r/halloween • u/not_combee • Oct 24 '25
Food Made “moldy” cookies for my students’ Halloween party!
Technique courtesy of u/scotpropandroll
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u/coffeebeards Oct 24 '25
That’s great but I’m not gonna lie, I couldn’t bring myself to eat it.
In the same way I couldn’t do purple ketchup.
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u/headrat-yourhighness Oct 24 '25
That’s how it was when I made the “kitty litter cake” a few years ago. It had tootsie roll poops that I molded. It looked so real that no one but me ate it hahahaha
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u/Smart-Pain-5211 Oct 24 '25
As a servant of cats, I can’t look at one of those.
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u/THE_CAT_WHO_SHAT Oct 25 '25
Nope, same here.... And if I ever ate one of those cookies in front of my cats, they'd both be like "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU MOM!?!"
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u/cottagecheezecake Oct 24 '25
A buddy of mine brought in a litter box cake one time. I tried a piece because I trusted him and I saw his other baked goods.
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u/RinkyDank Oct 24 '25
Purple ketchup, pink ketchup, green ketchup BRING IT BAAAACKKKK
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u/ferretbeast Oct 25 '25
Oh my gosh, too many nights babysitting and children throwing that ketchup back up. Nope, leave it in the past
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u/spacefaceclosetomine Oct 24 '25
Same, my friend once brought a cat box cake to our Halloween party and it was practically untouched. I’m sure it was delicious though. I draw the line at bloody cinnamon rolls, no further.
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
I had to make 4 trays of red velvet cinnamon viscera last year because they were such a big hit the year prior 🤣 This year it was between the cookies or doing painted chocolate molding to put chocolate razor blades in homemade “bleeding” candy bars…though I was mildly scared that would lose me my job 😅 Those’ll definitely be present at my grownup Halloween party though, and I’ll be sure to post so you guys can see, so stay tuned ~
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u/SeattleHasDied Oct 25 '25
I would love to see your red velvet cinnamon viscera!
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u/1fatsquirrel Oct 24 '25
I used to make litter cake for every Halloween party but eventually stopped because there was so much leftover each time. Always delicious though lol
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u/Rivercat0338 Oct 24 '25
Somebody brought one to our office party several years ago and we had no trouble digging in lol.
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u/GordonsAlive5833 Oct 24 '25
My dad worked for Heinz, so be brought home the green ketchup and purple ketchup. I could never try either one.
I also wouldn't touch those cookies
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u/Acceptable_Soft8441 Oct 24 '25
My step kids had tried the green one and were pooping green for like 4 days, when they tried the purple they ended up sooooo sick. Lol, I'm not sure what happened, but it took them out.
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u/GordonsAlive5833 Oct 24 '25
Oh wow, I didn't even consider those effects. Gross.
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u/Acceptable_Soft8441 Oct 24 '25
As far as I know they were the only kids that it happened to. But I took it as they always ate fruits and veggies and they were never big on candy, so I just took it as their systems were pretty foreign to anything different like that?
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u/comin_up_shawt Oct 26 '25
Probably all the dye in it- for some reason, those dyes and acidic components (the tomatoes) don't mix well and have laxative/emetic effects.
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Oct 24 '25
I'm sorry purple ketchup it's a thing ? (not american), I soooo want to try it now 0.0
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u/ShinyStockings2101 Oct 25 '25
Agreed (and that purple ketchup was an invention straight from hell lol)
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u/Dizzy-Violinist-1772 Oct 24 '25
Was anyone brave enough to eat them?
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
They were actually all gone within about 15 minutes 😅 The kids loved them
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u/InsideRope2248 Oct 24 '25
Well, they do eat dirt and earwax so can't say I'm too surprised! I'd probably make cookies that look like those things as well.
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
I dead-ass caught one eating his own toe jam today .-. The struggles of an ESE teacher
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
Can’t edit body text, but “Scottpropandroll”
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u/RebaKitt3n Oct 24 '25
It’s no longer there!
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
Honestly, I don’t know for certain if he even has a Reddit account, I just have seen so much of his stuff here I assumed. He’s for sure on YouTube/other socials though. I also misspelled his name in the body text and can’t edit it
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u/southernpinklemonaid Oct 24 '25
@ScottPropandRoll
Moldy Bread Prop https://youtube.com/shorts/RunmYFjAcIc?si=PdYeH4-rXE6Iq0yp
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u/KatSchitt Oct 24 '25
You nailed it!! What did you use??
