Halloween Dip With Carrots and Canapes

Halloween is a wildly popular holiday, and that popularity extends to adults as well as kids. Halloween parties dot many a social schedule come late October, and parties mean food. While it’s customary to indulge in a few candied treats on Halloween, adults may want something with a little nutritional value as well. This “Halloween Dip With Carrots and Canapes” from Lines+Angles can make the perfect homemade party offering this Halloween.

Halloween Dip With Carrots and Canapes
Makes 4 servings

For the dip:
3 large avocados, halved, pitted, peeled and diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 lime, juiced
1 dash Tabasco® sauce
1⁄2 cup sour cream
3⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
1⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 small handful cilantro, finely chopped

To serve:
6 large carrots
1⁄2 cup sour cream
1 handful stuffed olives, sliced
1 handful seedless red grapes, sliced
5 slivered almonds

1. For the dip: Mash together avocado, garlic, lime juice, Tabasco®, sour cream, salt, and pepper in a serving bowl until smooth. 
2. Stir in chopped cilantro. Cover and chill until ready to serve. 
3. To serve: Peel and cut two carrots into thick coins. Top with sour cream and then olive and grape slices. 
4. Cut the remaining carrots into finger shapes. Use a paring knife to shave down their ends into nail beds. Make a thin incision at the end of the nail beds and slide a slivered almond into them to mimic fingernails. 
5. Serve finger carrots in the prepared avocado dip with the carrot coins on the side.