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The spooking season is upon us.  It’s time to ply those kids with sugar and make some crazy cupcakes.  Can’t bake?  No problem!  The Food Network is gearing up for this scary time of year by releasing a number of specials that will help turn your quaint country cottage into a haunted mansion.

Emeril kick’s off this Halloween season with a Bam!  He’s airing special episodes all week for “Sweets and Treats” week.  Those episodes include Shrunken Heads and Graveyard Pudding.

Sandra Lee has a special Semi-Homemade Halloween like only Sandra could do.  In this special, she shows us how to candy our own apples and make a spooky pizza.  I caught a glimpse of this episode last weekend and she dresses up in different costumes for every segment.  Doesn’t everybody wear ten different costumes in one evening?  I will defend her multiple outfit changes by saying that it could concieveably give someone an idea or two about what to dress up as, but in true Sandra Lee fashion, her outfits are very over-the-top just like her tablescapes.  If you want to spend a couple of hundred dollars on your costume, by all means, take a page from the book of Sandra Lee’s costume catalog.  Her special airs October 28th at 5pm ET/PT, or October 29th at 7pm ET/PT. 

Lastly, if you ever wondered where your favorite trick or treat candies came from, then check out Spooky Treats Unwrapped.  Marc Summers takes you through the world of candy making and explores the manufacturing of scary treats like wax fangs and ghost shaped Peeps.  He also throws in some classics like Mike and Ikes and the ever so scary Pez.  AHHHH! PEZ!!! Flee for your lives!  Just kidding.  Sadly he doesn’t explore the tiny chocolate bars that were always my favorite treat to be plopped into my pillowcase for Halloween.  I guess Unwrapped has explored the world of chocolate so many times that the show felt another chocolate segment would be over kill, but I say, you can never have too much chocolate.  This special airs October 28 at 4pm ET/PT, and October 29th at 2pm ET/PT.

For the Food Network Halloween page click here.  This page has a lot of helpful Halloween party tips for any of you last minute party planners.  It has costume ideas, decoration plans and, of course, delicious spooky recipes.