Entries tagged with 'Halloween'
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"Just had a fun-size Snickers. All it did is make me want a Snickers the size of my head. Sigh." —dyfl, on Twitter...
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Good news, carvers! You have until 6 p.m. Saturday, November 1 to submit your creations on Photograzing. We'll announce winners Monday afternoon (November 3). Prizes include cookbooks and sharp, shiny Viking knives....
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In my United Nations of a household, the Halloween tradition is for the housemates to contribute to a giant candy stash—so we have a pool of unusual, globetrotting candy to offer the neighbors’ kids. This year, I was ready to break out my childhood fave—chewy, milky, nougaty Chinese White Rabbit candy. But in September, four babies died and thousands of people got sick after drinking melamine-tainted milk from China. Tons of milk-containing products were recalled, and I had to feed my beloved White Rabbits to the trash. My housemates joke that I should have kept the candy and put them in a bowl with a sign that reads: Beware, Poisoned Apples. But I haven’t quite the same sick sense...
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Want to keep up with the Joneses in the candy corn driveway decor department? This trio is so great, so surreal, and for some reason looks like they're posing for a family portrait. Found on a Minneapolis Craigslist ad: These "one of a kind" holiday decorations will set your house apart in your neighborhood! They just make people smile, in fact often people have left notes at the door saying how cool they are.3 pieces of candy corn make up the display: one 8 feet tall, another 6 feet tall and another 3 feet tall. Tradition candy corn colors of orange, yellow and white. They are of a very high quality, solid construction. They were designed and created by...
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Why don't they make a GIANT CANDY CORN? Like a single candy corn "kernel" that's like two feet tall? THAT would be awesome. (This one doesn't count; it's not a retail product.) [via Twitter; response tweets here]...
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These cute ginger skeleton cookies made by artist and plush toy-master Heidi Kenny of My Paper Crane are perfect for Halloween. Just make sure you have some knowledge of skeletal systems before you pipe on the frosting....
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From blacktreacle.com. Yes, there is a blacktreacle.com. "Mom, that smell is making me want to throw up," is the unintended reaction Rebecca Koffman of the Washington Post got when she tried to feed her kids black treacle toffee as a Halloween treat. She gives us the story behind this beloved British treat, which is traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night, along with a recipe so you can make it at home. Despite her kids' reactions of horror, I'm now curious to try this shiny, black candy with a rich, smoky flavor. Buy it online or head to your nearest purveyor of British goods....
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Carved turnip with vision troubles. Photograph from soozums on Flickr My Irish kin have some interesting Halloween customs, including turnip-o-lanterns. The jack-o-lantern creation story actually starts with a turnip in Ireland during the 18th century. A blacksmith named Jack dropped a coal ember into a gouged-out turnip, and so it began. When Irish immigrants arrived in America, they substituted turnips with pumpkins—much plumper, and thus, better carving potential....
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Look at all this grape candy! It's awesome! Last week, as I went up to the register to pay my bill, I looked into the candy cup on the counter for a lollipop. There they were: six or seven Blow Pops, all grape! I smiled secretly to myself as I pocketed one, thanking my lucky stars that almost no one else on earth loves grape candy. I considered doing the other customers a favor by taking all seven and forcing the check-out lady to replenish the strawberry, cherry, and watermelon reserves. When you are little it’s natural to want to fit in, but there is one way, especially around Halloween, in which it’s quite convenient to be a bit...
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This year, pumpkins are the newest form of campaigning. There's campaign-o-lantern patterns for both McCain and Obama couples. Some more here. Over at Zombie Pumpkins, Obama is ahead by over 25-percent in pumpkin polls. Obama's team even has their own blog called Yes We Carve, dedicated to Obamalanterns....
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