Wicked Art Wednesdays 2026 – National Chocolate Day

Happy National Chocolate Day!🍫

If you’ve been visiting the last few weeks, you have noticed me complaining about how hard it’s been to find information about real art and artists. Search engines are definitely biased towards ai and shopping networks. Since today is National Chocolate Day, I thought I’d share some chocolate works of art instead.

Chocolate Sculpture, artist/chocolatier unknown

Chocolatiers are like double geniuses, transforming chocolate into art is incredible display of skill and imagination that seems supernatural. If there weren’t videos showing how they create these amazing chocolate sculptures step by step, I’d call it all witchcraft.

Patrick Roger is an incredible artist and chocolatier in Paris.

You can order these chocolate Halloween pumpkins from Patrick Roger’s website.

Chocolate and marzipan Halloween pumpkins, Patrick Roger

Of course, I’m going share the creations of the extraordinary chocolate art of Chef Amaury Guichon a.k.a. The Chocolate Guy.

Kracken chocolate sculpture, Chef Amaury Guichon

There’s something soothing about watching one of the Chocolate Guy’s videos from start to finish.

Gigantic Edible Frankenstein Lego, made entirely of 100% chocolate

These chocolate sculptures are so beautiful, I want to eat them all!

Happy Halloween!🎃

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Candy Trivia

Happy Halloweek!

Let’s not kid ourselves, Halloween is all about the treats, the candy! But how much do you actually know about candy? Let’s find out! Post your responses in the Comments Section.

Which candy has over 400 flavors in Japan?

Which candy is America’s oldest candy?

Which loving candy wrapped in tin foil started in 1907?

Which candy was originally developed as an anti-smoking tool?

Which candy was the first to come in “fun size” in 1968?

What chocolate-flavored chewy candy has been included in US military rations since World War II?

Which layered candy popular for Halloween contains only 7 calories?

What other holiday is more popular than Halloween for Peeps Marshmallows?

The Willy Wonka Candy was bought by which food conglomerate in 1988?

Name the three biggest candy makers in America.

Happy Halloween!🎃

Monday Macabre – Week 4

Happy Halloweek! Every Monday Macabre this month, I’ve posted a special Halloween haiku telling a spooky tale of a haunted Halloween carnival. Today, I present the conclusion.

bloody funhouse mirrors
eerie screams and shattered glass
a werewolf howling

Happy Halloween!🎃

8th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge

8th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge2026

I’ve thought a lot about whether to continue this event. Between increased use of ai, the increase in fraud and decrease in consumer protections, and the rising costs of just about everything, I’ve decided to hold the contest, but there will be no prizes this year. It’ll be for fun, laughs, and bragging rights only.

Halloween Carnival, ©️Halloweenkristy, Canva-made, no ai

The theme this season has been Halloween carnival, but I will accept any haiku and seppai featuring Halloween, horror, or haunted themes.

Not all that’s creepy are clowns but all clowns are creepy. MSS 2026

The contest starts midnight on October 30th through Halloween day and a winner will be chosen on November 1st.

I hope the no prizes news won’t be too disappointing and that people will participate. I can’t wait to read your spooky haiku. Remember, you don’t need ai to be creative. You just need the courage to share a part of YOU!😊

Happy Halloween!🎃

Sinister Saturday – Halloween Lemon Cake

Happy Sinister Saturday! Baking is my second most hated chore, right after cooking itself. It’s just evil when you don’t know how to cook or bake and why can’t we make ai robots cook and clean for us instead of stealing our ideas??

I don’t do from scratch. Three ingredient boxed cake is hard enough as it is for non-baker. There’s just so much stirring!

Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines, baking’s favorite couple

Anyways, perfectly moist lemon supreme is a lie and the word moist should never adorn a box of any kind.

I used my Wilton’s pumpkin-shaped pan, which you can pick up online or a Michaels store near you, and for the rest of the batter, my Nordic skull cakelet pan came in handy. Although, their faces didn’t quite make it out of the pan. Note to self, grease the pan!

A few drops of yellow and red food coloring turned yellow lemon frosting orange and my latest creation was now a full-fledged pumpkin-shaped Halloween lemon cake.

It’s not so bad, I just need one of my Friday Fright Nightcaps to wash it down!

Happy Halloween!🎃

Friday Fright Nightcaps – Tropical Void

Happy Friday! It’s the return of Friday Fright Nightcaps! Not gonna lie, I’ve spent two weeks chasing purple, a perfectly purple cocktail that is.

