It's Frick'n Bats! - Reese's Puffs Bats

Reese's Bats Cereal - Gift

Another, normal, year-round product with a spOoky makeover. Now I got this as a gift, so part of me feels obligated to gush over it, and yes, it has great seasonal box art, but I'm going to take this opportunity to voice a (potentially) hot take instead. 

Reese's Puffs. Are Garbage. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Before avid Reese's-fans roast me, let me explain. 

I'm one of you! I love Reese's Cups, and mourn the loss of the really awesome Reese's Oreo collab. I may not be a peanut butter addict, BUT I do love peanut butter breakfast cereal, and when it comes to great peanut butter flavor, this ain't it.

Ghost-less Ghostly Gummies?

Haribo Ghostly Gummies - The Dollar Tree

Mischief night is upon us, which is apparently a New Jersey-specific term for what the rest of the nation calls, "Devil's Night." Kind of strange that the home of the Jersey Devil would miss the opportunity for a devilish holiday tie-in, but that mystery'll have to wait.
(Wait, Vermont and New Hampshire call it, "Cabbage Night?" What's the deal with that?)

Today's mystery is...why are there no red gummies in this bag? 

Screaming Sour Cream Bats & Webs - Aldi

Screaming Sour Cream Bats & Webs - Aldi $1.29

Darn right I'm screaming! Halloween is on a Monday this year. What fresh hell is this? The only bright-side to today being a Monday is that on my long drive home from work I pass tons of stores and I'm going to stop in and scoop up all the Halloween clearance items! Your Halloween decoration is my year-round decor! (I may not wear the black nail polish anymore, but I'll always be a goth kid at heart.) 

Aldi may have me drowning in Pumpkin products, but their Halloween-specific goodies were pretty slim pickin's. I picked up some more of the Halloween Pasta (which makes an amazingly spooky pasta salad perfect for lunch boxes) and some fruit snacks, but other than that it was mostly bags of name brand candy and treats. When I spotted these fun spider and bat themed snacks tossing them into my cart was a no-brainer.

Sweetarts Softbites (Halloween Edition) - Target

Sweetarts Softbites (Halloween Edition) - Target 

Target used to have the BEST Halloween stuff! Real ceramic and melamine plates (that I use year round), actual glassware, sturdy decor, and tons of seasonal sweets. Sadly, their seasonal decor and kitchenware has taken a dive in quality the last two years, but the candy section has yet to disappoint! Seeing all these skulls, pumpkins and bats on the shelves warms my gothic-heart. (I may not dress like it anymore, but my heart still beats for all things Halloween.) So I walked up and down the aisles and grabbed a bunch of Halloween goodies to review this week. I'm really excited, so let's get started!

Ghoulish Gum Balls - Target (#tbt)

Ghoulish Gum Balls - Target (#tbt) 

This was yesterday's #tbt review, but I never found the time to finish writing it up.  

Only 100 more days until Halloween! Soon the shelves will be lined with spooky skull and bat themed EVERYTHING. Sure it's supposed to be seasonal decor and decorations, but if you're a former goth-kid like me, it's the best time of the year to redecorate your home! 

I grabbed a few packages of these spooky Halloween themed gum balls when they went on clearance back in the fall. I've been munching on them here and there, but I'm finally down to my last pack, so I thought it'd be fun to write it up for a #tbt. 

Gingerbread Bats (Dun-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Dun-na-na-na-na-na-na-na COOKIES!)

Were you up until 3AM making gingerbread bats? No? Then you must be sane. (Unlike me.) I was up late last night making 5 dozen cookies for my annual cookie swap, which is this weekend, so I was way too busy/tired/insane to write up a review before going to be around 3:30 AM. To make it up to you guys, I'm going to post up two reviews later tonight. (Non-Pumpkin ones.)

In the meantime, gaze upon the uncooked glory of my gingerbread bats! (Why bats? Cause bats are awesome. That's why.)

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Endangered Species Chocolate - Dark Chocolate w/Cacao Nibs -Whole Foods (What's Fair Trade?)

Endangered Species Chocolate - Dark Chocolate w/Cacao Nibs -Whole Foods

Now, this is a food blog, so I try my best to stay on topic and discuss foodie things, but every once and a while a food item touches on a little something else. In this case, 10% of the profits from this candy bar goes towards the conservation of various endangered species. I won't get all preachy on you (don't worry), I just wanted to say that I love all creatures big and small, but bats in particular hold a special place in my heart. I don't have any grand story to explain my love of bats, to be honest I have no idea what in particular attracted me to them in the first place, but I just adore them. How can I combine my love of bats and my love of food? With a bat-benefiting candy bar of course!