Comments on: Halloween Party Treat: Witches Finger Cookies

By: Granny Mary

Granny Mary — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:33:11 +0000

Make these thin or they will get too fat! We called the first batch ogre toes and the second witches fingers and we used regular whole almonds.

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Country Meadow » Blog Archive » Goulish Halloween Recipes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:46:58 +0000

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By: mj phillips

mj phillips — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:58:14 +0000

These have become a tradition at our annual work Halloween Luncheon which includes all kinds of gross food titles and creative gross looking but delicious dishes! People come to me year after year asking if I am making these! This is the fourth year now!!! I add a little more flour so they don’t spread too much. I also used slivered almonds for realistic looking nails….yuk! Delicious!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:51:44 +0000

I’ve made shortbread witches’ fingers for years and they are always a hit! It’s important to use a recipe with no leavening agents so the cookies stick to their shape. (I prefer a pecan shortbread which gives them a slightly darker, deader, skin color). It works really well to use sliced almonds painted with plain old red food coloring, inserted as fingernails before baking, to give a creepy reality to the cookies. Really look at your fingers & imagine the bones only when shaping them. That will get you the most realistic look. Also don’t make the knuckle wrinkle marks too perfect. Serve on a wooden cutting board with red food coloring dripped on a cleaver to make the service truly creepy!

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:24:12 +0000

I made a slight change for kids with nut allergies…no almonds or extract. I added green food coloring and used yellow green icing on the nail bed…my son calls them…gross ogre fingers.

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Halloween « Relish, my Relish — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:48:59 +0000

[...] We had a great Halloween party and we will have to do something similar next year. I think I will make more Witches Fingers to scare people with too. They were great and creepy, go here if you want a great and easy recipe. [...]

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10 Spooky Treats | Celebrities.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:09:35 +0000

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By: Linette

Linette — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:47:20 +0000

leah- Try chilling them before you bake them.

If you’re melting the chocolate around the fingernails, make sure you use a fine decorating tip, or you can use decorator, or gel icing around the edge if you have a fine tip on your decorator bag.

By: leah

leah — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:05:51 +0000

Any tips for stopping them from flattening out? Mine keep coming out like pancakes!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:25:55 +0000

The cookies tend to flatten so keep them in the fridge up until baking. The chocolate around the fingernail did not turn out, so I painted the fingernails chocolate instead. The blanching of the almonds took the most time, but I tried a few unblanced and they looked great. It’s a fun treat for Halloween, but be sure you have an afternoon to make them.

By: Linette

Linette — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:15:46 +0000

Yeah, you probably need that:) One cup, thanks for catching it!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:53:56 +0000

Linette, these look great, can’t wait to try!

It mentions sugar in the instructions but not in the ingredient list – how much sugar is needed for this recipe??

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Foodie Bloggers Roundup #18 | MannerHealth.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:54:58 +0000

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Weekend Fun Food and Party Links For September 6th | kidsfunreviewed.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:12:14 +0000

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Weekend Fun Food and Garden Links For September 6th — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:04:38 +0000

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By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:09:02 +0000

Ewwww – these really are gross! The kids will love them!!

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