{Chocolate Spiders}

What you need:

* 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate, grated or finely chopped

* 1 can (5 ounces) chow mein noodles

* 1 cup salted peanuts

What you do:

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Melt chocolate. Remove from the heat. Add the noodles and peanuts and stir and fold until the noodles are well coated. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto prepared pan. Chill for at least 8 hours, or until ready to serve.

{Baked Miniature Pumpkins}

* 1 small sugar pumpkin

* 1 tsp. brown sugar

* 1/2 tsp. butter

* 2 pinches ground cinnamon

Cut off the top of the pumpkin and scrape out all the seeds. Place the butter and the brown sugar inside the pumpkin & sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Put the pumpkin lid back on and place pumpkin on a baking pan with a little water in the bottom. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until tender.

Makes - 1 miniature pumpkin