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October 23, 2021 | Updated: September 15, 2022 | Laura
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Have a scary IT movie night enjoying these IT inspired recipes! For a dessert cocktail, enjoy a peanut butter whiskey float because we all float down here.. For dinner, have all the best carnival foods- peanuts, cotton candy, hot dogs, and popcorn! These IT recipes are perfect for Halloween!
IT Movie Night
We all float down here.
Is there anything creepier than that scene from IT when Pennywise is in the sewer drain? It still haunts my dreams.. in a good way. I could watch that part of the movie over and over again and never tire of it. This was such a fun movie to create a menu for so let's get to it!
31 Days of Halloween
These IT themed recipes were created for my 31 Days of Halloween where every day in October I come up with Halloween snacks and drink recipe to pair with horror films, Halloween movies, or a Halloween activity. It's so much fun and a great way to celebrate the spooky holiday.
→ Check out the entire 31 Days of Halloween!
IT (2017): Movie Fun Facts
Find these facts plus more over on Wikipedia's IT Page and on IMDb!
✽ Release Date: September 8, 2017
✽ This film is based off of Stephen King's 1986 book of the same name.
✽ IT grossed over $701 million worldwide. It is the 3rd highest grossing R-rated film of all time!
✽ The sequel, IT Chapter Two, was released on September 6, 2019.
✽ Pennywise only had a total of 4 minutes of dialogue in the entire film.
✽ In order to make Pennywise's performance convincing for all ages, Bill Skarsgard (who played Pennywise) was to function simply. This make Pennywise seem "animalistic and instinctive".
✽ Bill Skarsgard got a lot of his inspiration from The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Knight, and The Silence of the Lambs.
✽ Bill Skarsgard has been smiling creepily for almost his entire life. He developed the smile as a child to scare his brothers.
Looking for more Halloween recipes that pair with popular scary movies or Halloween movies?
→ Check out all of my recipes that pair with movies!
Now let's talk about the IT menu that I created for our IT movie night!
Peanut Butter Whiskey Float
IT Cocktail
We are having a float because we all float down here. But let's make this float a little bit boozy by adding in some peanut butter whisky.
I chose peanut butter whisky to tie in those carnival vibes. To the peanut butter whisky, vanilla ice cream is added, and it is topped off with some cream soda.
✽ GET RECIPE HERE! → Peanut Butter Whiskey Float
Carnival Foods
IT Inspired Food
There's peanuts, cotton candy, hot dogs, annnnddd POPCORN!! Pop! Pop! Pop! What's your favorite carnival food??
The peanuts with the shells still on have such a carnival vibe to them. I couldn't find the classic pink and blue cotton candy at the store, but I did find this Dr. Pepper cotton candy which ended up being perfect because it looks just like Pennywise's hair.
I also made some fresh popcorn and covered it in butter and salt (as it should be) and grilled some hot dogs!
Get your float made and gather all of your carnival food, and let's get to watching some Pennywise!
Category: Movie-themed Recipes, Cocktails, Halloween
Keywords: halloween movie night, scary movie night, it movie recipes, it movie night, peanut butter whiskey float, carnival food ideas, halloween cocktails, pennywise recipes
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More Halloween Movie Inspired Recipes:
✽ A Nightmare on Elm Street (a coffee cocktail to keep you awake and safe from Freddy and a pizza that resembles Freddy's iconic sweater)
✽ Children of the Corn (all corn related recipes- candy corn Jello shots with homemade popcorn balls)
✽ Carrie (bloody recipes- strawberry syrup ice cream and a spicy margarita with a red wine floater)
→ Check out all of my movie-themed recipes!
Bon appétit!
October 23, 2021 by Laura Ehlers
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