Halloween Recipe Ideas

Some Great Halloween Food Ideas For Mealtime Or Your Next Halloween Party

Rice Krispies® Treat Recipe For Halloween

Did you know that the original recipe for Rice Krispies Treats® first appeared on the Rice Krispies® cereal box back in 1940? The famous recipe was invented in 1939 by Mary Barber and the staff at Kellogg's®, and there's now many variations, this being one.

1/4 cup butter
3 cups (10 oz) miniature marshmallows
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
5 to 6 cups Rice Krispies®
A few drops orange food coloring (or combination of red and yellow)

Make marshmallow treats the regular way. Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan, add marshmallows and cook on low heat while stirring constantly until blended. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla flavoring and food coloring, then add Rice Krispies® and stir well until coated. Lightly press mixture into buttered 9 x 13 inch pan and cut into squares when cool.

Add a candy corn or one of your favorite chewable Halloween candies to the top of each square to decorate. Yields about two dozen 2-inch squares.

Marshmallow Haystacks Recipe

Here's another Halloween recipe idea that's a unique variation to the Rice Krispies® treat recipe that's featured above:

Replace the rice cereal with corn flake cereal and omit the orange food coloring. Follow the instructions combining the melted marshmallow and butter mixture with the cereal.

When cool enough to touch, mold the cereal mixture into the shape of haystacks and place on a buttered cookie sheet to cool thoroughly. Add a candy corn or an orange-colored pumpkin candy to the top of each haystack to decorate.

Candy Corn Ice Cream Sundae Recipe

Into each cup of partially thawed vanilla ice cream, mix in one tablespoon of candy corn (coarsely chopped) and one tablespoon of dry roasted peanuts or cashews (coarsely chopped). Scoop into individual ice cream bowls and freeze until firm.

When ready to serve, drizzle caramel ice cream topping over the ice cream mixture, add a dollop of whipped cream, and some additional candy corn and chopped nuts sprinkled over the top. Marshmallow ice cream topping can be used instead of caramel, if preferred.

Fun Halloween Breakfast Recipe

Breakfast is often an overlooked meal when celebrating the holidays, but a Halloween breakfast is a fun way to start the day for kids of all ages, especially when it's almost a dessert.

To make delicious Halloween pancakes, slowly melt 1/4 cup of chocolate chips in a saucepan over boiling water or in a double boiler. Make pancakes the usual way (see recipe below) and drizzle the melted chocolate over them before serving. Further decorate the pancakes with candy corn and-or white chocolate chips.

Or, here's another way to decorate Halloween pancakes. Use orange-colored icing to quickly pipe a smiling jack-o-lantern face on the pancakes and sprinkle a few candy corns around them before serving.

Here's an old-time pancake recipe that's easy to make:

2 cups sour milk (sweet milk will do)
3 eggs, whites separated
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Enough flour to thicken batter

Mix as usual. Beat the whites of the 3 eggs and stir in slowly last thing before cooking.

Here's a simple Halloween breakfast drink idea:

For a fun breakfast beverage, the addition of orange food coloring (or a combination of red and yellow) into a glass of cold milk will give your family a holiday surprise on Halloween morning.

Yummy Halloween Smoothie Recipe

2 cups orange juice
2 cups milk
2 pints orange sherbet
4 ripe bananas
2 cups whipped cream, or whipped topping
miniature chocolate chips

Blend orange juice, milk, sherbert and bananas together until very smooth. Pour into fancy glasses. Add a ghost-like dollop of whipped cream on top of each drink just before serving. Use chocolate chips for eyes.