Six-Feet-Under Dip

You’ll be haunted by the delicious flavors of guacamole, refried beans and sour cream–ranch dip layered beneath “tombstone” crackers meant for scooping.

Ingredients

• 2 limes
• 3 avocados, pitted and peeled
• ⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 Tbs. chopped red onion
• 1 (16 oz.) can refried beans
• 1 cup mild salsa
• 1 cup sour cream
• ½ cup store-bought prepared ranch dip
• ⅛ tsp. black concentrated food coloring
• 2 Tbs. ketchup
• Melba toasts, broken in half, and crackers
• Cherry tomatoes
• Tortilla chips

Instructions

1. Grate ½ tsp. zest and squeeze 1 Tbs. juice from limes into bowl. (You may need just 1.) Add avocados; with fork, mash avocados until very smooth. Stir in 2 Tbs. cilantro and red onion. Spread evenly in bottom of 11″x7″ (2 qt.) serving or baking dish.
2. In another bowl, stir together beans and salsa; spread over avocado mixture. In third bowl, stir together sour cream and ranch dip; spread over bean mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro. Cover; chill until ready to serve.
3. Stir food coloring into ketchup. Transfer to small plastic sandwich bag; snip tiny hole in one corner. Pipe spooky messages onto tombstone toasts and crackers with ketchup mixture; insert into dip. Arrange tomatoes on top. Serve with additional crackers and your favorite tortilla chips.