Halloween Cookie Baking Party

Curious Chef 4 Piece Halloween Cookie Cutters, on Amazon

THEME:

Invite four, five or six friends over, depending on how many your kitchen can comfortably accomodate. You'll bake cookies together, and decorate some pre-baked cookies (to save time). Your guests can go home with two or three dozen Halloween cookies to share with their families.

Halloween Witch Fingers Baking Pan, on Amazon

ACTIVITY:

Bake and decorate a variety of Halloween cookies together, after eating a small savory hot meal. A fire will be burning cheerfully away in your fireplace (if you have one), a fun Halloween movie will be on in the other room, and you'll pour wine or make cocktails for your guests to enjoy in the kitchen as they work.

Halloween Cutout Sugar Cookies Recipe, from Williams-Sonoma

Halloween Cookies Recipe, from Williams-Sonoma

PARTY INSPIRATION:

Girls Night In Fall Cookie Party, at Big Girls Small Kitchen

DECORATIONS:

Spooky Friends Halloween Paper Plates, on Amazon

Cat and Bat Dish Towels, from Crate and Barrel

Halloween Skull Cookie Jar, from Cost Plus World Market

MUSIC:

Nightmare Before Christmas "Town Meeting" Song, on YouTube

APPETIZERS:

Spooky Black Bean Hummus, from Fat Free Vegan

Caramelized Garlic Cheese Spread, from Land O Lakes

BEVERAGES:

Red Zombie Cocktail, on Food Channel

Witches Brew, at iVillage

Ghostly Great Hot Chocolate, from Land O Lakes

ENTREES:

Vampire Fangs in Heirloom Tomato Soup Recipe, from Sweet and Crumby

Mashed Potato Monsters Recipe, on Betty Crocker.com

DESSERTS:

Serve something other than cookies so your guests don't get "cookied out."

Red Velvet Vampire Cupcakes Recipe, from Sweet and Crumby

Pumpkin-Shaped Orange Velvet Whoopie Pies Recipe, from Cookies and Cups

Goblin Pies for Halloween, by Not Quite Nigella

BOOKS FOR PARTY PLANNING:

Family Fun Tricks and Treats, on Amazon

RELATED LINKS:

Halloween Cookie Jar Recipes (Sweet Tidings)

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