Beaulah and Zoulah's Haunted Halloween Gingerbread House & A Giveaway

If you are a follower of Red Couch Recipes by my

sister Joni, you may have already met Zoulah Boulah,

her guest for the month.  Now meet her twin sister,

Beaulah Boulah.  They both are so excited to share

their love of Halloween with you.

Today the two of them got together at Joni's house

to create uber cool Halloween Gingerbread houses.

(Let me tell you it was a long hard ride home on Beaulah's

broom to Purple Chocolat Home - trying to keep the

gingerbread house from falling or breaking - 1 1/2

hours by car - shorter and scarier by broom.)

Zoulah and Beaulah worked hard to put these cute

houses together for you.

They used a fun  gingerbread mold

from Williams Sonoma to make their houses.

They stopped selling them but you can find them

still on ebay.

You can find several other kinds on ebay.  This one is taller

than the Pampered Chef version and is listed on ebay as

the John Wright version packed for Williams Sonoma.

I just snagged a second one there, so check them out

This Haunted Halloween House is patterned

after their childhood home, where they

grew up in the haunted woods.

Filled with ghosts

And bats, spiders and witches.

Beaulah placed hers on a cake plate that used to

belong to her mother, Mrs. Boulah.

She even included a likeness of Mrs. Boulah on her

haunted house.

Their pet spiders are scurrying out the door to make room

for you, their guests.

And if they don't make you feel welcome, maybe he will.

They say they won't give away their secret family recipe

or a terrible curse will come upon them, but I

looked over their shoulders while they were cackling

away at some inane joke they were cracking and

they just used the recipe that comes with the

pan for the gingerbread and the icing.

(You could use your own recipe and a royal frosting

recipe for the icing.)

They say they are

just two twin sisters trying their best to welcome you to

their Halloween Bash. 

Beaulah was a little slow

getting off her broomstick (if you know what I mean)

so you can check out all that Zoulah has already done

at Red Couch Recipes.

And just to show you how hospitable they can

be, they made you some black licorice caramels.

Go ahead, have a few (she won't bite - not that she could

bite much with those teeth!)

A Boulah family favorite for centuries and centuries.

Black Licorice Caramels Recipe

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 C. sugar

1 1/2 C. light Karo syrup

1 C. butter

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. anise oil

3/4 tsp. black paste food color

Mix everything but the oil and color in a heavy

saucepan.  You can use your heavy cauldon

if you prefer. Bring to a boil. 

Cook and stir until firm ball stage until 236 - 238.

Add anise oil and black coloring.  Pour into buttered

glass dish.  Let cool, then wrap in caramel wrappers.

Here Beaulah is stirring the black food coloring into

her bubbling cauldron.

Zoulah is the one with the steady hand, she pours the black

bubbling brew into the buttered dish.

If you aren't a fan of black or of licorice, the twins suggest

you might want to colors yours orange or yellow and

give it a different flavor.  They love anything sticky and

gooey that will rot their teeth out!

They are going to celebrate by posting this with

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

Eighteen 25 Halloween Party

and

Tasty Tuesday

Toot Your Horn Tuesday

and

All Halloween Bash

Foodie Friday.

Giveaway

I am giving away a CSN gift certificate for

$65.  Click here to enter.  You must be a

follower or become a new follower to enter.

Giveaway ends October 14th.