The kids and I decided to "BOO" some of our neighbors for Halloween this year. We had so much fun making the treats together. Here is a picture of our "BOO" baskets we put together.
One of the treats we made is one that you normally see around Christmas, with a twist. We used pretzels, Hershey's hugs, and candy corn. Lane and Jenna were able to do most of these by themselves. Jenna's main job was unwrapping all of the candy!
Here's how you make them: Heat your oven to 200 degrees. Place square pretzels on a cookie sheet and a Hershey's Hug on top of each pretzel. Bake for about 4-5 min. After they come out of the oven place a candy corn on top of the hug. Let cool for a few minutes and then place in the refrigerator. Enjoy your yummy treats!
We put these along with some brownie bites, candy, and two boo straws in each basket. I downloaded the cutest "BOO" sign and instructions from The TomKat Studio. You can download your free copy here: http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/
If you haven't ever BOOED before here are the directions for how to do it:
We don't know alot of our neighbors yet, so we had to be kind of sneaky about choosing houses to BOO. We loaded the kids in the car after it got dark on Friday night and went looking for the perfect houses. My job was to drive, Lane ran up to the houses, put down the boo baskets, rang the door bell three times and then hauled it back to the car. It was so much fun spying to see who came to the door. Now we are driving around looking to see if anyone else is BOOing their neighbors. So far, we have seen a few signs up in people's windows. This will definitely be one of our new family traditions each year. You should give it a try in your neighborhood, school, or work and let me know how it goes. Enjoy!
