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Tasty Halloween Treats And A Pinterest Contest #ILoveAvocadosForHalloween

This post brought to you by Avocados from Mexico. All opinions are 100% mine.

It’s that time of year again, when we break out the fabulously freaky and the sensationally spooky. Do you have a favorite frightening Halloween recipe, or a crafty creature costume that creeps out the neighborhood children? Share them on your pinterest board for a chance to win this holiday from Avocados from Mexico!

I love pinterest, and I love avocados, so this contest is sure to be spectacular, especially since I never thought about how great treats with avocados would be (hello, the perfect shade for the skin of a witch or a ghoul!). If you already pin your favorite ideas or have your own collection of special concoctions ready to be shared with your followers, enter for a chance to win! Keep reading for the details on this Pin to Win contest (and check out these awesome Halloween recipes, including a recipe for Pumpkin Spookamole, the perfect Halloween Guacamole!

Halloween Pumpkin Spookamole

Ingredients:
3 tablespoons raw shelled pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 teaspoon each cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper
4 fully ripened avocados from Mexico, halved, pitted and peeled
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup finely chopped white onion
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions
In a small bowl, combine pumpkin seeds, oil, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, cumin, paprika and cayenne; mix well until seeds are coated. In a skillet over medium heat, cook coated pumpkin seeds, stirring frequently, until seeds begin to pop and are puffy and golden. Remove from heat and set aside. To make guacamole, in a large bowl combine avocados, lime juice onion, cilantro and remaining salt. With a spatula or potato masher, coarsely mash mixture until well-combined and chunky. Sprinkle with reserved pumpkin seeds. Serve with warm tortillas or chips.

Do You Have A Winning Halloween Treat Recipe or Costume Idea?

For a chance to win one of ten $100 gift card, create a pinterest board showing what makes Halloween fun at your house! Include costumes you love, decoration ideas, recipes, and more, and tag them with #iloveavocadosforhalloween. Include at least three pins from Avocadosfrommexico.com on your pin board, and you are done!

Have your own favorite recipe? Upload it to their fan recipes section and they’ll feature your name and recipe with a link back! Be sure to check out and follow Mexican Avocados Ghoulishly Green Halloween board example for more fabulous ideas!

Contest Rules

1. Follow @MexicanAvocados on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/Mexicanavocados) and “like” Avocados from Mexico on Facebook (www.facebook.com/avocadosfrommexico)
2. Create a pinboard titled “Ghouliciously Green Halloween” pinboard of your own, categorize it as “holiday” and tag it #iloveavocadosforhalloween
3. Your board can contain as many pins as you like, but at least 3 pins should come from the www.avocadosfrommexico.com/
4. Fill your board with everything you think makes a great Halloween celebration – you can repin from other Pinterest boards or pin from other websites, just make sure if you “Upload” a photo, you took the photo or have the rights to use it.
5. Tag your pins #iloveavocadosforhalloween
6. Then go to the Facebook page and enter your name and a link to your pinboard.
7. Contest runs from October 7 to October 29
8. How to win – the 10 boards with the highest combination of repins and likes will win a $100 gift card.

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  • This is an awesome giveaway. I entered to win.

  • What a great giveaway!

  • That guacamole now has me craving some!

  • Fun contest! I may have to enter. We love Halloween!

  • Yummy avocados! They are so good and healthy!

  • That Spookamole sounds good!

  • I love the ghost bowl LOL and I do love avocados!

  • Jennifer The Quirky Momma

    I would live off avacados if I could.

  • Jennifer The Quirky Momma

    That’s avocado. Can’t spell tonight!

  • What a fun giveaway!

  • I love the Halloween treat ideas!

  • Mellisa

    Ohh that recipe sounds good! Great giveaway.

  • Awesome giveaway! And I love me some gauc!

  • Now I want guacamole….

  • I actually don’t like guac at all but I love how the pictures came out.

  • Sounds like a great contest, especially when it involves things that so many enjoy like Pinterest, Halloween and avocados!

  • Such an easy entry giveaway and an interesting take on guacamole with the pumpkin seeds.

  • Love avocados!

  • I love to eat avocado’s just cut up with Tony C’s on them. So good.

  • My daughter adores Avocados — she always asks for them in her lunch.