Target always has great Halloween food items. Between cocoa bombs shaped like a witch hat, sugar cookies shaped like ghosts and pizza in the shape of a pumpkin, they also have Halloween tortilla chips.

These chips are black and orange which is perfect for Halloween nachos.

Every season they have cute products from their food line Favorite Day. Check out my earlier post on the seasonal ice cream to see other goodies from Target.

So when I discovered these a few years ago I decided to make Halloween Nachos as part of my annual Halloween meal preparation.

It is a very simple recipe, but watch the chips carefully when you broil them. I almost had chips aflame.

Then you pile on your favorite goodies. I prefer sour cream, olives tomatoes and jalapeños. They are even good the following day as long as you keep the extra goodies off the chips and only add them when they are warmed up.

Below is the recipe I found on Pinterest. Such an easy quick meal for a spooky night in while watching scary movies.

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I found these Maple Chips at Target and thought it would be cool to try the recipe on the back of the package. These cookies feel very autumn like.

Adding in Apple Sauce and Maple Syrup has made it extra sweet. The dough tasted great. LOL. Guilty, I ate some raw dough and live to tell about it. I kinda left the cookies a little bit undercooked as I like a softer cookie, but it was a little too soft. They fell apart very easily so if I make this next time I will cook them longer.

Homemade cookies are a comfort food. Reminds me of good times, love and family. My Mom would always make cookies during the holidays. My sister and I continued the tradition which will always be a good memory for me.

Below is the recipe if you want yo make the cookies. I am sure you can use any chips if you cannot find the maple chips.

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I am really behind because it is getting close to Thanksgiving which is my first deadline. But I have been have issues with WordPress and I cannot seem to make a post. So now I am going thru the App.

If you recall, I made cornbread using the Halloween molds I got from Aldi. I made the cupcakes which were really too large. Before I could add the chocolate, my brother ate a couple of them. So I had to start again. This time I used smaller molds.

Actually these came out pretty good are were a more pleasing size.

I sprinkled some Halloween themed bits and the added some white chocolate.

Then I added the cupcakes back on top and put in the freezer for a bit.

Then popped them out.

I think these came out cute. They were very tasty but had a lot of white chocolate so it was a bit rich.

The goal was to try something new and I did just that.

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The last of the four La Croix Halloween Mocktail has been made.

This is the mocktail where I could not find the drink they suggested, so I used the Sprite Cranberry that I recently purchased. I have to admit that this was a very good drink. It is called Hocus Pocus La Punch.

I don’t know if it was the cherry juice or just the combination but it was quite tasty.

I could not find my jar of maraschino cherries so I used cranberries again. But since I used Sprite Cranberry soda it worked out fine.

So this wraps up the La Croix mocktail challenge. I enjoyed doing a little mixology and trying new tastes. I did get some use out of my Halloween themed glasses.

I highly recommend mixing some soda and juices together to create a new drink, perhaps you will find a new annual favorite. Thanks for checking out my blog.

Onto the third of this series of Mocktails for the Halloween season.

This time I made the La Mummy. Made with the orange La Croix sparkling water, it was zesty and fun to drink. I might make this again but instead of lemon juice I think I will use orange juice. I really like my glasses. I bought these at Joann Fabrics. It felt very Halloween like to drink this mocktail.

I have one more drink to make. Sadly I cannot locate the drink in the store so I might get creative, Halloween if anything is about bringing out the creativity in all of us.

For some fun I found this picture on the internet. I loved the show Bewitched growing up. Aunt Clara always reminded me of my Granny whose name was also Clara. Same style, same features. And now I too feel like Aunt Clara. Oh how time marches on. LOL

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Time for the 2nd mocktail using La Croix sparkling water.

I made the La’ Pumpkin Punch. For a dash of fun I added the gummy eyeball to the drink. Yes, I agree, it is kinda gross.

It was very tasty, I am not sure if the eyeball gave it that extra snap, but I enjoyed this one.

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Because I bought those fun Halloween themed molds from Aldi, I also wanted to make cornbread with some chili for a cold night.

Instead of chili I ended up making taco soup. It is so easy just using a variety of canned beans with hamburger meat. Not as good as my Mom’s rainy day chili that would sit on the stove for hours. But does fine in a pinch.

To make this soup, just brown and crumble 2 pounds ground beef. Then add one package Ranch dressing and 1 package taco mix. Then add the following canned beans:

chili beans
black beans, drained
Pinto beans, drained
Canned Corn, drained
Diced tomatoes
Rotel tomatoes
Diced green chilis

Simmer all ingredients over the stove, add water to make it less thick. Enjoy!

Then just using a cornbread mix, pour into molds to make Halloween cornbread.

Although the cornbread was good, the poor pumpkins had issues popping out of the mold. The ghosties did better than the pumpkins but you really need to look at the shape to see the ghost. But that is ok. I knew it was a ghost.

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I wanted to make some fun Halloween themed food this year. When I saw this ghost topped chicken pot pie I definitely wanted to try. It was a very easy recipe. I did make a mistake and used garlic powder instead of onion powder but it worked out ok.

I found the little ghost cookie cutters on Temu for a few bucks. There are two ghosts, each swaying in opposite direction. Sway to the left, sway to the right.

For ease of making, I bought rotisserie chicken but I think you can make your own chicken pretty easy. I did determine that this many ghosts are a “gaggle”.

I also decided to do a quick charcuterie board on Halloween night.

I bought this board from Michaels and thought it was real cute. I had to crop Eli the dogs paw out of the picture. He had to get all involved in making the charcuterie board. LOL

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Food and drink make Halloween more fun. While looking at Pinterest I found this link to make mocktails using La Croix with a Halloween theme.

Count me in!

First drink is Ginger B’Witched

My drinks were served in the Joann Halloween cocktail glasses. I love the Skelton fingers gripping the glass. I used skull ice cubes but those little heads disappeared in the drink. LOL.

I look forward to the next mocktail. Thanks for checking out my blog.

Just on the heels of the summer bucket list (summer be gone) I am rolling out the Autumn/Halloween bucket list. Autumn time is my favorite season. Chilly night, leaves falling, a nice windy breeze, pumpkins on porches, scary shows on Netflix, hot soup and warm tea at night. Ohhhhh my favorite time of the year.

I keep seeing all these cute pictures on Pinterest.

Amen.

But onto the bucket list.

There are a few new items on the list and a few favorites. More crafts this year and less cooking. But that is fine. Gotta mix it up. I will joyfully celebrate the season. I may do things not on the list. Let’s see where this takes us.

Let the leaves fall and the winds kick up and start the bucket list.

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