Great Ideas for Halloween Parties

 

 

 

If you are having or going to a Halloween party here are some great ideas.  A great pie if you need to take a treat or a great drink to serve if you are having a party and then this pumpkin stuffed with tootsie pops is a great idea.

Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pie

1-9 inch pie crust
2 large eggs, beaten
1 (11.75 ounce) jar hot fudge ice cream topping
1-8 ounce cream cheese, softened
2 cups canned pumpkin
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
 brown M&M's
Preheat oven to 350

In a medium bowl combine eggs and fudge topping (reserve about 3 tablespoons of topping to fill in the top of the pie for garnish), whisk to combine well.  Pour into a prepared pie shell and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the center is set.  Place on cooling rack and cool completely.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice.  Spread over top of chocolate layer.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Immediately before serving, make jack-o-lantern face with brown M&M's.  Fill in with fudge topping.  Serve immediately.


Jack-O-Lantern Drink

4 ounces of orange juice
2 ounces carbonated orange soda
1 1/2 ounces orange flavored liqueur
1 1/4 ounces spiced rum

Garnish rim of glass with lime juice and sanding sugar.  Garnish drink with orange slice and green silvered almond.

Dip rim of glass into lime juice then into sanding sugar to coat.
Mix 1/8 teaspoon of green food coloring into 1 tablespoon of water.  Soak almonds in colored water for 1 hour.  Remove and drain on paper towel until dry.
Fill shaker halfway with ice.  Add orange juice, orange soda, orange liqueur and rum.  Shake vigorously for 5-10 seconds.  Strain into prepared glasses.  Float orange slice on top with green almond stuck in the middle of orange slice.
Serve immediately.

You could omit the alcohol from this drink and make this a fun fall drink for your children.  I think kids love things like this.  A great memorable day with your children would be to go to the woods, look for beautiful leaves to bring home and press and later frame, help them to become alert to all the sounds in the woods and then come home to a jack-o-lantern pie and a jack-o-lantern orange drink!