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A Scary Good Time
Halloween Parties, Treats and Spooky Eats
Hosting a ghostly gathering or ghoulish get-together this Halloween? Grandma has all of the great ideas and creative foods you need to have a fright-night party that’s a scream.
Pick a Theme
Get creative! Whether your party theme is zombies, witches, or a good old-fashioned monster mash, add your own personal touch to invitations, favors, games and decorations to suit the mood.
• Murder Mystery Dinner: Engage guests at a dinner party they won’t soon forget. Each guest plays a character and is given a number of scenarios to watch and act out in the quest to solve a “murder” that occurs before or during the dinner—no one knows who the killer is until the end! Concoct your own plot, characters, scenarios and costumes or purchase a kit. Mymysteryparty.com sells murder mystery party kits with plenty of different themes from “A Luau to Die for” to “Murder at the Masquerade Ball.”
• Witchy Women: Have the ladies over for a witches' brew! Invite your friends to break out their brooms, hats, and striped stockings, and come in their most spellbinding witch outfits. Serve punch and Grandma’s Creamy Pumpkin Soup in cauldrons bubbling over with smoky dry ice to set the scene for a brew of toil and trouble and cackle the night away! Send your guests off with tiny, labeled jars of “potions” filled with something sweet.
• Haunted House: Turn your house into a haunted house, and invite the “spirits” over for a visit. A frightfully good time is sure to be had by kids and adults alike. Transform your front lawn into a graveyard, deck the chandeliers with cotton spider webs, carve plenty of jack-o’-lanterns, and hide a few scary surprises around a corner or two. For a treat, arrange to have a ghostly greeter take photos of all of your guests in their costumes as they arrive, then print and mail them out after the party. For a trick, grab a shot of them mid-scare!
Frighteningly Funky Foods
It just wouldn’t be a Halloween party without creepy snacks to make your guests smile and squirm. Visit Grandma’s Halloween page for a full list of sweet and savory fall recipes, including her famous Creepy Monster Finger Cookies and Furry Chocolate Spiders.
And just for fun, here is a list of the top ten grossest Halloween candies compiled by Bon Appetit. On a day that's all about candy, these sweets are sure to stir up some conversation. Body parts sushi or gummy finger French-fries, anyone? Don’t forget the candy blood dipping sauce!
For more Halloween inspiration, visit Grandma Betty’s Halloween Board on Pinterest.
