Looking for Something Spooky for Halloween Dinner? Try This!

As a kid, Halloween was my favorite holiday.  We haven't had any Trick or Treaters for many years since we live in a rural area.  I still feel it is fun to do something to remember this time of year.

A friend sent me this recipe so I thought I would share:



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Looking for Something Spooky for Halloween Dinner? Try This!


Mini Meatloaf Ghosts



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Ingredients

Original recipe yields 4 servings

   1 pound lean ground beef
   1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
   ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
   1 pinch cayenne pepper
   2 tablespoons minced green onions
   1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
   ⅓ cup plain dry bread crumbs
   1 large egg, beaten
   1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
   10 slices provolone cheese

For the blood sauce:

   ½ cup ketchup
   ¼ cup barbeque sauce
   2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce

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Directions

   Step 1

   Combine ground beef, salt, pepper, cayenne, green onions, parsley, bread crumbs, egg, and Worcestershire sauce in a large bowl. Mix with a fork until just combined; do not overmix. Wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

   Step 2

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a sheet pan with a silicone liner.

   Step 3

   Remove meat from the refrigerator and divide into 8 equal portions. Dampen your fingers with cold water and roll meat into smooth balls. Form each ball into a ghost (or pear) shape and place on the prepared sheet pan; try to center the heads over the bodies.

   Step 4

   Bake in the center of the preheated oven until cooked through, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 150 degrees F (66 degrees C).

   Step 5

   Remove from the oven and immediately place a slice of provolone cheese on the top of each ghost, centering it the best you can. Cut the remaining 2 slices of provolone into quarters and place those over the center to provide more cheese for the head. The residual heat from the meat will start to melt the cheese and it will droop down.

   Step 6

   Return to the oven until the cheese melts, 30 to 60 seconds.

   Step 7

   Remove from the oven and take some of the melted cheese around the bottoms and wrap and drape it back up over the heads. Use the tip of a knife to form eyes and mouths, then neaten up the bottom of the cheese "sheets."

   Step 8

   Combine ketchup, barbecue sauce, and Sriracha for blood sauce; ladle onto plates and serve meatloaf ghosts on top.

Chef's Notes:

You don't have to use this meatloaf recipe to make these ghosts--you can use any meatloaf recipe, or meatball recipe, or just use seasoned ground beef.

Chilling the meat mixture in the fridge is not necessary but it will make the meat easier to work with and it will probably taste better.

Fine salt can be used in place of kosher salt, and you can use any white melty cheese.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281842/mini-meatloaf-ghosts/




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Have Fun!

Here are some other spooky ideas for using meatloaf that I found:

Creepy Meatloaf Hand



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Bloody Man



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Meatloaf Mouse



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Mummy Meatloaf



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Have Fun!

My goal was always to try to get something healthy into the boys before going out. The local Firehall served hotdogs, so I focused on getting some veggies in them.
Now they're grown. (It happens so fast!) #2 son's girlfriend will be here, so I sent him a link to the thread to see if he'd like us to get a little fancy Sat night!
New meaning to the expression, "playing with your food"!

Anne Miller wrote:  

Creepy Meatloaf Hand



Have Fun!

EWWWWWWWW

I once made a kitty litter cake.  Basically it uses a clean cat litter box and scoop, crumbled cake, and melted tootsie rolls to simulate an actual litter box.  It was soooooo disgusting and delicious.

Easy to Make Kitty Litter Cake - Just in time for Halloween

I made a spooky salad. Thin sliced rainbow carrots, lightly steamed and sautéed spinach. The red and purple carrots turn the whole thing ruddy or purplish  and it looks weird.

You don't have to stop at a hand; you can even do a whole body out of Meatloaf! It apparently makes a great surprise!

Here are some more spooky food ideas for this year:

How about a Ginger Bread House?


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Mini Skull Cakes


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Ghoul at Heart Cheese Board


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Mummy Pizza


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Here are some suggestions for 2022:

Ghost Pizza


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Frankenstein


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It's that time of year again so I ask Mr. Google for some spooky recipes and here are some suggestions:





From:

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/halloween-food-ideas/





From:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/holidays-and-parties/packages/halloween

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/healthy-halloween-stuffed-peppers

This would be more up my alley...

This would work for me also:


https://www.forkandbeans.com/2015/10/12/witchy-guacamole-dip/

I'm not sure when the "witches" started being portrayed with green skin? I think a humus or bean dip imitating other shades of skin colour would work equally well for me. I like the grated carrot hair!

I like this!

Here’s a good recipe for the wing fans!

https://jesspryles.com/halloween-devil-claws-chicken-wings/

Bump - it's that night everyone!

No, I didn't get my Hallowe'en zombie gingerbread men made... sigh... too busy dealing with zombie chickens!