HALLOWEEN TREATS, SPOOKY EATS #3 - Bat & Pumpkin Chips

The staple of every party is chips of some kind - potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips - whatever. With a little extra work you can turn a stack of tortillas into some Grisly Gobbles for your Halloween party that will bring a smile to the lips of your ghoulish guests.

The Bat & Pumpkin Chips are simple to make and all you need is a few Halloween cookie cutters, some Kosher salt, some vegetable spray and a stack of tortillas. If you can find corn tortillas in colors, like blue corn tortillas, tomato or spinach flavored tortillas, these holiday eats will also bring some color to your Halloween table. Even better, if you make your own tortillas, you can give them a rainbow of colors and flavors!

Today's Halloween Martini is The Blood and Guts Martini - a great Creepy Cocktail to go with your Bat & Pumpkin Chips!

HALLOWEEN TREATS, SPOOKY EATS #2 - Eerie Eyeball Eats!

Oh, these are fun! They really look like eyeballs and they taste great! The Eerie Eyeball Eats are simple cream cheese and olive appetizers but with a little extra time they are going to bring a ghoulish and gruesome gobble to your Halloween party table!

Be a little creative and add some of your favorite spices to the cream cheese for extra flavor and pick out some fun cocktail picks to go with them.

If you need some holiday cocktails to serve at your party on October 31st just stop by The Martini Diva's Halloween Martinis all this month!
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HALLOWEEN TREATS, SPOOKY EATS #1 - Bread Stick Bones!

It's that time of year again! Time to TRICK OR TREAT or TRICK OR EAT! So, get ready for a whole month of fun party foods for the Halloween season here at the Diva of Tiny Foods!

I'm starting off with a simple bread stick recipe - Oh, Dem Bones, Dem Bones! - a simple appetizer that starts with refrigerated bread dough from the store and becomes fun bone shaped treats for your Halloween guests. Easy, tasty and designed to add some spooky hilarity to your Halloween table this year!

Need some Halloween Martinis for your party on October 31st (or whenever you're in a fiendish mood)? Then stop by The Martini Diva for ALL THE HALLOWEEN MARTINIS & MUNCHIES!

Need some Halloween decor or costumes to complete your Spooky Experience? I'm doing some fun Halloween art this month too! Get the Martini Monster (star of this recipe card) above on fun coasters, snack bowls, aprons, cups and apparel at my online shop - TRICK OR EAT available at the PopArtDiva Gift Gallery!

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A SEVEN COURSE MEAL OF TINY FOODS? The Finger Food Dinner!

Last week I posted a recipe for Salad Caprese Skewers and realized they were salad on a stick - a course that many people would never think could be made into an appetizer. This made me realize that I have, over the life of this blog, created an appetizer for every course of a meal.

I promised you I would post links to my appetizers that would create an entire seven course meal of Tiny Foods for your guests! According to Wikipedia, a traditional seven course meal consists of these courses:

First Course: Appetizer
Second Course: Soup
Third Course: Salad or Vegetables
Fourth Course: Fish
Fifth Course: A meat: beef, pork or chicken
Sixth Course: Dessert
Seventh Course: Cheese

Some sources say that a palate cleanser such as a sorbet is the fourth course and they either leave off the salad or consider salad the appetizer or they leave off cheese course or put cheese in the place of the dessert. Other sources will include a starch course - traditionally served with the meat course and leave off either the salad or the cheese. I'm confused now, aren't you?

Since our whole meal will consist of appetizers or finger foods, many of which have cheese in them, I have chosen to leave off the cheese course and include a starch course between the meat and fish.

THE TINY FOOD DIVA'S SEVEN COURSE FINGER FOOD MEAL:
Each link will open in a new window for your menu planning convenience!

1st Course, Appetizer: STUFFED OLIVES TO DIE FOR

2nd Course, Soup: VICHYSSOISE SHOOTERS

3rd Course, Salad: SALAD CAPRESE SKEWERS

4th Course, Fish: CRAB ANGELS

5th Course, Starch: POTATO LATKES

6th Course, Meat: TENDERLOIN TIDBITS

7th Course, Dessert: GRILLED CHOCOLATE SANDWICHES

Enjoy and let me know how your guests liked their Tiny Food Meal!

Here's an interesting little quote about starters, appetizers and entrees from Wikipedia:

"In French, entrée means entry, admission. L'entrée (singular) or les entrées (plural) are the appetizers. In Great Britain, entrée may be used for the same thing but the term starters is more commonly used. In Australia, entrée is commonly used instead of appetizers or starters. Although it was originally one of the earlier courses in North America also, it is now used for the main course. OED lists it as the main course, but gives an additional British English meaning: a ready-made dish served between the fish course and the main course."

The 3-MINUTE CHOCOLATE "CUP" CAKE - A Microwave Miracle Food!

OKAY, I'M SHOUTING because this is just the GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD!

My single, chocoholic, cupcake loving friends this is my gift to you! Yes, this is a real piece of cake, just one piece of cake, made in 3 minutes in your microwave and it's chocolate!

If you're single you will have experienced the same thing as I have - you're craving a piece of chocolate cake, you only want one piece of cake and you don't want to make a trip to the store or a restaurant because you're all tucked up in your jammies already. You graze the fridge looking to satisfy that craving but only a piece of cake will do. It's an age old dilemma and we now have the perfect solution!

I tried it and it's great! It's moist, it's warm from the "oven" and it's a little slice of heaven in a cup! I poured some hot fudge sauce on it and added a dollop of ice cream - next time I'm going to sauce it with some raspberry coulis or fresh fruit. (here's a great recipe for Raspberry Coulis)

Want another tip to make this even faster next time? Grab some baggies and measure out the dry ingredients for one cup cake into each bag then all you have to do the next few times is grab the bag, empty it into a coffee mug and add your liquids and egg!

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SALAD CAPRESE SKEWERS - Put a Caprese Salad on a stick for your next finger food!

I love a Caprese Salad because it's so fresh and pure in taste. It's a salad I enjoy often and one day when I was munching away I was wondering how I could turn it into a tiny food. You know me, I'd rather eat my food one bite at a time with my fingers!

So, with just a few twists to the ingredients and a few cocktail picks I turned my Caprese Salad into a Tiny Food - an appetizer-appetizer, lol!

These are wonderful and would serve as the first course in a whole dinner of Tiny Foods. In fact, I think I'll post a menu for a fun Tiny Food Dinner party that includes all the courses of a regular fancy-schmancy dinner but all bite size! Keep an eye open next week and I'll post it up with links to all the recipes for the party and a few theme tips!

I just posted a great martini that would go very well with this appetizer - The B.L.T. Martini, trust me, it's a winner!

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BAKED FETA CHEESE AND TOMATO SPREAD APPETIZER

This Baked Feta Tomato Spread recipe is just plain good. It's really easy to make and a beautiful dish visually. If you want you can also make individual finger foods - bruschetta - by spreading the feta on each piece of toasted bread and topping with the tomato mixture then toasting the individual appetizers, but why go to the extra work?

I usually rub a little garlic on the bread before I toast it too, but I'm a lover of extra garlic!

This Feta Tomato spread is one of those dishes that has the advantage of being made from foods that are often staples in the kitchen, we usually have a can of diced tomatoes on hand, some kind of bread or cracker and the seasonings are common. Even Feta cheese is becoming a staple in a lot of homes these days because of it's popularity.

Be sure to grab my newest martini recipe for today, The Monday Blues Martini while you're surfing for recipes!

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