A body cavity cake with ribs made from white chocolate and each organ made of a different flavor cake and filling. Image courtesy of Debbie Morrow. All Rights Reserved.

Confessions of a Party Planner

I must confess: it is a highlight for me to get an emotional response from guests before they even taste a morsel at my Halloween parties. But beyond their visual appeal (or gruesome effect), it has to be undoubtedly tasty.

Luckily, it usually only takes a few brave souls to initiate the tasting of horrifying foods and giving them the thumbs up. Word-of-mouth is very powerful and thanks to those who initiated the food fest, a chain-reaction will occur of good conversations, laughs, and most importantly, everyone else digging in.

Below you’ll find awe-inspiring Halloween recipes that have been tested by my own party attendees or are on my “must try” list from my peer’s tried and true recipes.

Baby Doo Doo Image and recipe courtesy of Debbie Morrow. All Rights Reserved.

Fleshy Fingers image Courtesy of Superhealthykids.com.

Meatloaf Zombie Heads image courtesy of fabulesslyfrugalgal.com

Brain Matter Dessert by FrugalFrightsandDelights Gal.

Bloody Hot Dog Fingers image courtesy of Party Typz via Pinterest.

Cauldron Cakes, image courtesy of Debbie Morrow. All Rights Reserved.

Recipes:

Baby Doo Doo with Corn 

Brain Matters (There’s Always Room for Jello)

Fleshy Fingers: Take a pretzel or breadstick and wrap a piece of ham around the stick, slide an almond slice under meat.

Meatloaf Zombie Heads: Use any meatloaf recipe, adds strips of bacon for skin, onion slices for teeth/eyes. Top with ketchup for a bloody effect. Bake per your meatloaf recipe. With the last few mins. of baking, place it under the broil setting, watching very closely not to burn – but allowing the bacon to crisp up a bit.

Bloody Hot Dogs: Before cooking, cut out a nail shape at the end of the hot dog, make small slices where the knuckles would be. Place in a bun, and add ketchup for a bloody effect.

Cauldron Cake: Blend a chocolate cake mix according to their directions, pour it into a Bundt cake. Let cool. Flip upside down, and dig out a larger center hole. Frost outside with black frosting (add black food coloring to chocolate if you can’t find black). Add cotton candy first into the cauldron, then candy or cookie body parts. To simulate the fire: Use large pretzel sticks and push under the cake, add a few twists of red/orange fruit roll ups.

If you have any questions or are interested in making The Body Cavity Cake, please shoot me a comment or email. The directions for that cake is quite lengthy and I can send a quick run-down on how each organ was shaped and how the ribs were made. Thanks!