HALLOWEEN FOOD IDEAS 🎃 Betty Crocker Recipes for Halloween Party Food

[@marykmaloney]

I moved into my grandparents’ house a few months ago, and my mom and I found this cookbook in the house. I’m making the stuffed peppers tonight.

[@The3GMom]

I have to tell you I love how you format your videos, with the book look and chat, and how you talk to us, your audience. How you offer the suggested products and videos is so kind and gentle, just sharing instead of hard selling. I so appreciate your fun and soft demeanor. Thank you! 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡

[@cooking_the_books]

Your comment made me so happy. At one time I almost stopped doing the cookbook chats! Glad you enjoy them. Also, I genuinely want to share the things I love and use frequently but never want to come across as pushy. Thank you for your kindness!

[@D4rkR56]

@@cooking_the_books Please do keep them! It lets *ahem* some of us pretend we have people we know to geek out about vintage cookbooks! ;)

[@pjperdue1293]

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@jenn4youtube]

Totally agree

[@Kay_Watermelon]

I do love giving Betty the respect she deserves and referring to her as an actual person.

[@sallycooper3414]

What a fun episode! My mom gave me this cookbook in 1978 for my 19th birthday. 46 years later, it's still the cookbook I grab. Love the Halloween theme! Always a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.🎃🙂

[@cooking_the_books]

I love that you still have this book! What a special gift. ❤

[@yvonnepeltier9815]

The orange stuffed pepper jack-o'-lanterns are adorable! I love your witch's hat too!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@deendrew36]

I used to do them when the kids were little. Gotta do them again!

[@happy_ducky_wash508]

Girrrrrl there’s no way you’re 43!! I thought you were in your 30’s.😊 Love your videos. I watch them every week.

[@suzanneharris7473]

My daughter is 44 she doesn't look like it either,and my daughter has never been able to have a child.So she has her little kitty as her baby 😊

[@The3GMom]

The pumpkin faces are such a cute idea! So whimsical

[@candyvigil550]

Did someone say "squirrel"? Oh no, that was "deer". LOL

[@CarolannBrendel]

When I was little, I lived outside Minerva, Ohio, in a tiny town called New Franklin with my Grandma, and your show always makes me think of her.

[@debwilson263]

Hi gal. You're so welcoming and easy to learn from and you seem to be so kind. Im envious of you. Im nearly 100 and wish that I'd not have been so timid when it came to living life. Luv ya gal. 😊

[@deendrew36]

But the fact that you are nearly 100 cruising KZbin is pretty cool! 😎. I hope I get to be nearly 100 one day!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you so much for watching! ❤

[@alnaross516]

I love how you improvise for what you need but still keeping true to the recipes!

[@angelaoneal5169]

1. Stuffed Peppers - You can always use Italian Sausage and pasta sauce to give it a little more flavor (also Panko bread crumbs on top for added depth). 2. Cheese Balls - A thought for the stem would be to use a celery stick or pretzel sticks (and you can eat them as an added benefit). 3. Pumpkin Cookies - Really cute, no suggestions.

[@stephaniepapaleo9001]

The pepper’s faces were so well worth carving! I have an orange 🫑 in my fridge now and this morning I precooked ground beef with 🥫 tomato sauce, cabbage slaw and corn (trying to do something different) so this will be perfect for dinner!

[@cooking_the_books]

Excited for you to give it a try! 🎃

[@marshaalexander2454]

I liked the way the filling peaked out from the peppers.The rice looked like maggots

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

The spooky background music was a nice editing touch :-)

[@jturner4671]

You can use extra cheeseball to make killer grilled cheeses.

[@jennaagee7992]

You look so cute in that hat, girl!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! I made it to wear for a party where the dress code was 'a cozy sweater and a witch hat.' 😊

[@jenn4youtube]

It turned out so good!!

[@CrunchyScott]

Everything about this vid makes me HalloweenHAPPY!!!!

