Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in South Florida Family Events and Recipes

Happy Halloween Eve! Our weekend recipe guide has spooky treats which are sure to delight as you and the family celebrate.

  • Pumpkin Parfaits (found on Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:

  • 1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow creme

  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

  • 1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate, thawed

  • 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin puree

  • ¼ cup maple syrup

  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

  • 1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate, thawed

  • ¼ cup chopped toasted pecans

  • ¼ cup crushed gingersnaps

Preparation

  • Combine the marshmallow creme, cream cheese, and 1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate in a large bowl; beat with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Stir together the pumpkin, syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1 tablespoon orange juice in a separate bowl. Fold 1/4 cup of the marshmallow creme mixture into the pumpkin mixture.

  • Beginning with the cream cheese mixture, layer 3 tablespoons of each mixture in each of four dessert cups. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Top with pecans and gingersnaps before serving.

  • Halloween Brain Dip (found on Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

  • 2 avocados

  • ½ cup prepared salsa

  • 1 head cauliflower 

  • 6 thin slices red and blue fruit leather

Preparation

  • Slice the avocados in half. Remove the seeds and set aside. Scoop the avocado out of the skin into a bowl. Mash with a fork or whisk and stir in the salsa. Set aside. Slice off one side of each pit to make it flat and expose the cores of the pits. They will look like eyes.

  • Remove all of the leaves from the cauliflower and remove the stem, leaving a nice hollow area with the outer part of the head intact. Use toothpicks to hold it together if it starts to fall apart.

  • Place the cauliflower into a small bowl, so that the hollow is facing upwards and most of the cauliflower is up out of the bowl. The bowl is just for stability. Fill with the avocado dip and arrange the pits as eyes. Decorate the white ''brain'' by weaving thin strands of red and blue fruit leather between the florets to make veins and arteries. Wrap the bowl with cheesecloth and decorate with red food coloring to make it even more horrific!

  • Pumpkin Fluff Dip (found on Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

  • 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

  • 1 (15 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin

  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 

Preparation

  • In a large bowl, mix together instant vanilla pudding mix, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice. Fold in the thawed frozen whipped topping. Chill in the refrigerator until serving. 

Enjoy your weekend!