Old Hag

"And now a special sort of death for one so fair"

Poisoned Apples with Sleeping Death Dip

1/2 cup Cream Cheese softened

1/2 cup Vanilla Yogurt

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 tube green gel icing

1 tube blue gel icing

3 drops green food coloring

Combine cream cheese, yogurt, brown sugar, and food color. Put dip in a small (I'm talkin' tiny) cauldron. A black salsa dish could also work. With the gel icing create bubbles and ripples on the top of the dip. Serve with red apples. (yes you want the red for contrast. Use Gala or Rome apples sliced and treated with lemon juice to keep oxidization at bay.)

Wicked Queen Decorating

"And to make doubly sure you do NOT fail, bring back her heart . . . in this."

The Wicked Queen is a tad bit schitzo when it comes to decorating. In her royal chambers she is all elegance and oppulance. Silk, velvet, gold, ruby, everything gets the royal treatment. If you want the royal look, deck out your t.v. area to look like the Magic Mirror. Whether you have a wall mounted flat screen, or an entertainment system from the 80's, take 4 yards of the cheapest red fabric (Wal-mart and JoAnns have crushed panne velvet for less than 5 bucks a yard. That makes it look fantastically royal.) Cut it in half and staple both halves side by side about a foot above your tv. Pull apart and tie back with gold cording. Her other persona,like her black heart, allows you to create a dungeon laboratory complete withcauldrons, andbottles of powders and liquids of various shapes and colors scattered about. Complete the look by placing an open textbook with spellbook pages inserted with a book mark in between.

Custom Spell Book and potion labels

Evil Queen

"Magic Mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest one of all!"

The Queen's Peddler Potion:

2 tablespoons Mummy Dust

1/4 cup The Black of Night

1 twist An Old Hags Cackle

1/2 cup a Scream of Fright

1 Blast of Wind

1 Thunder Bolt

Combine all ingredients in order in a crystal goblet with a dramatic flourish. Swallow all contents immediatly.

Okay, you might not have on hand mummy dust or a thunder bolt. So, here are some ingredients that are a little more common place, but for your party, use the more spooky names.

Mummy Dust= powdered sugar. Display in a coffin for best effect

The Black of Night= prepared lime Soft drink mix with a drop of black and a drop of green food color. Displayed in a large clear bottle.

An Old Hag's Cackle= lemon juice. Displayed in a glass oil cruet

A Scream of Fright= Lemon/lime soda. Display in a glass beverage dispenser with spigot.

Blast of Wind= a vigorous stir Display stir sticks in a tin can covered in parchment

Thunder Bolt= a small chunk of dry ice. Display in a cauldron.

Have your guests mix their own drink in plastic goblets. Be sure to provide stirring sticks and tongs for the dry ice. This has always been a hit at my parties. Of course to make the display more spooky, I use custom made labels and spell book pages. I will post them on my next post.