Goblin it up!

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Oct 29, 2011

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For a haunted house party Max Brenner (841 Broadway; maxbrenner.com) is serving up a spooky version of its favorite bonbons. This box of chocolates, which comes wrapped in a decorative “Happy Halloween” box and black-and-orange ribbons, makes a great gift for any haunted host. Nine-piece bonbon box, in assorted flavors, $12.90 Zandy Mangold

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For monster mashers The cupcake craze has gone ghoulish. Costumed cake lovers will die for these Crumbs confections (multiple locations; crumbs.com), which have been spookified into themed sweets such as the Spidey Web, Monster Mash and more. Halloween cupcakes, $3.75 each · Pack of 12 mini-cupcakes, $18 Tamara Beckwith

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For count choculas Scary chocolate cravings are just fine at Jacques Torres (multiple locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn; mrchocolate.com), a gourmet chocolatier whipping up spooky masterpieces for your Halloween spread. Jacques-O’-Lantern, in dark or milk chocolate: small, $12; large, $23 · Chocolate coffin filled with chocolate-covered Cheerios, $15 · Skull with homemade marshmallows dipped in dark or milk chocolate, $20 Tamara Beckwith

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For a nostalgic nightmare Vamps — if you’re going to live forever, at least eat the best candies from Halloweens past. At Economy Candy (108 Rivington St.; 212-254-1531), stock up on oldies-but-goodies such as Jack-O’-Lantern and Dracula Pez, candy corn and black and orange jelly beans. Foil-wrapped chocolate body parts, $4.99 a pound · Gummy tarantula, $2.99 Zandy Mangold

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For the living dead Dylan’s Candy Bar (1011 Third Ave.; 866-939-5267) is offering sugary brains and body parts this year, part of its “Eat Zombie Food or Be Zombie Food” theme. Zombie Broken Bones bar, made of Belgian milk chocolate and pretzel rods, $2.95 · Pack of 10 vanilla sugar cookies in zombie, ghost, eyeball, bat, pumpkin and bone shapes, $10 Tamara Beckwith

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For gross-out ghouls Send trick-or-treaters fleeing in terror when you hand out these sickening (but tasty) treats from Dewey’s Candy (141 Front St., DUMBO; 718-422-1333). Offerings include “gooey boogers,” gummy rats and drinkable blood. Gummy Halloween Kabob, $2.75 * Grillz Candy, a tasty sucker hooked to gaudy grill teeth covers, $3.25 Eilon Paz

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To really bowl over trick-or-treaters this year, try a variety of ghoulish treats from newcomers the London Candy Co. (1442 Lexington Ave.; 212-427-2129), and old faithfuls, such as Dylan’s Candy Bar and Economy Candy. Zandy Mangold

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