Unfortunately, my experiments have rendered every color but purple. In any event, I present to you the Tropical Void. It’s not purple. It’s not black. It’s something inbetween.

Ingredients:

2 oz. Grapefruit soda
1.5 oz. Dark Rum
.5 oz. Blue Curacao
.5 oz. Grenadine
1 oz. Pineapple juice
1.5 oz. Cranberry juice
Splash of lime juice

Mix ingredients well. Garnish with Maraschino cherries or fresh fruit. Serve chilled.

Happy Halloween!🎃

Timeless Thursday – Vintage Halloween Collectibles

My appreciation for old timey Halloween Collectibles began with vintage Halloween postcards. I loved going to paper shows and perusing thrift shops and antique malls for vintage Halloween items.

I find the fact that these items have been on the planet longer than I have completely intriguing. If an item could talk…

Tally’s Vintage Halloween Party Tag, circa 1940s

Postcards often do talk, especially those from the golden age of postcards. Some people only collect blank vintage Halloween postcards, which are rare and uber-expensive, but I don’t mind used Halloween postcards. I like seeing the postmarks and reading the messages on the back. It’s a snapshot in history. It’s kinda fun to hear what people were up to back in the day.

I don’t own many antiques simply because I don’t have the money to be a serious collector. I’m more of a Halloween window shopper and recently, I’ve been looking for authentic Halloween metal clankers, noisemakers and toy tins. Unfortunately, two little words have really dampened my spirits, Sold Out!

Vintage Halloween U.S. Metal Toy Tin Clanger Bell Noisemaker
©️Eerie Emporium, Sold Out

Halloween Vintage noisemakers or old metal clankers, particularly those in good condition, are hard to come by and expensive, especially those sold online by Collector websites and eBay.

Vintage Halloween Tin noise makers ©️Worthpoint, Sales for Members Only

Most online sellers these days are hip to the fact that their items are rare and desired. I encourage people to definitely do homework first to get an idea of the current values of vintage items before putting in a bid or making a purchase.

A few years ago, this antique T.C. Weygandt Three Witches chocolate candy mold, from the 1940s, inspired by the German candy mold maker Anton Reiche, was seen online for around $100. It’s nearly impossible to find these days.

T.C. Weygandt Three Witches chocolate candy mold, New York, NY, USA,, circa 1940s

A vintage collectible is truly only worth the price you’re willing to pay for it.

Happy Halloween!🎃

Wicked Art Wednesdays 2026 – John Dunn

Last week I got a little discouraged by all the AI artwork, more specifically the hoarding of information and promotion of ads and bs in search engines. It seems like the world wide web is now locked behind paywalls and prejudices.

Just when I was about to give up, I came across the Hero Complex Gallery. Today we pay tribute to the illustrator and graphic designer John Dunn, who pop culture artworks and alternative movie posters can be seen on hcgart.com

Artist: John Dunn
Company/Studio: www.johndunnart.com

Why we love it: John Dunn’s artwork and alternative movie posters are exquisite and anyone who pays tribute to Hammer Horror is a super cool dude in our book.

Where to Purchase art: https://hcgart.com/search?type=product&q=john*+dunn

“And Be Immortal” ©️John Dunn, prints available for purchase at Hero Complex Gallery

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/johndunn_art/

Happy Halloween!🎃

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – 80s Horror Movie Trivia

Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday!

Horror movies are the backbone of Hollywood. From Universal’s classic monsters to Hammer horror, 80s slashers to A24’s psychological terrors, every great horror movie has unforgettable characters, whether they’re vile villains or hopeful heroes. Can you match these totally awesome tubular 80s horror classics with their best characters?

Laurie Strode hides out from the Bogeyman, again, in Springfield, IL.
MacReady and others come face to face with unknown alien species in Antarctica.
Alison and Suzie fight off bogus killer robots at the mall.
Freddy, Burt, and local punk rockers fight off zombies in the cemetery.
Donna and Tad get trapped in their Ford Pinto by a rabid St. Bernard.
Frank brings home a strange puzzle box to his daughter Kirsty who then gets targeted by demonic Cenobites.
Charley Brewster and Peter Vincent just aren’t buying Charley’s new neighbor is an everyday average guy.
Nancy and friends can’t sleep with child killer Freddy Krueger running around in their dreams.
Caleb and Mae are just bloodier version of Romeo and Juliet in Oklahoma.
Ash Williams gets lost in time in his neverending battle against the Deadites.

Match these ten character clues to their respective scary movie titles and post your responses in the Comments Section.

Happy Halloween!🎃