Ghosts, goblins and witches are about to invade your streets for the second-largest grossing (no pun intended) holiday… Hallowe’en!
Play host to your own brood by transforming your home into a scary sanctuary, complete with deliciously “gross” offerings to munch on. Summer Fresh offers a wide variety of dips, hummus, salads and spreads that can be transformed into tasty Hallowe’en treats to complete your party.
Ensure your little (and big) ghouls and goblins come fully decked-out in costume to add to the atmosphere, and make sure to have prizes for the most original costume, scariest costume, or prettiest costume!
Fun & Games!
As guests get comfortable and mingle, start the fun right away with a few games to kick off the festivities! Try these interactive ideas!
Pumpkin Bowling!
• Place gravel or sand in the bottom of four empty (2 liter) pop bottles, marking each on the bottom from 1-4. Grab a couple of pie pumpkins and start bowling! Whoever knocks over the “pins” accumulating the most point’s wins! This game is best played outside, but if you want to play inside, use a sheet of painter's plastic on the floor to contain any pulpy mess if pumpkins get broken!
Candy Corn Toss
• Using a carved Jack–o–Lantern, have guests attempt to toss as many candy corn candies as they can into the open top. Whoever sinks the most, wins!
Graveyard Scavenger Hunt
• Grab a bunch of fake bones from a novelty store and hide them in various places in your backyard or house. In teams, have guests scramble to see who can find the most bones in 5 minutes. Whoever finds the most wins!
Prizes!
Give your guests practical and delicious prizes from Summer Fresh!
• On a decorative plate, place a small, unopened wheel of brie with a 200g container of Summer Fresh Fig & Balsamic Topping. Wrap in festive cello wrap.
• Wow your guests with a mini fondue burner and one or two varieties of Summer Fresh Cheesy Dips! Wrap and complete with a fun hallowe’en toy.
• In a glass jar, include all of the dry ingredients for homemade pizza dough, along with Summer Fresh Bruschetta and Summer Fresh Artichoke & Asiago Dip. This recipe for success will allow your lucky winner to prepare a gourmet pizza
Food & Snacks
After the fun & games, move on to the appetizers and snacks for the night.
Spicy Onion “Ring Worms”
• Make onion rings, and drizzle with Summer Fresh Chipotle Dip. Serve on a platter.
Skewered Jack o Lantern
• On an indoor grill or BBQ, prepare a variety of kabobs (using metal skewers) including vegetable, chicken and beef, using Summer Fresh Sweet Curry Dip, Summer Fresh Balsamic Onion and Summer Fresh Aged Cheddar & Chipotle Dip as marinades. After cooking, poke them into the jack o lantern, and use this as a creative centerpiece!
Mini Pumpkin Dips
• Gut and clean three mini pumpkins, and fill with Summer Fresh Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Summer Fresh Avocado Hummus, and Summer Fresh Spicy Artichoke & Asiago Dip. Serve on a platter with flatbread, veggies, and multigrain chips.
Seven Grain Graveyard
• In a square dish or baking pan, spread Summer Fresh Original Hummus, followed by Summer Fresh Seven Grain Salad. Make “tombstones” by sticking crackers into the mixture so they stand straight up. Garnish with plastic spiders or worms.
Eyeball & Blood Soup
• In a large bowl, prepare a batch of tomato soup (canned is fine). Fill an icing piper with Summer Fresh Tzatziki and squeeze into the soup. Do this about 10 times to create “eyeballs”. Top off by adding a sliced black olive to each eye.
Warm Witch's Stew
• In a crock pot, combine Summer Fresh Tri Colour Chickpea Salad, diced potatoes, sliced carrots and celery. Simmer until ingredients are well blended. Serve in festive mugs, topped with Summer Fresh Roasted Red Pepper Dip.
Banana Ghosts
• Spread Summer Fresh Maple Walnut Topping onto a large platter. Chop a banana in the middle so you have two pieces. Stand the banana pieces in the topping so they curve up to a point. Create eyes and ghostly moaning mouths with icing. Repeat with four more bananas and serve!
Parting Gifts:
Send your guests home with a memorable take-away. Try these unique combinations:
• On a funky, Hallowe’en themed plate, add a wheel of brie and top with Summer Fresh Cranberry Pomegranate Topping. Make a great appetizer on a Friday night! Simply bake for 10 minutes.
• Provide guests with a French Onion soup bowl, French Onion (powdered) soup mix and Summer Fresh Provolone & Onion Cheesy Dip. A comforting dish on a chilly night!
• Create a “sampler” package! Fill a bamboo basket with Summer Fresh Sweet Potato Hummus, Summer Fresh Seven Grain Salad, Summer Fresh Fig & Balsamic Feta Spread, Summer Fresh Aged Cheddar & Chipotle Dip and Summer Fresh Spicy Hummus. Be sure to add flavourful flatbread or pita bread.
• Try a great themed cookbook (Vegetarian, Indian etc…) and provide a couple of dip and hummus flavours that they will most likely need for the recipes. Try Summer Fresh Hummus or Summer Fresh Tzatziki.
