Are you throwing a Halloween party this year or maybe volunteering at your son or daughter’s school party?  I’ve got some really fun recipes that are just the thing you need.  They’re easy to make and my kids were able to help with them.

Black and Orange Spook Cups

4 cups cold milk, divided use
1 (3.25-ounce) package Jell-O Chocolate Fudge Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
10 (7-ounce) glasses or plastic cups
1 (3.25-ounce) package Jell-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
Few drops red food coloring
Few drops yellow food coloring
10 Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, crushed
1/4 cup Halloween sprinkles

1. Pour 2 cups of the milk into large bowl. Add dry chocolate pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Spoon evenly into the glasses, filling each glass half full; set aside.
2. Add remaining 2 cups milk to separate large bowl. Add dry vanilla pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Stir in food coloring until pudding is of desired shade of orange; spoon evenly over chocolate pudding layers.
3. Top with crushed cookies. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve.
4. Top with sprinkles. Makes 10 servings

Candy Corn Fudge
1 (12-ounce) package vanilla or white chocolate chips, melted
2 (16-ounce) containers vanilla frosting
1 (10-ounce) package butterscotch flavored chips, melted
1/8 teaspoon or more yellow food coloring, divided use
1/8 teaspoon or more red food coloring
48 pieces of candy corn

1. Line a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan with foil, leaving a couple inches of overhang on each end; butter foil.
2. In a large bowl, combine melted vanilla chips and half the frosting; mix well. Spread 1/3 of mixture in prepared pan.
3. Combine melted butterscotch chips and remaining frosting in another large bowl; mix well. Add enough yellow and red food coloring to turn mixture orange. Stir until well blended. Spread orange mixture over white layer in pan.
4. If remaining white mixture has hardened, heat in microwave until just melted and smooth, stirring occasionally. Add enough yellow food coloring to turn mixture yellow; stir until well blended. Spread over orange layer in pan. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Use foil to lift fudge from pan. Turn white side up and carefully peel off foil. Cut into 48 pieces. Press a candy corn into the center of each piece. Store in the refrigerator. Makes 48 pieces

Candy Filled Witches Hat

Self-sealing plastic bag
1 can chocolate frosting
20 chocolate ice cream cones
Candy corn or assorted small candies
20 (2 to 3 inch) chocolate cookies

1. Fill plastic bag with some chocolate frosting. Seal bag and cut a very small end off one corner of the bag and set aside. For each hat, invert one ice cream cone and fill with about 2 tablespoons candy corn or small candies. Pipe some frosting from bag along bottom edge of cone. Press a cookie against frosting. Carefully invert right side up onto waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
2. Decorate outside of cone with small candies, using additional frosting as necessary. Refill frosting bag as needed. Makes 20 hats

For some additional fun Halloween recipes, check this link: Halloween Recipes

A favorite for my children in October is their school Halloween party.  Being a room mom, I get the chance to go to their classes and try-out new Halloween games each year for the kids to play.  It’s fun to come home and play the games with my kids and some of the neighborhood children.  Here are a few you should try:

Candy Corn Relay Race

Designate a starting line and a finish line. Set out a bowl full of candy corn for each player at the starting line and an empty bowl at the finish line. The players must use a large spoon to scoop candy corn out of the full bowl and then carry it to the empty bowl and fill it. They cannot spill any candy corn or use their hands!  If any candy corn falls off the spoon, they must immediately pick it up and bring it back to the starting line bowl and start over with that scoopful.  This game can also be played in teams.

Eyeball Hunt Game
Fill a large pot with cooked spaghetti noodles and bury ping pong balls in the noodles. See who can find the most balls in a set amount of time. For an added twist you can color code the balls and have each color worth a different amount of points. 

Pumpkin Hunt:
Cut out 12 pumpkins from orange construction paper.  Let the kids use a black marker to draw on faces.  While the kids are in another room hide each pumpkin throughout the house and/or yard and have the children find them.  Whoever finds the most pumpkins wins!  It’s just like an Easter Egg Hunt at Halloween time.

Pumpkin Golf
For this game the object is to hit the golf ball into a pumpkin. First carve out a pumpkin and make the mouth extra large.  Then using cardboard, cut out a ramp about one to two feet long from the ground to the bottom of the pumpkins mouth and tape it to the floor for stability (you might need some support under the cardboard).  Mark a starting point a few feet from the start of the ramp – the older the kids, the farther away.  Each player gets to hit a golf ball three times – each time the ball goes into the pumpkin, the player wins a piece of candy.

Pumpkin Bowling
Get several small pumpkins about four to six inches in diameter (you’ll need extras in case a few split or break).  Place six or ten empty plastic water bottles several feet away on the floor – you can also use the children’s plastic bowling pins if you’d like. Give each child two tries to knock down the pins. A strike is worth two pieces of candy and a spare is worth one piece of candy.

Guess How Many Candies
Fill a jar with Halloween candy and, as each child arrives, have them write their name on a piece of paper and a guess as to how many pieces are in the jar. Everyone only gets one guess and the child who has the closest guess gets to take the jar of candy home!

Don’t forget to check out our website for even more great Halloween games for children and adults. Here’s the link: Halloween Games.