Spider Pretzels Halloween Lunch Box Surprise Recipes

SPIDER PRETZELS

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter on one cracker and "sandwich" with the other cracker.
• Insert eight pretzel legs into the filling between the crackers.
• Use dabs of peanut butter to affix the raisin eyes.

PRETZEL SPIDER WEBS

Steps:

• Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
• In sets of 8, arrange the pretzel sticks into the spokes of 10 webs, with the centers touching and the outer edges spaced.
• Melt the melting wafers according to the package instructions, approximately 2 minutes in a microwave or 3 to 5 minutes over a double boiler. Transfer to a piping bag and cut the tip to create a small hole.
• Pipe a small amount of the melted candy onto the center of each web where the pretzels meet; this will hold the webs together. Then pipe a web pattern by starting in the center and spiraling out to the edges. Go around the outer edges a couple times to create a firm border. Carefully spoon over the sprinkles. Repeat with the remaining webs.
• Place chocolate spiders in the center, if using. Let set 1 hour.

SPIDER PRETZELS (HALLOWEEN LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Make a cracker sandwich with the cream cheese.
• Insert eight pretzel "legs" into the filling.
• With a dab of cream cheese, set two raisin "eyes" on top.

SECRET SANDWICH (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Using a small paring knife, pierce the bottom of the muffin until the knife almost reaches the top. Cut a circle and pull out the bread cylinder and set aside.
• Using your fingers, press the inside bread walls to make them thinner.
• Add condiment of your choice to inside of roll.
• Add lunch meat until it is about a 1/3 full. Then add cheese until it is 2/3 full and fill with more lunch meat.
• Cut a bit of the cylinder off and apply condiment to the bready side of the circle. Press into bottom of muffin.

SNACK STACKERS (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Cut 4 (1-1/2-inch) circles out of your choice of lunch meat (use small glass if you don't have a cutter that is that small and cut around it), then cut 4 (1-1/4-inch) stars out of your choice of cheese.
• Top each cracker with 1 lunch meat circle and 1 cheese star or place in container and ship off in lunch box.

SPIDER PRETZELS (HALLOWEEN)

Steps:

• With the peanut butter, make a cracker sandwich.
• Insert 8 pretzel "legs" into the filling.
• With a dab of peanut butter, set 2 raisin eyes on top.

TWO TONED SANDWICHES (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• You will need two cookie cutters. A large one (that still fits within the bread slice) and a smaller cutter that will fit inside the larger cookie cutter. I used a large heart and a small star. - OR - Just use One cutter and do the center.
• Place the 2 slices of bread on a cutting surface. Using the large cutter, cut the shape out of both slices. Using the smaller cutter, cut the center of both shapes. - OR - Just cut out one shape from each slice.
• Swap the larger cutouts, so that the wheat bread has the large white bread design and the white has the wheat. - OR - Just swap the one you cut out.
• Assemble your sandwich as normal.

TUNA SPOOK SANDWICHES (HALLOWEEN LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Drain water from tuna and place in small mixing bowl; break the tuna into small pieces with a fork. Mix in the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and celery.
• Cut the bread slices with a cookie cutter into the shape of a ghost. Spread 7 slices with the tuna mixture and cover each with a second slice of bread.
• Use the raisins to make eyes and mouths for each ghost. You can "glue" them with cream cheese if necessary.