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To make ghosts in the graveyard you need chocolate cake baked according to package, chocolate frosting, Brach's autumn mix, pumpkin marshmallows, ghost marshmallows(both were bought from Walmart), Hershey's snack size bars(with or without almonds), black cake decorating gel, and toothpicks. Break Hershey bars in half and arrange on cake as tombstones. Place some of the Brach's pumpkins on the cake where desired. Make a face on the ghosts with the black gel, insert a toothpick and place into cake. Add a face to pumpkin marshmallows, insert a toothpick and place into cake where desired. Add as many marshmallows and candy on cake as you wish. Use the candy corn from autumn mix to make a border/fence around cake(optional). Now you have a cute, spooky, and delicious Halloween cake! Enjoy!

Finger food with vampires blood is super easy to make and fun and delicious to eat! Simply cook mozzarella sticks according to package and serve with ketchup aka vampire's blood. You can also use chicken fries, chicken tenders, or fish sticks instead of or in addition to the mozzarella sticks. Great as an appetizer or main dish! Enjoy!

It's fun and super easy to make edible Christmas trees. All you need are sugar ice cream cones, vanilla frosting, green food coloring, and mini M&M's. Put some vanilla frosting in a small bowl and add green food coloring to your desired shade of green. Spread the frosting around the cone. If you slide the cone over your first 2 fingers it helps hold it while frosting for less mess. Next add the mini M&M's for decorations. That's it!. Now you have edible Christmas trees that are both tasty and festive! Can be used as decorations or given as gifts. Enjoy! Note: you can also use coconut flakes as snow.

Deviled eggs are a cheap, easy and delicious appetizer for Thanksgiving or any time! You will need hard boiled eggs, cooled and peeled, sour cream, yellow mustard, sweet relish, salt, dried chopped chives, paprika, and dill weed. Cut eggs in half and dump yolks into bowl. Reserve egg whites for yolk filling. Mash egg yolks with fork. Add 1/4 c sour cream and mix well. Add 1/2 tsp yellow mustard. Mix well. Add 2 tsp sweet relish. Add 1/4 tsp salt. Mix well. Sprinkle some chives. Add some paprika. Add some dill weed. Mix seasonings well. Spoon egg yolk mixture into egg white halves. Garnish with chives, or paprika, or dill weed, or a combination of chives, paprika and dill weed. Now you have a delicious and cheap appetizer! Enjoy! Note; you can use mayo instead of the sour cream. I used this recipe since I did not have much mayo.

You can make delicious dark chocolate fudge right in the microwave and with only 3 ingredients! You will need 12oz semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk 2tbs butter(I used margarine) Dump bag of chocolate chips into a large microwave safe mixing bowl. Add the 2tbs butter and pour the can of sweetened condensed milk on top. Microwave for 2 mins. Stir until smooth and well mixed, microwaving for 30sec increments if needed(mine was fine after 2mins). Line an 8x8 pan. Pour chocolate into pan and spread evenly. Chill in fridge for 2hrs until hard. After 2hrs, remove pan from fridge. Lift foil with fudge out of pan. Cut into 1 inch pieces. Yields 36 1 inch pieces. Enjoy! Note: you can add nuts, or marshmallows, or whatever you'd like. Add sprinkles to the top, colored sugar or crushed candy cane like I did.

You can make a festive cheese ball fit for a New Year's eve party with ingredients right from Dollar Tree! All you need is 1 pkg garlic cheese ball mix and 1 bar of cream cheese. Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Open seasoning packet, remove 1 and 1/4 tsp, set aside for later use. Dump bar of cream cheese brought to room temperature into a mixing bowl. Add seasoning packet. Mix until well blended. Chill in fridge 1hr. Then remove from fridge, shape into a ball, then roll into remaining seasoning reserved previously. Serve with crackers. You can also find Martinelli's gold medal sparkling apple grape juice to serve along with the crackers and cheese ball. Now you have a fun, festive, and delicious appetizer fit for any New Year's eve party with ingredients right from Dollar Tree! Enjoy! Note, I did find the cheese ball a little salty and garlicky for my taste. It would probably be better to use either a half a bar more of cream cheese or another full bar of cream cheese to the seasoning. However, I followed the directions on the box, and it called for only 1 bar of cream cheese.