[@redrooster1908]

I think the mild seasoning for the stuffed peppers and the fun Halloween orange jack o lanterns are perfect for kids 😊

[@cooking_the_books]

That could definitely work out! 🎃

[@suestephan3255]

That little stem topped it off. Very creative Anna🎃

[@cooking_the_books]

That was my favorite part too! 🎃

[@JillMorgan-b7y]

The cheese ball was very cute.

[@KimH831]

I just watched this video today and I later got an email from Betty Crocker that it’s their birthday! 🤣😂 “October 21,1921 the icon was born” per their email. Love your videos and I myself am always on the hunt for a good cookbook at my local thrift stores.

[@kurt11110]

amazing how just a few deft knife cuts perfectly captures the classic comical jack-o-lantern 🎃 look. back when i was a kid my grandma would occasionally make ground beef stuffed into green bell peppers 🫑 , which were way too pungent for my 7 year old palate. i’m sure if she had used orange bell peppers i would have loved them. watching you prepare them made me think of putting cumin and chili powder for a tex-mex taste, and topping it with crema or queso fresco. i love how you curate your videos with your recipe books, it is as interesting as the food you make is delicious. bravo, anna 😊

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! 😊

[@bawtosu5269]

Sometimes the KZbin algorithm is excellent. Your channel popped up, and I just love your presentations. Funny, interesting, engaging. Thank you for sharing!

[@rhondawest6838]

My mom had that version of Betty Crocker's cook book, and she gave it to me when I moved out on my own. It's the foundation of my cooking education. It's still my go-to for certain recipes: sweet and sour meatballs, poultry stuffing, pie crust. I haven't actually tried any of the recipes made in this video, although I've probably looked at them a literal thousand times. 😊

[@cooking_the_books]

I'll have to try some of the recipes you suggested! 😋

[@pammienakh]

Love the vid Anna! I especially like how you combined “ cling film” and “ plastic wrap “ into an international “ cling wrap”😆😆! Love the ideas.

[@cooking_the_books]

Hahaha thank you! That's so funny. I remember watching an episode of Keeping Up Appearances where Hyacinth tells someone 'Yes, you need real skill to master cling film!' I guess it really stuck with me. 😂

[@brendashope1558]

@@cooking_the_booksI loved that show, so funny!!

[@susans9491]

@@cooking_the_booksI just L❤VE that show and I remember that episode! So funny!

[@dmbalsam]

My grandmother’s stuffed pepper recipe has the same ingredients, but nothing is cooked ahead of time . Stuff the peppers with the raw ingredient and simmer until the meat is done. Very similar to stuffed cabbage.

[@MelanieCravens]

Sounds like how my mom made stuffed peppers except she didn't put rice in hers, they were meat stuffed peppers and rice was served on the side. I was not a fan. They were greasy and disgusting and I burped bell pepper for days afterwards.

[@ladyrazorsharp]

"Cheese-mergency." New word. Chop-chop, Webster's, let's go.

[@cooking_the_books]

I couldn't resist! 😂

[@writingraven3314]

My mom has this cookbook, and I used to make many cakes using these recipes. The cakes from the 80s are very heavy, compared to cakes today. But most people from the era have this cookbook.

[@jennifercobb5457]

This is such a cute video! From the theme to the hat and the apron! I will be making alllll of my stuffed peppers with a jack-o-lantern 🎃 face from now on regardless of the time of year, that are so cute!!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! I agree, Jack O Lantern peppers are great for any time of year. 😊

[@marciahamilton-yt9bo]

I have made pepper jack o lanterns for years I have that cookbook and so many ideas plus I have the Southern Living vintage holiday books!

[@cooking_the_books]

@@marciahamilton-yt9bo oh those sound amazing!

[@ladylaura8038]

Love the hat!!! I have been using that cookbook since 1980 ❤🎃🍁 My kids are 40,35,25 and every year, I make them a Halloween stocking ❤❤❤ we’ve always celebrated the scary season big from huge yard displays to making goodie bags for each little goblin who comes to the door 💀💀 Thanks Anna and tell your mom Happy Halloween!!!

