What You Need:

8 (4 oz.) ground beef patties
8 buns
8 slices of American cheese
8 slices of thin deli ham
16 sweet pickle slices
Ketchup

How to Make It:

Set the oven to preheat the broiler.
Use a cooking spray and lightly spray a broiler pan.
Lay the patties flat on the prepared pan and broil 4 inches from the heat for 5 minutes.
Turn the patties over and cook 6 more minutes or until the patties are cooked through.
Drain the patties well on paper towels.
Lay the bottom half of the buns on a serving platter.
Place one cooked burger onto each bun half.
With a sharp knife cut the cheese in a zigzag manner to look like teeth.
One piece of the cheese is placed on each burger with the teeth hanging slightly over the edges.
Fold the ham to resemble a tongue and place over the first piece of cheese so it hangs slightly over the edge.
Place a second piece of cheese onto the folded ham tongue.
Place the top half of each bun onto the sandwich.
Attach the sweet pickles to the top of each bun for eyes and place a dab of ketchup in the middle of each pickle.

Weather permitting these burgers can be grilled instead of broiled. Your monsters will look a little scarier when the burgers are charred. You can use green olive slices with pimento instead of the sweet pickle slices and ketchup for the eyes if you prefer.

Makes 8 burgers

Preparation Time: approximately 25 minutes
Cooking Time: approximately 11 minutes
Total Time: approximately 33 minutes

Nutritional Information (approximate value per burger):
Calories 480; fat 28g; sodium 1,260 mg; carbohydrates 24g; sugars 7g; protein 36g