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Your Halloween breakfast does an about face!

The Muffin-Top Monster, from Adrian Fiorino's Insanewiches: 101 Ways to Think Outside the Lunchbox (St. Martin's Griffin, 2011), is a welcome surprise.

For kicks, try using other cereal and candy for decoration.

Ingredients:
2 large store-bought muffins, any flavor
2 tablespoons almond butter
6 green jelly beans
1 red jujube
Small tube green frosting
2 green Froot Loops®
8 strands fiber cereal (like Kellogg's® All-Bran®)

Instruments:
Bread knife, spoon, toothpick

Directions:
1. Cut the tops off 2 muffins using the bread knife.

2. Flip 1 muffin top over so the rounded side is facing down.

3. Spread with almond butter using spoon.

4. Line jelly beans along the front edge of the flipped muffin top.

5. Place the second muffin top on top of the jelly beans so the rounded part is facing up.

6. Above each eye, place four fiber cereal strands as the eyebrows.

7. Poke a toothpick into the jujube.

8. Stick the jujube into the upper muffin top as the nose.

9. Dab frosting onto each Froot Loop so they will adhere, and place them onto the upper muffin top as eyes.

Serves 2

Text and photographs copyright 2011, by Adrian Fiorino. All rights reserved.

A pumpkin spiked with orange- and chocolate-flavored lollipops resembles a folk-art Sputnik. The pumpkin is carved from synthetic foam -- before helping themselves to a treat. It's a party centerpiece.

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Is there anything more fun for children than being able to wander the streets or the hallways in search of the perfect candy? During that time of year it's very important to find the best Halloween costumes for kids 2011.

Captain America

One of the hottest movie stars this year, this superhero is one who all young children will be looking to dress like and is bound to be one of the best Halloween costumes of 2011. With the Captain America child's outfit your child can dress up to look exactly like the movie version of this unlikely superhero. Comes with the main outfit that is filled with fake muscles, the very important head piece, and blue pants. It does not include the well-known shield, and while the outfit will work without it, adding this essential piece is definitely something that will make your children happy!

Angry Birds

Who would ever have thought that a simple game about birds that are shot out of a slingshot at pigs would become the huge craze that it has! But there's no denying it - Angry Birds is one of the breakout hits of the last few years. This year your child can dress up like their favorite Red Bird while they're out trick-or-treating with one of the top Halloween costumes of 2011! This simple outfit pulls right over their head and gives them ample room for their face to show while also giving them room to stick their arms out. Add black pants and make sure you remind them that it's not a good idea to go into a slingshot!

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