The first comes from food and recipe aficionado, Julie C. Her recipe for Creepy Cake is sure to please the little ones (ok, the adults, too).
Creepy Cake
Make a cake mix of choice (or from scratch if you have the time or ambition) and bake in a 10″ x 13″ pan. Frost with chocolate icing. Sprinkle generously with Oreo crumbs. Take a few Milano cookies, write “R.I.P.” in icing on the top half of the cookie, and then stick into the Oreo “ground” to make a tasty, creepy cemetery. I’ve sometimes added marshmallow ghosts and gummy worms or insects. The kids love it.
Low-fat Chili
Chili is a Halloween tradition among a few of us at MakeItBetter.net, and Joan shares her recipe for Low-Calorie Chili. It’s perfect for the adults, or to give the kids a much-needed boost of protein after all that sugar.
8 servings
230 calories per serving
1 pound of lean ground beef
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can kidney beans undrained
1 onion chopped
5 cloves garlic minced
5 stalks celery chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1 tsp salt
5 tsp chili powder
In large pot: brown ground beef, garlic, onion, celery and green pepper
Add salt, chili powder, tomatoes and kidney beans
Simmer on low heat 60 minutes
