Disney Villain Playlist to Set the Halloween Mood

It's almost the ticking hour until Halloween fun begins! 

While it seems you've got everything complete - from costumes to candy - here's a last-minute touch to get ready for trick-or-treat fun. 

It's the soundtrack!

When you have little ones, you really can't play Tubular Bells (the worst Halloween song EVER), screaming girl or squeaky door sounds - well not too much at least. Believe me, you'll regret it when you do when you wake up in the middle of the night with them screaming of bad dreams. So you compromise. 

Forget princesses, this Disney-inspired playlist from Rdio, the ad-free online subscription service, is all about Disney villains. 

So click play and get the party started just the way Disney wants you to. 

1. This Is Halloween - The Citizens of Halloween - Nightmare Before Christmas Special Edition
2. Grim, Grinning Ghosts - Ghosts - Mickey's Monster Bash
3. Swinging Wake - Xavier Atencio, Buddy Baker - The Haunted Mansion
4. Oogie Boogie's Song - Danny Elfman - Nightmare Before Christmas Special Edition
5. Friends on the Other Side - Keith David - Disney Villains: Simply Sinister Songs
6. Otherworldly Concerto - Gaylord Carter - The Haunted Mansion
7. Poor Unfortunate Souls - Pat Carroll - Disney Villains: Simply Sinister Songs
8. Heffalumps and Woozles - Disney Chorus - Halloween Songs & Sounds
9. The Siamese Cat Song - Oliver Wallace, Peggy Lee - Disney Villains: Simply Sinister Songs
10. Pink Elephants On Parade - Disney Chorus - Disney Villains: Simply Sinister Songs
11. Ghostly Music Box - Music Box - Haunted Mansion - The Haunted Mansion
12. They Don't Scare Me - Mickey Mouse - Halloween Songs & Sounds
13. Monster Mash - Goofy - Mickey's Monster Bash
14. I Wanna Scare Myself - Tigger - Halloween Songs & Sounds
15. Which Witch Is Which? - Goofy, Mickey Mouse - Halloween Songs & Sounds
16. Pool Monsters Attack - Danny Elfman - Frankenweenie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
17. Night Creatures (Sound Effect) - Walt Disney Sound Effects Group - Halloween Songs & Sounds
18. Haunted House (Sound Effect) - Walt Disney Sound Effects Group - Halloween Songs & Sounds
19. The Witches (Sound Effect) - Walt Disney Sound Effects Group - Halloween Songs & Sounds
20. A Dark & Stormy Night (Sound Effect) - Walt Disney Sound Effects Group - Mickey's Monster Bash

Which Disney villain is your favorite? 

Happy (Almost) Halloween! 

Halloween Celebration Play Date Fun: Boo Bark, Spooky S'mores & Poison Punch {Recipes}

As part of a sponsored campaign for Collective Bias®, I was inspired to create some fun and quick recipes for a Halloween play date using our favorite Mars candies, 7 UP and Hawaiian Punch. 

As I've been sharing on mamachallenge, I simply love Halloween. 

The decor, the fun and the candy make it a perfect opportunity to get together with family friends to catch up before the Christmas holidays. So we invited over a few of the neighbors for a little play date with a spooky celebration theme! 

The kids wanted to help with the party preparation fun, so we put on our aprons and began the creation fun! My little mad scientist (my 5 year-old) came up with the idea of Boo Bark; an inspiration from his recipe of Easter Day Bark. Using all his favorite Mars candies like Twix, Snickers, and M&Ms, he whipped together a delicious candy-coated treat, with a little help from mom (melting the chocolate.) 

Once in the Halloween spirit, he couldn't stop himself! My little chef, wanted to have one more dessert for his party. Since he loves s'mores, he decided to make a Halloween S'mores using pumpkin marshmallows, Snickers miniatures and cinnamon-flavored graham crackers. I was surprised at how good they were and tasted just like Halloween! 

To wash it all down, we made up our own brew of "Poison Punch" with Hawaiian Punch, 7 UP and a little dab of sherbet for effect. We also used some other Halloween fun using juice ice cubes and gummi body parts to add a little more fun to the bow. Using a decorative cauldron and a fun little toy we found at the Halloween store, we were able to add a little spooky effect with fog. While you could opt to use dry ice instead of the vaporizer, we were able to find ANY anywhere, so this little device made it easy for us to use and could be used over and over. 

See? Having a little spooky celebration get-together can come together with little work or effort with just a few favorite ingredients! And best of all, after Halloween, what an easy way to use your leftover candy and create a treat perfect for giving in November (just change out your M&Ms for yellow, orange and brown.) 

Mars Variety Packs make getting ready for Trick or Treaters easy with Miniatures available in 230 pieces & Fun Size packs in 55 pieces.

Boo Bark

Ingredients
Cooking spray
2 cups chocolate chips
16-20 Twix miniatures
15 Snickers miniatures, chopped 
20 bags M&Ms, separated into green, orange, brown 

Instructions
Line a cookie sheet with foil. Then spray the foil with cooking spray. 
Lay unwrapped Twix on the bottom of sheet spacing them out around 1-2 inches a part. 
Next either melt chocolate chips in the microwave or over the stove with a double boiler, until the chocolate has melted and pulls away from the pot. 
Pour chocolate over Twix bars on sheet. 
Place M&Ms over the top of chocolate bark. 
Then sprinkle Snickers over the top. 
Place chocolate pan in frigerator or freezer until firm. 
Break apart into pieces. 
Serve immediately or store in fridge until ready to gift. 

If you haven't bought your candy for Trick or Treating or your stash is already spoken for, then check out this coupon from Coupons.com to save! 

Poison Punch

Ingredients
2 quarts Hawaiian Punch
2 cups 7 UP
1 cup sherbet (any flavor)
Gummi body parts

Instructions
Refrigerate Hawaiian Punch and & 7 UP until ready to serve. 
Add to Hawaiian Punch and gummi body parts to a large bowl. 
Then add sherbet. 
Slowly add 7 UP to the bowl. 
Serve punch in a cauldron or other fun serving container! 

Want some other fun Halloween ideas? Check out this SPOOKY Pinterest board! 

Have fun this Halloween!