Halloween

What do you do with all of that Halloween Candy?

Does the Halloween stash look like this at your house? With 4 kids we got a lot and I want to get rid of it all! Throw it away! Until I saw this post from Mommy Cooks. I thought maybe you all could use it too! She has several nice recipes that you could use up that Halloween candy! I'm adding some to go along with hers! Enjoy!

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Smarties Cookies

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Nerds Popcorn

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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons milk

40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well. Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

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Almond Joy Fudge

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2 (12 ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips

2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups (16 pieces) mini Almond Joy candy bars, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Butter an 8-inch square baking pan.

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Line with enough wax paper to overhang 2 sides by 2 inches.In pot, combine chips and milk over medium heat cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is melted and smooth. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract. Cool 1 minute.Stir in candy bars. Spread mixture evenly in pan. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours. Use wax paper to help remove from pan. Peel off paper, then cut into squares.

Makes 36 pieces.

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Finally I think this site has some great ideas for using candy.

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What did you do with your leftover Halloween Candy?

Trick-or-Treat Night Pictures

Trick-or-Treat Night at Granny's

All of my kids, (this was a HARD picture to take!)

Neil very tired!


Nicholas as a soilder

Neil another happy smile!

Nathan and Katie Sue with the glasses Granny gave them.

Pumpkin Carving Night

Every year that we have been married, my dh always carves the pumpkin. I collected Pumpkin Masters books every year before we got married, had lots of pumpkin carving tools, but never got around to carving(and really I do not like it) so every year we get out the books and dh picks a challenging one and has a really neat creation when he is done. Well this year, he decided he wanted to do one that was considered easy because he really did not have a lot of time to spend on it. This is the one he picked. I still think it came out pretty neat though. Also Nicholas' class went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch and they all got a small pumpkin. Nicholas carved his first pumpkin. I thought he did a great job.

Halloween Party Pictures

Halloween Party 2007

Nicholas as a Soldier

Katie Sue as "Elmo"

Elmo's world

Neil as "Blue"

Another one of Neil as Blue

"Elmo" eating

Nathan as "The Cookie monster" doing what The Cookie Monster does best...EAT!

Nathan as "The Cookie Monster"

"Blue" on all fours

Crazy Fun Weekend

I am so tired. I had a BAD nightmare and woke up and I really needed the extra sleep. Oh well! In my nightmare, my car broke down in this weird neighborhood. I was by myself, but it felt like at was on a college campus. Anyways, I went into this building, that was like a dorm, to call for help and it was so weird these "people" come running down halls and if you are there they stop you and will not "hurt" you if you give them what money you have. I had some money on me but knew I needed it so lied to them and said I had no money, but gave them a vaulable bowl, which they broke. They ended up coming for me knowing I lied about not having any money and tried to beat me up, but I had a paint can and told them I would throw it on them. Somehow I got back into the building and asked someone to call the police for me which they did. After which they told me the police would not come to the building because "they" killed so many policemen. I also remember something about a laywer, which is where I was coming back from when my car quit working, who had found information for me as to why me dh was so sick and that I should sue them and would get lots of money. Strange dream! Scared me! I woke up after learning that the police would not help me. My heart was racing! I hate that. I know weird dream!

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We went to my church Halloween party and had a really good time. I felt like I never stopped yesterday! In the morning, I made Scarecrow Treats for the party (I'll share the recipe and a picture later), and got all of the candy and costumes ready. I'll also share some pictures later, I have not put them on my computer yet. My kids were all so cute. Nathan was the cookie monster and he would eat cookies (pretend) and make all of the noise that goes along with it. He was too cute. Nicholas wore his camos and a doo rag that he got at Wal-mart. He looked so good. His dad bought him this really neat toy machine gun and he broke it after only 30 minutes there. Kind of sad!!! It was not cheap. Katie Sue was Elmo, so my twins kind of matched. Neil was Blue from Blue's Clues. Someone had given me the costume before he was born and it was for 6-12 months(walker). Well the velcro where you open to change the diaper kept coming off, so it was really difficult to deal with. He is really growing everyday! I just recently was having problems with his diapers leaking, so I moved him up a size and it seems to be helping and he is waking up less at night. I got home late last night. I left the church and every child was crying in my car, it was like 8:30 when we left and it takes about 30 minutes to get home. Luckily, I had thought to fill the twins sippy cups up before leaving and I gave them those and made Neil a bottle and 5 minutes later they were all asleep! I think they were so tired from the night and *running* to cars for trunk or treat. This was the first year the twins really got into it.

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Well, I know I am sooo behind on this blog and lately I have really slacked off! I have several tags and blog awards so I will try to work on those too this week. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Tasty Thursday-Halloween Recipes

My kids love these! I have to make them every Halloween! I usually just put mini chocolate chips as the eyes. There is a wafer Nutter Butter Cookie so make sure you get the sandwich cookie. My kids call these Ghost Cookies.

Easy Ghost Cookies (From Kraft)
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1 pkg. (6 oz.) BAKER'S Premium White Baking Chocolate
18 NUTTER BUTTER Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Decorating gels and/or assorted small candies
MICROWAVE chocolate in medium microwavable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 seconds.
SPREAD chocolate onto one side of each cookie for the ghost's "body." Cool slightly.
DECORATE with gels and/or candies to create "faces." Cool until chocolate is set.
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KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS
Fun Idea Place decorated cookies in small gift bags to give to trick-or-treaters. Family Fun For a quick Halloween dessert, prepare JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling as directed on package; spoon into dessert cups. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with decorated cookies just before serving.

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I am making these this year, I think they are so cute!

Spooky Eyeball Tacos(from Kraft)
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1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. (1-1/4 oz.) TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix
12 TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Shells
3/4 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
3/4 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
1 can (2-1/4 oz.) sliced pitted ripe olives
MIX meat and seasoning mix. Shape into 36 (1-inch) balls; place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
BAKE at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through. Fill each taco shell with 1 meatball; drizzle with salsa. Top with 2 meatballs dipped in sour cream. Garnish with olives to make "eyeballs."

Enjoy!
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Trista over at The Pumkin Patch is the host of Tasty Thursday, head on over to her blog to see more tasty Halloween recipes.

Halloween and Twins!

Last year was the first year, I dressed the twins up as a matching costume. Here is a picture. It is the only one I got because my computer crashed and I did not have my pictures backed up. :( . They were Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat. It was pretty easy to make, I just got red onesies and cut out a circle of felt and used sticker letters to make the words, they were mailbox letters. I had used velco to put the cirle on put they did not stay on long after a church party, so I ended up using a big safety pin and it work for Halloween night. For the hair, I kept reading that people used colored hair spray and wigs. I did not want to use hairspray on the one year olds, well almost 2 year olds, so I found these winter hats with neat edging and used them. I got a lot of compliments on the costume. It was pretty easy.I am trying to decide what to do this year. Anyone got any great ideas?