Day 23: Treat: Visit your local harvest festival!

Check out these cuties trick or treating and having a blast at our local harvest festival! 

Day 22: Trick Tampon Ghost

SPOTTED! The raunchiest ghost this side of laffy taffy. The ladies thought to truly frighten the boys with this scary "ghost."

Day 21: Treat Halloween Candy Buffet

What a fun Halloween Candy buffet! How could this be considered anything but a treat!

Day 20: Pumpkin Seeds

For Salty Seeds: rinse seeds and place in plastic bowl with lid. 

Cover seeds with water and add 1-2 tablespoons of salt. 

Let sit for 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Drain seeds and pat dry with a paper towel. 

Coat with two tablespoons olive oil and salt to taste.

Spread on cookie sheet in a single layer and bake one hour or until seeds are completely dry. 

For Sweet Seeds: 

Raw pumpkin seeds cleaned and dried.

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Toss seeds in a large bowl with melted butter. Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Stir to mix throughly. Spread in an even layer on a cookie sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with another layer of brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake 5 more minutes and repeat, then an additional 5 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining sugar and cinnamon and bake 10-15 minutes. Allow to cool and serve. 

Day 19: Treat: Harry Potter Box

Whether you're on a quest to overcome He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or preparing for your seat under the sorting hat, this Harry Potter Candy Gift Box is sure to sweeten your day. Travel with Harry, Ron, & Hermione to your very own 'Honeydukes Sweetshoppe,' the best sweet shoppe in the wizard world located in Hogsmeade.Our Harry Potter Candy Gift Box includes your very own Wizard Glasses, Honeydukes classics like Harry Potter Bertie Botts Every Flavour Jelly Beans - 1.2oz., Harry Potter Jelly Slugs, Harry Potter Chocolate Frog, "Fizzing Wizzbees" Pop Rocks Candy, "Butter Beer" Root Beer Barrels and Butterscotch Discs and "Honeydukes" Assorted Salt Water Taffy.

Day 18: Trick: I always feel like, somebody's watching meeeee

Meet our newest water cooler gossip ;)

Day 17: Trick: That's a wrap!

The neat thing about this is that you can go as big or as small as you please. We didn't want our buyer to spend the whole day unwrapping her items, so we picked a few key items to wrap. :)

Day 16: Trick: Bozo and Happy ;)

These two jokers hid under Kassie's desk today and gave her quite the fright when she sat down to begin work!

Day 15: Treat: Candy Corn Poke Cake

You need:

Candy Corn

White Cake Mix & whatever your chosen mix calls for on the box

1- 14 ounce can of Sweetened Condensed Milk

Yellow & Orange Food Coloring

1 Pint Heavy Whipping Cream

1 Cup Sugar

To make:

Following the directions on the box, prepare white cake mix batter and divide equally into three different bowls. Using food coloring, color one bowl yellow, one orange, and leave the third white. 

Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and spread the yellow cake batter evenly across the bottom. Put the pan in the freezer on a straight rack for 25 minutes.

Remove the pan from the freezer and carefully pour the orange layer of cake batter into the pan, gently spreading the batter creating and even layer that completely covers the yellow batter. Put pan back into the freezer for 25 more minutes.

Preheat oven to the temperature indicated on the cake mix box.

Remove the pan from the freezer once more and carefully spread the white cake mix batter over the orange batter, evenly.  Place the pan on top of the preheating oven for 1/2 hour to warm up the frozen batter. This will allow the batter to cook and rise evenly in the oven.

After 30 minutes bake according to the directions on the cake mix box.

Remove the cake from the oven once cooked and immediately poke holes throughout the cake with toothpicks or skewers.  Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cake.

Place the cake in the fridge for at least 6 hours.

Once the cake has chilled whip beat the heavy whipping cream with sugar (according to desired sweetness) and spread evenly over the top of the cake. Decorate with candy corn and serve!

Day 14: Treat! Gold Canyon Candles

One extra sweet coworker, Jessica, brought us FALL! It's still super warm here in Southern California, so we're extra thankful for Jessica's thoughtful treat of fall scented Gold Canyon Candles. 

Day 13: Trick, Minty Fresh Oreo Spiders

To do: open Oreos and scrape out the filling (eat it if you want, we won't tell), and fill with white toothpaste. To mask the fact that the cookies have obviously been tampered with, add spider legs with black licorice laces. Serve!

Day 12: Treat in a trick!

Have a friend that's afraid of spiders? Send them this creepy, crawly, gift box! Scary on the outside, sweet and delicious on the inside.

