Butchered Snake Bits with Barbecue Sauce is a traditional American recipe for a classic children's Halloween dish of rigatoni pasta filled with cream cheese and arranged to look like snakes. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Butchered Snake Bits with Barbecue Sauce.
Cook the pasta according to the package instructions then drain and rinse under cold water. Cover one end of each piece of pasta and fill with the cream cheese. Place about 6 to 8 of the cheese-filled pasta pieces end-to-end on a serving plate (curve them to look like a snake). Then, using a toothpick to spread lines of barbecue sauce across the top of each snake to resemble markings. Add a little of the cream cheese to form a tail then, using barbecue sauce, glue two of the black peppercorns to the head end of the snakes to form eyes.
Peel the carrot and use a small paring to form the tongue of each snake (cut one end to be the fork). Add these to the head end. Make about 7 more of these snakes.
