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  No-Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake

  Innocents are snared easily by a ganache spider-web. Spun by a gumdrop spider with limber licorice-string legs, the web is draped over a dangerously addictive and creamy no-bake cheesecake.

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  Next: I Scream Sandwitches

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  I Scream Sandwitches

  Be sure to eat quickly; wicked witches have a habit of melting -- especially these.

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  Next: Boo-tiful Cake

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  Boo-tiful Cake

  Don't be afraid of these friendly ghosts -- they are easy to make.

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  Next: Ghoulish Petits Fours

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  Ghoulish Petits Fours

  Elegant little bites of cake get a spooky treatment in the guise of ghosts and witches' hats.

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  Next: Jack-o'-lantern Tarts

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  Jack-o'-lantern Tarts

  This grinning pumpkin is much sweeter than he is scary!

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  Next: Devil's Food Cake with Flame Tuiles

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  Devil's Food Cake with Flame Tuiles

  A ring of fire dances around a dense chocolate cake so decadent it was named for the devil himself.

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  Next: Haunted-House Cake

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  Haunted-House Cake

  Set atop a steep hill of devil's food cake, this forbidding cookie house features caramelized-sugar windows, black-licorice spires, and sunflower-seed shingles.

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  Next: Boston "Scream" Pie

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  Boston "Scream" Pie

  These construction-paper vampire bats don't have fangs, but make no mistake: They hope to suck the sweet and spicy filling out of this Boston "scream" pie, a pumpkin-chocolate cake that oozes chocolate glaze.

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  Next: Ghoul's Graveyard

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  Ghoul's Graveyard

  Ghouls and guests alike will flock to this chocolaty graveyard cake.

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  Graveyard Cake

  This creepy cake is covered in bleeding chocolate glaze and topped with espresso shortbread tombstones.

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  Next: Halloween Whoopie Pies

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  Halloween Whoopie Pies

  Orange nonpareils are a bright addition to rich, dark whoopie pies. 

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  Next: Spider Cakes

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  Spider Cakes

  Even the staunchest arachnophobes will find it hard to resist these adorable creepy-crawlies.

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  Next: Orange Jack-o'-Lanterns with Sorbet

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  Orange Jack-o'-Lanterns with Sorbet

  Carve creepy or cute faces into these citrus jack-o'-lanterns.

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  Next: Chocolate Caramel Layer Cake

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  Chocolate Caramel Layer Cake

  To score a bite of this sinfully sweet cake, you must first make it past a caramelized cobweb protected by licorice spiders.

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  Jack-o'-Lantern Tartlets

  Use dough cutouts to give pumpkin tartlets some friendly -- or fiendish -- character.

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  Next: Pumpkin Marble Cake

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  Pumpkin Marble Cake

  Halloween guests are sure to find this pumpkin cake eerily enchanting.

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  Next: Chocolate Witches' Hats

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  Chocolate Witches' Hats

  Ice cream cones are embellished with chocolate and gummy candy belts to make deviously delicious witches' hats.

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  Next: Haunted Black Forest Layer Cake

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  Haunted Black Forest Layer Cake

  Topped with chocolate ganache and studded with cherries, this cake is irresistible to all creatures, vampire or otherwise.

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  Next: Snake Cake with Venom Glaze

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  Snake Cake with Venom Glaze

  Beneath this ganache-covered cheesecake topped with a coiled serpent, lies a dessert hour full of surprises (and a chocolate crust).

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