Category Archives: Food

Newest Halloween Props At The Home Furnishing Shops

September 18, 2011Decorations, FoodDecorations, FoodGhoulie Guru

Every year in September, I get filled with anticipation awaiting the Fall merchandise (and more specifically the newest Halloween collectibles). As we all start getting busy with ordinary “life” stuff, like the ever depressing end-of-summer back-to-school sales, we sometimes run out of time or forget to check what new wonders have arrived in the stores to welcome the autumn season. So I’ve done the work for you and collected websites for some of my favorite shopping stores with links to their Halloween merchandise pages. I hope you’ll find this helpful as you make plans to hit the markets in search of this year’s little treasures. Continue reading →

Have Fun With Halloween Pancake Molds

September 4, 2011FoodFoodGhoulie Guru

If you’ve got kids, (or your just a big kid yourself), a great way to get them into the Halloween spirit this October is make them some Halloween pancakes. Williams-Sonoma is selling some great mini pancake molds this year such as a bat, ghost, pumpkin, and cat. Check out their other Halloween products here.

Chipotle’s “Boorito” Costume Contest

October 23, 2010Costumes, Food, UncategorizedCostumesGhoulie Guru

What’s scarier than bats, ghouls and vampires? Processed Foods! That’s right. I’m talking about chemically altered foods like greasy french fries, sodas, and hot dogs. I mean, who knows what the hell is in a chicken nugget anyway? Well, this year the folks at Chipotle are sponsoring a Halloween costume contest to help warn people about the “Horrors of Processed Foods”. All you have to do is dress up in your favorite fatty food and visit any Chipotle on Halloween night from 6 pm to close. Take a picture of yourself (in costume) at Chipotle and submit it to chipotle.com/boorito between October 31st and November 8th. If you come in costume, you’ll get a burrito, bowl, salad, or an order of tacos for only $2. That’s not all. Grand Prize for best costume is $2500, 5 runner-ups will receive $1000, and 20 more runner-ups will get a burrito party for 20. You can find out more on the Chipotle Boorito Contest website. Now go put a chicken nugget on your head.

Tasty Candied and Caramel Apples

October 18, 2010FoodRecipesGhoulie Guru

Aside from candy corn, there is no other sugar treat more synonymous with Halloween than candied or caramel apples. And rightfully so! Each year the autumn harvest in the farmlands of America provide orchards full of crisp, full apples. Activities like bobbing for apples during Halloween dates all the way back to Celtic times. It was eventual that someone would try to put some sugar on one and eat it. And that someone was candy maker William W. Kolb who produced his first batch of candied apples in 1908. It didn’t take long for these delicious treats to show up in carnivals, circuses, and candy shops throughout the nation. Continue reading →