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Haunt your own house this Halloween season. From drinks and desserts to decorations and glass decals, eHow Food is here here to help you create an event your guests will just die for.
Boo-Tini: Better than True Blood
Invented by our very own entertaining expert Evette Rios, the Boo-Tini adds a sinful and seasonal twist to a classic cocktail. Simply add red icing to the rim of a pomegranate martini, and even your most blood-thirsty guests will feel like the undead as they sip their way to Halloween happiness. - in association with Rachael Ray
Here’s Lookin’ at You Kid
Take your Boo-Tini to the next level (or just spook the kiddies sipping apple cider) by whipping up some eyeball ice cubes. Just stuff a maraschino cherry into a lychee and freeze the duo overnight before popping these lookers into your unsuspecting guest's glasses.
A Candy Apple a Day Keeps the Zombies Away
The season of the sweet tooth is upon us, so while the young ones grab their pillow cases and munch on tootsie pops, here's an adult-alternative for your own candy cravings. Sure to satiate the most sophisticated sweet tooth, pastry chef Heather Berntinetti's chocolaty, carmely, candy-covered apples are much more satisfying than anything "fun size." - in association with Rachael Ray
Squash Creature Cravings with Squash Bread
Most likely, your costumed guests will collectively have a hard-to-please palate. (Some may be used to feasting on human flesh, while others may be used to food only found on the Jersey Shore.) But everyone, dead or alive, au courante or outdated, likes a good squash bread. So walk past the prepackaged pumpkin bread and head on over to the vegetable aisle with Louisa Shafia, because, though she's no witch, she can turn an ordinary gourd into extraordinary spice bread. - in association with Rachael Ray
Dip It, Dip It Good
Dip, dry and go – chocolate pretzeles easy to make, fun to decorate and too delicious to give to trick or treatorstreaters. Half sweet, half savory, this dessert is entirely emblematic of the company you'll be keeping, come Halloween. - in association with Rachael Ray
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Things You Can Do with Candles
Whether you're hosting humans or the walking dead, you'll need some light to fend off any unwelcome lurkers. Using only a carving knife, silver spray paint and some inspiration from Evette Rios, you can make elegant candle holders and festive luminaries out of little mini pumpkins. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Fall Decorating: 3 Ways to Use Pumpkins in HD
The Coffee Bean & Tea Light
Dig out the coffee that got relegated behind your new single-cup coffee pods and give those old beans new life (and add instant ambiance) atop the dinner table in a candle-lit display. - in association with Rachael Ray
“Dah-ling, That’s Just Gourd-geous!”
Something still lurking in the shadows? Shed some light and take your party decorations from gourd to gorgeous with a carving knife and a tea light. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Fall Decorating: 3 Ways to Use Pumpkins in HD
Gettin’ Twiggy With It
Help your tombstone lurkers feel more at home by inviting some of their ghost-friends to the party too. With the help of a dusty vase and some wiry, dead twigs, you can bring the graveyard to your back yard -- without disturbing any uninvited spectres. - in association with Rachael Ray
Jill O’ Lantern
You're not too old to go carve-crazy this Halloween season. Forgo the missing teeth and triangular nose, and give Mr. Jack-O-Lantern a break from his usual toothy grin and front porch post by making him the center of attention as your newest eco-friendly flower-holder. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Pumpkin Fall Centerpiece in HD
Inklings of Evil
Let the undead infiltrate every corner of your newly haunted house with these DIY stickers. With a little tape and a laser jet printer, you can turn skulls and spiders into decorative decals. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Spooky Stickers in HD
Sticking Together
Don't know where to put your new spooky stickers? We like adding them to mason jars or drinking glasses but they'd work just as well on the bathroom mirror or entryway windows. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Spooky Stickers in HD
Treat Less, Trick More
This year, the "trick" is on the "treaters" with this bottomless candy-cauldron. Partake in the fun by lending your hand (literally) to the spooky Halloween spirits and scare the costumes off your young, unsuspecting guests. - in association with Rachael Ray
Related: Watch Trick-or-Treat Cauldron in HD
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