This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! Some of our grandchildren were going to be in town two weekends before Halloween, so we thought we would gather the family together and have an early celebration. Since we also have 2 birthdays in the family that are close to Halloween, it seemed like the perfect time to have a party! Because we had our party early, maybe some of our ideas will help you with any event you are now planning at the last minute! The Menu: I wanted to keep it simple, yet satisfy a lot of different tastes and make it feel like Halloween! Maddy and I planned the menu together and we came up with:
Maddy loves strawberry cake, so I used a cake mix to make one. But, to make it special I decided to decorate it with my Disney Skeleton Apple mug that Maddy bought me from Disneyland one year. I made strawberry sauce to use as blood! Click the gallery below to see how my granddaughter and I did it. The root beer was a big part of the fun! I found root beer extract at our local grocery store. That brand was much less expensive at the store than on Amazon. But, if you can't find any, there are a lot of brand choices on Amazon that are less expensive. We made 3 gallons, which was way more than enough. The best part was putting in the dry ice. The kids loved that! The root beer was delicious! The Fun! Two days before the party, I went to the store and purchased a variety of different pumpkins. Maddy came over the morning of the party and she and my son set up a pumpkin patch in my strawberry garden box (without smashing my strawberry plants) and decorated with fall leaves and flowers. We had been having some cooler weather in Phoenix, but of course on the day of the party , the temperature shot up again, so some of our plans didn't happen as I had hoped. We set the carving tables up at the side of the house in the shade! We had hoped to have everything outside, including a fire in the firepit, and then lighting the jack-o-lanterns around the yard after they were carved. But, we had to move everything inside because of the heat of the day. The kids loved carving though! We had plenty of those carving kits that make the carving so much easier! After the carving was over, we sat all of the pumpkins on the table. The kids were able to sit and eat their dinner all around them. Then, we all visited and talked awhile until the sun set. I had purchased small battery powered candles to put inside the jack-o-lanterns. We lit them and turned off all of the lights so everyone could oooo and aaah! Then we sang happy birthday and ate dessert! The party was a success overall, in spite of a few glitches to our plans. Of course, today the Fall temperatures are back! I guess we can have our firepit going on the real Halloween, but it won't be as much fun without the grandkids! Other Halloween Ideas You May Enjoy:
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It is that pumpkin everywhere and everything time of year! And, it doesn't make us mad! It makes Lindsey downright ecstatic!
Since Lindsey's birthday is coming up this week, I thought I should stick with the pumpkin theme and do a round-up of our favorite pumpkin cookies! You are going to want to give all of these a try! Pictured above are 3 Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! There is everything to love about these cookies! They are simple to make, they are delicious and they have chocolate! Also, this recipe was the kick off for more 3 Ingredient cookies. If you are a subscriber, you may go to our subscribers only page to get all of the recipes. If you haven't subscribed yet, go ahead and do it and you will be emailed the link! While you are there, there is a new Halloween Card Free Printable that Alicia designed just for you that is so awesome! Plus, tons of other things just for our subscribers!
These delicious things are Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies. Lindsey loves dark chocolate, and these moist cookies reflect that. Don't they just look like they are waiting to be dunked in a glass of milk?
Snickerdoodles are always a favorite around here, especially warm from the oven. These Pumpkin Snickerdoodles do not disappoint! Be sure to click over to this post, because you will have the added treat of seeing my granddaughter giving the introduction to the recipe on a cute little video! (She loves to bake with her mom.)
My personal favorite of this bunch of cookies are the ones I don't have a photo of! I guess I should make a batch and take some pictures! These are Bakery Style Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! They are to die for!
There you go! 4 ways to make pumpkin cookies that are amazing! 4 ways to add some Fall Flavor to your life! 4 kinds of deliciousness! So, get baking! Take some cookies to the Halloween Party at the end of the week or deliver some to friends and neighbors! They'll be glad you did! This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! I had to repost this recipe because I came across it the other day. This is hands down one of my favorite things that Lindsey makes! It is so delicious, totally a comfort food! If you haven't tried it, you're missing out! She originally posted it in 2017. It's time for another pumpkin recipe, and this one is one of my favorites!!! It seems to be a fall tradition to make chili around Halloween, I don't know if it's the same for you, but I highly recommend it. Our church does a trunk or treat every year, and no matter what ward (like a congregation) that we are in, there is always a chili cook off, and I always like to bring my pumpkin chili, because it is ridiculously delicious. It is also ridiculously easy. You grill the turkey meat beforehand and saute the onions. Then you dump everything in the crock pot and let it cook for a few hours and you get a delicious chili that you will feel like you can't eat enough of! Someday soon I will also share with you my favorite cornbread recipe, but for now, enjoy the chili.
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It’s the eighth day of Christmas, but there are no maids a milking here. Instead, there’s a vegan pumpkin eggnog recipe for you! Traditionally made with milk, cream, and (obviously) eggs, this vegan version uses plant based milk, coconut cream, and a variety of other ingredients to create this eggnog and pumpkin pie crossbreed.
I tried out SEVERAL different versions of this recipe, and it has finally received an emphatic thumbs up from a judge who doesn’t even like coconut or nutmeg. So you know it’s a winner! Vegan Pumpkin Eggnog
YUM! So good. I hope you give it a try. If you have tried out any of our 12 Days pf Christmas recipes so far, be sure to post a picture and tag us on Instagram @3WinksDesign. We’d love to see! You can check out the other Days of Christmas so far here:
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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