For Halloween

Chocolate Spiders
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4 cups semi-sweet chocolate baking chips

Melt chocolate chips in double boiler. Let stand over the water
until the water cools down, about 10 minutes. Place wax paper on
cookie sheet. Pour chocolate in a plastic bag that is fitted with a
1/8 inch or 1/4 inch tip. Squeeze chocolate onto waxed paper into
the shape of spiders. If chocolate is runny, it needs to cool
longer. Chill the spiders for about 10 minutes, when hard to peel
off the wax paper. Store in refrigerator laid flat.

Eyeballs On The Ritz
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hard boiled eggs
black olives
ritz crackers
red food coloring

Cut hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and make
filling for deviled eggs. Cut out small hole (5/6 inch diameter).
Poke black olive partway through each hole and hold in place by
filling eggs with yolk filling. Place each egg side up on a ritz
cracker. Paint red lines resembling blood veins with a toothpick in
the eye.

Mother Goose Popcorn
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1 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon butter
dash of salt
2-3 drops food coloring
popcorn

Mix and cook all ingredients, except the popcorn, to soft ball stage
(225* on candy thermometer). Pour over batch of popcorn (about 8-10
cups). Mix quickly and well.

Bug Blood (or bug juice)
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Mix a yellow drink (citrus pop or lemonade). Mix in a blue one (kool-
aid). You’ll end up with a radioactive shade of green.

Bee Bread
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1 cup corn syrup
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups powdered milk

Combine all ingredients, then roll into balls 1-2 inches, then roll
the balls in powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together.