Spooky Halloween Dinner

Spaghetti with meatballs that have cheese and olives that look like eyes, green punch, French bread with cheese, and a Caesar salad with plastic spiders for a Halloween dinner.

4.95 from 18 votes

Make your Halloween night extra spooky with Spaghetti with Eyeballs, Caesar "Spider" Salad, Shrunken Apple Head Punch, and Spider Cake. BONUS: See the recipe notes for Halloween appetizer ideas.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Halloween Dinner

Servings: servings

Calories: 634kcal

Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

Spaghetti and Eyeballs

16 ounces spaghetti noodles (prepared according to packagedirections)
24 ounces jar spaghetti sauce (heated according to package directions)
24 ounces pre-cooked frozen meatballs (cooked according to package directions)
2-3 slices part-skim mozzarella cheese
sliced black olives (to taste)
pimento-stuffed green olives (to taste)

Caesar "Spider" Salad

1 Caesar Salad Kit
3-4 Large black olives (or plastic spiders)

Mummy Cheesy Garlic Bread

1 loaf prepared garlic bread
1 pound Mozzarella cheese
2 olive slices

Shrunken Apple Head Punch

2 liters cold water
2 liters ginger ale chilled
46 ounces pineapple juice chilled
4 Jolly Rancher Green Apple "On-The-Go" packets

Spider Cake (click for recipe ingredients and instructions)

Instructions

Spaghetti and Eyeballs

Cook noodles, sauce, and meatballs according to package directions.
Combine noodles and sauce. Mix until well combined. Form "nests" of noodles by twirling noodles in a serving ladle with a fork and then placing in a serving bowl (see example of lemon spaghetti nests).
After meatballs have cooled slightly, cut out circles of mozzarella cheese and place one circle on each meatball. Place one black olive slice over the cheese circle. Gently place meatballs randomly over the spaghetti. Add green olives over the top, to taste.

Caesar "Spider" Salad

Add salad mix to a bowl. Place plastic spiders on top.
For olive spiders, cut a large olive to look like a spider by cutting the olive in half. Place half of olive on salad. Slice the other half of the olive into 8 legs. Place legs around the "body of the spider. See example of olive spider on our Halloween deviled eggs.

Mummy Cheesy Garlic Bread

Cut up some strips of mozzarella cheese (strips of string cheese work well too). Strategically place the strips on one half of the garlic bread to look like mummy wrap. Place on a foil lined baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 5 minutes, or until the cheese starts to melt. Add olive slices for eyes.

Shrunken Apple Head Punch

Slice each apple in half and let the kids carve out faces. Bake the apple halves in the oven at 200-degrees for about 10 minutes and then put them in the fridge to cool. Combine cold water, ginger ale (chilled), pineapple juice, and Jolly Rancher Green Apple “On-The-Go” packets in a punch bowl. Stir well. Add shrunken apple heads.

Spider Cake (click for recipe instructions)

Make cake according to directions on Spider Cake recipe.

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Notes

Halloween Appetizer Ideas:

If you want to include an appetizer with your Halloween Dinner, please choose one or more from the following list. Click on the appetizer name to get the recipe:

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