Wendy MeyerEat, Drink and Be Scary!
Who is ready for a hauntingly good Halloween? Since it’s the perfect time for ghoulish get-togethers with friends and family, we’ve rounded up terrifyingly delicious Halloween treats that will have guests shrieking with delight. Not only will these sweets transform your event into a spell-binding soiree, but they’re also all courtesy of bewitchingly talented local businesses.
Black Velvet Cake
This devilishly dark cake is sure to wow your crowd.
$4.59 a slice
Available at 4R Bakery, 1-844-474-8377
Monster Brownies
Scare up some fun with these brownies!
$3.29 each
Available at 4R Bakery, 1-844-474-8377
Halloween Celebration Cupcakes
Fang-tastic cupcakes that are not only tasty but boo-tiful.
$3.79 each
Available at 4R Bakery, 1-844-474-8377
Spooky Donuts
Start your day off on a spooky note with donuts that pair perfectly with any potion.
- Traditional Glazed: 24 hr. brioche, vanilla bean glaze; $2.95 each
- Maple + Bacon: 24 hr brioche, pure maple glaze, topped with in-house candied bacon + Ivanhoe Brewing porter reduction drizzle; $4.50 each
- Chocolate Cookie Crunch: 24 hr brioche, Valrhona cocoa glaze, covered in crushed homemade vanilla + cocoa cookies; $3.75 each
- Guava + Cheese: 24hr brioche filled with swirled guava + cream cheese, cream cheese glaze, topped with a homemade pastelito puff pastry streusel; $3.95 each
- Toasted Coquito: 24 hr brioche soaked in a homemade coquito, bottom crusted with valrhona carmelia chocolate + finished with torched cinnamon-infused meringue; $4.25 each
- Brown Butter + Salt: vanilla bean cake donut, brown butter glaze, topped with maldon sea salt, $3.25 each
Available at The Salty Donut, 3025 Corrine Dr., Orlando • 407-960-6378
Mummy Nutter Butters & Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats
Any of these wickedly wonderful chocolate-covered confections are individually wrapped for little ghouls and goblins.
- Mummy Nutter Butters, $4 each
- Special Rice Krispy, $8.50 each
Available at Peterbrooke Chocolatier of Winter Park, 300 S. Park Ave, Winter Park • 407-644-3200
Happy Halloween Sugar Cookies
Double, bubble, toil and trouble: These handcrafted cookies are spine tinglingly gorgeous, and make no bones about it, they’re tasty too!
$5 per cookie
Available at Southern Home Bakery, 2322 Edgewater Dr., Orlando • 407-420-7940
Monster Sprinkle Donut
Brew up some Halloween magic with brioche sweet treats.
$4 each
Available at The Glass Knife, 276 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park • 407-500-CAKE
Zombie Cookie Ice Cream Pack
Talk about a little ice cream shop of horrors! Not only has the crew at Kelly’s created a Zombie Cookie flavor (it pairs best with a charcoal cone!), but they’ve also made Halloween Party Packs so you can bring the frozen fun home. Each pack includes the choice of five ice creams, a cooler tote, 4 sauce bottles including chocolate and mallow slime, fall sprinkles, napkins and spoons.
Zombie Cookie Ice Cream Party Pack is $125 for twenty-five servings
Available at Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream for pick up from October 22nd to the 31st
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