Witches Brew

1 quart apple cider

½ cup apple brandy

½ cup bourbon

1 cup mulling spices (star anise, cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods, cloves, nutmeg, etc.)

2 oranges, cut into round slices (with peel on)

Sparkling cider

Ice Hand

Pour water into latex glove. Make sure it doesn't have a powder coating on the inside. Bind the end and freeze overnight.

Combine all ingredients in a non-metal container and chill for at least 4 hours or overnight. Remove oranges and pour a little sparkling cider in to taste, serve chilled with ice hand.

Cake Ball Pops

1 box cake mix (red velvet is good for scary treats)

1 carton vanilla frosting

Candy coating (Candique or Almond Bark)

Bake the cake according to the box instructions. Let cake cool completely in the pan. Crumble cake into a large mixing bowl so there are no big chunks. With a large spatula, mix in whole container of frosting, creating a sticky batter. Chill for about 30 minutes to control the stickiness. Grab a hunk of mix and roll between palms to make into a ball. Place balls on parchment paper and freeze for about 1 hour.

Melt candy coating according to package directions. Insert skewer or stick into cake balls and dip into melted candy coating. Swirl to coat or use a spoon to cover, making sure you cover the stick at the top. Let harden and decorate.

Bone Yard

Mini marshmallows

Pretzel sticks

White chocolate chips or candy coating/almond bark

Milano cookies

Skewer marshmallows on ends of pretzel sticks with the flat ends of marshmallows to the side. Melt white chocolate chips over a double boiler (or candy coating according to package) and roll "bones" into the coating, lift out with a fork. Place on parchment paper to harden.

Decorate top half of Milanos to look like headstones, cut off the bottom and secure to a plate with frosting. Pile the bones in front of the headstones.

Cheesy Dead Fingers

Can of Breadstick dough

Egg, beaten

Pepperoni slices

Fresh Rosemary

Shredded parmesan

Roll breadstick dough into long finger like shapes. Brush with beaten egg. Cut triangle shape with rounded bottom from pepperoni and place on the top of finger like a finger nail. Place a couple of rosemary leaves on the "knuckle" area. Lightly cover other areas with shredded parm. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.