This year, turn your favorite macaroni and cheese into green mac and cheese brains for a spooky twist on the traditional dish.
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Halloween Brains Mac and Cheese Recipe
With Halloween approaching soon, now is the time to start planning for some fun Halloween foods.
This year, turn your favorite macaroni and cheese into green brains for a spooky twist on the traditional dish.
And since zombies are a big part of Halloween, we decided to create a Toxic Waste Green Mac and Cheese Brains recipe.
The zombies are coming to get you! And I bet that thought has been on your mind lately.
But don't worry because making green brains with macaroni and cheese is really easy, so if Halloween isn’t quite enough for them then at least they'll enjoy this recipe as part of their spooky plan against humanity (and those who survive).
We kicked it up a notch by making a brain in the center and some brain matter around it. With eyeballs of course.
The key to getting your kids to eat more vegetables is by making it fun. With this easy Mac and Cheese recipe, you can make something they will love that also gives back in the form of health benefits!
Can we count it as healthy since we added some spinach to it?
Kids and adults alike will enjoy this delicious, side dish at your next Halloween party.
We call it "toxic waste mac and cheese" because that's exactly what they are: nauseatingly good with a nice green noodle to boot!
Kid-friendly so even the little ones can join in on all the fun.
Zombie Brains Mac and Cheese Ingredients
Brains Ingredients
- Macaroni and cheese (any brand)
- Evaporated Milk
- Eggs
- Shredded Asiago or Parmesan cheese
Brain Matter Ingredients
- Macaroni and cheese (any brand)
- Milk and Butter as needed for macaroni and cheese as per box
- Fresh Spinach leaves
- Milk
- For exact amounts, please see the recipe card below.
Eyeball Ingredients
- String Cheese
- Black olives
Supplies Needed
- large Oven safe bowl
- aluminum foil lasagna pan
- large Mixing bowl
- Wooden mixing spoon
- Strainer
- Blender
- Rubber spatula
- Aluminum Foil
- Nonstick spray
- Cutting board
- Straw or kabob skewer
- Small knife
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- Spiderweb Taco Pizza - A spooky spiderweb taco pizza recipe that is perfect for Halloween lunch or snack. A pizza crust topped with salsa, taco meat, guacamole, shredded cheese, and sour cream.
- Charcuterie Board aka Char-Boo-Terie Board – This year, I decided to make a breakfast Halloween Charcuterie Board or a Halloween Char-Boo-Terie Board which seems more fitting. 👻💀🎃
- Poke Cake Cupcakes – These simple orange poke cake cupcakes feature orange Jello flavored icing and Halloween sprinkles.
- Chocolate Covered Pretzels – Halloween pretzels shaped like bats and jack o lanterns to make these easy, quick, and delicious, chocolate-covered pretzels.
- Witch Finger Breadsticks – Witch Finger Breadsticks are a Halloween classic and they’re super easy to make with crescent roll dough and pepperoni.
- Ice Cream Cone Witch Hats no-bake Halloween treats – These Ice Cream Cone Witch Hats no-bake Halloween treats feature candy inside the hats for a fun surprise and are super easy to make!
- Pumpkins, Ghosts, and Spiders, Oh My! Halloween Pancakes Recipe – Whether it’s because they’re shaped like ghosts or pumpkins – or because of their festive flavors – these Halloween pancakes make any meal more enjoyable.
How to Make Green Mac and Cheese Recipe
Brains Directions
Start by boiling your pasta for the brain's al dente. Once they are done cooking, rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
While the pasta is boiling, make your brain sauce. Mix together the can of evaporated milk, 3 eggs, and the cheese packet from the box of macaroni and cheese.
Mix well and then add your cooked pasta. Stir to cover all the noodles.
Add your shredded asiago or parmesan cheese and mix well.
In an oven-safe bowl, spray the bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
Cover the inside of the bowl with aluminum foil. You will probably need two sheets. Overlap and fold over the edge of the bowl.
Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Pour the brain into the aluminum foil-covered bowl.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes until firm at 350 degrees F.
When it's finished, remove it from the oven and let sit to firm up for about 15 minutes.
Brain Matter Directions
Cook your pasta al dente. When finished cooking, drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
Add your butter according to the box.
Add your milk and cheese according to the box.
While the pasta is cooking, add your spinach and milk to the blender and blend well.
Pour it into your prepared macaroni and cheese and mix well.
Allow it to simmer for a few minutes to thicken up.
How to Make Edible Eyeballs
Start by slicing your cheese sticks into thin slices.
Take a straw or kabob skewer and poke a hole in the center of each slice.
Chop a black olive into small pieces to fit in the center of the cheese slice.
You now have edible eyeballs!
Putting it All Together
Turn your brain out of the bowl onto a cutting board.
Then carefully place it into the center of the lasagna pan.
Pour your brain matter all around the brain and spread it evenly.
Add your edible eyes on top of the brain matter.
Happy Haunting!
Printable Recipe Card
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