I have had this idea on my bucket list since last year. Using Halloween cookie cutters and a bag or corn tortillas I made homemade tortilla chips.

This was super easy, but I would say cutting thru the tortillas was a bit of a struggle. I found if I wiggled the cutter a bit it would cut thru the tortilla better. Frying them up just took a few minutes, then sprinkling them with salt to get that yummy taste.

It was more work than necessary but at least I tried.

I used the following shapes, pumpkin, raven, bat, cat and pumpkin.

It was a nice little Halloween appetizer. You should try it just once.

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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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When the winds blow and the leaves swirl there comes a time in this household where I start to drink hot tea. The nip in the air while wearing warm sweaters is the perfect tea time. But not your ordinary tea time, but a spooky tea time.

Adagio Teas does a spooky selection for the tea lover in cute tins.

There are six blends from no caffeine to high caffeine using different tea blends. Grab your favorite Halloween mug or spooky cup and saucer and brew some hot tea and enjoy the cool October evenings.

I also snagged the Snarky Tea Halloween blends. This year there blends are called the Cauldron Collection

Roasted Almond
Mocha Magic
Raspberry Cherry ⁠
Phantom Pear
Boo Berries
Pumpkin Cream
Caramel App
Ginger Dragon Fruit

There are eight great flavors that I can either drink as ice tea or hot tea.

The Tea Witch likes it hot, the Pumpkin Head likes it cold. You decide.

Perhaps some sweet Caramel Apple tea with caramel sauce. Pipping hot and comforting.

Or perhaps Phantom Pear with fresh pear slices and some sparkling soda. Icy cold and refreshing.

Maybe some Boo Berries with berries in the tea for extra zing. A great cold drink to boost your energy in the afternoon.

Which ever way I make it, I am sure it will be tasty.

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I think I forgot to mention the other Halloween tea I bought for the season. I realize this will last until next Halloween. But I could not control myself.

I got tea from Snarky Tea and Plum Deluxe Tea. Both are specialty tea companies who make their tea to order.

Plum Deluxe came out with the Trick or Treat Box.

The Licorice Spice Herbal was very tasty. What made this box so much fun was the Trick or Treat feature, Some teas did not taste that great, hence the trick and others were treats. they give you a score card which I rated the teas. It was fun to play along.

Snarky Tea did a Witching Hour tea mix. They gave quite a mix but the samplers are smaller which would be perfect for the 32 ounce mason jar.

I really like Snarky Tea and have a subscription to make cold brew tea Their tea is so flavorful. Below is the November cold brew delivery.

Today I should be receiving December cold brew package.

Sparky Tea always does a blending guide in case you want to mix it up. So far I have not done a blend but will one day.

Here is January 2025 release

Looks like I will have some good choices in my future.

So I will have plenty of tea in my future. Pinky up!

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Making pumpkin bread in autumn always makes sense. Baking goodies, the aroma from the kitchen, it all screams autumn. Of course I cheat and make it from a box, but that is fine because it does use real pumpkin.

The box does make two loafs which is fine when I use to go into the office. But it is a lot to consume. I am not good about freezing stuff like this as I tend to forget it is in there until years later. lol.

But it is a tradition in my household to make pumpkin bread. So let the tradition begin.

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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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I know it is mid November and I am still posting Halloween items. But I am at that age where resting in bed holds more charms that doing everything off my to do list. In fact that list has grown to 2 whole pages. But I need to finish my Autumn/Halloween bucket list.

An easy item on my list was to drink some yummy witchy cocoa. Since it was kinda hot in October I wanted to wait for cooler weather.

I found this cocoa on Amazon. I was attracted to it because it was orange, but also only required hot water. I never seem to have fresh milk on hand.

So pulling out my new favorite tea drinking cup, I grabbed a moon and ghost cookie and started to boil water.

Once the water was the perfect temperature, I mixed that orange brew up.

I bought some cute pumpkin hot cocoa bombs from Target and thought I would add them in. Once the chocolate melted marshmallows popped out of the cocoa.

The cocoa was very rich and creamy and very very orange. It was a nice way to end a busy day for me.

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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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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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