How to Make a Halloween Dinner

Base a dinner off Halloween.

Turn an ordinary dinner into a Halloween culinary spookfest. Do this by modifying regular dishes to appear more Halloween-ish. For example, green noodles and Alfredo sauce can look like brains or worms. Olives and green peppers add a touch of “mold” to bread, salad and potatoes. A sprinkle of white cheese creates more mold. The right use of colors is what makes the food Halloween-like. Host the dinner on Halloween or any time during October.

Things You'll Need

• Saucepans
• Spoon
• Red or green gelatin mix
• Cooking spray
• Bowl or round gelatin mold
• Cubed melon
• Platter
• Large pot
• Green food coloring
• Strainer
• Precooked shredded chicken
• French bread
• Cookie sheet
• Mozzarella cheese
• Chopped green peppers
• Chopped black olives
• Salad
• Bowls
• Potatoes
• Red food coloring
• Halloween dinnerware
• Halloween confetti
• Fake spider webs

Instructions

1. Prepare the gelatin in the saucepan according to the directions. Most gelatin recipes require you to boil water and dissolve the powder. Grease the bowl or mold with cooking spray. Pour the gelatin into the bowl or mold. Drop the cubed melon into the mold. Place the mold or bowl in the refrigerator. Leave it in there until the gelatin is firm (about three hours). Flip the bowl on to the platter so the rounded part faces upward. The melon will be in the mold.

2. Fill the cooking pot half full of water. Add six to eight drops of green food coloring to the water. Boil the water and cook the spaghetti noodles. The noodles will turn green. Drain the cooked noodles in a strainer. Pour the Alfredo sauce and precooked shredded chicken in a saucepan. Add the noodles to the pan. Heat the pan. The sauce will turn somewhat greenish. Turn off the stove burner once the contents of the pan are hot.

3. Cut a loaf of French bread in half. Cut the halves into slices. Scatter mozzarella cheese over the bread, and then add chopped green peppers and chopped olives. Toast the bread in the oven set to 350 degrees for eight minutes.

4. Pour chopped salad in a bowl. Add shredded carrots, whole grapes and crunchy Chinese noodles.

5. Peel and cube eight to nine large potatoes. Boil them until they are soft. Drain the water from the potatoes. Pour the potatoes into a bowl and mash them. Stir in black olives and chives (as much as desired). Add one drop of red food coloring and stir.

6. Set the table with orange and black dinnerware. Throw Halloween-themed confetti over the table.

7. Hang fake spider webs from the ceiling with tape or tacks.

Tips & Warnings

• Play Halloween-themed music or noises during dinner.

References

• Disney Family Fun: Halloween Dinner Ideas