How times change. This is the first year there are no children in this house dressing up and trick-or- treating. There are two teenagers however, totally uninterested in even carving a pumpkin.
I went to the local grocery store today and thought I would pick up some last minute Hallowe'en candy, (for us, as we don't get any trick or treaters out here in the sticks) and was appalled to find Christmas candy already in it's place. I know I shouldn't be surprised, it happens every year but still. Ugh.
No one could stop me from making some treats, our traditional favourites, meringue bones and shortbread witch's fingers.
I also added some pepita brittle (recipe from the smitten kitchen) . Our own pumpkin seeds are still in place within our pumpkins. And it looks like they will remain there for now.( If you are planning on making this recipe, word to the wise, use a candy thermometer.)
Tonight we are watching 'Creature from the Black Lagoon', that 1954 B-movie er... classic?
Guaranteed to be scared laughed silly.
Oh, I SO want the recipe for your fingers! PERFECT!
Posted by: Lynne | November 09, 2009 at 07:22 AM
Those fingers look seriouly gruesome
Posted by: alison | November 04, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Oh, I LOVE your treats!! All of them!!!!
Posted by: Norma | November 01, 2009 at 07:47 PM
Love the witchy finger cookies. I'd make several batches of them every Hallowe'en.
Posted by: A mingling of threads | November 01, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Is it just me or do those bones look a little like something else? And do you notice we seem to be the only ones that still spell "Hallowe'en" with the apostrophe?
Leaving on Wed morning for the Nationals in BC, hopefully we'll get together at some point!
Lisa xo
Posted by: Lisa | November 01, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Happy Halloween, we've a totally hyped teenager complete with Harry Potter cape and glasses! we've hung the decs, mostly home made strings of cut out pumpkins and bats. Watching The Simpsons halloween at the moment. Jane x
Posted by: Jane | October 31, 2009 at 03:50 PM
The meringue bones are cute, but those fingers? Creepy to the max! We also are childless this year, but are still carving jack-o-lanterns. My hubby has been doing this for years with or without assistance from the daughters. Enjoy your classic movie -- we are watching The Addams Family movies.
Posted by: Carol | October 31, 2009 at 10:15 AM