[@cooking_the_books]

I will! 😊

[@JadeStrawberry]

My very first cookbook. It's the 1969 high school text version from Home Ec class and the cookbook I've used for nearly 50 years. I have many other cookbooks now, but it's still a favorite that's right in the middle of the shelf with others I frequently use. Great vid as always Anna.

[@heidifogelberg3544]

My favorite cookies in life were my mom's pumpkin chocolate chip ones. They had no orange. Randomly, they might have oatmeal, or nuts as well. Those were great, too. They weren't so tiny as yours, and they did spread much more. They were flatter, too. But oh my god, they were sublime.

[@jewisley]

I think I’m making the cheese ball and the cookies for Thanksgiving. Thanks.

[@macsarcule]

OMG! Those stuffed peppers are darling! Stuffed peppers like this (well, never _this fun_!) were such a part of Autumn and even October dinners growing up. What else to do with all those green peppers in the garden in the late fall? Yum! So great! AHHH! The pumpkin cheeseball! Love it! Pumpkin cookies! (Little Hallowe’en me is losing it! 🎃) What a fun Hallowe’en video, Anna! Wishing you a very fun, safe, and Happy Hallowe’en! 🍁🎃😃✨

[@cooking_the_books]

After I filmed this, I saw someone who turned their stuffed green peppers into Frankenstein's Monster peppers! So cute!

[@macsarcule]

@@cooking_the_books omg! Super cute idea!

[@mayonnaiseeee]

Those peppers are so adorable lol. The cheese ball came out amazing as well, especially with the pepper stem. I wonder if tying butcher twine or yarn around the cheese ball would make for gentler indentations. Thanks as always for the wonderful video.

[@georgemcnair3647]

I've made the peppers and the cheese ball from that cookbook. Good stuff.

[@janetmoore1124]

Great ideas! Those cookies are my favorites. I took them to work and they were inhaled. LOL. As for the cheeseball, I line a small bowl with plastic wrap and put the mixture in it so it is easier to form. The bowl does most of the work. The rubber band idea is genius!

[@staceyn2541]

My family got so lazy, the last 15 years, my aunt just leaves the mix in the bowl! Still tastes the same and we aren't fussy. It's one of our gotta have dishes, but there are so few of us now she only makes a half recipe.

[@loriloristuff]

I'm feeling a replay/ cook-along this week!!!!! Those peppers are ADORABLE (page 291 in the 1976 BCC). When I actually make stuffed peppers, I just load it up with a mixture of raw beef, bread crumbs, egg, onion, garlic, no rice, oregano, basil, romano. I don't boil the peppers. I cover them in tomato sauce, stick them in an oiled dutch oven with a lid, and pop them in a low oven (300°) for an hour, check, maybe another half-hour, check, until soft but not smushy. But it's Betty Crocker, and Betty isn't known for spiciness. Her guacamole has no garlic! You can never go wrong with a cheese ball! Very cute (page 18, 1976 ed). Betty didn't bother with pumpkin cookies in 1976. Bummer! Definitely a replay and cook-along! Have a great week, and thank you, Anna!

[@tamsondarland8951]

Maybe could add orange food coloring mixed into cheese ball mixture before forming for fall season ideas. Red food coloring for valentines or Christmas ideas. Yellow food coloring for Easter. Green food coloring for St. Patty. I enjoyed the three recipe ideas very creative. Loved the budget friendliness and looked delicious too. Thanks again for a fun creative video. Love from long time Ky Sub. 💙👍

[@anneholden9908]

Pumpkin stuffed peppers are adorable!

[@HomeGrownCountryGirl]

Cutesy! Lol love the hat!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! 😊

[@angelaoneal5169]

Green peppers are heartier than orange peppers, so the boiling time might actually be necessary. Also, I made these same pumpkin peppers one year for my family and it was a hit.

