Rotting Crone's Kisses

These gloriously gross Halloween snacks look like a witch’s open mouth screaming from a cracker. Green-tinted cream cheese forms the gaping maw, pimiento strips cut into lip shapes frame the opening, and rows of peas and raisins serve as the rotting, mismatched teeth. They’re absolutely disgusting in the best possible way.

The assembly is the whole point here, and it’s a fantastic project for kids. Mixing green food coloring into cream cheese, cutting pimiento lips with scissors, and carefully placing pea and raisin “teeth” in rows keeps little hands busy and the results are hilarious enough to earn a spot on any Halloween party table.

No cooking required. This is pure craft meets snack, and the ingredients are all edible so even the messiest attempts still taste good on a cracker.

Kitchen Tips

• Soften the cream cheese completely so the food coloring mixes in evenly. Cold cream cheese will have green streaks instead of a uniform witch-green color.
• Add the green food coloring one drop at a time. You want a sickly, pale green, not bright neon.
• Cut the pimiento lips with clean kitchen scissors. A knife will tear them instead of giving you clean lip shapes.
• Use the extra cream cheese as glue to stick the pimiento lips and pea teeth in place. Everything needs to be anchored or it slides off the crackers.

Variations

• Olive teeth: Use sliced green olives instead of peas for a brinier, more adult-friendly version.
• Guacamole base: Spread guacamole instead of green cream cheese for a naturally green, dip-friendly version.
• Candy corn teeth: For a sweeter take, use candy corn pieces as the teeth for a more candy-like party snack.