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Canku
Ota
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(Many
Paths)
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An
Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
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October
18,
2003 - Issue 98
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Ghastly
Treats
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Halloween is just around the corner.
Here are some fun treats to delight both young and old.
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Frightfully
Easy Ghost Cookies
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Ingredients:
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12 Oz Vanilla-Flavored
Candy Coating -- Cut Into Pieces
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1 Lb Nutter Butter
Cookies
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64 Miniature
Chocolate Chips
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| Directions: |
| In small saucepan, melt
candy coating over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.
Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Holding cookies with tongs,
dip entire top and side of each cookie into melted coating,
letting excess drip off. Lay flat, coated side up, on waxed
paper-lined cookie sheets. Place two chocolate chips in coating
to form eyes. Let stand 10 minutes until set. |
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Halloween
Crisp Candy Corn Treats
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Ingredients:
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1/2 c Butter
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10 c Crispy rice
cereal
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9 c Miniature
marshmallows
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2 c Mixture of
candy corn and Indian candy corn
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3/4 c Miniature
chocolate chips
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Candy pumpkins
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Orange food coloring
(can be bought at cake decorating
suppliers)
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Directions:
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Melt
butter and marshmallows; stir until smooth. In a large bowl,
mix rice cereal, candy corn and miniature
chips together. Add orange food coloring to marshmallow mixture,
or squirt over cereal in bowl. Add marshmallow mixture to
cereal mixture; stir quickly to combine. Spread on a large
buttered jelly roll pan; press with buttered hands. While
warm, press on candy pumpkins spaced 1 to 1/2-2 inches apart.
Refrigerate and cut into squares.
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Jack o'
Lantern Cookies
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Ingredients:
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- 9 oz Chocolate wafer cookies
- 1/2 c Peanut butter; smooth
- 24 oz Vanilla flavor almond bark
- Orange paste food coloring
- Black licorice candy
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Directions:
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Spread
a small amount of peanut butter on the flat side of the cookies;
top with remaining cookies. Cut licorice into triangles and
squares to make faces. Melt almond bark following package
directions. Remove from heat and tint with food coloring.
Using tongs, dip each sandwich cookie in melted candy, coating
completely. Gently shake each cookie to remove excess coating.
Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. Place licorice
pieces on the cookies for faces. Cool completely before removing
from rack.
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Witches
Hats
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Ingredients:
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- 1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
squares -- melted
- 1 c miniature marshmallows --
melted
- 3 tbsps corn syrup
- 3 c puffed rice cereal
- 12 ozs semisweet chocolate chips
-- melted
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Directions:
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Preheat
oven to 350. In a saucepan, melt unsweetened chocolate and
marshmallows. Add corn syrup. While chocolate is melting,
place puffed cereal in a shallow pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
Then, place in prepared bowl.
Pour chocolate mixture over puffed cereal. Stir to coat
cereal evenly. Form into 8 cones, flattening large end to
make brim. In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Dip
cones into melted chocolate to coat. Place on waxed
paper to cool and harden.
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