This one’s for the squirrels – Nutter Butter Kiss acorns
This one’s for the squirrels
Who’ve ever had a broken acorn
Who’ve stepped upon a rosy thorn
No more reason to be so forlorn.
This one’s for the squirrels,
Who love their tasty snack
Who dream it’s everything they have
All around the world
This one’s for the squirrels….
Yes, that should be sang to the tune of “This One’s for the Girls”….and then you should never speak of it again. I know it’s not normal for everyone else to sing to their squirrel friends, but I certainly do.
For everyone else, there are Nutter Butter Hershey Kiss acorns. Technically they’re Nutter Butter bites, or they’d be quite the funky shape….although then the squirrels would probably just want them as is instead of in acorn form instead. ;)
Giant Halloween pumpkin burger – Trick or treat?
It’s both a Halloween trick and a treat, no?
The girls love burgers, so I thought it’d be a blast to make an extra large one. It was Fall of 2009 and it was probably one of the first times I went on a true pumpkin kick. I was loving “look alikes” at the time, too, so it just fit, don’t you think?
Anyway, I’ll leave you with the pictures. Details of how I made it are at the bottom.
“Bun” – Carve the pumpkin in half. By “carve,” what I really mean is that I had to fight with it and a butcher knife until I finally won. It was close, though. This isn’t the same as being able to slice off the top for a jack-o-lantern or throwing a pumpkin to bust it into chunks. Trying to get it perfectly even down the middle was a pain in the butt. Ugh. Worth every minute, though. The pumpkin seeds were turned into fake sesame seeds by gluing them on top to look like a real burger bun.
Meat – A mix of beef and turkey so that it wasn’t as greasy as pure beef would’ve been. That meant I could get a full patty to hold together instead of it breaking apart. I cooked it on a large round cookie sheet and let it cool just slightly before sliding it onto the ‘bun.’
Toppings – Tomatoes, pickles, lettuce, cheese…. nothing special here. The cheese was left in small slices and not spread across the entire thing so that it made it easy to serve individual burgers after we deconstructed it.
Serving – I cut it into jagged squares-ish, based loosely around the cheese and tomato slices fell and let each person reconstruct their own burger on a regular bun. Then they could add their own condiments and trade toppings they don’t like to other people before eating. You could easily toss them in a toaster oven to melt the cheese more or add the cheese to the whole patty before putting the burger together in the first place. I wasn’t sure how well it would hold my first time, though.
Halloween Candy Monster Kabobs
Kebab. Kabab. Kabob. I know what is technically right and I know the original, but no matter how I end up spelling it, it always requires a trip to Google to double check….and at least one person correcting the spelling regardless, so meh. Take ‘em all! :P
I love these, uh, skewered candy treats. I don’t recommend them for handing out to trick-or-treaters because the candy is all unwrapped…and well, skewers are dangerous, pfft. :P
They’re perfect for a party, though, don’t you think? I really think they would work for an adult or kid party either one and people would get a huge kick out of them. I’m not sure how much time they take to put together, but assuming all the candy is unwrapped to begin with (have the kids do it, hehe), I doubt it’d take much to assemble them.
The best part is that there’s no specific recipe or ingredient list to follow either. You could use any candy that you can get your hands on and put them together in any combination. It kinda makes me think of Monsters Inc with all the different funky monsters.
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