom-poms and satin cord! I recommend the use of hot glue guns for the spiders and fabric glue for the ribbon webbing.

I love these because there are so many options. Just think how many silk flowers and leaves there are in the craft stores to mix and match!

There really is a pumpkin design at the bottom of this. See the bottom of the page?