If you’ve read my blog before, you know I love cute food. From witch rice krispy treats to ghost brownies, Halloween is all about turning food into adorable monsters at our house. So far I’ve mostly been sharing sweet Halloween treats but today I’m bringing it full circle with this fun Halloween appetizer – one of my all time favorite Halloween party ideas! This one is super easy to make, even if you’re artistically or cooking challenged. It’s also a fun one to let the kids help with – pretty hard to screw up! If to save time, you can even just grab a container of your favorite guacamole instead of making it from scratch!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Healthier Halloween idea – unlike some of the desserts I’ve been sharing, this Frankenstein guacamole is a little healthier alternative, especially if you serve it up with some fresh veggies (or even chips). Fun veggie plate alternative – I’ve never met anyone who actually likes to bring a veggie plate. This is a fun alternative if that’s what you’ve been assigned or what you signed up for. Makes bringing a veggie plate actually fun!
Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
Guacamole – I’ve included a simple guacamole recipe in this post but if you have a favorite guac recipe, by all means use that instead. You just want to make sure that it’s not super chunky and that it doesn’t include things that would take away from the green color (pomegranate seeds for example). Red cabbage – I recommend getting an uncut red cabbages so that you can cut the hair pieces how you want them. A bag of shredded red cabbage isn’t going to come with the little triangles you want for the look!
How to Make Guacamole Frankenstein
Making this Frankenstein guacamole is actually a lot easier than you’d think since there’s no real decorating, just cutting veggies!
1 – Cut your veggies
Before you get started, cut up your veggies (p.s., I’m using the term veggies loosely to include all of the decoration pieces) so that you have:
2 – Make your Guacamole
Make your guacamole if you’re making it or if not, just skip right along. If you’re making the guacamole, all you need to do is:
3 – Make Frankenstein
Start creating your Frankenstein by spreading guacamole on a large serving plate in a rectangle shape. I recommend making the guacamole about 1/4-1/2 inch deep on the plate so it’s one layer of dip rather than multiple chips worth of dip in each layer. Decorate the Frankenstein with the veggies you cut up earlier, using the pictures in this post for guidance. You’ll use cucumber slices and black olives for the eyeballs, the end of the cucumber for the nose, cabbage for the hair and mouth, and celery with the cherry tomatoes for the eye bolts. If you need more details directions on creating the face, feel free to leave me a comment and I’ll try to walk you through it, but it should be pretty self-explanatory. You can also get creative with this like I did with adding the sriracha sauce for the scar! Surround the Frankenstein guacamole with chips, crackers, veggies, and anything else you like to dip into guacamole! Just keep Frankenstein in the front and center!
Expert Tips
To make the guacamole in advance, make it then cover your bowl with plastic wrap, making sure there is no air between the guac and plastic wrap. This should help with the oxidation and will keep your guac from turning black! Store in the fridge for about 24 hours. Make sure your avocados are nice and ripe to make the guacamole. If you get unripe avocados, you won’t be able to mash them enough to make this tasty. You should be able to squeeze the avocado similar to a stick of butter, where it has some give. Place the avocados in a brown paper bag to ripen quickly. The brightest, freshest, and greenest ones aren’t ripe enough. They are beautiful, but you will have to wait a week or so for them to mature. If you’re buying an avocado that isn’t ready yet, a good way to get it to ripen quickly is to store it in a paper bag
More Easy Appetizers
If you need more appetizers for your Halloween party, try any of these!
Cheese stuffed meatballs – these simple meatballs are stuffed with mozzarella cheese then baked or cooked in an air fryer. They’re easy and delicious! Pizza twist recipe – a fun take on traditional pizza, these yummy pizza twists have all of the flavor of pepperoni pizza with a twist!Sticky Asian chicken wings – this delicious chicken wing recipe has a slightly sweet, slightly sticky taste! Pigs in a blanket with cheese – there’s nothing more classic than pigs in a blanket and this delicious variety uses cheddar cheese and a yummy buttery topping to make them even better!Buffalo chicken dip – everyone’s favorite buffalo chicken dip in a quick and easy layered recipe!
