**This post contains gifted items**
It’s that time of year again and with Halloween lurking around the corner it seemed only fitting to share some fun food recipe ideas perfect for any spooky party. Now I don’t need to tell you that 2020’s festivities are going to be somewhat different from what we are all used to, but that doesn’t mean cancelling the whole thing. Like many there will be no Trick of Treating or parties with friends for us this year, instead we are going to create our own fun at home with games, dressing up and of course food!
A food synonymous with Halloween for us are hot dogs, simple, yummy and ideal for parties; especially when there are a lot of hungry kids to feed! With this in mind Ye Olde Oak got in touch and challenged us to use their family favourite hot dogs to create our own spooky food treats. Ye Olde Oak is a brand which I have have grown up with and a firm favourite with the kids too, so accepting this challenge was a no brainier. So today I’m sharing four easy to make Halloween hot dog recipes that kids will love helping to make!
Spooky Severed Fingers
Ingredients
- Ye Olde Oak Hotdogs**
- Hot Dog Buns
- Ketchup or Barbecue Sauce
Method
- Gently heat the hot dogs in a saucepan until cooked through
- Sieve the hot dogs, discarding the brine
- Carefully cut a fingernail shape into the top layer of the hot dog
- Cut a couple of horizontal lines to make knuckles
- Pop each severed finger into a hot dog bun and add sauce for a really gruesome look!
Spider Spaghetti Dogs
Ingredients
- Ye Olde Oak Hotdogs**
- Spaghetti
- Ketchup or Mustard
Method
- Chop hot dogs in pieces approx an inch long
- Break uncooked spaghetti into four equal (ish) pieces
- Push the uncooked spaghetti through the hot dogs so that each spider have eight legs
- Fill a saucepan with water and pop your spider dogs in
- Cook gently until both the hot dogs and spaghetti is cooked through
- Trim spider legs if required
- Use ketchup of mustard to add eyes
Monstrous Mummy Dogs
Ingredients
- Ye Olde Oak Hotdogs**
- Ready made puff pastry
- One medium egg
- Ketchup or mustard
Method
- Gently heat the hot dogs in a saucepan until cooked through
- Whilst the hot dogs are heating up roll out your ready made puff pastry and cut into thing strips
- Once cooked sieve the hot dogs, discarding the brine
- Wrap the pastry around the hot dogs ensuring you leave small gaps to give the appearance of bandages
- Once wrapped up pop on a baking tray and brush with beaten egg
- Cook at 180C for approx 10 mins
- Finally use ketchup or mustard to give your Mummies spooky eyes
- ENJOY!
Pumpkin Dogs
Ingredients
- Ye Olde Oak Hotdogs**
- Hot dog buns
- Raisins
- Green pepper or cucumber
- Cocktail sticks
- Ketchup or mustard
Method
- Gently heat the hot dogs in a saucepan until cooked through
- Whilst the hot dogs are cooking cut each hot dog bun into three equal(ish) sections
- Cut your green pepper or cucumber into pointed shapes to make the top of your pumpkin
- Gently put each pumpkin top onto a cocktail stick
- Once cooked sieve the hot dogs, discarding the brine
- Cut each hot dog into three and add to the pre-cut buns
- Pop your pumpkin tops into the hot dogs
- Use raisins on cocktail stocks for eyes and use ketchup or mustard to give your pumpkin a spooky mouth
- ENJOY!
I hope this post gave you some inspiration for some easy creepy food to make this Halloween using items that you probably have lurking in the cupboards. They are super simple to make and ideal for getting kids in the kitchen too!
What are you doing this Halloween? Do you have any go to spooky recipes? Let me know in the comments below
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