The Halloween Fairy

I was talking to my coworkers after Halloween about the obscene amounts of candy that Blair got and how I hated to throw it all away, but I really didn't want her to eat much of it. One coworker told me how in his family they have a Halloween Fairy. After trick-or-treating, their kids kept their favorite 3 or 5 pieces of candy and left the rest near their beds. During the night, the Halloween Fairy would come and exchange the rest of the candy for a cool toy. We are so doing that - what a great idea!

The Halloween Fairy also left a treat for the family. See, the mom would take all of the chocolate from the Halloween loot and make a "Candy Bar Cake." She sent me the recipe today, and I swear I gained 5 pounds just by reading the recipe. And it was worth it. This, too, shall be part of our Halloween tradition going forward. Here's the recipe (you didn't think I was going to gain all that weight alone, did you?):

Candy Bar Cake

• Melt 8 full size candy bars (snickers, milky ways, mars) and 1 stick of butter in a double boiler;
• Cream together 2 cups of sugar, 1 stick of butter and 3 eggs;
• Dissolve 1 tsp of soda in 1 1/4 cup of buttermilk;
• Add buttermilk mixture to the butter mixture along with 3 cups of flour;
• Stir in melted candy and butter;
• Add 1 tsp of salt and 1 cup of chopped nuts;
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour
• Icing - 2 1/2 cups of sugar, 1 small can of evaporated milk, 1 stick of butter - cook until this reaches a soft ball stage then add 1 cup of marshmallow cream and 1 (6 ox) package of chocolate chips. Beat and frost cake.

There you have it - a grown-up's version of Halloween Heaven. I can't wait to try this next year!