Halloween Snacks: A Spooky Skeleton Cake and Mom's Crab Dip

This shop is part of the Halloween Fun with Wheat Thins & Halloween Oreos #shop hosted by #CollectiveBias and its advertiser. All opinions are my own. ~ Need creepy Halloween snack ideas? Our barfing pumpkin and skeleton cake are right up your alley. Can be used for Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) too. ~

Over here, we’re a bit Halloween obsessed. It’s been one of our most favorite holidays ever since we were little kids. I’m not sure if it’s the nip in the air that slowly creeps upon us, or if it’s the excitement of dressing up as a family in costumes, or if it’s just the togetherness we share while carving pumpkins. It’s probably all of these reasons, which is why we spend lots of time coming up with new Halloween Snacks and special activities to do with our kids come this time of year.

Our Fall Harvest Fun typically starts with a trip out east to go apple picking. We’re very lucky to have several apple orchards to choose from on Long Island and with an abundance of varieties available for picking, we really could go apple picking more than once — and sometimes, we do! After we’ve used up all of our apples in an array of tasty treats (like Apple Cider, Apple Jam, Apple Breads, and more!), we then focus on decorating our home. Before you know it, it’s time to go pumpkin picking and start planning all of the tasty things we’ll be eating while we carve up our pumpkins.

One of my all time favorite recipes is our Mom’s Crab Dip, to be served only with Wheat Thins. (I’m not kidding – don’t bother to use anything else because our Mom will hunt you down and scold you. It just doesn’t taste the same with any other cracker!) This dip is so delicious that guests often park themselves by the table and don’t leave until it’s gone. Since it’s a family favorite, I often make more than one batch to send home with my siblings for them to enjoy later on. Come the holidays, everyone always asks us to bring it as an appetizer, and since it’s so easy to make, I never say no!

Since our families always go trick-or-treating together, we’re currently busy planning our outfits and the menu for our after-party. This year, Halloween falls on a Friday, so after the kids have had their fill of running around in the chilly Autumn air, we’ll bring them back home to my house for dinner. To keep things easy, we’re just planning to serve an assortment of “apps and snacks” – like our Mom’s Crab Dip. The best part about this recipe is that you can make it ahead of time and then just warm up in the oven right before guests arrive.

While I was shopping at Walmart with my sister the other day, I picked up all of the ingredients I needed to whip up this dip and an extra special spooky cake for the kids. Even though our kids get an enormous amount of candy from our neighbors, they barely eat any of it at all. They look through their loot bags for a few favorite items and then they forget about the rest of it. So I wanted to make sure that I had a tasty homemade cake for them to snack on so that their loot bags seemed even less appealing. For this spooky skull cake, we used our Banana Cupcake recipe and Halloween Oreos to make it pop!

MOM’S CRAB DIP

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup mayo
2 tablespoons minced red onion
1, 6 0z can of crab meat – rinsed and drained
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (taste; add more if needed)
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Beat softened cream cheese and mayo with mixer.

Step 3: Add crab meat, onion, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Blend.

Step 4: Place in a baking dish and bake 15-20 minutes. Top with cheese and bake for 3 more minutes.

Step 5: Serve hot, with Wheat Thins. Enjoy!

Want to learn more?

Local Walmart’s are hosting an upcoming demo featuring Fanta, Oreos and Wheat Thins. The demo is taking place on the weekend of the 25th. Find more information about this event here.
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Happy Halloween,

Denine & Daniele