Funky, gruesome halloween candy ideas from Momologie.com

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On the left: Trio of fresh (still warm!) home made brioche donuts, topped with their donut holes, all coated with cinnamon sugar. On the side are swirls of chocolate and caramel in a vanilla dipping sauce.

On the right: Ice cream sandwich tower assembled with waffles, vanilla bean ice cream, smokey cherry compote and amaretto cream.

We also had special blends of tea and coffee. They’re open late, and also serve food. Beautiful textures, squares and materials in the decor surround you too.

And it was hard to believe, but they had over a dozen VEGAN doughnuts. mmmmh. My dairy-sensitive, sugar-loving tummy was in heaven.
Check out the Voodoo Doughnuts web site

First off, he checked out the boisenberries can, and lo and behold there was a recipe on the label, so he decided that was totally the way to go.

Next, he headed down to our local grocery store to buy a pie crust. He came back with a no-bake graham cracker crust. He was sad when I said it might not work out, but went back to the store and got a frozen pie crust instead. Phew.

Moving on, he made the pie filling. Somehow, he didn’t notice that it said TWO cans of pie filling for a 9″ pie. So he used the one can we had, but used the full amount of sugar and butter, and poured it into the pie shell where it only filled about halfway up the crust. Retrospectively, he said it did look a little flat, but he was hoping it would rise.

He also forgot to read the part where it said “lattice top” or “double crust” for the top of the pie. So he popped it into the oven as-is.

Despite disregard for the directions, the pie was tasty. As he said, “you can’t really mess up berries, sugar and butter!” It was more like a “fruit tart”. And as you see in the picture, we were down to the last piece, which we happily ate as soon as I took the picture.

I asked where such a beautiful shimmering cake could come from, and then I heard about the Denver Cake Nazi (a la Seinfeld’s “soup nazi”). If you are interested in a one-of-a-kind, rare, special, cake like this one, you must know: He only selectively calls people back, you have to “know somebody”. He doesn’t take cake requests, he tells you what kind of cake you’ll get. You must pay cash. And finally, be ready to meet in a parking lot to receive the cake. (It’s probably best to keep this article hush-hush…)

Chocolate Espresso Torte (above), is a wedge of deliciously dense velvety chocolate with just a hint of espresso.

Classic Chocolate Cake (above) is moist and fluffy with a light and creamy frosting, not too sweet.

• I love mint chocolate chip ice cream.
• I can’t eat dairy products. (I am lactose-intolerant and allergic to casein — the milk protein.)
• Soy ice creams are pretty tasty, but I try not to eat too much soy because it’s hard for me to digest.
• Rice milk ice creams are okay, the texture isn’t super good, and the sweetness is never quite right. Seems a little thin and a little too sweet.

And now, let me tell you about something wonderful: Coconut Milk Ice Cream.

This is from the Purely Decadent brand. They have several totally dairy-free products. This line of “ice creams” comes in mint chocolate chip. So I of course, had to try it. And it is INCREDIBLE. If you’ve had coconut milk much before, you may recognize a hint of that flavor, but it is not very strong. It’s delicious, rich and creamy. Yum!

The result is super sweet sugary goodness. It was a fascinating experiment, the bears got all puffed up and bloated, and the whole thing jiggled when shaken (a bunch of Care Bears lost at sea).

Another way to make this would be to use fish (like Swedish Fish) in blue jello. This is a dessert probably best for kids, since it’s so funky and fun and crazy sweet.

There weren’t strict rules at this cookie exchange. Basically, if you brought cookies, you could select some other cookies (in about the same amount) to take home with you.

We gave out “awards” in five categories: picture-perfect, most ambitious, best-tasting, most festive and weirdest. (The Oreo cookie and Hershey kisses mice won the category of “picture-perfect”.)

It was fantastic. And sugar overload to the max.

(Note: thanks to Kifaru for the pics!)