This Cackling Crackers and Full Moon Dip (a.k.a. Halloween Dip with Witch Crackers) makes a fun appetizer for a Halloween party. Your guests will love this easy-to-make hot chicken tip served with homemade witch-shaped crackers.
Does your family have that one dish that is served at virtually every family function? Our gatherings would not be complete without a serving dish filled with bubbling hot chicken dip.
When I was creating witch-themed recipes for my cookbook, Hungry Halloween featuring Movie Monster Munchies, Bewitched Buffet, and Dead Man's Diner, I came up with the idea to have a witch flying across a moon and knew that the chicken dip served in a round dish would work wonderfully as a moon.
We usually serve the dip with crackers, so I decided to try my hand at making homemade crackers shaped like flying witches to go along with my moon dip.
I had never made homemade crackers before developing this recipe, but found they were so simple to make. I wanted a light crispy cracker with a very mild flavor, but I also wanted the crackers to be black so they would appear as silhouettes of the flying witches.
At first, I tried to use dark-colored flours to make the crackers but didn't like the more robust crackers with the dip. Then I tried sprinkling poppy seeds over a more plain cracker, but this too was not the flavor I was after, so I finally decided to just add black food coloring to a buttery cracker made with all-purpose flour.
I thought the resulting crackers looked great and tasted perfect with the chicken dip. I hope you like them too.
Cackling Crackers and Full Moon Dip
recipe excerpt from my cookbook, Hungry Halloween featuring Movie Monster Munchies, Bewitched Buffet, and Dead Man's Diner
Cackling Crackers:
To Create Witch Stencil: Click on this link for a PDF file of the witch template. Print the witch template onto a piece of card stock paper. Cut out the image of the witch.
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Recipe
A quick and easy chicken dip served with witch-shaped crackers for Halloween.
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter divided
- ⅓ cup whole milk
- ½ teaspoon black paste food coloring
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Table salt
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 12 oz. can chunk chicken breast
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To Create Witch Stencil: Click on this link for a PDF file of the witch template. Print the witch template onto a piece of card stock paper. Cut out image of the witch.
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Pour flour, baking powder, and kosher salt into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse three times. Add 6 tablespoons butter and pulse 10 times. Add milk and black paste food coloring and pulse until the mixture forms a ball. If the dough looks dry, add up to a tablespoon of milk. You can also do this in a bowl, using a pastry cutter or large fork.
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Pour dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 10 times. Divide dough into three balls. Pour olive oil into a shallow bowl. Place dough balls into a bowl and coat them in the oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Lightly flour work surface. Roll the dough out as thin as possible. Lay witch stencil on dough and cut out around witch. Cut remaining dough with witch-shaped cookie cutters, re-rolling as needed. Place cutouts on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Prick each cracker all over using a fork. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Brush crackers with butter and sprinkle salt, to taste, over tops. Bake for 8-12 minutes until crackers are crisp.
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Combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and chicken in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until combined. Spread into a 9” round ramekin or pie plate. Bake, covered with foil, in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes. Top with large witch crackers and serve hot with remaining Cackling Crackers.
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