Halloween Eats

This year I tried to be a fun Mom by making lots of Halloween themed food the last week of October. Most items were a success, though there were a few failures as well. 

We are still new enough in our neighborhood that we don't know everyone on our cul-de-sac. So, we decided to deliver some holiday cookies to the 11 other houses on our street for our family night activity on Monday. The cookies were a WIN with the neighbors, and my own kiddos. 

I found this adorable recipe for Candy Corn Quesadillas that I decided to try. My kids eat quesadillas all the time, so I figured they wouldn't mind some cheese, crushed Doritos, and sour cream on top. Wrong. This was my biggest FAIL of the week. Russ and I ate them, and everyone else ate up the few pieces I had left plain for McKell.

We've done Mummy Dogs in the past, and I think they're fun and tasty (definitely a labor of love though, especially if you buy cheap crescent roll dough that falls apart). The Mini-Orange Pumpkins and Banana Ghosts were pulled from a friend's Facebook post. Easy and cute and the kids all love fruit. WIN.

We've also done Pumpkin Pancakes and Spider Sausages in the past. Ashlyn doesn't like pancakes, so I wasn't planning to make any for her. Russ doesn't care for chocolate chips, so I was planning to make some plain pancakes for him. And when I asked Kaylee if she wanted plain pancakes, or pumpkin face pancakes, she said plain. I only made a few pancakes with chocolate chip faces for me and Brenna and I patted myself on the back for catering to everyone's wishes. But when we sat down to eat Kaylee and Ashlyn both grabbed one of my jack-o-lantern pancakes. I was like, "What!? I specifically asked each of you what you wanted, and you did NOT want one of these pancakes." So, in the end they were a WIN, but I was sad I only got to eat one of them. Boo to fickle children.

But hooray for holidays and doing fun things to celebrate. :)