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Halloween Cocktail Party IdeasAmbiance Be sure to have lights dimmed and many candles light throughout the party area. This truly adds to the mystique of the evening and gets everyone in that Halloween mood. Have some famous Halloween hits playing in the background as guests mingle around the party! Tableware The colors of black, orange, gray and green seem to signify Halloween. Choose paper or plastic serveware in these colors. Bowls, platters and other pieces of serveware should follow in the same color scheme. If you are on a budget, go ahead and purchase black, gray, orange or green cloth napkins so that you can line the platters, bowls and other serveware with them. Decorations Decorations are always the fun and spookiest part of a party! Since the fall season is in full swing by now, decorate your front porch with either hay stacks or even bunches of corn stalks. Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins. Have decorated or carved pumpkins serve as decorations. Make the amazingly hand carved pumpkin be the centerpiece at your table. Everyone will be sure to admire your artwork! Find gourds and other small types of squash in a variety of colors and assemble them into glass hurricanes for an instant Halloween look! Drape small pieces of cloth over your chandelier covers so that they resemble ghosts. Go ahead and magic marker them up so that the ghosts have eyes and a mouth. Cocktails and Appetizer Start your Halloween Cocktail Party off with a howl by serving festive, yet delicious Halloween spirits! Go ahead and whip up some Vampire Martinis or even some Witches' Brew! Don't forget to add a small piece of stretched out cotton candy on top of your cocktail to resemble that spooky fog that seems to roll in with Halloween. Appetizers are a necessity, especially if those Vampire Martinis seem to disappear. Try making pigs in a blanket, they can resemble bandaged fingers. In order for your pigs in a blanket to resemble a finger do not wrap the hot dog in the middle of the dough, instead place the hotdog at one end of the biscuit dough so that it can be wrapped up and only the top of the "finger" can be seen! Make pizza that resembles pieces of candy corn. Use two different colored cheeses, white and yellow. Place the yellow cheese closest to the crust of the pizza and sprinkle half way down the slice. Then with the remaining triangular piece left, use the white cheese to cover the remaining area. Serve your candy corn pizza hot and right from the oven. About the author: Ann Martin is a writer for Dinnerware Center, which offers an array of stunning dinnerware sets online, such as the Noritake colorwave and the classic Noritake china. Ann is a freelance writer for other cooking and garden websites. When Ann is not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Posted: Friday 14th October 2011, 1:42 AM Find a Great Selection of Gourmet Foods at Food Enthusiast Online Market Search Google for more information or recipes Back To Food Enthusiast Blog |
