The kids were totally into making our stew of gummy worms, gummy frogs, eyes, fingernails (sliced almonds), bat juice (soda), and skeleton bones (pretzels). We "cooked" it up on the stove.
It had to simmer while we went out trick-or-treating. When we came back it was ready to eat.
Magically another pot with real yummy food magically appeared on the stove.