[@SuchaSofterSin2143]

Your hat! And the food! Everything was so lovely thanks for the inspiration! 🧡

[@Thisisit120]

All was just darling.

[@dianaarmitage512]

I love stuffed peppers and thought your Halloween twist was adorable 🍊👻

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! 🎃

[@dorisbeale4940]

You are so creative, thanks so much ❤

[@marciahamilton-yt9bo]

I just looked I have both those books!! Working in a thrift store for 20 yrs really makes collecting on the cheap easy!! Great video!❤❤

[@marissatennyson3728]

Anna your stuffed peppers are so cute!!! Now that you've tried the recipe I was thinking that making these with a Mexican twist (chili powder and salsa to season, sharp cheddar and Monterey jack to top) would be so yummy too! So glad you're healing up well after your surgery!!!

[@angelaoneal5169]

I have that same cookbook!

[@denisej4522]

Another "home run" video, Anna! Love your hat - especially that you made it. (Can imagine how much fun you added to the hat and sweater party!) The Halloween music and sound effects throughout the video were such a creative add! Did you have experience with editing before starting your channel? You do such a professional job with it, imo. I enjoyed the assortment of recipes you selected for this video. Okay, this cookbook is near and dear to my heart since it was published the year I graduated from hs and was given to us for our 1980 wedding. It's so fun to look at it through your creative and appreciative eyes!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed the music! I've learned to edit by trial and error and watching tutorials as needed.

[@denisej4522]

@@cooking_the_books You're obviously a good student, Anna. ☺

[@blueminnie13]

Fun recipes! I agree, the crushed cheese crackers would add a nice touch to the cheese ball. The revised edition of Betty's cookbook was one of my first cookbooks as an adult and I used it so much, it's falling apart. Mine has a metal spring binding. I had Betty's 1965 Boys and Girls cookbook as a child. (I just realized that her adding "boys" was forward thinking since so many things in the 1960s were girly, especially regarding homemaking.) Thank you!

[@staceyn2541]

My mom used local persimmon pulp in her cookies instead. Probably used the other recipe, though. Still one of my all time favorites. We love the little soft pumpkin cookies. I have seen them rolled in powdered sugar after baking. So good. We had a couple of persimmon trees in our yard in the 80s. I absolutely LOATHE using a food mill. Never again, I say. :)

[@ph4zed]

Love your channel!! I bet you could use some very thinly sliced deli cheddar (or just some sargento) cut into shapes to fit the pumpkin after you've taken the rubber bands off.

[@kimbee3083]

Those cookies are so cute! I would definitely leave orange out, orange and chocolate nooooooooooo😣 for me👻

[@staceyn2541]

That's a flavor combo I will never understand...

[@chrissysm1981]

Your videos always make me so happy. They feel like a warm hug and remind me of cooking with my mom. She was a fan of Betty too. Thank you for all you do!

[@happy2cya70]

For taco Tuesday last week we did the little orange peppers stuffed with all the yummy taco stuff! So yummy!

[@cooking_the_books]

How cute! ❤

[@RobynDavis-sj9tc]

That’s a great idea:)

[@susieq2022]

One of my favorite cookbooks I have is a similar looking binder Betty Crocker Cookbook, but printed in the 80’s. I might make a cheese ball like that to bring to Thanksgiving. So cute!! Thanks for sharing! ❤

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Anna. The peppers and cheese ball are too stinking cute! The cookies are a win. But I would leave out the zest for my grandkids.🎉

[@Mari_Oh]

I love your hat! I made these peppers with a Mexican flavor profile, and topped with Rotel for the sauce 😘👌

[@cynthiamurphy3669]

Cute! My mom got us kids to eat stuffed green peppers back in the day by boiling the peppers first, as you mentioned, and instead of tomato sauce, she'd open a can of tomato soup, top them well and bake under foil. The sweeter tomato soup went well with the peppers. No cheese topping for us, but we usually had cheesy macaroni as a side, made a great combo.

