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Graveyard Grub – Ghosts on a Stick

Tricky-treat-making during the month of October can be fun for the whole family, especially the kids. 

Yesterday afternoon we whipped these up in no time at all.  From start to finish they take only about ten minutes to put together. 

These Ghosts on a Stick are the perfect treat to bring to a Halloween Party.  With a delicious pear underneath the coating, everyone will appreciate this semi-healthy treat, especially parents.

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So let’s make them up together, shall we…

Here’s what you will need:  Pears, Candiquik, almond bark or any white chocolate, mini chocolate chips and popsicle sticks.

First you’ll want to remove the stems from the pears and insert the popsicle sticks.

Prepare the Candiquik according to package directions or melt almond bark or white chocolate as you always do.  I like to use Candiquik because it hardens very quickly and is easy for the kids to pour over the pear.  Set each pear on waxpaper to dry.

Before the coating or chocolate completely drys, decorate with mini-chocolate chips for the eyes.  

Enjoy the ghosts, you will love them.

Ghosts On A Stick
Inspired by Frightfully Fun Halloween Cooking

4 Ripe pears, stems removed
1 Tray of Vanilla Candiquik or 18 ounces almond bark or regular white chocolate*
Mini Chocolate Chips
Popsicle sticks

Wash and dry pears.

Remove stems from pears and insert popsicle sticks.

Prepare Candiquik according to package directions or melt almond bark or white chocolate accordingly.

Scoop Candiquik or other chocolate over the pear until completely covered.  Place on waxpaper to dry.  Decorate with mini chocolate chips for eyes.  Repeat with remaining pears.

Refrigerate until firm and ready to serve.

*Candiquik can be found at a super WalMart store in the baking aisle or ordered online.

Halloween-A-Day-Photo

I love Halloween figurines, especially wooden ones.  All of my figurines have been picked up at quaint little shops here and there.  Some in Mendocino where we vacation or in San Clemente where I used to live.  The pumpkin clown on the right is a Paul Gordon piece.  I love his work and purchase it whenever given the chance.  For a frame of reference, the largest piece in the middle is about 7 inches tall.

I love this pumpkin man.  It is also a Paul Gordon figurine.  For me it’s just so whimsical and different than most Halloween decor I’ve found.  This one is about 10 inches tall.

These are some of my wooden Halloween witches.  I think the pencil witch on the left was the first one I ever purchased.  I also love the two smaller ones holding their toads.  The largest witch is about twelve inches in height.

These little wooden pieces roll when pulled by their strings.  They are about three inches tall.  I have had them forever but can’t remember where I bought them.

I hope you all enjoyed seeing these as much as I enjoyed showing them to you!

Comments

  1. Love your halloween figurines Cathy. have really enjoyed looking at the detailing on each one of them; what a great collection you have. And the little pear ghosts are too sweet for words! Adoreable & ever so creative!

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  3. The pear treats look tasty. I have a lot of pears fresh from our orchard and now I will buy the necessary ingredients to make the treats. I too am not a fan of a lot of Halloween stuff, but very much like the pumpkin man on a crow!Hmmm, what exactly do I find so appealing about him ? Oh well,I am enjoying your pictures…inspires me to show my Christmas collections..now Christmas, that’s a holiday I really get into.

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  5. I was going to humbly request that every now and then you do a recipe for those of us who are “challenged” in the kitchen.
    Pears and icing…right up my alley.
    You read my mind.
    Thank you.

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  13. Now somewhere I missed your post on Halloween being your fave holiday, and to boot, I haven’t any kids 🙁 – but with all that aside, I simply love these great looking parent-friendly boo desserts- how cute is that?!? – And I too think the pumpkin man on the crow is wild – love all the details…Your collection so far is amazing, I always look forward to seeing what comes next.

    I am in awe of you and your fun you share with your kids during this time of the year – I agree with the other kids, you ARE the best mom in the world! lo

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  20. Adorable Ghost Pears… Vintage decorations are my favorites! You’re house must just be completely amazing! You’re so fun! Your’s is the first thing I look at in the morning! Keep it COMIN’! I can’t wait till tomorrow!

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  31. Can ghosts be adorable? I think yours are. I can just imagine if I were a kid, I’d lick off all the sweetie goodness and ditch the pear 🙂 Now, I’d take a big bite out of those!

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  37. ok, i thought it was a photo a day. i’m guessing you could post three or four every day and still not get through your halloween goodies. i’m -so- jealous!
    love all the Gordon pieces.
    cute!

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  40. You are such a Hallowe’en inspiration! You totally prompted my first Hallowe’en buy of the season, a ridiculously garish skeleton torso with a beating heart that lights up. I put it on the easy chair facing my front windows. I don’t want to imagine what the neighbors think of us…

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  42. Ok those are cute. What a great idea. I am so impressed by how many Halloween figurines you have. Do you have enough figurines to last till Halloween photo day 31? Whoa!

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  43. These are the most clever Halloween treat I’ve seen! I really mean that! I’ve hosted a huge Halloween party for years, so I’m up to snuff on Halloween treats, and these are wickedly, “spook”tacularly, fantastic!

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  44. Finally, maybe pears will get equal time with apples (candy and caramel) for fall/Halloween! Very neat idea.

    I love the whimsical Paul Gordon figurine. I make “stuffed” pumpkins for Halloween gifts … not to trick or treaters (they would not be so appreciative), but to friends. They are pumpkins made of cloth with a stem, two leaves, and jack-o-lantern face. No two are exactly alike. Each year it seems I have a new crew to give them to. I used to make them for all my son’s teachers. They were great classroom decorations and I love them in my house.

    I’ve also made outdoor pumpkins out of metallic dryer vent hose. Very cute. Just form into a pumpkin shape, staple together, spray paint orange, and stick real leaves or fake “pumpkiny” leaves in the stem area.

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  48. I love your decorations….I just haven’t had the energy to dig mine out, dust them off and put them out. I think I will hand them over to my adult daughter for her to display and the grandkids to enjoy.
    And great recipe for the ghosts..they are adorable!! Thanks for sharing ~~

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  50. I want to live at your house during halloween (with a comment like that, aren’t you glad we have a pond between us?)
    My guys and I are going to make these little Ghosts on a stick– that has got to be the cutest Halloween treat ever!!! Sending the shopping list with the hubby in the morning.

    Thank you.

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  51. Wowza- those are great! I’m totally making them for our grown up Halloween party.

    Another cute little fun and easy Halloween treat is to take Nutter Butter cookies and dip them into white candy coating, then add the little mini chips for eyes.

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  57. I think my favorite line is “So let’s make them up together, shall we…”. It feels like Mr. Rogers or or arobeics class. The ghosts are too cute. The look like storm troopers from Star Wars. Also, have you been to ‘Halloween and Vine’? I think it is in Petaluma.

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  72. That is so funny, I am entering a contest where pears is the ingredient you have to use.

    I saw taffy apples in my office, and then I thought I could make ghosts our of pears!

    Imagine my surprise when I saw them here! Oh well, I thought I was original!

    Thanks for the recipe though!

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