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Hocus Pocus Life Potion Cocktail

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Summon your inner Sanderson Sister with this Hocus Pocus Life Potion Cocktail made with white rum, Apple Pucker, lemon lime soda, and edible glitter dust!

♪ Come little children, I’ll take thee away, into the land of enchantment. ♫

 
Halloween is just a week away!  I’m a little sad about it, honestly.  I feel like the fall flew by this year and most of it still felt like summer.  I never got to go apple picking and I’m still waiting on the leaves to change to go on a photo walk.  But one thing that I did do was enjoy some of my favorite Halloween movies!  I have my list of favorites.  I’ve probably watched the old classics like Dracula, Frankenstein, Psycho, and The Birds multiple times.  Then, I threw in some childhood faves like The Addams Family and, of course, Hocus Pocus!

I’ve basically watched Hocus Pocus every time it’s on TV, which has been a lot!  You’ve got a great cast, a talking black cat, a friendly zombie, and lots of Halloween high-jinks!  What’s not to love?  So in honor of my favorite witchy sisters, I decided to make a Hocus Pocus Life Potion Cocktail.  In the movie, the Sanderson Sisters create a bright green potion to suck the life out of little children.  My potion is a little less dangerous!  Well, in moderation, anyway! 

Bringeth to a full rousing bubble, then add two drops oil of boil and a dead man’s toe. Next, add a dab of newt saliva, dash of pox. Stir thrice. One final thing and all is done: add a piece of thine own tongue. Administer one drop to victim and stand back. When victim’s life force shows, inhale the glowing aura. When the aura is extinguished, the victim is dead and you shall be young again.

The Sanderson Sisters’ spell for this recipe is one you won’t find in my kitchen.  A little too gruesome for my liking!  So I thought I’d put a tastier twist on this potion. 

Add white rum and Sour Apple Pucker over ice.  Shake it gently twice or thrice.  Top with lemon-lime soda, add edible glitter, then watch the magic begin!  Stir and watch the glitter spin!  Sip this glowing potion and feel revived!  Serve on Halloween to watch the witching hour come alive!

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Hocus Pocus Life Potion Cocktail

Serving Size: 2

Hocus Pocus Life Potion Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Captain Morgan White Rum
  • 1.5 oz DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker
  • 17 oz bottle Polar Frost Lemon Lime Sparkling Water (or bright green soda of your choice)
  • Ice
  • Edible silver glitter dust

Instructions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Then, add the white rum and Apple Pucker. Shake.
  2. Carefully pour into glasses or chemistry flasks.
  3. Top with lemon lime sparkling water or soda.
  4. Add edible silver glitter dust (enough to get a good, glittery swirl going), stir with a swizzle stick, and serve!

Notes

Some of the edible glitter dust may settle at the bottom of the drink. Serve with a swizzle stick to keep that glittery swirl going!

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At the end of the movie, you can see a bottle of the Life Potion being tossed in the air.  It’s a darker green than my potion.  During these modern times, a witch doesn’t like to use a lot of artificial color in her potions.  I’m keeping it real with a glowing green potion thanks to Apple Pucker and lemon-lime sparkling water!  Bottom’s up, witches!

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10 Ghoulishly Good Halloween Recipes

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Looking for some fun recipes to add to your Halloween menu?  I’m sharing 10 of my ghoulishy good Halloween recipes including dinner, dessert, snacks, and more!

 

We are almost halfway through October already and I feel like I’ve hardly done any of my favorite fall/Halloween activities!  Hopefully, I can at least get our pumpkins to decorate this weekend!  I’ve just felt so behind lately and I need to catch up because this time of year is seriously my favorite.  So while I try to squeeze in some festive activities and new Halloween recipes and DIY projects into my calendar, take a look back at some of my past Halloween recipes!


Sink your teeth into these Vampire Steak Burritos!  They’ll spice up your Halloween night with juicy steak and homemade pico de gallo!


This Dragon Berry Dragon’s Blood Cocktail is tart, fruity, a little spicy, and a perfect adult beverage to sip on this Halloween!


These Crispy Chicken Halloween Witch Fingers are an easy and tasty meal to serve your little ghouls and goblins!  They’ll love this witchy take on homemade chicken fingers!


These Halloween Mozzarella Zombie Eyeballs are a perfect snack to serve up during a Halloween movie marathon!  They’re a bit creepy, but totally yummy!


Need a spooky good dessert? These Halloween Banana Pudding Parfaits are a delicious treat that both kids and adults will enjoy!


There’s nothing scary about these Witch Hat Halloween Pretzel Treats!  Their sweet and salty combo makes them a delicious Halloween snack!


Who doesn’t love a cupcake? These Halloween Ghost Cupcakes are inspired by Ghostbusters and absolutely delicious!


These Halloween Monster Eye Cookie Pops are a sweet Halloween treat with a tasty cookie crunch that are so easy to make!


Enjoy a little of that pumpkin spice goodness with this chocolate and pumpkin spice drizzled Popcorn Boo Bark!


Have a little Halloween fun on taco night by making this Halloween Boo-rito Bake instead!

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What will you be cooking up this Halloween?

Mummified Mozzarella Halloween Pan Pizza

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This Mummified Mozzarella Halloween Pan Pizza isn’t scary at all! In fact, it’s so easy to make, you can whip it up as a last minute meal for Halloween!


I feel like such a slacker.  By this time last year, I had a slew of Halloween posts published or, at least, scheduled to post.  This year, I’m just getting around to it!  It’s so unlike me.  Especially because Halloween is one of my most favorite times of year.  It’s a time when, no matter how old you are, you can get a bit playful.  It’s the only time of year when, for me, it’s fun to get a little scared!   

