Gingerbear Cookies!

It is a tradition in my family to make gingerbear cookies. My mother and I made some this year.



The cinnamon candy is supposed to be a heart, but we were unable to find heart-shaped ones. Even hearts aren't really heart-shaped though, so I think it's alright.

mallow:yam

During dinner on Thanksgiving, my sister felt the mallow to yam ratio was unsatisfactory, but we were out of marshmallows, so she put fluff on her yams. I was trying to decide what to call it. Flufferyammer or Flufferspudder? Fluffertater doesn't work, so don't even try it, pal.

Happy Halloween!

The sister came to visit. I gave her the Hello Kitty Halloween cookie house I got her, but she's going to save it for next year since I got it to her so late in the season. I really love that she's dressed as Dracula, of all the things they could have picked.



We had a graveyard dessert my mom made.



One of the marshmallow ghosts had amazing hair.



My sister thinks he looks like Conan O'Brien.

Monster Cereal Treats!

In 2011 we made some cereal treats to bring to a Halloween party. We used Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Frankenberry cereals. Cereal treats use marshmallows and those cereals have little marshmallows in them, so the idea just seemed natural. They're much more festive than regular Rice Krispies treats. It's also fun cutting up the cereal boxes to make the little signs.



This has kind of become our thing now. Last year we even made Lucky Charms treats to bring to a St. Patrick's Day party. Unfortunately I neglected to get a photo.

This year we were going to a Halloween party again, and it just so happened to be the year that saw the return of classic monster cereals Frute Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy, so we made treats out of those! I also bought a bag of pumpkin spice marshmallows, so we made a batch of pumpkin spice Rice Krispies treats. Although I normally love pumpkin spice anything, I wasn't really a fan of these for some reason. The cherry flavored Frute Brute treats and orange cream flavored Yummy Mummy treats were wonderful though. The colors of all the treats this year were pretty autumny.