Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

Originally posted on Books and Such: Many of you know today’s author from her children’s books (I dream of living in Chocolate Land), poetry, the book she co-authored with her mother, and extraordinary baking creations.  But did you also know she’s the author of a new young adult horror book?  Welcome Roberta (Robbie) Cheadle! Would…

Bloody Truffles Traci Kenworth I had trouble with my regular truffles as I put too much frosting in mine so when it came time to coat, they didn’t hold together well and were a mess. Jesstyn’s gluten-free ones turned out much better. Mine did taste good though, the most important thing, lol! Ingredients: 1 box…

Spooky Shepherd’s Pie Traci Kenworth I couldn’t find my freezer bags to use to pipe the ghosts, so I ended up using the squeeze bottle from another recipe and the ghosts came out small and most fell over during cooking, lol. I didn’t have any carrot pieces as I just threw my baby carrots in…

Halloween Baked Potatoes Skins Pizza Traci Kenworth Adapted from alidaskitchen.com For this recipe, I tried to cook the potatoes first her way but they were hard to handle and scoop out. Instead, I diverted to a recipe I learned on how to bake restaurant potatoes. Ingredients Potatoes, scrubbed and pricked with fork Cooking spray Kosher…

Chocolate-covered Apples with Coatings Traci Kenworth This is my own recipe, created from ideas others had out there. These turned out really well and were a delicious addition. Ingredients Preference of chocolate melts/bark Coatings such as nuts, Oreos, Halloween sprinkles, etc. 12 skewers Parchment paper We used both white chocolate and milk chocolate as we…

Poison Apples Traci Kenworth Adapted from travelcooktell.com This did not turn out like caramel at all. I cooked it longer than suggested to see if that would help thicken it but the most this dip did was turn the apples bright red like one that might tempt Snow White. They did taste really good though!…

Spider-infested Chocolate Chip Cookies Traci Kenworth   Adapted from: hungryhappenings.com   These cookies are fun and creative! I used miniature Reese’s for the bodies instead of the chips. I halved the recipe for the gluten-free ones because Jesstyn doesn’t care for cookies much and used gluten-free all-purpose flour from Pillsbury. Ingredients: 12 T. butter 1…

Recipe Witch’s Broomstick Snacks Traci Kenworth   Adapted from Easy Halloween Snacks A fun and healthier snack for those Halloween parties!   Ingredients: 8 string cheese snacks 24 gluten-free pretzel sticks Fresh chives   Cut each string cheese across in thirds (I made the mistake of cutting all but the last three lengthwise ☹ Now,…