| now it is Halloween when bugs and bones show up on | | | | red gumdrop for the mouth, and add the cheese corn |
| the dinner table. Here are some recipes that you can | | | | curls as antennae on top of the cookie. |
| make for that special Halloween gathering. | | | | Fluff Frosting |
| Chocolate Spiders | | | | 1 container (16 ounces) white vanilla frosting |
| 1 package (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips | | | | 3/4 cup marshmallow crème |
| 2 cups (half a bag) miniature marshmallowsthin black | | | | Combine the vanilla frosting and the marshmallow |
| licorice whipsmini M&Ms | | | | crème in a medium bowl and mix well. |
| Melt chocolate in the microwave just until melted. I | | | | Meringue Bone Cookies |
| usually put it the microwave in 30-second increments, | | | | 5 egg whites (make sure that they are at room |
| stirring well after every 30 seconds. The chocolate | | | | temperature)pinch of cream of tartar |
| should not be too hot or else it will melt the | | | | 1 1/2 cups sugarpinch of salt |
| marshmallows. Add the marshmallows to the | | | | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| chocolate and mix well, until the marshmallows are | | | | Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Cover two cookie |
| completely coated with the chocolate. Drop the | | | | sheets with parchment paper. Put a round number 10 |
| mixture by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Before the | | | | tip (about 3/8 of an inch in diameter) on a piping bag. In |
| chocolate sets, add the licorice “legs” | | | | a small bowl, mix together the sugar and the salt. In a |
| and the mini M&Ms for eyes. (About 2 inch pieces | | | | medium bowl, put the egg whites and cream of tartar |
| of licorice work well for the spider legs.) For an added | | | | together. Beat together until soft peaks begin to form. |
| flavor, add some peanuts to the marshmallows. Makes | | | | Slowly add the sugar and salt mixture to the egg white |
| about 20 spiders. | | | | mixture, beating well and constantly. Continue to beat |
| Silly Bugs | | | | the mixture until stiff peaks form and it is shiny and |
| 1 package (16 ounces) oatmeal cookies (the 3-inch | | | | smooth in appearance. Add in the vanilla extract and |
| round cookies work best for this) | | | | stir just until mixed. Put the mixture into the piping bag |
| 2 cups Fluff Frosting (recipe follows)miniature | | | | and pipe 3 inch long logs. On each end of the log, pipe |
| chocolate sandwich cookies (like mini Oreos)red | | | | two balls on each side of the log. Smooth down peaks |
| gumdropscheese corn curls | | | | that form with a wet finger. Bake for 30 minutes and |
| Frost all of the cookies with Fluff Frosting. Put two of | | | | then off the oven heat. Do not open the oven door |
| the sandwich cookies on each cookie for eyes, one | | | | and leave the cookies in the oven overnight. |