Halloween Bloody Baked Rats

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 egg, beaten lightly
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet meatloaf seasoning mix
• 1 cup cubed cheddar cheese
• 3 (10 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 ounce uncooked spaghetti, broken into fourths
• 1/2 carrot, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
• 1 tablespoon frozen green pea

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine the ground beef, onion, egg, bread crumbs, and meatloaf seasoning. use your hands to mix until well blended. measure out 1/3 cupfuls of the meat mixture and mold around a cube o cheese like a meatball. shape into a poin at one end and lengthen the body a bit by rolling between your hands. place your "rat" into a shallow baking dish, and continue with the remaining meat. insert pieces of uncooked spaghetti into the rounded end of the rats to make the tails.
• 3 in a medium bowl, stir together the tomato sauce, sugar and worcestershire sauce. pour over the rats in the dish and cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
• 4 bake for 45 minute in the preheated oven. uncover the dish and continue to bake for another 20 to 30 minutes, basting occasionally with the sauce to glaze the rats.
• 5 while the rats finish baking, heat the peas and carrots in a small bowl in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
• 6 carefully transfer the rats to a serving platter so that their delicat tails don't fall off. press peas into the pointy end to make eyes and insert carrot slices t make ears. spoon some of the tomato sauce around them and serve.