Cestari Table Talk: Halloween Tricks and Treats

Published: Tue, 10/17/23

 
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"Trick or treat, let's eat something sweet! Halloween is the day to indulge in deliciously spooky treats that make our taste buds scream with delight!"

 

Trivia Question❓

In what year were Reese's Peanut Butter Cups first introduced as a Halloween candy?

Answer at the bottom of the newsletter

 

Step 1: Gather your ingredients:

    • 12 sandwich cookies,
    • 2 tablespoons melted white chocolate chips,
    • 2 cups  white chocolate chips, black decorative tube icing,
    • 12 cake pop sticks

Step 2: Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.

Step 3: Divide the cookies.

Step 4:  Place about a ½ tsp of melted chocolate on one side of the cookie.

Step 5: Place stick on chocolate and reassemble.

Step 6: Let the cookies sit until the chocolate has hardened and the sticks are firmly attached.

Step 7: Melt remaining white chocolate chips

Step 8: Dip the cookies into the melted chocolate and let sit until hardened

Step 9: Using the black icing, draw a skeleton face onto the cookie.

 

Enjoy!

 

Tip of the Day

Add a surprise element to Halloween cake pops by filling them with colorful candy. 

 

After baking the cake pop dough, let it cool and hollow out a small hole in the center.

Fill it with your favorite Halloween-themed candies, such as mini M&Ms or candy corn.

Then, cover the hole with a small piece of cake pop mixture and dip the cake pops in melted chocolate and decorate as desired.

When your friends or family take a bite, they'll be delighted by the hidden colorful surprise inside!

 

The traditions of carving pumpkins, trick-or-treating, and wearing costumes have roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.

The festival marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter, where people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

Over time, these traditions incorporated aspects of All Saints Day and All Hallows Eve, which eventually became known as Halloween.

Other Halloween traditions include bobbing for apples and pranking.

 

Trick-or-treating for candy is a beloved tradition on Halloween in America.

 

It has its roots in the 16th century practice of  "Souling" where people dressed up to impersonate the dead and accept offerings to guarantee good fortune.


In the 1930s and 1940s, children were given homemade treats like cookies, cake, fruit, nuts, coins, and toys.

Candy manufacturers started promoting their products for Halloween in the 1950s, as a way to stimulate candy sales in the fall.

By the 1970s, wrapped, factory-made candy became the norm due to safety concerns.

 

💡 Answer to Trivia Question:

1966

 

 

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