This was super cute and fun to flip through and I can’t wait to try some of these out for fall! The recipes seemed easy enough to follow for someone who is familiar with baking.

I would have liked a little bit of description of what the recipes were, like what to expect. Is this going to be a vanilla cake? Pumpkin flavored? It just kind of lists out the ingredients and the directions— which is fine. I just would like to have a little blurb about what to expect for each recipe for when I’m looking for a specific taste/flavor.

Overall I’m eager to try some of these out! And the ideas and designs were very fun!

Ghost Food - 75 Spooky, Fun, and Frightening Halloween-Inspired Sweet Treats is a cook book I will be grabbing come the holiday season.

I have always wanted to make my own marshmallows and the fact that this book has "Marshmallow Ghosts" and it broken down into 7 ingredients with 10 steps it makes me confident in trying!!

The "Haunted Cake" is adorable and definitely my jam, where Halloween can be fun and cute and doesn't always need to be spooky. As well as the "Halloween Cookie Cake" which I think would be a hit at any party!

My 5 year old daughter wants to make the "Hugging Ghost Cookies" as she says they are super cute! And my 8 year old son wants to make the "Strawberry Ghosts" probably because he adores strawberries.

An all around perfect cook book for the Halloween season!

if you are like me and you like spooky themed things year round, then you'd understand why I picked this up in April. These are the types of recipes I make year round.

There were some positives and some negatives with this book. I was able to read it as an ARC, but if I were a consumer and I purchased this, I would definitely be disappointed with some areas. I will start with my constructive criticism: the biggest one being a lack of description for recipes. Most of the recipes included have zero description about the flavor profile or anything else a baker would include. For example in most recipe books it would start with the title of the dish, like mocha brownies, and then the description would be something like "these gooey, delicious brownies are always a crowd pleaser and the best part is they're very easy to make." Instead what you will find in this book is a vague title like Mummy Cake and then it goes straight into the recipe. Well, what flavor is the cake? Now I have to try and figure it out based on the ingredients, and that's a pain.
Also, this may be nitpicky, but the section titles sometimes made no sense and weren't relevant to the dishes. There's a section called Creepy Carnival and there's nothing about it that screamed carnival to me.

Positives: you will have a large plethora of Halloween themed recipes to try all in one book. If you're a Pinterest user like I am chances are you have a board already dedicated to sweets you want to make, but I like the convenience of having it all in one place here. Also, there's a conversion chart in the back, and the index is sometimes sorted by ingredient or dessert type which is useful.

Overall I sadly cannot say I recommend buying this book when I found it so frustrating that there was no flavor profile or description for most recipes. I do not want to have to sift through the ingredient list to know what kind of cake I'm making, and flavor is just as important as decor. But as a library book or something, it would definitely be helpful for recipe and decoration ideas.

Thank you so much to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC 👻

Nothing extraordinarily profound in this book—all things that I’d seen elsewhere for the most part, but it was a really cute compilation! Go Halloween!

What a fun book this is! If you didn’t guess from the cover and title, with chapter titles like Haunted Mansion, Pumpkin Patch, Creepy Carnival, Witches Coven, and Vampire’s Lair, this is a book full of Halloween treats.

Many of the recipes are good for people who are beginning cooks and bakers and some are for people who are quite accomplished in the kitchen. The book is full of fun ideas and recipes. There are even cookies that are out of the ordinary, and great for the season, but no harder to make than any other cookies. The book also has a recipe for the beloved pumpkin spice, and autumn sprinkles. And you know those creepy eyes that you can buy at craft stores? You can make them yourself!

All kinds of treats that are reincarnated to be special for Halloween, like Halloween Rice Krispy Treats, Halloween Popcorn Balls, Monster Fudge, Rainbow Caramel Apples, Zombie Candy Apples. But what about Worm-Filled Birthday Cake? Hmm. Not for me.

This book is great for people who want some out-of-the ordinary Halloween treats for their friends and family.

Ghost Food features a collection of 75 different Halloween-themed recipes. They all fall into the sweet treat category. In this book you'll find classics like the Graveyard Pudding, and original recipes like the gothic Haunted House cake.

This cookbook contains straightforward recipes without fluff divided into five different parts. The pictures look absolutely gorgeous, Pinterest worthy. I used to spend hours searching for recipes just like these on social media, and I would have loved to have a book like this. Everything in one place. There is a cohesive colour theme all throughout and the candy eyes are another way the recipes all tie together. Bonus points for including a recipe to make these eyes yourself.

Ghost Food is perfect for you if you enjoy making your own Halloween-themed sweet treats. This book features recipes suited to serve at a Halloween or birthday party, or general horror themed event. They're also perfect if you just want to make yourself a fun treat or if you want to challenge yourself to make something beautiful and spooky.

I absolutely can't wait for fall! There are just so many adorable recipes to try.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and Skyhorse Publishing | Skyhorse for this ARC.

Ghost Food by Cayla Gallagher is a fantastic Halloween themed cookbook that feels like it was created with a lot of care and love. The fact that there’s 75 recipes in this one book is lovely, and they all have detailed, easy to follow instructions and the yummiest, cutest looking pictures of the final spooky products! I like how there’s 5 different sub sections within the cookbook for different kinds of spooky (haunted mansion, pumpkin patch, creepy carnival, witch’s coven and vampire’s lair).

