Scare Me On Fridays

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Theme Recipe: Ghosts In The Graveyard--The Halloween Pudding

Ghosts In The Graveyard Pudding

2 packages instant chocolate pudding

3 cups cold milk

1 12 oz. tub whipped topping, plus extra for decorating

12 to 15 Oreo cookies (place in bag and crush)

Decorator gel in tubes

Assorted decorations, like sandwich cookies that resemble tombstones, seasonal candies, like candy corn, candies that look like pumpkins, etc. Gummy worm work, so do spider candies.

1. Pour milk in mixing bowl. add the pudding and mix well to combine. Let sit for 10 minutes, then fold in the whipped topping, then fold in 1/2 of the crushed cookies. Pour this mixture into a 13 by 9 baking pan, and spread even. Top with the rest of the crushed cookies. Refrigerate for at least an hour.

2. Meanwhile, take the decorator icing and decorate the cookies to look like tombstones. When pudding is set, decorate the pudding the tombstone candies-then plop on extra whipped topping or put in a pastry bag and make ghosts next to the tombstones, put something on the ghosts to resemble eyes, if liked-do all of this right before serving.

Variations

1. Some recipes call for the addition of cream cheese, up to 8 oz. in some cases, I'd go for the 4 ounces myself. To use soften, and mix with the whipped topping, before folding into the pudding.

2. You could make this with real home whipped heavy cream that you add sugar to. A mixer works well for this.

3. You add food coloring(s) to the whipped topping to make different colored ghosts.

4. Since the oreos are on top, there is nothing to keep you from using a different flavor of pudding. If you are still concerned about the color of the pudding, add some cocoa powder, a fruit and chocolate affair would be nice!

Here's A Gallery Of Different Creations Of This From The Web:

Eastern Promises (2007)

This is new to the house. Around here we are Viggo Mortensen fans--should be interesting; really liked him in Cronenberg's History Of Violence.

31 Days Of Blavod: The Original Orange Black Cloud Cocktail

Courtesy of the Food Network. This is a nice Halloween cocktail from Sandra Lee of the Food Network and it's pretty easy to make. It's perfect for those of us that like orange cocktails!

The Original Black Cloud Cocktail

1/2 cup orange soda

1 cup orange juice

1 shot orange liqueur (a regular Orange Curacao or even Triple sec works)

2 shot Blavod
2 black and white peppermint sticks
2 black licorice rounds

1. In a pitcher combine the orange juice with the orange soda and the orange liqueur. Stir well.

2. Divide these evenly between two martini glasses. Gently float the Blavod on top, garnish with the candy stick and licorice round if you like, but I've seen these made without the garnish--they do make it look more like a Halloween drink. Also there are some specialty candy stores that you can order black licorice spiders from.