Party Recipes - Ghoul Fingers

Spooky, spicy and with ONLY three ingredients - VERY easy to make!

What You Need:

• Frozen Taquitos
• Red Pepper
• Refried Beans
• Sharp Knife
• Cutting Board
• Baking Sheet
• Fun & Spooky Platter

How To Make Them:

1. Cut the red pepper into long skinny fingernail shapes.
2. On the backside of each fingernail, cut away excess meat until it is less than ½ inch thick. (The thinner you make them, the more they will curl when cooked.)
3. Using refried beans as a paste, ‘glue’ a fingernail to the end of each taquito.
4. Place on a baking sheet and cook according to the cooking instructions on the taquito box. For best results, use the conventional oven directions.
5. When done, transfer to a fun & spooky platter and serve.

Suggestions:

• These can easily be made ahead of time and stored for up to 4 hours in a refrigerator. Reduce the overall cooking time by 2-3 minutes if they are partially thawed.
• Serve with salsa, sour cream, chili con queso in festive serving dishes, and the Tangled Web Dip, also found in the 101 Spooktacular Halloween Party Ideas book.

Enjoy!

Party Recipes - Tangled Web Dip

Kill two flies with one web by serving this tasty appetizer. It looks great and tastes even BETTER! Supply List: Refried Beans Guacamole Shredded Lettuce Shredded Cheddar Cheese Tomatoes Black Olives Black Decorating Gel Tortilla Chips And a Knife, Spoon & Large Platter
How to Make It: Begin by spreading the refried beans over a large platter. Top with a layer of guacamole. With the black decorating gel, draw 4 or 5 circles, beginning with the smallest in the middle and getting larger as you go. Next, drag the knife through the black gel from the center out toward to make the spider web design. Garnish the outside edge of the platter with shredded lettuce, tomatoes and black olives. Serve with tortilla chips. Suggestions: Garnish the dip with black olive eyeballs. To make them, simply cut an olive in half, squirt some pasteurized cheddar spray cheese in the middle of it and add a dot of black decorating gel. Serve with a variety of tortilla chips. The dark blue corn variety is especially fun to serve at Halloween. Garnish with plastic spiders!