A ghoulishly good Halloween dinner idea! 🧟 Frankie Pasta comes ⚡ALIVE!⚡with just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes. Easy to shape on a big platter and let everyone dig in, before trick-or-treating. 🐍  Can’t find green pasta? Read my quick + easy tip for turning any pasta green!

Frankenstein Pasta

Say hello to my favorite Halloween creation – Frankie Pasta! 💚 He’s a bit hard-headed, but absolutely delectable once you get to know him.

Between all the candy and treats, we’ve gotta eat dinner too, don’t we? That’s why I LOVE this idea of a savory, healthy-ish spinach pasta before we set out on spooky shenanigans. Ah, my favorite yearly tradition of letting the kids collect candy for my secret stash. Kidding, kinda . . .

So, onto the delicious deets for your Frankenstein Pasta! I used spinach cascarecce for this one, and I love the squiggly snake-like shape. 🐍 But, ANY spinach pasta will do here. If you can’t find spinach pasta, regular pasta will do just fine.

Want to turn your regular pasta green? Have I got the magic trick for you! ✨

• Add 10-20 drops of green food coloring to the boiling water which you are cooking the pasta.

• If you want a deeper green, stir more food coloring into the pasta after you drain it. It will absorb the color and create darker and lighter strands.

I can’t emphasize how much my family LOVED this 5-ingredient Frankenstein Pasta. Everyone thought it was so clever, unique and fun. Serving this at a party would be a massive hit, between all the sweets and candy. Or, make it as a fun family Halloween dinner. Grab your pasta, butter, cucumber, mozzarella, and olives – that’s all you need.

When you’ve built Frankie just the way you want him, scoop up servings, and crush this cute pasta for Halloween dinner. 💚 The kids will be in stitches for this one!

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Frankenstein Pasta

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

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Ingredients

• 1 package spinach pasta (or regular, see below), I used spinach cascarecce
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 medium cucumber
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese, cut into large circles
• 1 6 oz. jar pitted black olives

Instructions

1. Set a large pot of salted water to boil. Add pasta and cook according to package instructions. (If using green food coloring, add 20-30 drops once cooking.) Drain water; return pasta to pot.
2. Stir in butter, allowing to melt completely. Let pasta cool slightly.
3. Arrange pasta on a large rectangular platter. Platter pictured is about 20" x 12" in size.
4. Arrange olives on top of pasta, as shown. Add mozzarella circles and halved olives for eyes. Arrange additional olives for mouth.
5. Add chopped ends of cucumber on the sides of the mouth, for Frankenstein's bolts.
6. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Can't find green pasta? Here's a tip for using any kind of pasta!

• Add 10-20 drops of green food coloring to the boiling water which you are cooking the pasta.
• If you want a deeper green, stir more food coloring into the pasta after you drain it. It will absorb the color and create darker and lighter strands.

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