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Autumn Pumpkin Tart

Oct 22 by Anita 2 Comments

This autumn pumpkin tart is a sleek take on pumpkin pie and perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and your holiday table. So after I mentioned in my last post that I wasn’t a big fan of pumpkin in general, yes I went and made something with pumpkin. Isabelle is very into Halloween this year, so with […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: dorie greenspan, fall baking, halloween, pumpkin, pumpkin tart, tart, thanksgiving

Happy October! Halloween Chocolate Lollipops

Sep 30 by Anita 9 Comments

Happy last day of September! Yes, we’re a week into fall but I know what the beginning of October really means – Halloween! You can see from these Halloween chocolate lollipops we’ve already gotten a start on making some treats! Candy-making at trick or treat time used to be more of a chance to exercise my […]...

Filed Under: Candy, Chocolate, Lollipop Love, Recipes Tagged With: brit + co, chocolate, creativity, halloween, lollipop, lollipop love, remake

Deep Dark Chocolate and Ghostly Meringue Cupcakes

Oct 31 by Anita 30 Comments

  Happy Halloween! So I just want to say now that all these years before when I would do the ritual complaint of, “Things are so crazy busy around the holidays!” I was saying this without a kid. Now that I have a kid, I truly understand what CRAZY BUSY around the holidays mean....

Filed Under: Cakes, Chocolate, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, cupcake, ghost, halloween, meringue

Homemade Halloween: Making “Twix” Bars

Oct 22 by Anita 42 Comments

  With Halloween coming up next week. I’m finishing all my preparations, which mostly involve putting together Isabelle’s costume and moving all the pumpkins in the house back to their designated places, after she’s moved them all again for the twentieth time. Apparently pumpkins are way more fun than her regular toys – who knew? […]...

Filed Under: Candy, Photography, Recipes, San Francisco Tagged With: candy, candy bar, caramel, halloween, twix

Pumpkin Twinkies for Halloween

Oct 30 by Anita 19 Comments

Well, a little good news for me and for the blog: my sweet tooth has returned! It was truly disconcerting not craving sweets for a while (although I’m sure my doctor was happy), but I found myself wanting dessert again in the last few weeks, just in time for Halloween! Actually, I have a dentist’s […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: halloween, pumpkin, twinkies


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Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, baby girl, and rescue cockapoo Snickerdoodle. More about pastrygirl

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