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It’s that time of the year, folks! Yep, it’s Halloween, and you know what that means!? Spooktacular puns! Nah, just kidding, it’s actually a treat for all you sweet-tooth (sweet-teeth?) people out there as it’s a listicle featuring some of the most amazing takes on Halloween-themed foods, snacks, desserts and other delicacies.

Get ready for the festivities by checking out all the epic nom-noms below as well as reading about Halloween and our interview with baker Danielle of Endora’s Bakehouse.

#1 Spooky Pizza

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#2 Oreo Bats

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#3 Ghost Marshmallow Brownies

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So, why is food a key point of any celebration? There’s more than one answer, but simply put, it’s a religious, cultural and psycho-social phenomenon that has been with people pretty much since the beginning of time.

From a religious standpoint, we see virtually every faith having some sort of canon when it comes to food. Christians have blood and wine at mass, Judaism has the Passover Seder, Hinduism is all about a vegetarian diet as part of ahimsa—non-violence and compassion towards all living things.

#4 Egg Eyes

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#5 Chocolate Cake With Halloween Decoration

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#6 Spooky Apple Pie

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Culturally speaking, the concept of celebratory food is often thought of in the form of national delicacies and food you can’t disconnect from its people. Think Singapore and its cultural hawker food identity.

Heck, even if it has nothing to do with culture or religion (or the fact that food is mostly what keeps us going as fleshy flabby bags of meat and bone [spooky enough for ya?])—the brain is conditioned to make sure food gets even better.

#7 Halloween Edible Sculpture

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#8 Celebrated My Favorite Day In My Favorite Way With Cookies

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#9 Happy Halloween. I’m So Proud Of These

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So, it should come as no surprise that no celebration can go without food. Halloween is no exception.

Danielle of Endora’s Bakehouse in Dallas, Texas is known for her Halloween cookie art. Each year, she whips out her cookie cooking and crafting contraptions to create some of the most detailed, unique and, of course, spookiest delicacies out there. After all, she is the Halloween cookie queen.

#10 These Little Guys Needed A Spot Here

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#11 Snake Breadsticks

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#12 Jack O’ Lantern Chips And Dip

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Following college, Danielle went to culinary school and has worked at several bakeries and restaurants in her area. She eventually found herself doing a lot of work at home, focusing on the creative aspect of baking after doing dozens of hearth breads and laminated pastries throughout the years.

One thing led to another and now Halloween cookies (among many other occasion-themed delicacies) grace Danielle’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

#13 Halloween Snacks

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#14 Scary Sushi

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#15 Strawberry Ghosts

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“I usually plan my Halloween cookies based on a color scheme. I’ll pick my palette and then build out designs from there,” explains Danielle of her work process.

And this one-step-at-a-time sort of approach seems to be one of the best tactics when it comes to baking Halloween-themed confectionery as it’s hard to really explain what goes and what doesn’t in Halloween. Anything can be spooky.

“There are so many different types of Halloween foods, I think it’s hard to categorize it! Decorated cookies can be real works of art but I have seen ‘guts’ cinnamon rolls that are amazingly disgusting and delicious.”

#16 Mini Spider Pizzas

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#17 Halloween Beef Stew

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#18 Spooky Sushi

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And if this list inspired you whip out them baking utensils and go to town on that batter, Danielle shared a trick that’s sure to make your culinary Halloween endeavors epic:

“Start with a food you have already made or are interested in trying and then giving it a Halloween twist. Some of these projects can be so cool, but overwhelming for beginners. Start with a base you know! Even if it’s just chocolate chip cookies with candy eyeballs, they are a big hit!”

#19 Spooky Cookies

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#20 Spaghetti With Eyes

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#21 Just In Time To Kick Off Halloween

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Whenever you think of Halloween, you probably picture things like jack-o’-lanterns, bats and spiders, witches, skeletons and ghosts—essentially anything that’s sure to give some good spooks.

Halloween stems from a Celtic tradition called Samhain when folks would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts (and probably other undead creatures found in the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual).