FYI, I will absolutely be making a Halloween charcuterie board this October.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

If you are looking for a recipe to sweeten your Halloween celebration, these are the perfect recipes for that occasion. Instructions are simple and very detailed.

I really liked the various recipes with spooky treats - ghosts, pumpkins, skulls, bats, black cats and creepy crawlies.

I give this book 5 stars.

"Sneak into a haunted house to hunt for Marshmallow Ghosts and cast some spells to turn them into a Ghostly S’mores Tart. Stop by the Pumpkin Patch for some Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate while on the way to the Creepy Carnival to win a Red Balloon Cake Pop and Homemade Candy Corn."

This is an adorable but really well written Hallowe'en cookbook that doesn't fall into the usual "non-Christmas holiday cookbook" traps of simple, sloppy recipes churned out to sell as cheaply as possible. You can tell real effort was put into creating both the recipes and the photographs of the finished products. There are recipes for every skill level, from fairly simple cakes (which you can decorate and ice to whatever skill level you're on) and cookies to more complicated techniques like making your own marshmallows, ice creams, and even sprinkles.

Definitely worth looking at if you're a party host or just want to make stuffed marshmallow skulls for funsies!

I received a free ebook copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

All recipes were very creative and inspiring with wonderful photography. The recipes are easy to follow; always approachable and never intimidating. With every page, I longed to once again feel the autumn breeze. If only I could taste these through the screen!
This book is absolutely perfect for anyone who wants to host a spooky party to remember!

This is an adorable Halloween inspired baking book. The recipes are clear and the decoration ideas are absolutely adorable. I can’t wait to make these recipes for my next Halloween party! Thank you for the arc

Such a cute spooky cookbook! Recipes are easy to follow and pictures are so aesthetically pleasing! Will definitely be making a lot of these in October to share with friends🎃

So many cute ideas that actually seem attainable for all skill levels! Can’t wait to try some of these for my Halloween party!

Special thanks to Netgalley and Skyhorse Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is super fun. The recipes vary in difficulty, and the instructions are very clear. I particularly liked the accompanying images for each recipe! The only downside for me is that this book is extremely baking-heavy, I wish there were more savory recipes (but that's a personal preference).

I love looking at cookbooks and especially Halloween cook books. This one only had a few things I could/would actually make, because I'm not really a baker. But lots of cute ideas.

Ghost Food is a really cute Halloween cookbook! I am always on the lookout for fun Halloween recipes, and this has TONS. I liked the variety in difficulty levels. Much of what makes the recipes "spooky" is the decorations so you can also take them as fun ways to decorate box cake mixes in many instances if you want to do something easy.

Thanks to NetGalley, Cayla Gallagher, and Skyhorse Publishing for the chance to read and review! My opinions are my own!

I LOVED this! There couldn’t be a better baking book for the spooky / Fall season! It is packed full of creative, inspiring, and original ideas, beyond perfect for the holiday season. It had way more recipes than I expected, some easy ones, some more adventurous, and everything in between! There’s even a couple of savoury recipes! Whether you’re looking for cute, or outrageously gross, this has it ALL! With helpful photographs, clear step by step instructions, this book has all you need for you to get your spook on. The only question is, what to bake first?
Would definitely recommend!

With thanks to Netgalley, and Skyhorse Publishing, for an e-ARC to read and review.

*Ghost Food* by Cayla Gallagher is a delightful Halloween-themed cookbook that’s perfect for spooky season baking and beyond. I really enjoyed the wide variety of treats included—there’s something for everyone, whether you’re looking for creepy-cute cookies, festive cupcakes, or full-on showstopping desserts. The recipes are well-written and easy to follow, with clear instructions that make even the more elaborate creations feel approachable.

The photography in the book is another standout feature. Each treat is beautifully captured, giving a great visual reference for what the finished product can look like. It really adds to the inspiration and makes you want to try out every single recipe. I’d give *Ghost Food* a solid 4 out of 5 stars—it's creative, fun, and perfect for anyone who loves to celebrate Halloween with a little extra flair in the kitchen. Thanks to NetGalley and Skyhorse Publishing for the advanced reader copy!

This is a delightful little cookbook jam packed with all things spooky, from ghosties to pumpkins, cakes and pies to sprinkles and seasonings, marshmallow skulls and zombie brains, cauldrons and charcuteries and cats (oh my!)

The recipes are easy to follow for an intermediate baker, and the book dives in to them all without any preamble. There's a clear photo accompanying each recipe you know what look you're aiming for at the end of it all. A couple of the recipes were truly gross looking (worms and eyeballs - you'll see when you get there), which 100% is the point! But the bats and cats and rats and everything that use the candy eyes are adorably goofy

I did find some of the recipe order a little curious, referencing items that come several pages later, and it would have been nice to have had a list of necessary "extra" equipment at the start of the book, or at the start of each recipe, so you know what you need (and yes, I know we need to read the whole thing before we start! But a handy list of extras alongside the ingredients would be nice). As this is a US book, some of the ingredients are regional, and there is a conversion guide in the back for metric measurements.

I'll definitely be making some of these recipes. As it's autumn where I am right now, I can't wait to make the hot choc bombs over the school holidays for a spiced, spooky treat!

~This is a NetGalley book. All opinions are my own~