Halloween is happening in just two days! If you are handing out halloween candy this year, I wanted to share a list of vegan-friendly halloween candy (I’m making no claims about the other ethics involved–many of them are produced or owned by large corporations, and where does that sugar come from anyway? Who produces it?). Anyway, VegNews put together this list. I can’t wait to go to the vegetable stand post-halloween and buy a bunch of pumpkins on discount to cook up! This year, we’re not planning anything for halloween–though I would like to carve a pumpkin if I can find the time. A couple of years ago, I spent weeks before halloween sewing a patchwork dress in order to be Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I even got white tights and a tight white long-sleeved shirt and sewed black stiches on them to imitate her pale, stitched up skin. I had gotten together a Jack Skellington mask and outfit for Eric, so we could coordinate. Then, about an hour before we were scheduled to go to this costume party, we both got the overwhelming urge to stay home. One of these days, I’m going to wear that costume!! Yesterday, I tried making a vegan salted caramel, and was very excited to post about it in the halloween/ autumn spirit, but it was kind of a flop. It did not set up the way I was hoping and ended up being quite gooey–though it tasted great. I will work on the recipe and post it when I’ve perfected it.
What do you do to celebrate halloween? Have you carved pumpkins? Are you dressing up?
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Oh I do hope to see that costume one day! And vegan caramels! MMMMM… We’re going to the Día de los Muertos celebration at Seattle Center tomorrow and trick-o-treatin’ on Monday afternoon. Maybe carve a pumpkin, make some pumpkin chocolate chip bread, smudge the house, eat a pomegranate, make apple prints, do a tarot reading, etc. Have a happy weekend!!
Sounds like so much fun!! Happy weekend to you, too!
I carved a Totoro pumpkin and made stuffed pumpkins for dinner last night… deliciously vegan to boot!
So cute!!! What did you stuff the pumpkins with? Yum!!
Stale bread cubes, celery, onion, sage, Veggie broth, white beans, thyme, kale, pepper, salt, thyme. It took a rather long time to cook, probably close to an hour and a half. well worth the wait and I made two sugar pumpkins, so lots of leftovers for work!
Sounds great! I can’t wait to try roasting some little pumpkins!