Category: Holidays & Occasions

TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Halloween Brownie Gifts

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Harvest Pumpkin is like a pumpkin pie crossed with a blondie. Photo courtesy Sugardaddy’s.   Last week we presented our favorite Halloween candy. This week, it’s Halloween brownies. They’re not decorated with ghosts or tombstones, and only one brownie—Pumpkin Harvest Blondie—has a related Halloween theme. But all 15 flavors of these delectable round brownies and…
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HALLOWEEN: Best Candy For Halloween

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What Should You Hand Out On Halloween? We’ve already weighed in on what we think is the best Halloween candy for those who enjoy the best. For trick-or-treat candy for kids, MSNBC has nominated the five best and five worst of the popular kids’ candies. Their evaluation was based on the saturated fat and sugar…
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Red Candy Apples History & Recipe

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[1] Candy apples are a Halloween favorite (photo © Sevenmarie Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0). [2] Add some protein and decoration with chopped nuts or seeds (photo © M. Studio | Fotolia). [3] Instead of hobby store sticks, gather twigs (photo © Foodie Crush | Go Bold With Butter).   Yesterday we published a recipe for caramel…
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Homemade Caramel Apple Recipe & All The Apple Holidays

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Here’s a different approach to caramel apples (also called toffee apples*): Use pretty twigs instead of the same old predictable wood popsicle/craft sticks. The recipe comes from the book Sugar, Sugar: Every Recipe Has a Story, by Kimberly “Momma” Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero. The book will be published on October 25th, but you can order…
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Start A Tradition With A Halloween Gingerbread House Kit & Gingerbread House History

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Gingerbread houses have long been a popular Christmas tradition. But they may be more appropriate for Halloween. After all, they were inspired by the gingerbread house belonging to the wicked witch done in by Hansel and Gretel. Witches = Halloween.     THE HISTORY OF THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE At the end of the 11th century,…
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