[@cooking_the_books]

Sounds like a delicious and comforting meal. 😋

[@dixieAQHA]

The pumpkin cheese ball is so cute!

[@brendakrieger7000]

I had this exact cheese ball last night for our Girls Night Halloween Party🎃 It was delicious! And plenty of leftovers to share!🧀

[@NachoAE360]

It just so happens I'm making stuffed peppers as I watch this, and using orange peppers for mine as well because they felt festive! Love it. I have this cookbook and it's one of my favs. Highly recommend the sausage brown rice casserole on p. 54 and the brown sugar drop cookies on p.268, specifically the chocolate chip cherry ones- WITH the glaze! I make them with salted butter rather than shortening and they're divine. Think I may try those pumpkin ones but will cut back on the orange!

[@Anita3kidsS.]

@Cooking_the_Books, Anna, You’re a Halloween GENIUS! The Orange stuffed peppers with pumpkin faces were Adorable! The Cheeseball looked so much like a pumpkin with the added touches you made 🎃. The Pumpkin Cookies looked delectable! I LOVE the books & RECIPES you pick as well as the dishes , tableware, apron, hat & cooking utensils. Not to mention the videos! 👍🏽Hoping you make MORE FALL ITEMS. 🍂🧡🍁~Anita

[@WendyDyke]

Anna, I have the 1976 version of the Betty Crocker 's Cookbook and checked for the recipes you made. Only the stuffed peppers were in my edition. It wasn't exactly the same; missing the mozzarella topping. I think if I were making them, I'd include the cheese. I thought they might be good using Italian sausage for the filling instead of ground beef. When you did the book review and mentioned the coconut chews you made for one of your videos, I looked for them in my cookbook and they were there as a variation of Pecan Fingers. I found it interesting to compare the different versions of the cookbooks. Many of the things you mentioned in your review were similar but lots of differences roo. Love your videos and look forward to them each week. Take care.

[@pattycake8272]

Well it was the peppers for the win here. I'm not to sure about the cookies but yes if there was less orange than maybe. The cheese ball was clever

[@maureensigler6271]

So loved this episode... pepper pumpkin so stinking cute... can't wait for the rest of the upcoming holidays 🦃🦃🎄🎄

[@jtamsmom5]

Very cute. I always like a cookie that doesn't have eggs just in case you want a treat and you might not have enough eggs in the fridge.

[@Saoirse.n.Murphy]

Smiley face spoon. Awesome! I wonder if my mom had those would my tail have hurt less, hahaha. Have a wonderful day! Peace

[@jomcgee6094]

Fabulous episode! Festive and creative. I loved the cheeseball 🎃

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! ❤

[@redrooster1908]

How stinking cute are those pumpkin cookies?? I have a can of 🎃 pumpkin 🤗

[@StarChapman-s1k]

I love your videos. My husband just bought me the 1986 version of your cookbook over the weekend from a thrift store. I am very excited to start cooking from it!

[@cooking_the_books]

That is so cool! I’m glad your husband found it 😊

[@margarethegan8318]

That’s the stuffed pepper recipe I use. I don’t soften the peppers first. Sometimes I cook them in my crock pot.

[@glory9932]

Recently found your channel and I ❤ it! My mom still has some of these cool, old cookbooks. My all time favorite is the old Betty Crocker Cooky Book! I love that you also use old dishes to cook with. They are the best! Also, I love cheese too! 😉 🧀

[@simply_sheri]

3 seconds in and I’m loving the intro with the song lol super cute!!!

[@rowanrobbins]

For the pumpkin shaped cheese ball maybe cheddar cheese powder could be used. You'd need to use gloves, though. This was such a fun video. Thanks, Anna.

[@GilMeansJoy]

The "Accidentally Vegan" sparkle text made me laugh.

[@murlthomas2243]

I love stuffed peppers. Going to make them next time I go to the store.

