Frankenstein’s Coffin Surprise

Frankenstein’s Coffin Surprise Ingredients:

2 (8 1/2 oz.) pkgs. corn bread mix
2/3 C of milk
2 eggs
1/4 t black paste food coloring
1 T of canola oil
1 sweet red pepper, sliced
1 Serrano pepper, seed and chopped very fine
1/3 C onion, chopped
2 (15 oz.) cans vegetarian chili

Frankenstein’s Coffin Surprise Instructions:

• Preset the oven to 400 degrees allowing it to preheat.
• Generously spray a 9 X 5 loaf pan on the bottoms and sides with a cooking spray.
• Place the corn bread mix into a large mixing bowl.
• Add the milk and eggs and whisk until well blended.
• Add in the food coloring and blend until well combined.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
• When the bread has cooled slice off the top one fourth.
• Gently remove the bread from the middle of the bottom piece, leaving a 1 inch shell.
• Pour the oil into a skillet placed over medium heat.
• Stir in both types of pepper and the onion.
• Cook for 8 minutes or until tender.
• Remove 1/4 C of the mixture and set aside.
• Stir the chili into the remaining onion mixture until blended together well.Heat the mixture for 10 minutes or until completely heated through.
• Fill the hollowed out bread with the chili mixture.
• Spoon the reserved onion mixture over the top of the chili.
• Cover with the top one fourth of the bread.

This Frankenstein’s Coffin Surprise is a fun way to serve your chili on a cold Halloween night. If you have remaining chili place it in a bowl next to the coffin just in case you run out of your coffin chili.

Makes 6 servings

Preparation Time:  approximately 30 minutes
Cooking Time:  approximately 18 minutes
Baking Time: approximately 30 minutes + cooling
Total Time:  approximately 1 hour 18 minutes + cooling