Jack O Lantern Cookies

• 9 oz Chocolate wafer cookies
• 1/2 c Peanut butter; smooth
• 24 oz Vanilla flavor almond bark
• Orange paste food coloring
• Black licorice candy

Spread a small amount of peanut butter on the flat side of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Cut licorice into triangles and squares to make faces.

Melt almond bark following package directions. Remove from heat and tint with food coloring.

Using tongs, dip each sandwich cookie in melted candy, coating completely.

Gently shake each cookie to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath.

Place licorice pieces on the cookies for faces. Cool completely before removing from rack.

Bunch of Balloons

• 20 oz Refrigerated chocolate chip Cookie Dough
• 8 oz Cool Whip -- thawed
• Assorted fruits and candies
• Decorated gel and red string Licorice

Heat oven to 350F.

Slice cookie dough evenly into 8 slices. Pat each slice into 5" circle on lightly floured surface. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely on wire racks.

Spread whipped topping evenly onto each cookie. Decorate with fruit, candy and gel.

Arrange decorated cookies on large serving tray to resemble a bunch of balloons. Place a piece of licorice at bottom edge on each cookie to resemble string. Tie strings together with additional licorice. Serve immediately.

Halloween Party Pops

• 1 pk Refrigerated sliceable cookie dough
• 20 Wooden sticks
• Your Favorite Frosting

Cut dough into aobut twenty 1/2 inch slices.

Roll each slice into a ball.

Arrange part of the balls in a circle on ungreased baking sheets, 3 inches apart and 2 inches from edges. Securely insert a wooden stick into each ball with end pointing toward center of cookie sheet.

Bake in 350 degrees F. oven for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from baking sheet. Cool completely on wire racks.

Frost or decorate as desired with ready to spread frosting (or your favorite homemade).

This is the oldest trick in the book and still is at hit (even with teen-agers). Festive and fun!

Decorate the cookies to make pumpkin faces, spider webs and cat faces. Use assorted seasonal candy for eyes, mouth, whiskers, etc.

Ghost Cookies

• 6 oz Vanilla flavored almond bark
• 15 1/2 oz Nutter butter cookies
• Small black jelly beans

Melt almond bark following package directions.

Dip 2/3 of each cookie in melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath.

For eyes, cut jellybeans in half and place on cookies. Cool completely before removing from rack.

Cat Poop Cookies

Chocolate Ingredients:

• 1/2 c Honey
• 2/3 c Butter, margarine, or lard
• 1 Egg
• 1 ts Vanilla extract
• 2 c Whole wheat flour
• 1/3 c Cocoa powder
• Grape-nuts(tm) cereal

Gingerbread Ingredients:

• 1/4 c Honey
• 1/4 c Molasses
• 2/3 c Butter or margarine, or lard
• 1 Egg
• 2 1/3 c Whole wheat flour
• Ginger, cinnamon, cloves to taste
• Grape-nuts(tm) cereal

Mix-Ins:

Coconut; (tapeworms)

Chocolate chips

Butterscotch chips

Peanut butter chips

Spaghetti or ramen noodles, cooked - (roundworms)

Corn

Peanuts

"puffy pastel things" * -find at Chinese restaurants

*NOTE: "puffy pastel things are to look like the cat ate styrofoam packing pellets-I haven't tried this

To make: microwave the honey till it bubbles(about 1 minute). add the butter,(i've been told using lard makes for a more realistic texture and softer cookie) and the molasses, if any. add the egg, mix well, then mix in all the other stuff. add mix-ins of your choice to some or all of the batter.

Chill 1 hour in the freezer or several hours in the fridge. roll dough logs of random length and the diameter of cat poops. Roll logs in grapenuts and bake at 350 degrees till done (maybe 10 to 15 minutes but with my flaky oven you never know).

Serve in a disposable cat litter box on a bed of grapenuts, with a cat litter scoop. I hear you get lovely effects by decorating the box and scoop with melted chocolate or pudding. I imagine brown sugar might work as a substitute for the new clumping litters, but i havent tried it. This recipe worked especially well at the halloween party where the table was already decorated with plastic flies.

From: Anne P. Mitchell JD k

Filled "Pumpkin" Cookies

• 1 c Butter
• 1 c Sugar
• 1 ea Large egg
• 1 ts Vanilla
• 2 ts Baking powder
• 1 tb Pumpkin pie spice
• 2 3/4 c Flour
• Orange food color

Filling:

• 2 c Raisins
• 3/4 c Chopped walnuts
• 1/2 c Frozen orange juice concentrate; thawed

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add baking powder, spice, and flour one cup at a time mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour in by hand. Do not chill dough.

To tint with icing color, add small amounts until desired color is reached. Divide dough into 2 balls.

On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter.

Dip "Jack-O-Lantern Cutters" in flour before each use. Place half the cookies on cookie sheets. Place 1 tablespoon filling on cookie.

Cut eyes and mouth from remaining cookies. Place on top of filling. Press to seal edges.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Filling:

Mix together the raisins, walnuts, and orange juice concentrate in a bowl (you can also use jelly for the filling)

Halloween Black Cat Cookies

• 1 c crunchy peanut butter
• 1/3 c water
• 2 eggs
• 1 pk chocolate cake mix
• M&Ms Plain Chocolate Candy
• Red hots

Beat together peanut butter, eggs, and water. Gradually add cake mix. Mix well. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten balls with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.

Pinch out 2 ears at top of cookie. Add M&M's (eyes) and red hots (nose). Press fork into dough to form whiskers.

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Makes 4 1/2 dozen.

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