Gouda Cheese Dip

Snack:
you need-
Gouda Cheese (room temperature)
1 teaspoon Good Season's Italian Dressing (dry)
1/2 cup sour cream

Cut top off wax covering of cheese saving. Carefully spoon cheese out of remaining wax, saving the shell. Mash the cheese, add other ingredients, beat. Put back into shell. Serve with crackers.
ENJOY!

Fact:
Named after the Dutch town of Gouda, just outside Rotterdam, Gouda cheese accounts for more than 60% of the cheese produced in Holland.

*photo courtesy of cheese.com

Texas Tommies

Snack:
you need-
8 hot dogs
8 slices of cheddar cheese
8 slices of bacon

Cut a V-shaped wedge out of each hot dog, lengthwise. Insert a slice of cheese in each space. Wrap a slice of bacon around each hot dog and secure with a toothpick. Bake at 350 degrees until bacon is fully cooked.
ENJOY!


Fact:
In French, the word for hot is chaud[sounds like show] and the word for dog is chien, however the word for hot dog is un hot dog!

Hardly Handy

Snack:
you need-
2 plastic food service gloves
10 pieces of candy corn
1 bag cheddar cheese popcorn

Pointy end down, place a piece of candy corn into each fingertip of the gloves. Then fill the rest of the gloves with popcorn.
Tie with a twist-tie to keep fresh or eat immediately.
ENJOY!


Fact:
Halloween is recognized as the third biggest party day after New Year's and Super Bowl Sunday!

Toasted Pretzel Treats

Snack:
you need-
2 sticks butter
1 package onion soup
18 oz. bag of broken pretzels

Melt butter in a baking pan. Mix in soup. Coat pretzel pieces evenly. Bake at 225 degrees for one hour and 15 minutes.
ENJOY!

Fact:
The first commercial pretzel factory in the United States was established in 1861 at Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Sunny's Sausage Snack

Snack:
2 cups Bisquick
10 oz. cheddar cheese, grated
1 lbs. pork sausage

Mix ingredients by hands. Roll into balls and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
ENJOY!


Fact:
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest recorded jump by a pig was 70 cm, achieved by Kotetsu, a pot bellied pig.

Peanut Butter Ball Perfection

Snack:
you need-
2 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons peanut butter
2 cups granola
2 to 4 tablespoons milk- or as much as needed


In a large bowl, mix together the honey and peanut butter. Using a spatula, stir in the granola. Add enough milk just to moisten--you want it to stick together. Form the mixture into balls. Chill until you're ready to serve.
ENJOY!


Fact:
John Harvey Kellog first used granola- adapted from Dr. James Caleb Jackson's Granula- because he needed a breakfast to serve at his Michigan sanitarium. He orginally called it Granula as well but, after being sued, the name was changed to the commonly known- granola.

Corn and Tomato Salsa

Snack:
you need-
1 ear's worth of corn kernels
3 medium ripe tomatoes, finely chopped
1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
1 fresh hot green chili, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
4 tbsp. chopped cilantro
1 tbsp. basalmic vinegar
salt
crackers

Steam the corn kernels for about 5 minutes until just tender and quite juicy. Remove them from the heat and rinse under cold water. Mix together the tomatoes, onion, chili to taste, cilantro, vinegar, and salt to taste. Top each cracker with the salsa, the the corn, or mix the two together.
ENJOY!


Fact:
Salsa dancing originated in Cuba before gaining popularity in New York in the 1950's where it then incorporated traditional Puerto Rican rhythms.