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Show RIDING WE GRANULATED PONY: HALLOWEtN'S BEST BAKED TREATS BY NICK SCHOLZ PHOTOGRAPHY CLARK GOLDSBERRY Halloween shall stand forever as a testament to humankind's willingness to confront any danger, face any hazard and submit to any peril in its unceasing pursuit of candy and treats. Consider the premise of this, the strangest of all holidays: a person dons a costume, demeaning or unsettling; they venture, so costumed, into streets flooded with their peers and they brave a sea of costumed horrors. People do all of this with a single-mindedness now absent from modern American discourse: lip-smacking, gutbusting, colon-crushing indulgence of the sweet tooth. For one night a year, even the most diet conscious and size-sensible amongst us are willing to hang their pancreas from the ceiling and pound it like a prize fighter. Although we all appreciate the chance that Halloween affords us to stuff our pie holes with its namesake, we don't all savor it to the same degree. While the Ke$has of the world are satisfied with even the most filthy of confections, those of us with classy, genteel sensibilities realize that our bodies are temples through whose doors only the purest of sugars will be poured by the dump truck-ful. The guide provided below exists for us Utah Valley sugarsuckers with standards. Here you will find your personal map to the most delicious Halloween treats that this valley can offer. PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Some of the best come from the bakery at Macey's Grocery Store. *ior TOP THREE CANDIES TO FIND IN YOUR JACK-0LANTERN HEAD 1 -Twix: Cookie, caramel and chocolate and if it's regular sized, Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Cupcake from The Sweet Tooth Fairy, a variation on the Halloween classic. you get two. Reese's: Especially good if your name is Reese, but good for the rest of us as well. Nerds: Don't open them right DONUTS There's no shame in being the best, and that is easier when you focus your efforts. Krispy Kreme Donuts has done just that. Honorable Mention: Freshly made doughnuts from Provo Bakery. away since they last forever ; they can be your last bit of Halloween. WORST THREE CANDIES Mr. Goodbar: It's the ultimate backhanded compliment. Plain Hershey's Chocolate: I think SUGAR COOKIES Perhaps the most versatile, the sugar cookie has a place in every holiday. The Sweet Tooth Fairy adds an intoxicating amount of their signature icing in Halloween colors and shapes. Honorable Mention: None. Go try this cookie. 111 • NI17 • t .• • • 1.1%., • • this speaks for itself. raMPOPMw a• Licorice: I love licorice, •• . 410671 41r 141.1114: a• • • 5 1' 11,staf • lig • I as r••• 414 wi •a II but not on Halloween. al % • THE THREE THAT SHOULD NAVE BEEN . Nutrolls: They look like a Payday, but rip your teeth out instead. Mounds: Add an almond and milk chocolate and it would be awesome. Baby Ruth: Yeah, we can eat them, but they are just not what we want. BY JAROM MOORE THE V MAGAZINE |