Black Widow Snack Cakes

Ingredients

Cakes
1 package - Devil's food cake mix
Vegetable cooking spray
Glaze
4 cups - Powdered sugar (sifted)
5 to 7 tablespoons - Milk 
Decoration
1 cup - Powdered sugar (sifted)
¼ cup - Unsweetened cocoa
2 tablespoons - Milk 
Plastic spiders

Preparation

Prepare cake as directed on package. Pour into 2, 8-inch square aluminum foil pans coated with cooking spray; bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until tested done. Cool in pans on wire racks. 

Combine 4 cups powdered sugar and 5 to 7 tablespoons milk in a large bowl; spread a thin layer evenly over each cake. 

Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa and 2 tablespoons milk; spoon into a small zip-lock bag. Close bag securely and snip a tiny hole in bottom corner of bag. Carefully pipe concentric circles onto each cake. Pipe straight lines at intervals from the inner circle through the outside circle, forming a web design. Garnish with plastic spiders.

Chocolate Spiders (Candy)

Ingredients

12 ounce package - Chocolate flavor Twizzlers  
4 ounces - Melting chocolate 

Preparation

Melt chocolate in a double boiler on low to medium heat or in microwave.

Cut Twizzlers into 1-½-inch pieces. Slice each piece in half lengthwise. On waxed paper place 4 legs (pieces) on each side and then drop 1 teaspoon melted chocolate in middle for body. Use a toothpick to smooth to uniform circle and connect all candy pieces. Cool completely before removing from waxed paper. 

You can also use chow mein noodles instead of Twizzlers if you want to.

Makes 24 spiders

Frog Eye Salad (Fruit Salad)

Ingredients

Egg Mixture
1 cup - Sugar 
2 teaspoons - Flour 
½ teaspoon - Salt 
1 ¾ cups - Pineapple juice
2 - Eggs (beaten) 
1 tablespoon - Lemon juice
Pasta
3 quarts - Water 
2 teaspoons - Salt 
1 teaspoon - Cooking oil
1 package - Pasta (shells work well, spinach pasta give a nice color)
Fruit and Topping
3 cans 11 ounce each) - Mandarin oranges, drained
2 cans (20 ounce each) - Crushed pineapple, drained
12 ounces - Cool Whip 

Preparation 

Combine sugar, flour, and ½-teaspoon salt. Gradually stir in pineapple juice and eggs. Cook over moderate heat, stirring until thickened. Add lemon juice. Cool mixture to room temperature. 

Bring water, 2 teaspoons salt, and oil to boil. Add pasta and cook at a rolling boil until pasta is done. For a color variation, add red (or green) food coloring to pasta as it cooks. Drain and rinse with water, drain again and cool to room temperature. 

Combine egg mixture and pasta. Mix lightly but thoroughly. Refrigerate overnight in an airtight container. 

The following day, add remaining ingredients in a large plastic bowl with a lid. Mix lightly, but thoroughly. Chill. 

Salad may be refrigerated as long as a week in airtight container. 

You can also add a package of marshmallows as a final touch. 

Ghoulish Ice (Punch)

Ingredients and Materials

Clear plastic or latex gloves (powderless is best)
Twist ties
Scissors
Flavored drink mix, regular or sugar-free
Gummy worms (optional)

Preparation

If the gloves have a powdery residue inside them, turn them inside out and soak in warm water or wipe with soapy water and rinse. Allow gloves to dry. Or, turn gloves inside out, leaving the powdery side on the outside.

Mix your favorite fruit drink (sugar-free liquid freezes better than liquids with sugar) and pour into the gloves. Add enough drink to fill the gloves loosely but not so full that the fingers will not move. Fasten the gloves with the twist ties. Place paper towels on a cookie sheet and lay the hands on the paper towels. Freeze. When the hands are frozen solid, carefully cut off gloves with scissors. Float hands in a bowl of punch for scary fun. If you wish, you may add gummy worms to the juice before freezing.