Halloween Treats (without any tricks)

Ghouls just wanna have fun ... and lots of tasty frightful bites!

- By Theresa Ravencraft, Marysville, OH

Cinnamon Tortilla Chips & Pumpkin Fluff

My family always gets the munchies before heading out to trick-or-treat on Halloween. This sweet pumpkin snack is our favorite because it's ready fast thanks to premade ingredients.

Grand Prize Cinnamon Tortilla Chips & Pumpkin Fluff

Prep: 25 min. + chilling
Bake: 10 min./batch
Makes: about 3 cups fluff and 56 chips

1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
4 oz. frozen whipped topping, thawed (about 1⅓ cups)

CINNAMON TORTILLA CHIPS
10 flour tortillas (8 in.)
4 Tbsp. butter, melted
⅓ cup sugar
½ tsp. ground cinnamon

1. In a small bowl, beat pumpkin, pudding mix and cinnamon until mixture begins to thicken, about 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping until well combined. Cover; refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.

2. Preheat oven to 375°. Brush tortillas with butter. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Using a 3¼-in. cookie cutter, cut tortillas into Halloween shapes. Place tortillas on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar over tortillas. Bake until edges just begin to brown, 6-8 minutes. Serve with chilled pumpkin dip.

2 TBSP. FLUFF WITH 2 CHIPS 102 cal., 4g fat (2g sat. fat), 5mg chol., 100mg sod., 16g carb. (8g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g pro.

First Place Marbled Black Cocoa

Cookies Black cocoa adds a spooky color to these cutout cookies and a deep, Oreo-like flavor.

—Kim Shupe, Lake City, MI

Prep: 1 hour + chilling

Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Makes: 2 dozen

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

½ cup packed dark brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 large egg, room temperature

2 tsp. vanilla extract