[@lateshachurney5965]

All the items you made looked great. Stuffed peppers always make the home smell good. I sometimes use more sauce when I make them

[@TarahBennerAuthor]

Love the stuffed Jack-o-peppers! Going to be making these this weekend…also making some mummies in a blanket with cut up strips of crescent roll dough!

[@madamebutterfly851]

Wish i found this video a few weeks ago around spooky season. Ill be saving these ideas for next year 😊

[@mjgee2713]

We got that exact cookbook for our wedding in 1978 - & it’s still among one of my favorite books I use today for many classic recipes!🥰

[@tracisawyer7681]

This video is just so super cute! Love the stuffed peppers❤. If you just trimmed the bottom of the peppers a bit, they will stand up nice and straight for you. Happy Halloween.!

[@melissalambert7615]

Love the cheese ball. I enjoy a nice blue cheese so I'm all in. Would be great with celery sticks.....ha, ha!! Nice cookbook review. I also want a cheese poster. Nice cookie recipe. Hi from rainy Oregon.

[@mollysmith6055]

That's my wedding cookbook and it has been well used over the years. (I've had to do massive repairs to it.) Hubby didn't like the stuffed pepper recipe but I used green peppers and neither of us really are fans of those it turned out. Your little pepper jack-o'-lanterns were adorable. Your cheese ball was really cute, too bad you didn't have some kitchen twine instead of the rubber bands. Brilliant use of the pepper stem. I always made those pumpkin cookies with store bought dried orange peel which doesn't have the strong flavor of fresh. The browned butter glaze is really good too. This was so much fun to watch, thank you for all your hard work making it.

[@kathycourington4748]

I want one of the peppers! So cute!

[@traceyfox7759]

I cant wait to make the pumpkin stuffed peppers. They look so cute. FYI when I have a wonky pepper I slice just a tiny bit off the bottom and it will sit better. Another tid-bit about peppers, peppers with 3 lobes are male and 4 lobes are female (obviously 4 lobes sits better) and the female peppers are sweeter. 😊❤

[@user-nj7qt3wk3d]

The rice showing in the pepper pumpkins mouth look like fangs! So cute and great idea!

[@rabrab3]

Happy Halloween!!! Thank you!! My Favorite holiday of the year....better than Christmas!!!😮

[@DunderMiflinScranton]

Those peppers were too cute!💕👻💕

[@lauramaldonado5591]

Love the peppers so cute ❤❤ To get my peppers to stand up I just shave each hump at the bottom being careful not to go all the way through and if you do, use that piece and put it in the inside to cover the hole❤

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I’m OBSESSED with the pumpkin bell peppers!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@elainelivingstonky]

nice. Chef John has an orange peppers pumpkin recipe too. love your fridge decor.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you!! I love to save Halloween and Fall cards from previous years and decorate with them.

[@suzannebenning2555]

I think this cookbook has a variation on the cinnamon roll recipe for orange rolls. Would love if you covered it. They are good.

[@rags3901]

Fabulous video today…or should I say especially fabulous since all your videos are so good and so much fun!? Love the outfit!!👍😊

[@tinashort9098]

I saw Catherine from Catherines Plates do the peppers last week and she actually did boil hers and i thought then it was too much. I like a little crunch in my peppers!!! Ill be sending your cookbook out this week. Im so excited for you to get it!!!❤❤❤❤

[@conniephillips8217]

CUTE, cute, cute!!!I will be making these for the holidays! Thank you😊

[@annelm217]

First time I actually have the same cookbook to follow along😊

[@cooking_the_books]

That’s so cool! 🎃

[@Notable2Nikki]

So fun! I always make a pot of chili on Halloween. One year, I made cupcakes with Milano cookies as tombstones. They were great right away but after a day or two, the moisture from the cake migrated to the Milanos.

[@cooking_the_books]

Very cute idea on those cupcakes!

[@tonirieke7934]

Yumm, they all looks so cute and good

[@sdb9884]

I just ordered the zester a few days ago! Love the music, and the stuffed peppers were adorable!