Halloween Breadsticks as Witch Fingers an Easy Recipe

Halloween Breadsticks can be a lot of fun! You can make bones, snakes, or my all time favorite…..witch fingers! Or this year, we're calling them Frankenstein fingers. Change up the color and they can be any kind of monster finger your heart desires!

It's Day 3 of our 13 Days of Halloween. Every year I try to come up with fun ideas that surround a general theme. This year we're doing Frankenstein and sharing all things Mad Science and spooky greens with a few witchy details thrown in for good measure. If you missed yesterday's post it's here: Day 2 – Halloween Charcuterie Witch Hat

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Simple Halloween Breadsticks Ingredients

You only need a few ingredients for these spooky Halloween breadsticks

• Pillsbury Crescent Roll Sheet Dough
• Melted butter
• Green food coloring
• Cream cheese
• Sliced Almonds or Almond flakes

Suggested Kitchen Equipment:

• Large baking sheet
• Silicon mat for cookie sheet
• Rotary Pizza cutter
• Silicone Basting Brush or some cute fun colored ones like this!

Cut Breadstick Dough

Lay the dough out on a greased cutting board {or silicone mat} and fold over in half, pressing down the edges. Then, using a rotary pizza cutter cut into equal strips. I got 9 total breadsticks out of a regular sheet of crescent dough.

Form Dough into Halloween Fingers

Once your strips are ready you need to do 3 things:

1. First, pinch the top to create a point, the sharper the better because it bakes out
2. Next, pinch along the finger in two places to create indents and give your fingers some shape
3. Finally, using the kitchen shears create 2 snips at each indent for the knuckle

Now that they're ready, pop them into a preheated oven and bake according to the instructions on the package. It's typically 375° for 12-15 minutes. Make sure they aren't placed too closely to each other or they will end up baking together.

Bake Halloween Breadsticks

Once baked nice and golden they look a little like fingers now! But the magic isn't done….we have a few more steps to make them totally spooky. But they're easy, I promise!

Make ‘Em Green

Instead of trying to dye the whole lump of dough, it's SO EASY to just dye a little butter and brush it on the baked finger breadsticks. You can add as much or as little food coloring as you want. I used 2 drops of food color for 2 TB of butter.

For a more dramatic color change feel free to add more. You can also add 2 layers of butter if desired to intensify the color and add to the flavor.

Halloween Breadsticks Need Fingernails!

Now that they are successfully green, another important part of the EWWWWW factor is adding fingernails. I used a small dollop of cream cheese for mine, but you could easily substitutes softened butter, frosting, peanut butter, sour cream, etc. Anything that'll help the fingernails stick to the bread that will still taste good to you when eating.

Once your nail beds are ready, apply your fingernails and press lightly so they stick. Sliced almonds make a great nail as they are already the perfect shape, but you could also use shaved coconut, cheese slices, or even pepperoni if you're willing to shape each nail.

Halloween Dinner Breadsticks

Now that they're ready you can place them on a pretty platter and serve them up with Halloween dinner. Breadsticks go SO well with my Butternut Squash soup or as a side dish to our Spooky spaghetti with Blood Bags!

Witch Finger Halloween breadsticks are the perfect thing to take to a work party, family dinner, or Halloween event all October long. I promise they will be a hit wherever they're served!

If you try making these Frankenstein Fingers, I'd love to hear about it in the comments below. And if you share photos, I want to see it too! Please tag us @partieswithacause on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram. We love celebrating all your hard work! 

If you love Halloween like I do – check out my Master List of Halloween Party Ideas here:

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