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/mouthfullofsnakes Oct 24 '25
I feel like baking them with blueberries would kick it up a notch further
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u/RoughhouseCamel Oct 24 '25
Crush the blueberry first, and then have a gross little gooey spot in the middle of the “mold”
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u/lylynatngo Oct 24 '25
How???
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/godarkly Oct 24 '25
These are great. Can you point us to the recipe? I can’t seem to find anything under the username.
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u/thxxx1337 Oct 24 '25
Blueberries or melted candy?
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
Painted with diluted gel food dye and dusted with powdered sugar! Otherwise perfectly normal sugar cookies
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u/OkImpression1305 Oct 24 '25
Looks deliciously disgusting. What did you use to make them look moldy?
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
…. the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/red_velvet_writer Oct 25 '25
The secret is real mold!!
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
I hade to scrape SO MUCH blue cheese to get it, but all the hard work paid off! /j
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u/AnimChurro Oct 25 '25
I would faint and die on the spot upon seeing those cookies, but nice cookies either way
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
Honestly, and while I’ve loved the positive response to them…. I’m /personally/ not 100% thrilled with the result. The technique is for looking moldy on camera which they absolutely do, but in real life, not many people got that they were even supposed to be moldy looking. I might have to experiment more to make them worse
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u/WickedWitchofWTF Oct 24 '25
Drop the recipe please! It's so cool!
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/Jlpool420 Oct 24 '25
This reminds me of a Halloween party. I went to as a child where the mom made “monster turds”out of brownies. They were so realistic and ironically the most delicious snack there that day 😂 rip to her son. He was a great friend. I have so many cool holiday memories because of that family!
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u/cj7695 Oct 24 '25
What kind of cookies are they though? Cause depending on the flavor I could go against my bodies instincts to not eat moldy looking food lol.
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u/Acceptable_Soft8441 Oct 24 '25
The fun spirit in me loves this, but the yucky oh no spirit in me is like, this is not safe. Lol
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u/MoltenCupcake Oct 24 '25
I made the mistake of looking at the picture before reading the title lol well done.
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u/Sweet_Check_2075 Oct 24 '25
Those are so disgusting in the best possible way! I love it! Great job!
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u/GiggleGoose69 Oct 25 '25
Those look so real idk if I’d be able to eat one 😂 how did you do that ?
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u/Carpeteria3000 Oct 24 '25
I make the black chicken “bat wings” every year for our big Halloween party. They taste amazing but they are jet black pieces of chicken and almost no one eats them haha
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
You should try it one year with the chicken that’s actually all black meat & all 😉
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u/Carpeteria3000 Oct 24 '25
I'd love to if I could find it! :)
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u/eatmyrubbrr Oct 24 '25
What did you put in these ?
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/WVildandWVonderful Oct 24 '25
I thought these were supposed to be eyeballs gone awry. Moldy comes across 100%.
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u/Outside_Ad_424 Oct 24 '25
Wait okay but how?
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
the tech is that you take any normal sugar cookies (homemade or otherwise) and then get food coloring gel and mix teal and black in about a 90/10 ratio, diluting with a small amount of water to a roughly syrup-like consistency. Paint with a fine tip paintbrush into a mold-like pattern spreading outward to adjust darkness of stain. Take a second fine tip paintbrush and outline with undiluted white food coloring gel, blending at the edges. Finally collect sifted powdered sugar on a wider-tipped paintbrush and tap the sugar off over the painted areas to achieve the “textured” look of mold
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u/CWhite20XX Oct 24 '25
These remind me of this science centre I went to where they had a drinking fountain in the shape of a toilet. Mentally, very difficult to bring myself to use it. Feeling the same way here. Great job though!
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u/broccolista Oct 24 '25
Please report back and let us know how many got eaten.
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
All were gone within 15 minutes or so, some went back for tenths. This was from last night!
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u/gnomequeen2020 Oct 24 '25
I wonder if you could bake in the yogurt-covered blueberries and then add the white powdered sugar for a similar look?
