The 4-H girls and I are back in the kitchen this fall, doing a unit on candy making. I came upon this new book, Ghoulish Goodies, which has a number of recipes for Halloween candies and treats.

So far we’ve made: Monster Eyeballs, Chocolate Spider Clusters, Witches’ Knuckles, Monster Cupcakes, and Chocolate Mice. For our final meeting next week, we’re making Caramel Apples. They’re having a blast!

I’ve found the recipes are easy enough for the girls to follow and make with little assistance and supervision. I particularly appreciated the instructions for how to melt chocolate in the microwave and in a double boiler. We opted to use the microwave which was a nice lead-in to my lesson on microwave safety.

The one drawback is that the girls have chocolate everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE! I know the mess is par for the course when cooking with kids. But these recipes definitely call for older clothes and aprons. Yowza!

If you’re looking for a little fun in the kitchen with the kids this Halloween, check out Ghoulish Goodies.