We celebrate mini milestones in all our children’s lives; the loss of a first tooth, the first report card, their first Halloween. One tradition we have in our family is our annual Halloween Party. We get together with friends we don’t see often and catch up on all the mini milestones the kids have celebrated over the years. We have a simple dinner and prepare easy Halloween recipes, like these Gruesome Green toes. You know I like to make cute treats, but they have to be easy and fast. This recipe only has three ingredients or four if you need to use food coloring. The kids can help make these too so it’s a family togetherness activity too. This can work to your favor and help speed the recipe along or, in my case, my kids always made a huge mess and dropped things. They liked to cook, but cleanup? Not so much.
Here’s what you need to make the toes:
Melt the chocolate in the microwave. The trick to melting chocolate in the microwave is to heat for a few seconds, stir, and finish heating or it will burn.
Dip one side of the cookie in the chocolate and place on waxed paper. Allow these to harden and then dip the other side in the chocolate. The chocolate will harden quickly so reheat for a few seconds as necessary.
Press one half of a piece of candy in the chocolate and allow to harden again. I usually place mine in the freezer to allow them to harden in a hurry.
- 1 lb (16 ounces) green candy coating OR white chocolate bark
- Green paste food coloring (if using white chocolate bark)
- 1 package oval shaped cookies (Like Vienna Fingers )
- 1 package gummy candy (like Dots or JuJu Fruits)
- Melt the candy coating in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and return to the microwave for thirty more seconds. If using white chocolate bark, tint the desired color of green with the paste food coloring.
- Dip one side of the cookie into the candy coating. Place on a sheet of waxed paper and allow candy coating to harden. Dip the uncoated side in the candy bark. Immediately press half a dot or Black crow into the top of the cookie. Allow to harden.
One of our ways to spend a relaxing family evening is allowing the kids’ to choose a movie or TV show
What is your favorite way to spend time with your family?
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That looks so good.Perfect for a Halloween party
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These looks like so much fun to make! I wish I had kids to recreate this for…would it be weird to recreate it anyways lol!
We used to do big Halloween Parties every day when I lived back home. These would be perfect for the guests! I’ll pass this along to the lady in charge of that party now.
Wow, such an easy yet creative way to serve Halloween food! Thank you
Love the green toes! 🙂 And we LOVE Netflix… we do still have cable, but usually watch Netflix far more.
What a fun dessert for Halloween! I’ll have to try these!
My kids would get a kick out of these! So fun for the holiday!
Oh how fun!
I bet they’d make a great treat at the school party!
These would be great for a Halloween party! Pinning!
What a cute idea! I’m going to make these with my kids! I think they’d love them.
That’s funny! And way cuter than icky fingers, hahahaha
This is a really cool idea! I love to make things like this but if they aren’t easy I’m not interested lol. These are perfect.
What a fun treat to make for the little ones. Great idea for a Halloween party, too.
What a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit. As a child, we had carnivals where it was really dark and you stuck your hand in brains (spaghetti) or eyeballs (peeled grapes)….magical!
How fun are these! Not to mention easy too. Pinning for later!
These would be great for a Halloween party. Send the kids to school with a plate full for the class is sure to be a hit.
These look so fun! They would be the perfect Halloween treat.
These are awesome. I am really impressed with your creativity. My kiddos would have so much fun making these with me. We will have to try these for our halloween party!
How awesome do they look and so simple to make – thank you so much for sharing. x
These are awesome 🙂 The greener the better for my kids. It’s THE time for creepy treats.
Awesome Halloween treat you got there. I want one 😀
These would go along well with my fingers. So easy to do that I’m so going to give them a try.
I love that they are green! How fun are they. I am hosting a party tomorrow and will try to make these!
Can’t let my nephews see this or they will want to make some, and I do not like baking! These look fun, get in me belly! LOL
Those a creepy but yummy looking. What a super cute idea to do for Halloween.
Those are cute! They would be fun to make with kids, too!
Oh how cute are these! They’d be so fun to make and look delicious!
Eww that’s so gross it’s cute! lol I personally couldn’t bring myself to eat some of the “gross” treats of this time of year but my son loves it!
Those look fun! I know my boys would be happy to eat some toes.
What a gat way to mark milestones! Love those yummy green toes
My daughter would LOVE these! They are having a Halloween party at school and I think we found a fun recipe to take!
Those are so fun! They look super yummy too.
Oh look, it’s Frankenstien’s toes! Ew! Kiddo and hubs would love these.
What a great idea! Would love to try these. So cute.
What an awesome idea. It’s pretty easy to do that even the kids can help make!
Those are so cute! I love all the DIY Halloween items I am seeing everywhere!
Perfect! I love Halloween treats that aren’t TOO gross. 🙂
These are such fun treats! Definitely perfect for Halloween!
This is such a neat idea and I bet they taste good too. I love decorating and making food for Halloween. I will add this to my list of treats.
Those look so creepy and delicious! Perfect for a Halloween party!
Love seeing the creativity of others. This is the first I’ve seen of Halloween gruesome toes. Good job.
Why is it that if these were for St Patricks day I would think they were cute, but put the image of gruesome green toes in my mind, coupled wiht halloween and I think they’re creepy-cute!? lol
I love this idea! My kids are grown but maybe we can start a new tradition with our grandkids. They will still be very little next year so just the excuse for a party!
That looks like a fun treat. Just a tip.. I’ve found that using a small crock pot to melt my chocolate works much better. It’s a much smoother consistency than chocolate melted in the microwave
These are disgustingly fun! My kids would totally love them! We love to create fun (and gross) Halloween Treats too!
They so easy to make, too, My kids are going to go nuts when they see these!
Those are super cute. My kids would love those.
Eww those are so gross! I’m totally making them!