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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Recipe Corner

Get Into Winter with Frosted Pumpkin Cookies

Nothing says "It's the holidays!" quite like pumpkin anything, and these cookies, with a caramel frosting, are no exception.

Ingredients Directions Yield: 6-1/2 dozen. From TasteofHome.com Keep up with news by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Recipe: How to Roast the Perfect Pumpkin Seeds

Adding a little spice to an autumn favorite. Got some good fall recipes to share?

Looking for a good recipe so you can enjoy your pumpkin seeds? Writer Julianna Crisalli provided this recipe which she said she had been making these since since she was a youngster. Ingredients: Pumpkin seeds 3 tablespoons of butter Salt (OPTIONAL: Add additional spices to the butter mixture. Seasoning salt, garlic pepper and red pepper flakes are my favorites.) Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Separate the seeds as you clean your pumpkin. Wash the seeds well and pat them dry with a paper towel. Leave the seeds to dry for about 10 minutes while you prepare your spread. Melt butter in saucepan or microwave. Add desired spices and salt. Place aluminum foil over a cookie sheet and spread seeds in a single layer. Pour or brush butter/spice …

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Make Flameless Glass Jack-O-Lanterns

Make some flameless lanterns for your homes.

Decorating on a dime in time for Halloween can be a challenge, but Jessie Gable, editor of Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch, has taken the do-it-yourself approach for getting some flameless lanterns in your homes. Learn how she created some spooky decorations for less than $3 per lantern by checking out the latest offering in her "DIY: Don't Injure Yourself" series.

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Melissa Kory

12:10 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011

What Halloween crafts have you made this year? So far my only decoration is a poorly carved, lopsided pumpkin.   more ›

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Frugal Family

Harvest of Halloween Bargains

Marietta Patch provides a selection of great bargains for the whole family each Wednesday morning.

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we're taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us stretch our dollars. This column is dedicated to giving you at least five great local deals each week that will help your family's bottom line, and since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money. With so many great family friendly Fall and Halloween bargains this year near Marietta, Frugal Family didn’t want to limit the number of great deals to just five. We decided to give you twenty-five… and then some. Enjoy! Creating a Halloween costume can be really expensive, especially since it’s only going to be used once. Frugal Family has …

sallyhoag

7:48 am on Thursday, October 20, 2011

I just found a place called "Printapons" where I can get my fav. restaurant coupon for 90% off!! all you have to do is just print and take it.   more ›

Monday, October 17, 2011

Halloween in Atlanta

Looking for some Halloween fun near Marietta? Here are some family activities to get you into the spooky spirit of the season.

FrightQuest—a MapQuest series on spooky destinations and activities—offers three options to celebrate Halloween in the Atlanta area that are sure to be a scream: For more on Halloween and fall happenings in Marietta, visit our Halloween 2011 section. Have you been to one of these events before? What did you think? Do you know of any other upcoming Halloween festivities in the area? Let us know about them!

Evalyn

7:13 am on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I haven't gone to any of these events but the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade & Festival sounds like fun. I think I might go this year.   more ›

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Get Out

Get Out to 'Spooktacular' Events

'Tis the season for corn mazes, haunted houses, and pumpkin patches. Here's a list of Halloween happenings in and near Marietta.

13 Stories Haunted House Take a terrifying tour through two attractions; 13 Stories Haunted House and the all-new Big Top Secret in 3D haunt. Located at the Town Center Mall in Kennesaw. Created by Allyn Glover Entertainment, LLC's designers, since 1984, 13 Stories is one of the South's scariest haunted attractions. Open every night through Halloween. For ticket information, call 770-426-4807. 2975 Ring Rd, Kennesaw. Netherworld NETHERWORLD Haunted House is a popular Halloween attraction in metro-Atlanta. It has been featured on Good Day Atlanta and recently on Sunday Night Football. Walking through Netherworld Haunted House’s 'The Nightmares', a coimetrophobiac may find the visit extremely threatening as they wind their way through a …

Michael Jacobs

5:10 pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Thanks, Gary. Given that we sometimes feel like the walking dead ourselves, I can assure you that many of us at Patch are excited (in a moaning, leg-dragging, tongue-lolling way) about the Zombie Walk. Happy Halloween!   more ›

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