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Elevate your Halloween party with spooktacular Halloween appetizers! We’ve got bewitching bites and finger foods that are ghoulishly good.
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Enjoy three simple and spooky Halloween Appetizers: Spider Web Guacamole, a Pumpkin Cheese Ball, and Mummy Dogs! Perfect for your next haunting or house party, these appetizers are a snap to make and taste divine. Everyone will love your Spider Web Guacamole that you easily whipped up and piped a beautiful spider web on to. It doesn’t take a magic wand to make these Mummy Dogs, only some canned crescent rolls and hot dogs. And your Pumpkin Cheese Ball couldn’t be any cuter with crushed Doritos coating the outside. With our recipes, you can be the queen of Halloween.
Ingredients in our Halloween Appetizers
- Spider Web Guacamole
- Guacamole – try our recipe for the BEST guacamole ever!
- Sour Cream
- Large Whole Black Olives
- Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
- Pumpkin Cheese Ball
- Cream Cheese
- Cheddar Cheese
- Green Onion
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Garlic Powder
- Black Pepper
- Nacho Cheese Doritos
- Red Bell Pepper (for the stem)
- Ritz Crackers – or other crackers for serving
- Mummy Dogs
- Hot Dogs
- Pillsbury Crescent Roll Dough
- Mustard
- Ketchup
Spider Web Guacamole
A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach, this guacamole with a sour cream spider web and itsy bitsy black olive spider is fun to look at and enjoy! With our easy to make and delicious guacamole as a base, you can let your creativity guide you in making the web and spider. Nothing has to be perfect, and no two spider webs are the same, so keep that in mind as you build your web.
Variations
A basic taco dip could replace the guacamole. Salsa, refried beans, guacamole, and shredded cheese are layered with sour cream on top.
And if tortilla chips aren’t a family favorite, try dipping some of the following:
- Pita chips
- Pretzel sticks
- Carrot sticks
- Cucumber slices
Pumpkin Cheese Ball
This Pumpkin Cheese Ball is packed with flavor, inside and out. It’s one of those classic snacks we all know and love. Ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and guests will enjoy the fresh herbs of the green onion inside and the crushed Nacho Cheese Doritos coating on the outside that give this cheddar-jack-o lantern a yummy crunch.
Variations
Feel free to use your favorite cheese ball recipe, and then add the crushed chips and pepper stem for that pumpkin flair.
Tips
If your pepper stem won’t stay put in your cheese ball, insert a toothpick into the bottom of the stem and then try sticking it back in the cheese ball.
Mummy Dogs
Halloween just isn’t Halloween without Mummy Dogs. It’s like trying to celebrate without eating candy…it just isn’t done. If you’ve never had one before, they are similar to pigs in a blanket, just a savory version. They really are as simple as wrapping crescent roll dough around a hot dog and baking. Kids love these because they look silly and spooky.
Variations
- Veggie dogs can be used in place of your typical hot dog.
- You can cut the hot dogs in half for a smaller, more manageable mummy for younger children.
Frequently Asked Questions about Halloween Appetizers
The Mummy Dogs and the Spider Web Guacamole should be made the day of, but you can make the Pumpkin Cheese Ball ahead of time. Just don’t roll it in the Doritos until right before serving or they will get soggy.
Mexican Hot Chocolate is fun because it is a little spicy, our Starbucks Caramel Apple Spice Cider is a yummy sweet treat, and if you are looking for something you’d find at the Three Broomsticks, try Harry Potter Pumpkin Juice or Harry Potter Butterbeer.
Although we know that is unlikely, I will say that the mummy dogs don’t do well in the fridge. They go a bit soggy in the wrappings. As far as the spider web guacamole, we all know that guacamole likes to turn brown with age. It’s still good to eat the next day, just less appealing. As far as the pumpkin cheese ball, it depends on your recipe how long it will last in the fridge. Some cheese balls can last for quite a while, covered in the fridge, but it depends on the type of cheese you used, what is inside the ball, and your toppings.
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Equipment
- serving platters
Ingredients
Pumpkin Cheese Ball
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups Nacho Cheese Doritos crushed
- crackers for serving we like Ritz crackers
Mummy Dogs
Spider Web Guacamole
- 2 cups guacamole
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- olives to make the spider
- blue corn chips for serving
Instructions
Pumpkin Cheese Ball
- Place Doritos in a zip top bag and crush with a rolling pin or mallet. Dump the crumbs out onto a baking sheet.
- In the large bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the remaining cheese ball ingredients. Scrape into a ball with a spatula. Lightly oil your hands and shape the ball into a pumpkin shape. Place the ball on the baking sheet of Dorito crumbs.
- Clean off your hands and then scoop the Dorito crumbs onto the cheeseball making sure to coat all sides. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. Remove from the fridge and place on a serving tray. Top with the pepper stem. Serve with crackers.
Mummy Dogs
- Preheat oven to 375. Pat the hot dogs dry with a paper towel. Cut the crescent roll dough into strips and wrap them around the hot dogs like mummy bandages. Place them on a baking sheet.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the crescent roll dough turns golden brown.
- Using a toothpick, dot mustard onto the hot dogs to make eyes. Serve with ketchup and mustard for dipping.
Spider Web Guacamole
- Fill a bowl with the guacamole and smooth out the top. Place the sour cream in a piping bag or a zip top bag with the tip cut off. Pipe lines of sour cream onto the guacamole like the spokes of a wheel, starting from the center.
- Connect the lines to create a web.
- Cut one olive in half lengthwise for the body. Cut another olive in half and slice each half to make the legs. Place the body and legs of the spider on top of the web.
- Serve with blue corn tortilla chips.
Notes
- Nutrition Facts are approximate.
- The Mummy Dogs and the Spider Web Guacamole should be made the day of, but you can make the Pumpkin Cheese Ball ahead of time. Just don’t roll it in the Doritos until right before serving or they will get soggy.
- You can use a spider ring instead of making an olive spider in the Spider Web Guacamole.
