Halloween Muffin Tin Meal

 Kicking off Halloween week with a spooky muffin tin meal! :)  

Big Brother is much more interested in and excited about Halloween this year--he's loving all the fun crafts, decorations, and foods.  He thinks it's all pretty fun and was super excited about his Halloween muffin tin lunch! :) 

 

He even enjoyed slurping up some "muddy worms".  Mmmmm!

 So, here's what our Halloween tin consisted of (clockwise starting upper left):

Cheese pumpkin, fruity bat, ghost banana, worms in the mud, monster eyeballs, and witch fingers! 
 Here's what I did:

• pumpkin: sliced a piece of cheese a little thick; then carved a pumpkin from the slice
• bat: took a grape fruit leather (any dark color would work) and carved out the shape of a bat; used a couple of large circle sprinkles for eyes
• ghost:  see directions in this post (this one turned out much better than the first go 'round)
• worms in mud: one hot dog cut into long strips; then boiled in a little water in the microwave until the strips started to curl; placed in baked beans (mud) 
• monster eyeballs: green olives
• witch fingers: use a little cream cheese to stick an almond slice to a baby carrot 

The lunch was such a hit and I was quite pleased with how it turned out!  Usually when I think of fun Halloween foods, only sugary ones come to mind.  So, I was especially pleased that I managed it with no candy or desserty treats, as I think there will be plenty of those this week anyway! 


What fun foods do you make for Halloween?