Kids Spooky Halloween Party

Up to 2 Days Ahead

• Mix sauce in bag for Baked Chicken Wings; refrigerate.
• Prepare Creepy Critters (gelatin only) for salad; refrigerate.
• Bake and decorate Scary Spiderweb Cupcakes; cover loosely.

The Morning Of

• Prepare lettuce for salad; refrigerate.
• Cook Sloppy Joe Rotini; cover and refrigerate.
• Prepare Alien Brew; refrigerate.
• Add chicken to sauce for Bat Wings; refrigerate.
• Assemble Garlic Bread; cover tightly.

About 1 Hour Before Serving

• Bake chicken wings.

About 45 Minutes Before Serving

• Reheat Sloppy Joe Rotini.

About 20 Minutes Before Serving

• Bake Garlic Bread.
• Assemble Creepy Critter Salad.

• Consider serving Ghoulish Goulash in a hollowed-out pumpkin or even a scary skull trick-or-treat pail.
• For the Creepy Critter Salad, just prepare any color of gelatin (green, orange or even blackberry for a near-black color would look the part) in a 13x9-inch pan, and use cookie cutters in Halloween or "critter" shapes to create creepy cutouts. Place the gelatin cutouts on shredded lettuce. Your kids may want to help make this easy salad.
• Alien Brew adds a bit of curiosity to your meal and is easy to prepare. Just add green (or other color) food color to milk.