It's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus!

The first night of my 13 Nights of Halloween Movie Snack-a-thon conjured up a 90's classic: "Hocus Pocus." I have seen this movie WAY more times than I'd care to admit, and it still makes me smile every time. Something about that magical combination of Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker tromping around modern-day Salem as 3 clueless witches just works. It was equally as fun to see my husband's reaction to the movie (apparently he's only seen small snippets here and there and never the whole movie). 

The menu included: Dead Man's Toes for an appetizer, Witch Hat Calzones with a Blood Dipping Sauce, Peanut Butter Cup Witch's Brooms, a Sanderson Sisters Salty Margarita and Allison's Apple Cider. All and all, pretty tasty -- and not too difficult to make. Recipes are below!

Be sure to gather all your ingredients first!

Dead Man's Toes 

Serves 4

Prep Time: 5 minutes 

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes 

 

Ingredients

1 package Hillshire Farms Lit'l Smokies

1 cup BBQ sauce

 

Directions

1. Drain liquid from Lit'l Smokies and place cocktail weenies and pat dry on a paper towel.
2. Cut a "toenail" shape into the top of each cocktail weenie and place in a microwave safe dish.
3. Add BBQ sauce & stir.
4. Microwave for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring after the first minute, until everything is heated through. Let stand for 1 minute, then serve using toothpicks.

 

Witch Hat Calzones with 'Blood' Dipping Sauce

Serves 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes 

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes  

 

Ingredients

1 package crescent roll dough 

1/4 cup pepperoni (plus 5-6 slices for decorating)

1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

2 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese

2 oz ricotta cheese

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 tbsp water

Italian Seasoning to taste

Marinara Sauce (warmed)

Directions

1. 
   Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat (prevents sticking and promotes even browning).
2. Cut pepperoni into small triangles using kitchen sheers. Set about 5-6 cut slices aside for decorating.
3. Mix ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan and pepperoni in a medium bowl.
4. Unroll crescent rolls and place four on the baking sheet.
5. Mix egg and water in a small bowl, and brush edges of each crescent roll.
6. Spoon approx. 1 1/2 tbsp of cheese & pepperoni mixture onto each crescent roll.
7. Top each crescent roll with another crescent roll triangle and press edges firmly together to seal in the cheese mixture. Fold up the bottom once to make it look like the brim of a witch's hat. 
8. Brush each calzone with remaining egg wash and sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
9. Add remaining pepperoni to the brim of each witch hat.
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until crescent rolls are golden brown.
11. Serve with warmed marinara sauce.

 

Peanut Butter Cup Witch's Brooms

Prep Time: 5 minutes 

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes 

 

Ingredients

Pretzel Sticks

Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups

Directions 

1. Unwrap mini peanut butter cups.
2. Gently insert pretzel stick into base of each peanut butter cup. Enjoy!

Sanderson Sisters Salty Margarita

Ingredients

2 oz  tequila

1 oz triple sec

1 oz lime vodka

Lime

Colored Salt

Directions

1. Slice lime and rub it around the rim of a margarita glass.
2. Dip edge of glass into colored salt. I wanted to use black, but couldn't find it, so ended up using orange instead.
3. Mix tequila, triple sec and vodka in a cocktail shaker with ice. 
4. Pour and enjoy! I also added edible glitter, which you couldn't see as well as I wanted, but was still fun. 

Allison's Apple Cider

I feel like this one's kinda self explanatory.

We garnished with a thin slice of apple and sprinkle of cinnamon for fun.

Here's our final spread!

Dead Man's Toes: 9 / 10

Witch Hat Calzones 7 / 10

PB + Pretzel Broomsticks: 7 / 10

Salty Margaritas: 8 / 10

Wednesday night's movie is one I haven't seen before: Nightmare Before Christmas. I know this one is kinda Halloween / kinda Christmas, but it felt spooky enough to fit this marathon.