I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I was definitely curious when I spotted this book up on Netgalley. It is almost time for Halloween when I requested (and read) this one and I thought it would be fun! Give me some spooky recipes!

But I have to say, honestly. While I do think that pumpkin soup and pumpkin seeds and dips fit the Halloween theme, I had expected TREATS. Aka, chocolates, muffins, cupcakes, sweets. Now it was 50% what I expected and 50% not treats. At least not the treats I expected. And I cannot imagine that there is a kid in the world who goes WHOOHOO over pumpkin soup as a treat. Haha. Or maybe I am biased because I absolutely don’t like pumpkin as food. 😆

So yeah, I did like the witch’s finger cookies (though I would have to think of something else to use as a nail as I am allergic to almonds), I loved the gruesome cookie people (though I would add some more red), the candy eyeball cakes looked fun to make (and also yummy), and while I cannot eat the Caramel Apples (very badly allergic to raw apples and not able to eat much if they are heated) they did look like a lot of fun and I loved that you an customize them however you want! From candy to making a face to decorating it so much you don’t recognise the apple, it was fun!

I liked the photographs with each recipe along with tips and introduction on the food. And I love that the border around the book was orange with spiderwebs, really adding to that Halloween vibe!

Oh, and I was confused, as the gruesome cookie people looked like they were gingerbread cookies, whereas the recipe is just more of a sand/normal cookie.

And boy, I am glad that I found some measuring cups at a store here because I definitely want to try out the cookies and cupcake, but we don’t do stuff by measuring cups. We just measure grammes and that stuff.

All in all, I did have fun reading this one, I just had expected more treats! I would still recommend it for the treats, and if you are happy with pumpkin soup, haha.