CYNTHIA D. BERTELSEN

Check this out — a recent cookbook all about Halloween, for kids young and old:

Ghoulish Goodies: Creature Feature Cupcakes, Monster Eyeballs, Bat Wings, Funny Bones, Witches’ Knuckles, and Much More! (Frightful Cookbook), by Sharon Bowers (2009).

Eat, drink, and enjoy the creepy yuckiness of Monster Eyeballs, Chocolate Spider Clusters, Buried Alive Cupcakes, and Screaming Red Punch. In her colorful collection of frightful foods, Sharon Parrish Bowers shares the fun of baking, decorating, and indulging in delicious treats that celebrate witches and jack o’ lanterns, ghosts and graveyards.

Everyone loves Halloween. It’s a holiday that is pure fun and childish joy, an excuse to dress up and eat treats. Packaged candy may be the common reward for trick-or-treating, but plates of Spiderweb Cookies or big bowls of Sticks and Stones Caramel Corn are perfect contributions to school Halloween events, tailgating parties, neighborhood open houses, adult costume parties, and even afternoon play dates. It’s difficult to imagine an autumn gathering that wouldn’t be even more fun with ghoulish goodies to share. (Product Description)

Here’s a video of the author making “White Chocolate Bones”:

Note: y. “Haints” comes from a slang term used for “ghost” in the American South.