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A ‘scare-cuterie’ severed hand might be Halloween’s creepiest food

October 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. EDT
(Scott Suchman for The Washington Post/food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post)

Halloween traditionally hasn’t been considered a food holiday — unless you count candy, of course. There’s no equivalent to Thanksgiving turkey or a Christmas cookie for a holiday that’s mostly about kids dressing up and amassing as much sugar as possible.

A zombie army of bloggers and social-media influencers is aiming to change that, offering up an increasing array of spookily styled dishes making the black-food-color-spiked case for Halloween cuisine.