This Spooky Spider's web is full of Halloween Candy goodies like Mike & Ike Mummy Mix, Mike & Ike Vampire Variety, Tombstone Rest in Pieces Candies, Scary Gummies, Mini Marshmallow Peep Chicks, Candy Corn, Zombie Chocolate Food, Oozing Eyes, Eyeball Suckers, Pumpkin Suckers, Creepy Peepers, Chocolate Body Parts, Candy Corn Salt Water Taffy and Huckleberry Salt Water Taffy.

Day 11: Treat Fall Snack Mix

What you need:

Pretzels 

Chex

Cheez- Its

Mellocreme pumpkins

Candy Corn

Reese's Pieces

Anything else that sounds yummy to you. Mix in a large bowl and serve!

To gift, pour into cute jars and top with a bow.

Day 10: Treat zombie lottery tickets!

We're lucky to work for a sweet boss that treats us to lottery tickets because it's Friday!

Day 9: TRICK: Parking Ticket

We printed this parking ticket, filled it in with a frivolous charge, selected an unsuspecting coworker, and planted it!

We only wish we had a video of her reaction! ;)

Day 8: TRICK: Recycling Scare

Because hiding in the trash can would be icky! ;)

Day 7: Treat: Bloody Bark

1 – 20oz package Brach’s Almond Bark, Vanilla Flavor

1 – Theatre Box Red Hots

1 - Tablespoon Shortening

 

Place Red Hots in plastic bag and crush with a mallet. Set aside.

Melt almond bark and shortening in double boiler or microwave.

Pour melted almond bark into parchment lined 9” x 13” baking pan. Spread to edges.

Sprinkle crushed Red Hots on top of bark.

Swirl with toothpick or tip of knife to lightly mix in Red Hots.

Place in refrigerator until completely cooled.

Remove from fridge and break into pieces. Store in air tight container.

Enjoy!

Day 6: TRICK.....furry friend

One of our sweet employees was gifted with a furry helper on this Monday morning....for some reason, she didn't seem as grateful for the help as we thought she'd be. ;)

Day 5: TREAT: 'I've only got eyes for you,' mason jar craft

All you need is Creepy Peepers, a mason jar, ribbon, and a cute tag for this fun, homemade Halloween treat! Who do you have eyes for?

Day 4: TREAT: Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

One of our sweet co-workers treated us to delicious pumpkin spice cupcakes with pumpkin cream cheese filling and cream cheese frosting. YUM!
We're returning the flavor and treating you with the recipe!

To make the cupcakes:

What you need:

3 cups all purpose flour

1 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt 

2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup golden brown sugar, firmly packed

2 cups canned pumpkin puree

5 large eggs

1 1/4 cup coconut oil

To make:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or line muffin pans and set aside.

Mix all dry ingredients. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix 1 cup pumpkin and brown sugar until smooth. Mix remaining pumpkin, eggs, oil, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth. Add dry ingredients 1/3 at a time until well blended. 

Fill muffin cups 3/4 full and bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 15-20 minutes. 

Set aside and allow to cool.

Now to make both the filling and the frosting you’ll start with the same basic recipe.

Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

What you need:

1 block full fat cream cheese; softened

1/4 cup butter; softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 cups powdered sugar

1-2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

With your electric mixer, mix butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar until well mixed. Once well mixed remove about 1/3 of the frosting and put in a small bowl. 

Mix in 1-2 tablespoons of pumpkin pie spice to taste. 

To fill cupcakes- 

Use completely cooled cupcakes and insert cupcake corer (I got mine at Walmart) in the center. Twist and pull straight out, do not discard center. 

Once all cupcakes have the centers removed add about a teaspoon of pumpkin filling to each one and re-insert the cores.

 Frost as usual with the plain cream cheese frosting. Because I’m not a super amazing cupcake froster I just use a Wilton Frosting Spatula and smooth the frosting on top. If you have a little extra pumpkin spice feel free to add interest with a swirl on top! 

The last, most important step,  ENJOY!

Day 3 is a treat for YOU!

As you all know, www.CandyCrate.com is a family owned and operated business. Because of those roots we have a soft spot for family business! One of our sweet fans has opened a super yummy (smelling) business, Just Jewells Candles.

Just Jewells Candles has donated this super yummy spicy, pumpkin pie candle for a giveaway on our facebook page! Head over NOW to enter to WIN! 

Day 2: Trick!

One lucky co-worker had a visitor in the restroom this morning! Would this have gotten you?

Day 1: Treat- Pumpkin Pie Play-Doh

What you need:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tablespoons cream of tarter

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

3/4 cup water

Red/orange food coloring

 To make:

Mix dry ingredients in a medium sauce pan, add oil and bring to medium heat. Add water until dough consistency is reached. Allow to cool. Knead with food coloring until desired color is reached. Now you're ready to play! 

Store in an air tight container when not in use.