Eerie Elegance – How to Host a Haunt and Other Fabulous Frights is Britta’s Peterson’s first book after over a decade of self-publishing her website Britta Blvd, where she is known as the “Webmistress of the Dark.” Britta has been artistic and crafty since she was very young, and over the years she has turned holidays into opportunities for elaborate parties as performance art, transforming her home into an entirely new environment, especially for Halloween.

Many fans share Britta’s love of Halloween since she started her website in 1996. Her Halloween recipes and decorations are appreciated all over the world by the many Halloween enthusiasts who link to her website. Not only are her Halloween recipes within these pages, but for the first time, she reveals how she creates her decorations and displays with step-by-step instructions and full-color photos that show you how to transform your own home into a Halloween haunt.  Want to have creepy candlelight?  How about peeping portraits?  Or maybe you’ve always wanted to experiment with mad scientist potions!  The ideas in this book range from the simple and budget-conscious to elaborate environments and everything in between, so there is a project for everyone inside Eerie Elegance – How to Host a Haunt and Other Fabulous Frights!

To kids, Halloween is all about the Treats!  So serve them up something Spooky this Halloween!

Terrifying Tortilla Chips

Spray regular Flour Tortillas with a bit of canola oil cooking spray and sprinkle with parmesan cheese or cinnamon and sugar.  Use Halloween Cookie Cutters to cut the tortillas into your favorite Halloween shapes and then bake for a crispy treat!

Spooky Sandwiches

Even Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches are a treat when you use Halloween Cookie Cutters to cut them into witches, bats and ghost shapes!

Wicked Witch Fingers

Have some left over cookie dough and a few almonds?  Shape the into the shape of a Witch’s Finger – make it crooked and include a gnarly knuckle – and press an almond into the tip for the nail.

To make these cookies even more fun, color the dough green!  Or use black or red food coloring to paint the “nail” before baking.

Color it green!

For special snacks at Halloween – color all their food green!  Green Milk, Green Pudding, Green French Toast!  You name it – if it’s green, it must be Halloweeeeeeennn!

Easy Halloween Party Mix

Ingredients

• 1 package (11 ounces) pretzels
• 1 package (10-1/2 ounces) miniature peanut butter filled butter-flavored crackers
• 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
• 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, cubed
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 package (10 ounces) M&M’s
• 1 package (18-1/2 ounces) candy corn

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine the pretzels, crackers and peanuts. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, butter and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and baking soda (mixture will foam). Pour over pretzel mixture and stir until coated.

Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 250° for 45 minutes, stirring every 10-15 minutes. Break apart while warm. Toss with M&M’s and candy corn. Cool completely. Store in airtight containers. Yield: 4 quarts.

This hardcover book is just what you are looking for to plan the perfect Halloween party! Get howls of laughter and shrieks of delight with Frightfully Fun Halloween Recipes. It’s full of recipes for scary meals, silly snacks and devilish desserts perfect for goblins young and old! Don’t be afraid—it’s easy to scare up Halloween fun! Colorful photography is loaded with fantastic serving ideas.

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These are great for a quick and easy Halloween Dinner before it’s out the door for Trick or Treating!  Or serve them up at your Halloween Party for a more substantial snack!

Mummy Dogs

Ingredients:

• Hot dogs
• Ready-made croissant dough
• Mustard and ketchup

Directions:

Cut the croissant dough into strips. Wrap hot dogs to look like mummies. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. You can make faces with ketchup and mustard.

Halloween Burgers

Kids just love these Halloween Burgers – and you might be surprised at your adult guests’ reactions, too!

Ingredients:

• Hamburgers
• Red and Green Peppers cut into shapes – triangles, squares, circles, etc.
• Cheese slices – Orange American, White American or Provolone
• Black and Green Olives – sliced

Directions:

Using a metal Halloween Cookie Cutter sprayed with a bit of non-stick cooking spray, cut Halloween shapes from the cheese slices.  Pumpkins from the Orange American, Ghosts from the White American or Provolone

Use the pieces of Peppers and the olive slices to garnish, making eyes, mouths, teeth, etc.

Don’t forget the ketchup!

Have fun at your next party with candy cups that look like Harry Potter’s Cauldron!

• Perfect for filling with small candies, bubble gum (Droobles!)  or mints
• Great for a Harry Potter-themed party, Halloween parties and more
• 6 Cauldrons per pack

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Food for thought:  use this adult size brain mold to make realistic looking, yummy edible “brains” with your favorite dessert gelatin!  The mold comes with directions and a recipe for a flesh tone brain, but you can make your jello brains in any color and flavor you want to suit your scary Halloween theme!

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Cocoa Cobweb Cupcakes, Black Cat Cookies, and Stained-Glass Spooks are just a few of the spirited tastes you’ll encounter in Donata Maggipinto’s delightful Halloween Treats.

But it’s not just recipes–you and your favorite little goblin will love creating spooky craft projects such as Candy Cauldrons, Leaf Lanterns, and Paper Bag Pumpkins together in anticipation of All Hallows’ Eve.

Maggipinto includes craft ideas for “Pixies” (children 4-8 years old) as well as older children, and nearly every recipe includes a safe task for younger helpers. (For example, while mom or dad should heat the milk for hot cocoa, kids can roll and stamp out marshmallow ghosts as accompaniment.)

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