By Michelle Fabio

Stuffed tomatoes are always a hit at parties, so why not take a basic recipe and add a little spooky touch for your Halloween party?

Trick or Treat Tomato Eyeballs

30-40 cherry tomatoes
1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
3-4 oz. crab meat, chopped shrimp, salmon, deviled ham, or tuna
Salt

Small jar of black olives

To prepare the tomatoes, cut off the stem and also a slice off the bottom so that the tomato sits flat. Hollow out center (seeds and pulp) with a small spoon, then lightly salt the inside of each one and put upside down on paper towels to dry.
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By Tomato Queen

How to make a tomato glow: Okay, I’m not saying it’s right. I’m fairly sure this is what my pal Charlotte would call “sick and wrong.” But if you’d like to learn how to make a tomato glow in the dark, or just see a pretty cool instructional video showing you how to do so, gizmodo.com has a tutorial called Just not eating them.

All fear the Tomato Witch: with her efficient slicing power, the tomato witch will make quick work of slicing that unripe, mushy thing called a tomato available in the stores now that tomato season is over. Probably also useful for slicing copious amounts of cheese, but: do you really need one?
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