Ingredients for 1 calzone grn beef( about 1lb) roll out pizza crust spaghetti sauce(about 1 cup)(any brand, most flavors will work) 1 onion 1 grn pepper 1 sm can sliced black olives(optional) 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese(2 cups if not using Italian style in addition) 1 cup shredded Italian style cheese(optional) butter spray for top of crust garlic salt( about 1tsp to 1 1/2 tsp) italian seasoning(about 1tsp to 1 1/2 tsp) Directions: preheat oven to 400 Brown the grn beef and crumble it in a skillet Dice up the onion and grn pepper Unroll the pizza crust on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper( if desired) add the spaghetti sauce to crust and spread over all crust add the browned, crumbled grn beef to bottom half of crust add the diced onion and grn pepper add the sliced black olives to your liking or omit add the shredded mozzarella cheese add the Italian cheese(optional) fold over the top crust; press down on edges of crust to seal spray top of crust with butter spray(any brand) sprinkle garlic salt and italian seasoning on top of crust Bake at 400 for 18-20 mins until crust is golden brown * You can use whatever variations you like, omit or add things. This is the traditional way I always make it. I like to use Italian style cheese as it has parmesan, romano, and asiago cheese. It is good too with crushed pineapple. I have tried it with just pepperoni slices inside and cheese, I did not like it. The butter spray, garlic salt and Italian seasoning gives it extra flavor. Hope you like this recipe

The secret to the juiciest and most delicious turkey is butter(margarine). All you need is 1 stick butter, salt, pepper, butter flavored nonstick cooking spray, and foil. Break butter stick in half. Place bigger half butter stick in bigger opening and smaller butter half in smaller opening. Spray top of turkey and sides with butter spray. Salt and pepper top and sides of turkey. Cover both sides of turkey with foil to create a "tent". Bake at 325 in oven according to weight and instructions of package. Remove foil "tent" from turkey during last hr of cooking for a beautiful golden brown color. You will have a beautiful golden brown turkey that is very juicy with lots of broth to make homemade gravy with. No need for a turkey bags or anything else except what is listed. Caution however, this recipe can lead to making lots of juice/broth and cause potential for spilling/burns. Especially with larger birds. Please use extreme caution when removing from oven to avoid spillage and burns. I had to ladle some juice out before removing mine. Enjoy! Happy holidays and stay safe!

Banana pudding is easy and delicious. Using instant vanilla pudding makes it fast and super easy. You will need 2 boxes instant vanilla pudding, 4 c cold milk(2 c milk per box), 3 large bananas, 1 box vanilla wafers(any brand) 11oz. You will also need a large mixing bowl, 1c measuring cup, a whisk, and a small knife. Mix vanilla pudding according to directions on box. Refrigerate at about 5 mins until pudding has set. Once pudding has set, whisk until smooth. Slice bananas and mix well into pudding. Next add wafers( about 1/4 box). Mix to incorporate wafers. Add more wafers(about half a box total) and mix making sure all wafers are covered with pudding. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 mins before serving for flavors to meld. Note: the longer you chill the pudding, the softer the wafers will be. Enjoy!

You can make a delicious apple pie with ingredients right from dollar tree! You will need 1 pre-made graham cracker pie crust, 1 can apple pie filling, quick oats, margarine, light brown sugar, all purpose flour, and cinnamon. First make the streusel topping. Combine 2/3 c all purpose flour and 6tbs slightly melted margarine in mixing bowl. Mix well. Add 1/2 c quick oats, 1/3 c light brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix ingredients well. Next add the apple pie filling to graham cracker crust. Spoon streusel topping on top of apple pie filling. Spread out to cover pie. Bake at 375 for 35mins. Let cool about 1hr before serving. Serve warm, alone or with cool whip or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy! Note: all ingredients are available at my dollar tree. I did not buy the flour or cinnamon there, I already had both at home, but they do sell both ingredients. They even sell the cool whip I used as well.

Ambrosia salad is both easy to make and delicious! A beautiful and festive side dish for any holiday meal! After trying this recipe I can see why its called the food of the gods(Greek). To make ambrosia salad you will need: 1 can mandarin oranges(11oz) drained well 1 can pineapple tidbits(8oz) drained well 1c(8oz) vanilla yogurt 1 container cool whip(8oz) 1c shredded sweetened coconut 1 and 1/2 c mini marshmallows 1c maraschino cherries(8oz) drained well Combine yogurt and entire container of cool whip in a large bowl. Mix together well. Add the mandarin oranges and pineapple tidbits to the cool whip yogurt mixture. Fold gently to avoid breaking fruit. Add 1 and 1/2c mini marshmallows and 1c sweetened shredded coconut. Fold together gently to avoid crushing fruit and marshmallows until well blended. Garnish with maraschino cherries. Chill in the fridge at least 1hr before serving. Enjoy! Note: the recipe does call for 1 cup of maraschino cherries to be added along with the other fruit. I did not have enough so I used mine as a garnish. You can both add 1c maraschino cherries and also use them as garnish as well. You can also add 1/2c chopped pecans if you like.