Watermelon Brain, Chocolate Spiders, Frozen Frog Eggs, and Bloody Teeth

The Halloween brain display from the tray I made for work.



The finished Halloween display. Brain, spiders, jello worms that turned out to be more intestine-like than worm-like, bloody teeth (pomegranate seeds), and some bat and skull rings I swiped from my brother's Halloween party.


Another shot of the brain display.


A watermelon carved into a brain. This watermelon was oblong, so I first chopped it in half. Then I de-rinded it with a large knife, just enough to expose the light green part. The brain-ish pattern was cut with a small knife, exposing the reddish watermelon. It is a good, creepy, delicious Halloween treat. In last year's second brain, I poured semi-solidified, reddish flavored gelatin over the brain so that it sank into the crevices and shined up the exterior.


Chocolate "spiders" made with Chinese snack noodles, melted chocolate chips, and peanut butter. I like using a variety of ingredients in these tasty snacks, but for Halloween spiders I used a simpler recipe:

about 2 tblsp peanut butter
7-8 oz. chocolate (semi-sweet chips)
about 5 oz. chow mein noodles (the whole bag, of a regular bag -- whatever a regular bag is)

Melt chocolate chips, stir in peanut butter, stir in crispy chow mein noodles. It may seem like the melted goodness won't be enough to cover the noodles, but keep stirring. It will be fine. Drop by the spoonful onto wax paper, let set, store in fridge if you're in Miami.


Kiwi, lemon juice, and honey blender concoction, poured into cups with kiwi slices pressed into the bottom and frozen. Mmmmm, tasty frozen frog eggs.


Halloween gelatin and whipped cream pie. It was actually more orange than it looks in the picture. On the side are the pomegranates that became 'bloody teeth.'