Dead Man’s Toe in a Blanket

Ingredients:
8 jumbo-size ready-made biscuits
Eight hot dogs
Toothpicks
Ketchup

  1. Preheat oven to 325º F.
  2. Brown the hot dogs in a pan, let cool, and cut in two.
  3. Carefully cut away a toenail shape on the round end of each hot dog piece.
  4. To make the blanket, split a biscuit in two, and wrap one piece around the hot dog and secure with a toothpick.
  5. Bake on a cookie sheet for about 13 – 15 minutes.

Oogie Boogie Gummy Worm Cupcakes

Approx. 12 cupcakes

Ingredients:
Chocolate cupcakes
White canned frosting
Gummy worm candy
Gel food coloring

  1. Make 24 chocolate cupcakes.
  2. Mix yellow food coloring into the frosting. Stir in small amounts of green food coloring until reaching a bright green.
  3. To make Oogie Boogie’s pointy head, trim a cupcake into a cone shape. Spread a small amount of frosting onto the base of the cone-shaped cupcake and adhere to the top of another cupcake.
  4. Carefully cover the cone shape with green frosting. Make a hole into the cupcake where the worm will come out of his mouth. Poke the gummy worm into the hole, and then begin to draw his mouth with the black decorating gel around the worm. Add spooky eyes to finish.

TIP: Crumble the cupcake pieces to look like dirt to decorate the plate!

Spell Book Graham Cracker Frosting Sandwiches

Approx. 12 sandwiches

Ingredients:
Store-bought graham crackers
Cream cheese frosting
Chocolate frosting
Candy eyes
Black decorating gel
Small ziplock bags or pipping bags with tips
Toothpicks

  1. Prepare the frosting for decorating.
  2. Put about 4 tbsp. each of the white frosting in 2 ziplock bags.
  3. Fill another bag with chocolate frosting.
  4. Add a small amount of the black decorating gel to one bag and mix until obtaining a grey color.
  5. Carefully snip a very small opening in a corner of each bag.
  6. Snip a slightly larger opening for the chocolate frosting. Set aside. TIP: Use piping bags and tips instead of zip lock bags.
  7. Spread a thick layer of cream cheese frosting and press together the graham crackers to make a sandwich.
  8. Spread a thin layer of chocolate frosting on one side of the crackers. Place the eye and begin to decorate!

Sweet and Savory Spooktacular Popcorn

Ingredients:
1/2 cup popcorn kernels
2 tbsp. canola oil
Cheese popcorn powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp.butter
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup of water
Gel food coloring
Approx. 15 cups of popcorn

Pop The Corn
In a pan with a lid, add oil and 2 corn kernels. Cover and heat oil on high until the kernels pop. Turn off heat and remove the popped kernels. Add the 1/2 cup of kernels and allow them to heat in the oil for about 1 minute. Cover and heat on high until the corn begins to pop rapidly. Turn heat to medium until the popping stops. Remove pan from heat.

Savory Cheese Popcorn
Separate half of the popcorn and sprinkle with cheese popcorn powder, tossing to coat.

Sweet Green Popcorn
Preheat oven to bake 275º F and line a cookie sheet with foil to spread the coated popcorn on.

In a sauce pan, melt 2 tbsp. butter and stir in 1 cup sugar. Add 3/4 cup water and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. Bring to a boil on medium heat, stirring consistently, simmer on low heat until temperature reaches approximately 238º F on a candy thermometer. Add food coloring and remove from heat.

In a large stain-free bowl, pour a small amount of the syrup in the bottom of the bowl and add small batches of popcorn tossing to coat. Transfer batch to cookie sheet and repeat. Place in oven for about 10 minutes to crisp.

Sanderson Sisters Pumpkin Stencils

Please note, these stencils are not for beginner pumpkin carvers. Kids, be sure to have an adult help you with the carving tools!

What you will need:   

Ready-to-carve pumpkin
Standard printer paper
Soft graphite pencil
Clear tape
Ballpoint pen
Black permanent marker
Pumpkin carving tools

Instructions: 

  1. Download and print the template on standard printer paper. Scribble heavily all over the back of the template with a soft graphite pencil.
  2. Tape the template onto a ready-to-carve pumpkin that is clean and dry with the scribbled pencil side on the pumpkin.
  3. Trace over the template with the ballpoint pen to transfer the image onto the pumpkin. Define the template with a marker and then carve out the design.

Lock, Shock, and Barrel Pumpkin Stencils

Kids, be sure to have an adult help you with the carving tools!

What you will need:

  • Ready-to-carve pumpkin
  • Standard printer paper
  • Soft graphite pencil
  • Clear tape
  • Ballpoint pen
  • Black permanent marker
  • Pumpkin carving tools

Instructions:

TIP: Carve Barrel’s face first, then carefully carve away the outer circle. If needed, secure his head with toothpicks.

  1. Download and print the template on standard printer paper. Scribble heavily all over the back of the template with a soft graphite pencil.
  2. Tape the template onto a ready-to-carve pumpkin that is clean and dry with the scribbled pencil side on the pumpkin.
  3. Trace over the template with the ballpoint pen to transfer the image onto the pumpkin. Define the template with a marker and then carve out the design.

Hocus Pocus Popcorn Boxes

What you will need: 

6 sheets of cardstock
Glue stick or tape
Scissors

Instructions:  

  1. Download and print each popcorn box onto card stock, and cut along the solid lines. Kids, please have a grown-up help you with the scissors. Each box will have two parts that will need to be glued together first before making the box.
  2. Apply glue to the tab on Part A, and align to the area indicated on Part B. When the glue has dried, fold along the dotted lines.
  3. Apply glue to the remaining tab, and secure to the open side of the box. Let the glue dry, and then fold in the bottom flaps and secure with glue or tape.
  4. Fill with with popcorn or your favorite snacks!

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Popcorn Boxes

What you will need:  

6 sheets of cardstock
Glue stick or tape
Scissors

Instructions:

  1. Download and print each popcorn box onto card stock, and cut along the solid lines. Kids, please have a grown-up help you with the scissors. Each box will have two parts that will need to be glued together first before making the box.
  2. Apply glue to the tab on Part A, and align to the area indicated on Part B. When the glue has dried, fold along the dotted lines.
  3. Apply glue to the remaining tab, and secure to the open side of the box. Let the glue dry, and then fold in the bottom flaps and secure with glue or tape.
  4. Fill with with popcorn or your favorite snacks!

Sanderson Sisters’ Bingo

Instructions:

  1. Download and print out the bingo cards on 8.5”x11” white paper, be sure to “fit to page.”
  2. Randomly distribute cards to each player (up to 6 players).
  3. Have them look over their bingo cards to familiarize themselves with the movie scenes.
  4. Play Hocus Pocus and when a player recognizes scenes from the movie that match their bingo card, mark it!
  5. The first player to get 4 in a row wins the game.

The Anniversary Edition of Hocus Pocus is here to put a spell on you! Watch this Halloween classic in two different ways (including Trivia and Treats Mode) today.