A few years ago, we hosted a Dead Man's Diner party for Halloween and I felt like a mad scientist in my kitchen bringing body part shaped food to life. I found it particularly easy to transform ordinary food into eyeballs and decorated a store bought pumpkin pie to look like a P-Eye.
I know some people would be totally grossed out when served body part shaped food, but we found that the majority of our 80+ guests gleefully gobbled up this creepy cuisine.
Waitresses dressed in old fashioned diner uniforms served up Bone Calzones, Hand-Burgers Dripping in Blood with Finger Fries, Cannibals Chowder in Skull Shaped Bread Bowls, Grilled Feet with a side of Bone Chips, and hot Open Face Sandwiches.
If you'd like to serve up some of this gruesome grub, you can find all of the recipes in my cookbook, Hungry Halloween featuring Movie Monster Munchies, Bewitched Buffet, and Dead Man's Diner which is available on Amazon.com (here.)
For the party, our kitchen served as the diner complete with a classic lunch counter.Are you thinking of hosting a Dead Man's Diner party yourself? If so, you can find decorating information here at Hungry Halloween.com.
After all the appet-eye-sers were devoured, and I do mean devoured, we removed the empty dishes and replaced them with lots of Deadserts, including a Pumpkin P-Eye which is hiding at the back of the table.One of the most popular Deadserts was the Creme Brulee P-Eye. It looked and tasted fantastic. You can find the recipe and even a video here at Hungry Halloween.
Now, I know you are just dying to find out how to make your own Pumpkin P-Eye, so here it is.
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kristi dominguez
Ha! "Eye" love this pie! Great idea, Beth!
Diane Balch
This is the creepiest cake..my kids think your party looks great. Please share this on foodie friday.
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
I'm hosting an It's Fall Y'all ~ Linky Party. I would love for you to share this, and any other Fall projects you have! Hope to see you there 🙂
Anonymous
Cool! I love serving creepy food at my Halloween parties and this is a quick and easy idea I can even use. Thanks.
Our Pinteresting Family
That is an awesome pie! Love these ideas. Megan
Pint Sized Baker
Love this eyeball! Such a great idea. Love the party as well!
A Lived in Home
So creepy, yet fabulous at the same time! I would love for you to come link up your awesome blog to my Get Social link party that's live right now! http://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2012/09/get-social-sunday_22.html
Cranberry Morning
Creepily delicious, I am sure! I know some kids who'd really like this pumpkin pie. Certainly makes my pie look boring. lol
Mama Jodi
What a great group of ideas for Halloween. Thanks for sharing. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
Bingo Buttercup Crafts
I love this! I hardly ever see quirky/fun decorated pies- such a fun idea for those (like my best friend) who prefer pies to cakes and cookies. I found you via Mop It Up Mondays- I'm #171!
-Amberly!
Two Succulent Sisters
This is so cool. Would love to have you hook up to our Pumpkin Party with your unusual EYE pumpkin. Too funny. And all the other stuff, too. Hope you can make it. It's open all month and I'm promoting it, too. Best wishes, Linda
http://twosucculentsisters.blogspot.com/2012/09/thirty-days-of-pumpkins.html
Katie
That's so cool. I'd love to have you link up to the Fall Into the Holidays blog hop.
http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/fall-into-the-holidays-3-happy-fall/
Katie @ Horrific Knits
The Partiologist
How awesome is this party - LOVE the body part food - you made everything look so real, no wonder you felt like a mad scientist
Jo and Sue
As always Beth, your creativity never ceases to amazes us! Love, love, love the spooky diner theme. 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Have you two started planning your Halloween party yet? I look forward to seeing what you come up with this year.
Jo and Sue
The planning has begun! We just need to narrow our menu down from a million things to something a little more do-able 🙂 Of course we have stolen *eeermm* borrowed tons of your ideas! 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Steal as much as you want, I'll just make more =) Have fun planning and cooking!
KCorb
The body part food at that party was AWESOME!! Your book is an amazing guide to doing it all yourself.
I will come to your party this year as a Zombie Traveler right off the airplane. Can't wait!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Thanks! I do hope you can make it to the party. It wouldn't be the same without you there.
KCorb
The "body parts" food at that Party was AWESOME!!!!!
I can't wait until this year's party. I will get off the airplane and come to your party as a zombie traveler.
Kitchen Riffs
Sounds like a wonderful time! Love the "creepy cuisine!" Really, really fun - thanks for a very entertaining post.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
I'm happy you appreciate the humor in the creepy cuisine!
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com
Love all of the eyeballs...cute pie!!!