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Saturday Spotlight: Top 10 Halloween Cookies

Julia M. Usher 9/22/189:15 PM

Boo! It's almost Halloween and time to get cracking on your Halloween cookie decorating! If I've scared you into a jaw-clenching frenzy of cookie brainstorming, chill out . . . I've got some spook-tacular inspiration in this week's Spotlight that's sure to provide ample food for thought!

Congrats to those on this week's hot list* for your spine-tingling designs - and I do mean "spine-tingling" in the best of all possible ways! jack A special shout-out to @Olivera Vlah for making our hot list three times this week with some of the most ghoulish cookie characters I've ever seen! And also a huge "hurrah" to @Dhsprad for the staying power of her Halloween set in the #8 spot. She first posted this set in October 2014, and it is still steadily attracting eyeballs (so to speak!) with now almost 24,000 views!

#1: Witch Better Have My Candy by Sweet Elise

#2: Art Deco Halloween Cookies by mintlemonade (cookie crumbs)

#3: Halloween Unicorn by Sugarcat

#4: Jack-O’-Lantern by Econlady

#5: Spooky Time by Olivera Vlah

#6: Franky by Olivera Vlah

#7: Halloween Witch by Olivera Vlah

#8: Halloween by Dhsprad

#9: Bloody Halloween II by Ana Maria Borja (Nanita Pachita)

#10: Halloween by carolina santiago

That's a wrap - and not of the mummy variety! My compliments again to this week's honorees, and also one reminder: I'm out of town next weekend at my namesake "Julia Usher's Decorated Cookie Competition" at the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show! Woo hoo! It promises to be a zany weekend, as it's the show's 25th anniversary, so I'll be foregoing next week's Spotlight! I'll be back on October 6, hopefully with a recap of the show and its winners. Stay tuned!

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