very scary treats
 
2005-10-31: very scary treats

Just because it's not traditionally a "baking holiday", it doesn't mean you can't make baked treats for people on Halloween.

Traditional baking holidays are few and far between, as far as I'm concerned. There's Christmas - the ultimate holiday for baked gifts and treats. But what else? Mother's Day, maybe..and birthdays have their cakes, of course. Thanksgiving has it's very own pumpkin pie and you could say that Valentine's day is filled with chocolate treats. But what other holidays have baked goods as their central theme? None that I can think of...so why not bake for Halloween?

Never one to turn down a challenge I wanted to bake something simple, tasty and horrifically delicious for everyone at work on Halloween. Something that specifically marks this particular holiday and all it's ghoulishness for those lucky enough to receive one of the treats I would bake.

These fingers absolutely scream (!) Halloween to me. They're sweet and delicious but oh-so-scary. Particularly when you serve them clawing their way out from a pile of "cemetary earth" (cocoa and turbanado sugar)!

Driving to work this morning I caught glimpses here and there of clowns and fairies and tigers making their individual ways to school. I always enjoy suddenly seeing a character from The Matrix or a famous movie star walking down the street on Halloween -- it's just a bit surreal. I'm sure tonight we will be bombarded with the calls of "trick or treat!" from characters such as devils, vampires, lions, ghostbusters and perhaps even a super hero or two...I can't wait!