Taste of Tuesday - Brain Dip

First off, don't forget to link up for Thirsty Thursday on Thursday!! Since the giveaway doesn't end until Friday you still have another opportunity to get those 10 extra points for linking up!! I'm doing a list of Halloween dranks so you might want to check it out for your Halloween parties!!

I'm so excited to be cohosting Taste of Tuesday today!! If you haven't already, go check out Ashley and Jess. These chicks make my mouth water every week with their Taste of Tuesday linkup.

Last week I posted my recipes for Deviled Eyeballs and Mummy Toes. And, if you haven't checked out the Thirsty Thursday drink from last week, The Dragon's Lair is pretty awesome, too!! If you haven't checked those out, you need to. I could eat Mummy Toes every day. I saved the best for this week, though!! 

Brain Dip

(that's right)

INGREDIENTS:

1 can (10oz) condensed mushroom soup

1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened

1 pkg unflavored gelatin

1/4 cup water

1 bunch of green onions, chopped

2 cups shrimp, cooked and chopped

1 cup mayo

few dashes of hot sauce

DIRECTIONS:

in a medium sized saucepan, heat soup and cream cheese over low heat. Mix together as it softens. When smooth, remove from heat. 

In separate, small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup cold water and dissolve. Add to soup mixture.

Mix onions, shrimp, mayo, and hot sauce in large mixing bowl. Stir in soup mixture.

Spray mold with cooking spray and spread mixture evenly into mold. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Dip mold in warm water for a few seconds to loosen before transposing it onto serving platter.

Pumpkin Puke

INGREDIENTS:

4 avocados

2 packets guac mix

1 small red onion

(or just use whatever recipe you do for guac)

DIRECTIONS:

Cut avocados up into small chunks. Smash with fork or mashed potato smasher. Mix in guac mix and onions. Spread strategically out of pumpkins mouth to look like puke. :)

Hairy Spiders

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
4 1/4 cup rice krispies
1 pinch of salt
6 Reese's peanut butter cups, chopped
1 handful chocolate chips

royal icing eyes

chocolate frosting

DIRECTIONS:

In a large saucepan, melt sugar, corn syrup, and peanut butter over medium heat until smooth. 

Remove from heat and quickly stir in rice krispies and salt. Add chocolate chips and stir. 

After about a minute fold in Reese's.

Line baking sheet with wax or parchment paper. Drop mixture by spoonfuls and let cool.

Melt chocolate frosting in microwave until warm. Do not overheat. Pour into plastic baggie and cut small hole in corner. Use as piping to make legs. (You can also use black licorice.) Use frosting as glue to add eyes.

ENJOY!!

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