I love Sunday Supper every week but this week, I am super excited. This is such a special event because the Sunday Supper Family is sharing their favorite Fun and Spooky Potato Recipes. We are thrilled to have Idaho® Potatoes join us around the family table to celebrate this fun event. We love their taters and this was a great opportunity to blend our creative and culinary talents to come up with a delicious Halloween recipe that would be fun for families to make.
My biggest challenge is getting the kids fed on Halloween night in time to go trick or treating. I wanted to create a dish that was fun and spooky but that would also be a great meal for the family. My kids love meatballs and mashed potatoes and these stuffed potato spiders were a huge hit when tested on them. I love that you can make large stuffed potato spiders as a meal or make little babies to take to a party as appetizers. These stuffed potato spiders can be made ahead of time and left in the fridge until you are ready to pop them in the oven. If you want to take them up to the next level, you can also fry them. But as a busy mom — ain’t nobody got time for that!
Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed Idaho® potatoes, hot
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 4 teaspoons flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 8 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
- fried chow mein noodles
- 2 olives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Mix together the mashed Idaho® potatoes, eggs, butter and 2 tablespoons flour.
- Set aside and let cool.
- In a frying pan, heat the olive oil and add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink.
- Stir with a wooden spoon to break up the meat.
- Add the tomato sauce, garlic, oregano and salt to the cooked ground beef. Mix thoroughly.
- Turn the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Spread a spoonful of the potato dough mix in the palm of your hand. Make an indentation in the middle and stuff it with one tablespoon of the meat mixture.
- Cover the filling with more potato dough and shape into a ball.
- Add the breadcrumbs to a large dish.
- Dust the ball lightly with the remaining flour and roll in the breadcrumbs, until evenly coated.
- Place the balls on a large baking sheet.
- Repeat until mix is used up.
- Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter.
- Brush all the stuffed potato balls with butter.
- Bake for approximately 20 - 25 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
- Slice the olives into tiny squares or rectangles for the eyes.
- Carefully add the chow mein noodles as legs.
- Add the tiny olive pieces as eyes.
How fun are these recipes? I don’t know how we will be able to choose what to make this year for Halloween!
Fun and Spooky Potato Savory Bites:
- A Bowlful of Creepy Crawlies by kimchi MOM
- Bloody Mary Potatoes by The Messy Baker
- Devilish Potato Mummies by Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
- Halloween Baked Potato Skin Pizzas by Alida’s Kitchen
- Jack O’Lantern Shepherd’s Pie Stuffed Peppers by Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Jalapeno Chili Stuffed Potato Mummies by Feed Me, Seymour
- Loaded Mashed Potato Spider Web Casserole by NeighborFood
- Mashed Potato Grave by Peanut Butter and Peppers
- Mashed Potato Monsters by Ruffles & Truffles
- Monster Mash Potatoes by Curious Cuisiniere
- Roasted Potato Eyeballs by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Roasted Potato Graveyard by Take A Bite Out of Boca
- Spooky Halloween Potatoes Graveyard by Clarks Condensed
- Spooky Spiderweb Loaded Mashed Potato Cakes by Rhubarb and Honey
- Stuffed Potato Spiders by Family Foodie
- Twice Baked Potato Graves by Kudos Kitchen by Renee
- Twice Baked Potato Mummies Covered with Roaches by The Wimpy Vegetarian
Fun and Spooky Potato Sweet Treats:
- Chocolate Potato Skull Cake by Magnolia Days
- Potato Candy Spiders by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Chocolate Raspberry Ghoulash by Desserts Required
We love Idaho® and, if you’re looking for even more potato recipes and inspiration, connect with theI daho® Potato Commission on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. You can also follow ourFun and Creepy Halloween Pinterest Board for Bootiful recipes.
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This post is sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission. All opinions are my own.
Alida
September 28, 2014 at 6:35 amI am so impressed with your tasty, spooky spiders! These are so fun!
Renee Dobbs
September 28, 2014 at 6:45 amNow this is my kind of stuffed potatoes!!!
Kudos Kitchen
September 28, 2014 at 8:45 amOh Isabel, these are charmingly creepy…and your photo with the spider web and all the spiders coming over the hill kind of made my skin crawl. Nice job! LOL
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers
September 28, 2014 at 9:51 amHa Ha! I love your little spiders! You certainly made it scary with the black spiders! I love it and your photos are gorgeous!
Cindy Kerschner
September 28, 2014 at 9:55 amThese would be great on any Halloween dinner plate!
shockinglydelicious
September 28, 2014 at 10:50 amHow creepy….I want them!
Sylvia
September 28, 2014 at 11:30 amI love these stuffed potatoes. Usually just pick one up when I’m out shopping. Now I have this great recipe to make my own. I like them with hot sauce. Yum! Pinning this one for sure.
The Wimpy Vegetarian
September 28, 2014 at 12:48 pmI just love your potato spiders! What a fabulous, fabulous idea!!
Kimberly
September 28, 2014 at 1:50 pmFirst and foremost, these sound absolutely amazing! And they could be made all year long … which I will be doing!
Second, I just fell in love with the pic of the “spider family” outside … they appear to be invading that log, and it’s just too, too cute!
hezzid
September 28, 2014 at 2:30 pmIsabel these are totally awesome! I love how stinkin’ cute they are and I’m sure they taste amazing too!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour)
September 28, 2014 at 2:33 pmThese are so cute! And delicious. I’d definitely serve them on Halloween. 🙂
shaywiz
September 28, 2014 at 3:04 pmThese potato spiders are seriously the cutest things in the world and so perfect for a pre-trick or treat meal!
themessybakerblog
September 28, 2014 at 5:16 pmThese are just darling. I love the way you set up the shot–gorgeous photos!
Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen (@BobbisKozyKtchn)
September 28, 2014 at 6:36 pmI have never wanted to stuff a spider in my mouth before. There is a first time for everything right? LOL I seriously love these little guys!
Courtney @ Neighborfood
September 28, 2014 at 8:26 pmI never thought I would say a spider was cute, but GOSH, these are CUTE!
Katie
September 28, 2014 at 8:29 pmOh, the golden crispy goodness! They sound delectable, and look so nice and spooky!
Amy Kim (@kimchi_mom)
September 29, 2014 at 9:16 amNot only are these adorably spooky, they sound really good! Totally fun way to present dinner!
Betsy @ Desserts Required
September 29, 2014 at 2:58 pmKudos on figuring out how to turn adorable deliciousness into a full on Halloween meal! YOWZA!
cookingactress
September 29, 2014 at 7:08 pmbahahahaaaa ADORABLE!!!! Plus I wanna gobble them up–first time I’ve ever had such feelings about spiders lol
La Cuisine d'Helene
October 1, 2014 at 10:11 amThey are so cute, even my grown ups children would love them.
Susan Palmer
October 1, 2014 at 5:12 pmYour photos look incredible! I love the little family of potato spiders all together. Plus they sounds delicious with that meat stuffing.
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
October 14, 2014 at 10:52 pmThese creepy crawlies looks so fun!!!
Hannah Newberry
November 18, 2014 at 4:43 pmThese look so cute and like so much fun! I absolutely adore these, and they look as good as they do cute, Can’t wait to try these!