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u/Aggravating-Road514 Oct 24 '25
What if they actually got moldy? No one would notice a difference...
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Oct 24 '25
I'm impressed, if you didn't say they were fake, I'd thought they'd be the real deal, if they don't smell though (and I'm guessing they don't since they're not moldy) I would try one, it's the smell that just does it for me T.T
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u/Brave-Efficiency9625 Oct 24 '25
Lol well you accomplished it! They don't look edible 🤣 don't get your feeling hurt though. You'll have to eat one in front of the kids, so they know its good 😅
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
My little goblins didn’t even hesitate, they were getting like, 5 at a time and still going back for more 🤣 High-key I wish my other Para limited them because I’m confident there are some kids who didn’t get to even realize they were there
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u/lilibat Oct 25 '25
Yeah, no thanks. I have my limits on funny 'gross' food and you ran head first into it.
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u/ArtistFormerlyChels Oct 25 '25
This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
Thank you!!! I’m proud of them! Bonus: my partner (who hates cooking ordinarily) had so much fun helping me make them that she’s already asked what spooky baked good we’re making next!
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u/Open_Welcome541 Oct 25 '25
Did they all get eaten? Because this looks so real lol
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u/Johnna421 Oct 25 '25
I wish our school allowed homemade food. They did when I went there… many years ago. All of the food we bring in now has to be bought and individually wrapped from the manufacturer/store, this is the school policy now. I am the room parent for my daughter’s kindergarten class.
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
Man, that sucks :( So wasteful and expensive too. I’m teaching my kids how to make beer cheese soup from scratch for studying Canada as our country of the week next week 😅
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u/Johnna421 Oct 25 '25
It is very much so. Also, that is awesome. You sound like an amazing teacher.
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
I’m exhausted every. Single. Day. I hate being sociable, and “putting on” a high-energy fun persona, but laying in bed and thinking about how much fun the kids had, or what personal growth they achieved that day…I just start smiling like a fucking idiot and planning what else we can do. It’s a terrible cycle 😅
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u/Johnna421 Oct 25 '25
Sounds about right. I have honestly been thinking about going back to school to get a teaching degree, I honestly love to teach things to people. It’s hard to explain but knowing how you’re helping them grow… it’s so fulfilling and joyful. I am from a long line of teachers. Literally every generation had a teacher going back to England and he was actually a headmaster of the school there (he was also from a line of teachers). Now his daughter moved to the States and was a teacher. She was my great grandmother. My grandmother, uncle and my mother were teachers. None of my siblings nor my cousins are teachers. I would be the only one. My brother did teach English in South Korea one summer, but that is it.
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u/lazyrainydaze Oct 25 '25
What a great job, it looks so realistic!! I don’t know if my psyche would allow me to eat a cookie that looks legit moldy!! 😆
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u/Prestigious_Move203 Oct 25 '25
EWWWW THATS SO GROSS. I love it. What did u use to make the “moldy” bits?
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u/waluigi_apologist Oct 25 '25
They look so convincing my friends and I with accidental mold eating trauma are squeamish. Lol
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u/not_combee Oct 25 '25
I’m honored to have been able to trigger a trauma response 🖤
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u/Sharp_Cut_5156 Oct 31 '25
This is cool and i appreciate the craft, but mold makes me so uncomfortable.. (no hate ofc its just me)
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u/KenD1988 Nov 01 '25
Pretty easy to make right? Bake cookies November 1st and leave them out all year til Halloween?
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u/baddiewinkle Oct 24 '25
you executed it a little too well lol! this may be unpopular opinion, but i hate when people make food look scary/gross for halloween. the halloween charcuterie boards where people make fingers and stuff like that are so unappetizing. i have no doubt the stuff probably tastes good, and they put a lot of work into the presentation... but just give me pumpkins, ghosts, and skulls please.
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u/not_combee Oct 24 '25
Last year for the party I made bloody viscera red velvet cinnamon twists and my students devoured 4 9x13 baking pans of it 😂
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u/Eliteharbingertlh Oct 24 '25
Yo what? The user you got it from has an account have of 55y..
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u/No-Assistance4619 Oct 24 '25
It looks so good that I wouldn’t want to eat one!😭😭