Monster Mouths Recipes

MONSTER MOUTHS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°. Stir baking mix and 2/3 cup milk until soft dough forms. Turn dough onto surface dusted with baking mix; gently roll in baking mix to coat. Shape into ball; knead 10 times.
• Roll dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2-inch round cutter. Roll edges of biscuits in 3 tablespoons milk, then roll in colored sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
• Split biscuits three-fourths of the way through with sharp knife. Cut 8 tongue shapes, about 3x1 inch, from fruit rolls. Place each tongue on center of biscuit bottom, letting tongue hang out of biscuit. Stand raisins between biscuit halves for teeth.

HALLOWEEN MONSTER-MOUTH SNACKS

Steps:

• Unroll Fruit Roll-Ups fruit flavored snack rolls; remove paper. Wrap each apple slice with 1 fruit flavored snack so side of slice with peel is smooth.
• With kitchen scissors, cut 2 long, tongue-shaped pieces from remaining Fruit Roll-Ups fruit flavored snack.
• Spread 1 side of each apple slice with peanut butter. Place 1 end of tongue-shaped pieces on 2 of the apple slices. Arrange 4 marshmallows on top of the peanut butter on each of these slices.
• Place remaining apple slices, peanut butter side down, on top of the marshmallows. Squeeze apples slices gently together.

MONSTER MOUTH CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cut the red fruit leather rolls into twenty-four 2 1/2-inch lengths. Slightly overlap 2 pieces lengthwise, pressing to adhere; repeat with the remaining pieces.
• Spread a thin coat of vanilla frosting on each cupcake. Place a red fruit leather rectangle on top of each cupcake, trimming any overhang with kitchen shears.
• Cut big fangs from a marshmallow with shears, then halve mini marshmallows on the diagonal to make mini fangs. Dab some vanilla frosting on the sticky cut sides and arrange on the fruit leather for the fangs.
• Fill a piping bag fitted with a small star tip (#17) with dark chocolate frosting. Pipe frosting around the mouth as the fur.

APPLE MONSTER MOUTHS

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Add sugar and vanilla; mix well.
• Cut thin wedge in peel side of each apple piece; fill with 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture. Insert 4 to 6 nuts in cream cheese mixture in each apple to resemble teeth.
• Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture into serving bowl. Serve with apples for dipping.