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Eerie Halloween Eats

Decorate graveyard with candy to make the pie as spooky or silly as you want it to be.

(Family Features) Make no bones about it, it's time to conjure up some creepy cuisine for a ghoulishly good Halloween party for the kids.

In addition to making the tasty recipes below, here are some other fun ways to turn ordinary munchies into something monstrously yummy:

Make a bone-chilling witches brew by serving your favorite punch in a black cauldron. Use Halloween-themed ice cube trays to make ice shaped like bones or skulls.

Turn a basic cream cheese fruit dip into a devilish slime dip by mixing in some neon green food coloring.

Use Halloween cookie cutters to cut soft sandwiches and cheese slices into spooky shapes like ghosts, bats and pumpkins. You can use them to make homemade tortilla chips, too.

3 cups (about 32) finely ground chocolate sandwich cookies, divided3 tablespoons melted butter1 can (12 fluid ounces) evaporated milk1 ¾ cups chocolate chips2 large egg yolks2 tablespoons cornstarch8 chocolate filled vanilla wafer cookiesBlack and purple decorator writing gelsAssorted Halloween candiesCombine 1½ cups cookie crumbs and butter in 9-inch pie plate. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and upsides of pie plate. Set aside remaining 1½ cups crumbs for dirt topping.Whisk together evaporated milk, egg yolks and cornstarch in medium saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is very hot and thickens slightly; do not boil. Remove from heat; stir in morsels until completely melted and mixture is smooth.Pour into crust. Sprinkle with remaining 1½ cups cookie crumbs. Press crumbs down gently. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.Decorate cookie tombstones with writing gels as desired; let set. Insert tombstones around edge of pie. With spoon, mound cookie crumbs to form "fresh graves." Decorate graveyard with candy.

2 cups (12-ounce package) chocolate chips1 cup creamy peanut butter, divided1/3 cup powdered sugar3 cups toasted rice cerealHeat morsels and 3/4 cup peanut butter in small, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth; remove from heat. Add sugar; stir vigorously until smooth.Place cereal in large bowl. Add 1 cup melted chocolate mixture; stir until evenly coated. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Using small metal spatula, shape into 10-inch circle with slightly raised 1-inch-wide border. Pour remaining chocolate mixture in center of circle; spread to border.For spiderweb:Place remaining peanut butter in small, heavy-duty plastic bag. Cut tiny corner from bag; squeeze to pipe concentric circles on top of chocolate. Using wooden pick or tip of sharp knife, pull tip through peanut butter from center to border. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm. Cut into wedges.

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