Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween all!!  What crazy spooks are you brewing up in your kitchen today?  I know you must be busy prepping for your haunted soiree or trick-o-treating with the children.  If you're stuck at work, don't stress out! =)  Check out quick, fun and easy treat recipes online during your lunch break.  I have to admit that turning the oven on seemed like a quest and a half, so I opted for the semi-homemade no-bake option to create my Halloween treats.  Here's a snapshot of my fun Mummy-faced Cookies.

Aren't they cute!  It was so much fun to watch them come to life, and it only took me 20 minutes to put together!  All you need is a sleeve of Oreos (your favorite cookies will work perfectly), half a package of Vanilla Flavored Almond Bark coating, a squeeze bottle (or ziploc bag) and chocolate morsels.
Just follow the melting directions for the chocolate, and coat one cookie at a time.  Place each covered cookie on wax or parchment paper.  The next step I experimented a little with.  I snipped off the tips of the chocolate morsels before placing them upside down onto the cookies (for eyes).  If you don't the eyes won't stay in place the way you want them to.  But, if you want to skip this step altogether, just use either brown Reeses Pieces or MnMs, =)...now why didn't I just do that...
Once all your cookies are coated and they have their eyes attached, pour the remaining chocolate into a squeeze bottle or ziploc bag and make a zigzag design across each mummy face for the wrapped up effect.  They'll be set and ready to take to your party in 10 minutes!

If you have some Nutter Butter sandwich cookies, you could do the exact same thing and make ghosts or a a full bodied mummy!  Add some food coloring and the possibilities are endless.  Have fun, and Happy Halloween!!

Secret Moments Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup  Butter or Margarine softened

1/2 Cup  Granulated Sugar

1 tsp  Vanilla Extract

1 3/4 Cups  All-purpose Flour

1 Cup  Finely chopped Walnuts

36  Dark Chocolate HERSHEY'S KISSES

Powdered Sugar

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Beat butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy.  Add flour and walnuts.  Mix on low speed until well blended.  Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours, or until dough is firm enough to handle

2. Remove KISSES from wrappers.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Shape about 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball around each chocolate, making sure that the chocolate is completely covered.  Place on cookie sheet (for easy clean up and removal, place parchment paper on cookie sheet).

4. Mix 1/4 Cup of powdered sugar and 1/2 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder in a small bowl.

5. Bake 11 - 13 minutes or until cookies are set and not browned.  Cool cookies completely, roll in powdered sugar and cocoa powder mixture.

Now all you have to do is whip up this quick and easy recipe and pour yourself a glass of milk, ^^.  Enjoy!