Show care np nine frightfully fantastic foods for your Halloween party That guests — kids and adults alike — to a howlin’ good time feasting on this devilishly delicious menu Start With a Punch Cast a spell on partygoen with a cup of wickedly wonderful Witch's Brew served from a punch bowl Monw to tht Main Diiket Guests can enjoy Spooky Sloppy Joes decorated in all softs of ghoulish guises or a bewitching bowl of Monster Meatball Soup Finish With a Sweet Treat Terrifically tasty Scary Tarts topped with fun and frightful sights promise a fiendishly fine ending to a goblin good party! 7 s No tricks to preparing this tasty menu of quick and simple treats Conven' 7 beef ient meatballs are the for die savory soup while everybody’s favorite ground beef stars in die Spooky Sloppy Joes jack-o-lante- ni fully-cook- Spooky Sloppy Joes ed time-trimm- Spooky Sloppy Joes - Total preparation and cooking time: 7 -' 30 minutes 1" pound ground beef 1 small onion chopped : 12 cup chopped orange or red bell ! pepper V 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce with basil garlic and oregano 12 qip chili sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce ' T' 12 teaspoon salt 18 teaspoon black peppier 4 hamburger buns split kt Ghoulish Garnishes (see Cook’s " Tips below) 1 Brown ground beef with onion and bell pepper in large nonstick skillet over1 medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until beef is not pink breaking into 34-inc-h crumbles Pour off drippings 2 Stir in tomato sauce chili sauce Worccs-tershi- re sauce salt arid black pepper Cook an additional 3 minutes or until heated through stirring occasionally 3 Spoon equal amounts of beef mixture ' on bottom half of each bun Close with top half of each bun Decorate beef mixture or bun tops with decorations as desired Makes 4 servings Cook’s Ups: lb make olive bats cut sliced black olives in half Arrange halves on top of bun to resemble bat wings To make ghosts use cookie cutters to cut ghost shapes from cheese slices i Scarylbrts Total preparation aid chilling time: 25 minutes 1 can (14 ounces) Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk) 1 cup cold water size) instant I package white chocolate flavor if: Tv-- - pudding mix 2 cups frozen nundairy whipped ' topping thawed 2 packages (4 ounces each) single serve graham cracker pie crusts ' Decorations: Assorted candies colored sprinkles or Halloween candy' ' - :v - cutouts Blend Eagle Brand and water with mixer or wire whisk in large bowl Beat 7 in pudding mix until blended 2 Chill at least 10 minutes Fold in whipped topping Spoon into pie crusts dull and decorate as desired Refrigerate leftovers Makes 12 tarts 1 - Monster Meatball Soup Total preparation and cooking time: 7 30 minutes 1 package (16 ounces) frozen ' beef meatballs 1 cup frozen vegetable mixture (such as broccoli cauliflower and carrots) 2 cups water 1 can (14 to 2 ounces) ready-to-serbeef broth 1 can (14-1- 2 ounces) diced tomatoes with roasted garlic 34 cup uncooked small pasta shapes (such as Halloween alphabet or wagon wheel) Dairy sour cream (optional) 1 Combine frozen vegetables water (noth undrained tomatoes and pasta in large saucepan bring to boil Reduce heat simmer according to package directions until pasta is just tender 2 Meanwhile microwave meatballs according to package directions Add meatballs to soup heat through Serve with sour cream if desired Makes 4 servings Cook’s Up: For an extra special touch serve Parmesan Toasts with the soup Cut sliced white bread into Halloween shapes with cookie cutters Place shapes on baking sheet sprinkle with Parmesan cheese Bake shapes in 350°F oven about 10 minutes or until bread is toasted and cheese begins' to brown ' fully-cook- 14-1- - Witch’s Brew Total preparation time: 5 minutes I can (14 ounces) Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk) can (46 ounces) pineapple juice 1 bottle (2 liters) orange soda chilled Orange sherbet (optional) 1 Stir together Eagle Brand and pineapple juice in large punch bowl add orange soda 2 Top with sherbet if desired Serve over ice Refrigerate ve 1 leftovers Makes 4 quarts Monster Meatball Soup Additional dessert recipes cooking tips and holiday entertaining ideas can be found at wwweaglebrandcom Log on to wwwBeefltsWhatsForDinnercom for recipes cooking timetablca and other helpful information about beef 1'- v i "i |