Easy Jack-O-Lantern Salad Cups
A fun and cute way to serve salad during Halloween season!
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 large oranges
- 2 – 7 ounce bags of favorite pre-made salad mix, dressing included (I used 2 different kinds – a Kale salad for the adults and a Ranch salad for the kids)
Instructions
- Slice the top off of each orange as close to the top as possible.
- Using a large, sharp knife, run knife blade carefully around inside edge of each orange, far enough down to loosen as much of the orange as possible, but not so far down as to cut a hole in the bottom of the orange.
- Using a soup spoon, scoop out the orange pulp, scraping the inside of the orange as clean as possible, again without ripping or tearing the orange (in other words, take your time and be careful); save the pulp for another use such as fresh orange juice.
- Rinse orange cups and turn upside down and allow to dry.
- Using a small, sharp knife, cut a Jack-O-Lantern face in each orange cup.
- Toss your pre-made, pre-packaged salad according to package directions and fill up each orange cup.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
The Jack-O-Lantern orange cups can be made the day ahead. Just carefully place finished oranges in a ziplock bag and store in the refrigerator until the next day. To make the Jack-O-Lantern orange cup luminarias, after salad has been eaten, rinse cups under cold water and allow to drain. If not making the luminarias immediately, place in plastic bag and store in the refrigerator until the next day. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, place carved orange cups on a baking sheet and bake for 2 hours. Allow to cool and place a battery-operated Halloween tea light in each.
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