Happy October!

Many of you may already know, but I love Halloween.  I'm the girl who wears a cat ear headband in public just because I think it's fun and because I don't get as many stares as I normally would any other day of the year.   Not that I would wear a cat ear headband any other day of the year, but I digress.  

In honor of the season, Hayden and I made some "Funny Bones", ghoulish goodies with enough gross-factor to entertain Hayden.  Okay okay, so it's basically a chocolate-covered pretzel.  

I found this idea on epicurious.com, but they make it sound more complicated then it needs to be.  All you need is pretzel rods, marshmallows, and some white chocolate chips for melting.  

Put marshmallows on either end of the pretzel.

  

Slowly melt the white chocolate chips in a bowl large enough to roll the pretzels around and coat with chocolate.

I tried using scissors to clip the very end of the marshmallow to give that dimpled look but the gobs of chocolate cover it up anyway.  In other words, don't get too fancy.

And yes, that is a 3 Marshmallow: 2 Pretzel combination waiting in the wings next to Hayden.  Maybe it's a femur and tibia?  Maybe Hayden is meant to be a doctor? Maybe he just got a little carried away and really likes marshmallows.  

My big lesson: lower your standards.  It's not all going to look perfect, but if it entertains Hayden for a least 30 minutes, mission accomplished. 

Coming Soon: pictures of Hayden as Wolverine for Halloween.  We were planning on getting a puppy costume, but he saw the claws that came with Wolverine and he was sold.