Since Halloween serves as a kick-off to the entire holiday season, and the delightfully ghoulish celebration is marked by elaborate decorations of the hearth, as well as the self, we thought a Haunted House Cookie Kit befit the occasion. But since we’re not quite into “official” gingerbread season yet, we decided to make this a Haunted House Chocolate Cookie Kit instead. Given the fact the “original” edible, gingerbread abode was haunted by a wicked witch, we’d dare to say that calling it a Haunted House is superfluous. But with decorations like bats, skeletons, pumpkins and black cats, the name is quite descriptive. Absolutely enchanting, this prefab., ready-to-assemble Haunted House is made for us by dedicated gingerbread house kit innovators in Canada. The attention to character and detail is unparalleled, as are the ingredients used to make them. (The spooky colors used in the icing and the candies, for example, come from naturally available ingredients like paprika, turmeric, beet root, black currant, carrot, pumpkin, hibiscus, spirulina, etc...). Every piece comes prepared for your imaginings, however grim they may be.

CHOCOLATE COOKIES (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, DOUGH CONDITIONERS {AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID}, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM SHORTENING [PALM OIL, MODIFIED PALM OIL], INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, BAKING SODA , SKIM MILK POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS)
BLACK ICING (SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, CARAMELIZED INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, CORNSTARCH, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, AGAR, CITRIC ACID [ACIDULANT])
ORANGE ICING (SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, CARAMELIZED INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, CORNSTARCH, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, AGAR, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN [FOR COLOR], CITRIC ACID [ACIDULANT])
JELLY BEANS (SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP [WHEAT], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE BLEND (PINEAPPLE, ORANGE, APPLE), NATURAL FLAVORS, COLOR ADDED [FRUIT JUICE, VEGETABLE JUICE, SPIRULINA EXTRACT], HIBISCUS JUICE CONCENTRATE, ACIDULANTS [CITRIC ACID, FUMARIC ACID], MALIC ACID [ACIDIFIER], GLAZING AGENTS [CONFECTIONER'S SHELLAC, CARNAUBA WAX, BEESWAX], CARAMELIZED SUGAR, SODIUM CITRATE, COCONUT OIL)
MINI BEAD CANDY (DEXTROSE, CALCIUM STEARATE, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, MALTODEXTRIN, CONFECTIONER'S SHELLAC, CARNAUBA WAX, COLOR ADDED [VEGETABLE JUICE, FRUIT JUICE, SPIRULINA EXTRACT, TURMERIC OLEORESIN, BETA-CAROTENE])
BAT CANDY (DEXTROSE, CALCIUM STEARATE, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, MALTODEXTRIN, CONFECTIONER'S SHELLAC, CARNAUBA WAX, COLOR ADDED [VEGETABLE JUICE, FRUIT JUICE, SPIRULINA EXTRACT], HIBISCUS JUICE CONCENTRATE),
BONE CANDY (DEXTROSE, CALCIUM STEARATE, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, CONFECTIONER'S SHELLAC
CARNAUBA WAX).