Halloween Tricks You Can Play With Food

Forget the cutesy Halloween treats this year and embrace your dark side.
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Temperatures are falling, leaves are turning, pumpkin spice lattes have returned with a vengeance, and Halloween candy is crowding supermarket shelves. Fall is here and that means Halloween is on its way.

Halloween celebrations can take any form, from a low-key night at home with excessive amounts of candy and a scary movie to a hardcore party with over-the-top costumes and a fright fest to match. And for those that love to do it up on Halloween, boy have we got a few tricks to make your party a treat for you and your guests!

In the right hands, "trick-or-treat" can be transformed into trick and treat. Scary doesn't have to be difficult or stressful; it can be fun and entertaining. With just a few ingredients from the kitchen, you can have your guests sipping homemade drinkable blood from a plastic baroque goblet or squirming while slurping down Jell-O worms.

Halloween party snacks and edible props can be so much more than friendly Frankenstein cake pops. Forget the cutesy Halloween treats this year and embrace your dark side. Go all-out and get creepy with some of these super easy ghoulish props and petrifying eats.

Severed Hand Sangria
Imagine the surprise when your guests discover a severed hand floating in the punch bowl. It might give them second thoughts about what they are getting ready to drink. A little severed hand sangria will definitely be that trick that is actually a treat. Using Thorny Rose Red Wine Blend Punch or a big batch of Scorpion Punch can be bloody good replacements. For a non-alcoholic substitute, try any red punch or juice. Click Here to See More of the Halloween Tricks You Can Play with FoodPhoto Credit: © Flickr / Matt DeTurck
Meat Hand
Serving part of rotten corpse that has been exhumed, bloody with decaying flesh, would be stomach turning. Though it sounds more terrifying than appetizing, a meat hand can be a ghoulishly edible Halloween prop. This meatloaf in the shape of a hand with onion fingernails and details will make your guests gasp with both horror and delight. Photo Credit: © Flickr / Rachel Vacek
Jell-O Blood Worms
Slithering slimy worms can induce the heebie-jeebies, so a big old plate of them could be absolutely heart-stopping. Lifelike Jell-O blood worms can pop up in all sorts of places at a Halloween shindig: squirming atop cupcakes and cakes for a graveyard feel, resting at the bottom of drink glasses for a fright, or as edible decorative props on your other dishes. Photo Credit: © Flickr / darius norvilasClick Here to See More of the Halloween Tricks You Can Play with Food
Blood Slide Suckers
Some people are squeamish at the sight of blood. Halloween blood slide suckers inspired by everyone’s favorite serial killer Dexter will give guests the chills. Homemade transparent candies and a little bit of red dye for blood make for a disturbing treat. Use other colors to create other specimens to intensify the scare factor, while different fillings can make invisible pops just as gruesome.Photo Credit: © Flickr / Esther Simpson
Drinkable Blood
Vampires are not the only ones who can drink blood; Halloween guests can get a little taste too. Mix ⅓ cup of water into a container, combine with 1 teaspoon of chocolate syrup, 3 teaspoons of light corn syrup, and 5 to 8 drops of red food coloring to create drinkable blood. Chill and put into vials with guests’ names as creepy placeholders on your holiday table.Click Here to See More of the Halloween Tricks You Can Play with FoodPhoto Credit: © Flickr / Iakov Vokhmintsev


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