Halloween party recipes
This past week I hosted our monthly family dinner. I absolutely love hosting parties and get togethers especially this time of year when you can make food and drinks themed towards Halloween/fall. For me I want to be able to spend time with my family while they're here as opposed to cooking some complicated entrée. So I made a super simple main course while having fun with the appetizers, dessert & alcoholic beverage. I was able to make the drink, appetizers and desserts all before anyone arrived which meant I only had to throw the pasta bake in the oven and was able to catch up with family. Today I'll be sharing the overall menu as well as recipes for one of the appetizers and the cocktail. Keep reading below. Hope you enjoy!
xo
-Annemarie
Family Dinner Menu:
Drinks:
-Fall Punch (recipe below)
-Beer
-Chardonnay
-Cabernet Sauvignon
-Bourbon & vodka with various mixers
Appetizers:
-Deviled eggs (after I made the eggs, I covered the filling with more paprika than usual and stuck a chive in the top to make them look like pumpkins)
-Hocus Pocus charcuterie board (recipe below)
Main Course:
-Caesar salad
-Garlic bread
-Feta pasta bake
Dessert:
-Dirt with tombstones
-Pumpkin pie bites
Fall Punch Recipe
Ingredients
-Ice
-1 gallon apple cider
-24 oz ginger beer
-1 bottle prosecco
-1 cup vodka
-Slice apples, cinnamon sticks, garnishes of your choice
Directions:
Add ice then all ingredients to a beverage dispenser or punch bowl
Stir
Top with garnishes
Serve in wine glasses or rocks glasses
Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Board
Ingredients
For Winifred:
-1 wheel of brie
-large pepperoni for hair
-green grapes
-black licorice
-strawberry fruit snack
For Mary:
-1 wheel of brie
-blackberries for hair
-dried apricots
-black licorice
-twizzlers
For Sarah:
-1 wheel of brie
-cut up string cheese for hair
-raspberries
-black licorice
-twizzlers
Other items for your board:
-crackers
-sliced cheese
-nuts
-olives
-salami or other cured meats
Directions:
Assemble three witches in the middle of your board
For Winifred's hair, I rolled the pepperoni then folded it in half and used half a toothpick to hold it together
Use black licorice for their eyes and twizzlers/fruit snack for their lips
Once they're assembled, filled in the rest of your board with other items
**Tip: I used a small bowl to split Winifred's hair. Not only did this help give it some definition, but the bowl helps to support the pepperoni