That playful side of the Halloween season inspires so many fun DIY projects and recipes.  It’s such a great time to get creative and turn regular dishes into something spooktacular!  So today, I thought I’d share a super easy, creepy cute, and really delicious recipe.  Because it’s pizza.  And who doesn’t love pizza?! 


Ever since summer ended, our Friday pizza night has gone back indoors.  My husband is back to his bowling league, which means I take charge of pizza night.  Instead of my husband grilling our pizza, it gets bake it inside in the oven.  Last year, we discovered how good our pizza turned out in a 9 x 13 brownie pan.  Yup!  A brownie pan!  

I drizzle the pan will a generous amount of oil, coat it evenly in the pan, stretch the dough, top it, and bake!  The crust turns out crunchy every single time and gets nice and golden brown on the outside.  The dough stays airy on the inside, giving you that perfect bite of pizza!  So easy!


For Halloween, I wanted to put a monstrous mozzarella twist on our pan pizza.  So I made a double cheese, mummified pan pie.  The mummy eyes are made out of pepperoni and olive slices and a double layer of sliced mozzarella gives it its bandaged look!

If you like extra cheese on your pizza, this pie is definitely for you!  I was almost a little sad to cut this pizza into squares, but I couldn’t resist all of that mozzarella goodness!  This pizza is perfect for a kid’s Halloween party or a spooky movie marathon! 

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Mummified Mozzarella Halloween Pan Pizza

Mummified Mozzarella Halloween Pan Pizza

Ingredients

  • 1 store bought pizza dough
  • 1/2 lb. sliced mozzarella
  • Approximately 8 oz. pizza sauce
  • 2 sliced pepperonis
  • 2 sliced black olives
  • Extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Wipe a 9x13 brownie pan with a generous amount of olive oil (just enough to cover the bottom and sides).
  3. Stretch the pizza dough, corner to corner, into the pan. Top with pizza sauce.
  4. Using a pizza cutter, cut the mozzarella slices into strips. Layer half of the strips onto the pizza in a criss-cross fashion.
  5. Then, add two pepperoni slices and two olive slices for eyes.
  6. Bake the pizza for 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbly.
  7. Turn off the oven and remove the pizza. Layer the other half of the mozzarella strips on top and stick the pizza into the oven with the heat off.
  8. Let the pizza stay in the oven for a few minutes, just until the cheese melts.
  9. Remove immediately and serve.

Notes

Tip: If using frozen dough, take it out of the freezer a day or two ahead of time and let it thaw in the fridge. The day you make your pizza, let it sit out on the counter and rise. The dough will be easy to stretch and will be nice and airy when cooked.

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This pizza is so easy make, it’s almost scary!  We like our pie on the plain side, but if you want to add more pepperoni to it, I’d top your layer of sauce with slices before covering it with cheese.  Hosting an adults only Halloween bash?  Serve this pan pizza with my Dragon Berry Dragon’s Blood Cocktail! 

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Yasss Witch Glam Halloween Wreath

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Your neighbors will be saying “yasss witch” when they see this fab-BOO-lous DIY Glam Halloween Wreath hanging on your door this year!


It happens to me every time.  I go to Michael’s to make a return and end up giving my money right back to them.  That’s basically how this wreath came about.  I went to return extra florals I had leftover from the fall mason jar bouquets I made.  Then, I made the mistake of “just taking a look around.”  I was hanging around the Halloween aisles and that’s when I decided that I wanted to make a wreath.  The Halloween wreath I’ve been using each year has been hanging on our door for the past eight Halloweens!  It was time for a change.

I figured that I already showed you how to put together a wreath for summer and a pastel wreath for fall.  It was only fitting that I showed you how to make a modern wreath for Halloween, too!  So while I was wandering those ever-so-bewitching Halloween aisles, I noticed that a lot of the decor that’s out this year has a very “glam” feel to it.  That became my inspiration for this wreath.

Go glam this Halloween with a fab-BOO-lous floral wreath!

 
There are some really gorgeous Halloween florals out this year.  I mean, be still my inner goth because these florals bring the darkness and the drama!  Aside from just black flowers and foliage, there are deep magentas and purples that are just so beautiful against the black stems.  Considering I had just returned a bunch of florals, I tried not to go overboard.  

Like the other wreaths I’ve made, this one starts with an 18 inch grapevine wreath.  I started building my wreath with a black peony stem and a dark purple dahlia stem.  Then, I began adding other pieces like magenta foxtails, a black floral bunch, glitter spiders and pumpkins, an eyeball, and an “enter if you dare” sign as the final touch. 

The goal was a wreath that looked “yasss witch” glam with a touch of spookiness!  I can’t wait to hang this on my front door this Halloween!


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STEPS

  1. Heat your hot glue gun.  While the glue gun is heating, plan your wreath. 
  2. Use as little or as much of the cheesecloth spiderwebs as you want.  Begin wrapping the cheesecloth around the wreath and glue into place.
  3. Then, plan where your florals will go and trim the stems with a wire cutter.
  4. Begin gluing the flowers onto the wreath.  Start with the larger flowers.  Then, add the smaller flowers and Halloween picks.
  5. Last, position the small Halloween sign onto the wreath and glue.
  6. Allow the glue to dry completely and hang on your front door to welcome the Halloween season!



If you’re not a big fan of Halloween, but still want to decorate, this wreath is a good option.  It’s not super creepy and the sparkly pumpkins and flowers add a glam, not-so-spooky touch to it. Nothing against my old candy corn wreath, but this wreath is going to spend the next who-knows-how-many-years up on my front door for Halloween!  Yasss witch!

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