#22 Who’s Coming Over For Afternoon Coffee And Boo-Berry Pies?

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#23 Halloween Pizza

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#24 So Far The Most Fun And Complicated Cookies I’ve Done. Halloween Funk Pop Cookies

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And when Christian influence did its thing in a number of cultures, including Celtic, the two quickly merged and so we have All Saints’ Day—a celebration to honor the dead, whether they are saints, martyrs or just regular mortals.

In its early days in the US, Halloween was widely celebrated in Maryland and some southern colonies. A very strictly limited celebration was seen in colonial New England because Protestantism.

#25 Halloween Dessert Bar

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#26 Spooky Season Is The Best Season

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#27 Halloween Cookies’ Offerings This Year

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Later, the beliefs and customs of the various European ethnic groups populating America mashed with the local Indian customs to create a distinct “American” version of Halloween, featuring play parties—events to celebrate harvests. Folks would share stories of the dead, tell fortunes, sing and dance. Think of it as a themed block party, minus the trick-or treating, because that didn’t show up until the late 1800s.

#28 Char-Boo-Terie Boards Don’t Get Much Simpler, Healthier, Or Cuter Than This One

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#29 Homemade Halloween-Themed Forest Berry Cake

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#30 My 3D Sugar Cookie Mini Coffin – All Fully Edible

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So, if you’ve enjoyed this good read (or this good look… or both?), then Bored Panda’s got more where that came from.

And definitely be sure to check out Danielle’s Instagram and Facebook where she shares all her culinary artwork.

But if you’re ready to jump into the Halloween spirit by baking a cake (or thirteen), then please share your stories or maybe what your costume will be this year in the comment section below before you go!

#31 Some Cookies

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#32 Practicing For Halloween

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#33 A Spooky-Themed Dessert Charcuterie Board

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#34 Meringue Kitty Cats Perched On Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

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#35 Carrots And Hummus, Halloween Edition

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#36 Spooky Scary, But Cute Skeletons

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#37 The Start Of Everything Spooky

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#38 Pumpkin Hand Pies

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#39 Brain Cake I Made For A Halloween Party

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#40 Obligatory Halloween Pumpkin Loaf

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#41 Beware The Moon

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#42 Spooky Mummy Dogs

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#43 What Halloween Movie Fills You With All The Fall Vibes And Nostalgia?

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#44 Spooky And Cute Halloween Cupcakes For My Friend’s Son. The Toppers Are Made With Homemade Marshmallow Fondant

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#45 Halloween Charcuterie With Prosciutto And Goat Cheese Hand, Mozzarella And Olive Eyeballs, Jam And Smoked Gouda Bat

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#46 Buttercream Halloween-Themed Cupcakes

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#47 Spooky One

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#48 Our Halloween Charcuterie Spread, Pumpkin Spice, Cream Cheese Frosting Cupcakes, Skeleton Brownies, And Rice Krispie Treats. Not Raw Meat

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#49 Spooky Halloween Party Appetizer

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#50 Happy Halloween Ghoul Friends

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#51 No Tricks, Just Treats

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#52 Too Cute To Spook

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#53 I Had To Sneak In One Last Halloween Cake

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#54 Here’s A Halloweenie Little Lambeth Cake I Was Asked To Make

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#55 Chocolate Pretzel Spider Webs

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#56 My Halloween-Themed Box I Made For The Office

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#57 Rice Creepies. Rice Krispie Treats Have The Best Work-To-Results Ratio Ever

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#58 My Mom Made These For A Halloween Party

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#59 Made This Spooky Cake For My Friend

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#60 Not All Halloween Food Has To Be Gross

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#61 Drowning My Sorrows In All The Treats

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#62 Meat Dress Anyone?

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#63 Did Some Free-Style Halloween Baking, Spooky Cookies

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#64 Love Spooky Season Cookies

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#65 Spooky Cookies

It was my first time using cocoa as a base for the black icing and using icing transfers that I traced on parchment paper. I placed the transfers on wet icing and the color bled through. I switched it up and placed it on dry icing which looked way better.