Halloween at home: Creepy cookie kits, scary-movie snacks, spooky booze and other treats you can get delivered to your door – Toronto Life

Halloween at home: Creepy cookie kits, scary-movie snacks, spooky booze and other treats you can get delivered to your door

Big bad Covid may have given trick-or-treating the axe this year, but theres more than one way to celebrate spooky seasons big night. If you cant go door-to-door to get your candy, well then have your candy come to you. Here are 13 terrifyingly tasty treatssome for kids, some notthat will come right to your door.

Youve heard of the Monster Mash, but have you heard of the Brain Smash? Use the handy-dandy wooden mallet that comes with the cake to wreak havoc on this hand-made chocolate brain. Its filled with chocolate bars, lollipops and candy eyeballskind of like a piata, but better because its entirely edible. $45 (on its own) and $95 (with other treats included). Delivery starts at $10 and varies based on location. Orders must be made 72 hours in advance. @smashinsweets

This cookie company bakes up some seriously over-the-top confections, like cookies stuffed with an entire Reese Peanut Butter cup or pumped full of Nutella. Their Halloween special comes with five holiday-themed cookies (ones even covered in candy corn), a seven-layer bar and chocolate-covered pretzels sticks coated in candy and sprinkles. All orders must be made 72 hours in advance. $30. dolcenada.com

For a plug-and-play Halloween thatll make everyone happyparents, you can add booze to this bundleOakwood Hardware has you covered. The restaurants Fang-tastic Family Fun Box comes with a pumpkin to decorate, a DIY dessert kit (caramel apples or spider cookies), drinks (Downeys apple cider or flavoured Sheldon Creek milk), a bag of cheesy popcorn for whatever movie you decide on, as well as an appetizer and a hearty main that can feed four hungry zombies. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 28. $60. theoakwoodhardware.com

One of the best parts of Halloween is getting home and taking inventory of your haul. But theres also the disappointment that comes in the form of boxed raisins. Well, you wont find any of those in The Candy Bars curated box. Each order comes with a different mix of goodies that could include gummy frogs, Ring Pops, caramel corn, vanilla fudge, Fun Dip, neon sour gummy worms, Nerds, rainbow laces, taffy or British Cadbury chocolate bars. No matter your box, every one comes with a no-raisin guarantee. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 27. $30. thecandybar.ca

Around October, baker Lesley Mattina is best known for her pumpkin pies and buttery pumpkin croissants. This year, shes also baking some outlandish Halloween cookies. Her dirt n worms jumbo triple chocolate chip cookie comes with a customizable spooky message. Got writers block? Here are a few options: Trick or treat yo self; creep it real; bow down, witcheswhatever you end up writing on your cookie, we wish you bone appetit! $32. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 28. Deliveries will be arranged for October 30. omgbakedgoodness.com

Its not quite what youd expect from the folks behind Canoe (and a whole bunch of other restaurants), but kids are sure give this Halloween haul five stars. Each kit comes with two Detroit-style pizzas, a caesar salad, pumpkin- and ghost-shaped cookies, assorted candy, glow sticks and animal masks. Then, for your movie marathon, theres also Graveyard Carnival Corn (essentially tricked-out caramel corn strewn with gummy worms, chocolate hunks and marshmallows). $110. oliverbonacini.com

Its not quite a replacement for trick-or-treating, but this cookie-decorating kit makes for a sweet evening activity. An order comes with nine sugar cookies (ghosts, witch hats and pumpkins), buttercream icing (in the customary colours of white, black and orange) and festive sprinkles. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by 12 p.m., October 29. $30. sweetflour.ca

If you like your Halloween celebrations on the gory side, a multi-tiered cake cleaved open to reveal chocolate ribs and a realistic heart should do the trick. Or maybe a pumpkin-shaped one that bleeds when cut is more up your alley? If youre not up to the task of demolishing an entire cake, The Grand Order of Divine Sweets also makes (not-so scary) brain cupcakes, chocolate zombies and bat-emblazoned bars. Delivery available for all orders over $50. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 27. thegoodsweets.com

On All Hallows Eve, the Grim Reaper will be delivering Storm Crow Manors so-called Deathburgers. And Death doesnt travel by bike or in a 10-year-old Mazdahes gonna be ferrying those fries in a full-on hearse. The goth-approved Deathburgers are crushable sliders that sandwich all-beef patties between charcoal black buns. $22.50 for a box of six sliders. stormcrow.com

Who says Christmas gets to have gingerbread houses all to itself? Heck, the cookie spices are basically a PSLminus the pumpkin and the latteso why not enjoy gingerbread in October? This kit is perfect for kids haunted by allergies; its free of gluten, eggs, corn, dairy and nuts. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 28. $22.95. gemarobakery.com

Hyr is a pandemic-born platform that offers virtual in-home experiences guided by chefs and mixologists. For Halloween, theyre running two events: one for families and another thats strictly 19-plus. Theres a G-rated cookie-making class led by pastry chef Taylor Barbet, as well as an adults-only bartending lesson featuring two spooky-yet-classic cocktails: the Painkiller and the Blackbird. Each experience comes with everything youll needfrom the alcohol to the icing and even the cookie cutters. $60 for virtual experience and cookie kit; $85 for virtual experience and boozy drink kit. hyr.live

This cornucopia of straight-up sugar comes with life-sized gummy snakes, chocolate eyeballs, caramel chews, Rockets, miniature chocolate bars, and more. Decorative creepy crawlies included. $40. Delivery only available in the High Park, Bloor West Village and Junction neighbourhoods. For Halloween delivery, orders must be made by October 28. DM @grazeandgloryto to order.

R.I.P. to the first Saturday Halloween in the last half decadeand you wont be getting another spooktacular Saturday until 2026. Drown those pandemic blues with one (or two) of Project Gigglewaters autumnal cocktail kits. A night of slasher flicks would pair perfectly with some of their Violet Delights, Violet Ends. If youre more of a paranormal junkie, a brew made with tequila, blood orange and ghost pepper agave called Casper and The Harvest Moon might be more fitting. $65-$67.50. projectgigglewater.com

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