Dinner is served… hand-delivered! These “Handy” Hotdogs are part creepy, part crafty, and totally kid-approved. Imagine buttery crescent dough shaped like a hand, layered with hot dog slices, and drizzled with ketchup that looks just a little too much like blood. It’s an easy kitchen craft the kids will love helping with—and it’s equal parts giggles and goosebumps when they come out of the oven.
Ingredients (makes 4): • 1 tube crescent dough • 2 hot dogs or turkey dogs • 1 small container unsalted ketchup
Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 450°F and prepare a baking tray. 2. Roll out crescent dough and flatten to about ½ inch thick. 3. Use a knife (or even trace a kid’s hand) to cut out hand-and-finger shapes from the dough. 4. Top with sliced hot dogs, then drizzle with ketchup. 5. Place on tray and bake 10–12 minutes, until golden brown.
🎃 Halloween Fact: Fake blood in horror movies has been made from all sorts of things—one of the most famous recipes is chocolate syrup, used in the black-and-white classic Psycho for the infamous shower scene.
👻 Spooky Serving Idea: Serve your “hands” on a platter lined with paper towels splattered in extra ketchup for a true crime-scene vibe. For fun (and less fright), add candy eyeballs to the fingertips so it looks like a silly monster paw instead of a severed hand.
