
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 26, 1994                   TAG: 9411070005
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HALLOWEEN MAGIC - THE TRICK IS TO LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD

Halloween creativity is such fun. Little touches, such as placing a block of dry ice behind a black cast iron or plastic cauldron from which punch is served, can create an instant eerie effect. A spide web drawn on cardboard makes a festive back drop and doubles as a game board for "Pin the Spider on the Web." Hands traced onto and cut from slices of bread present a handy alternative to finger sandwiches. And who knows what far-fetched twists a ghost story might take when celebrants take turns adding from one to five sentences to each other's cooperative narrative.

In the Repulsive recipe Guide," which accompanies Tyco Toys' Doctor Dreadful food lab and drink lab, Tyco suggests covering 1/2 to 2/3 of a pretzel rod with peanut butter then rolling the rod in chocolate jimmies to creat ants on a log, or pushing candy-coated chocoaltes into opened cream-filled sandwich cookies to make instant "eyes."

The following collection of cute, quick edible creations will add to a celebration's ambiance, use up those tempting leftover chocolates and help make Halloween a howling success.>

Recipes for:

CHOCOLATE-ORANGE DREAMS

DRACULA'S DELIGHT

CUTE AS A BUG CHOCOLATE NUGGETS

JACK-O-LANTERN PIE

CANDY BAR COOKIES

by CNB