So the clock is ticking and Halloween is This weekend, don’t have any goodies to share, no problem here is a fast and easy one you can whip up in no time.

Finish these cat brownies before they cross anyone’s path and bestow bad luck. Form these felines from a pan of cooled brownies by using a cat-shape cookie cutter. Add two small red candies for eyes and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Here is another “Killer” recipe  for your halloween celebration!

• 1  2 layer-size package  desired flavor cake mix

• 2  16-ounce cans  white frosting

• 1  tube  black decorator frosting*

• 2    round red gum balls

•    Red chewy fruit-flavored worm-shaped candy

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans and one oven-safe 6-inch diameter bowl.

2. Prepare your favorite 2 layer cake mix according to package directions. Pour half of the cake batter into one of the prepared cake pans. Pour 1 1/4 cups of the batter into the prepared 6-inch bowl. Pour remaining batter into the other 9-inch cake pan. Bake the full 9-inch cake pan for 25 to 30 minutes. Bake the bowl for 25 to 30 minutes. Bake the remaining 9-inch cake pan for 15 to 18 minutes. All cakes are done when a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pans and bowl 10 minutes. Remove cake layers to wire racks and cool completely.

3. Place skull pattern onto the highest 9-inch cake layer. Cut around pattern A. Place on cake plate. Place skull pattern onto the other 9-inch layer and cut around pattern B. Spread some of the white frosting onto the cake layer on plate. Place cake layer B and bowl cake appropriately over frosted layer. Hollow out eyes and nose with a melon baller. Let cake stand for 30 minutes. Combine 1 cup of canned frosting and 3 to 4 teaspoons milk. Frost entire cake and let dry until frosting is set. Frost eyes and nose with black frosting. Frost cake with remaining white frosting. Attach gumball into eye sockets with additional black frosting. Pipe teeth and cranium cracks with remaining black frosting. Decorate cake plate and skull with worm candy. Makes 12 servings

NOTE: Skull pattern can be found here

Ok, ok, don’t freak out over a few pieces of Halloween candy, just to ease your mind here is a breakdown of how many calories those yummy pieces of chocolate hold.

1 piece (roll); Calories: 25, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 6g, Protein: 0g

3 pieces; Calories: 75, Total Fat: 1.5g, Carbs: 3g, Protein: .3g

1 piece (15g); Calories: 80, Total Fat: 4.5g, Carbs: 8g, Protein: 1g

1 bar; Calories: 100, Total Fat: 3g, Carbs: 17g, Protein: 1g

1 bar; Calories: 120, Total Fat: 6g, Carbs: 16g, Protein: 1g

Kit Kat 3 two-piece bars; Calories: 210, Total Fat: 11g, Carbs: 28g, Protein: 3g

4 pieces; Calories: 160, Total Fat: 2g, Carbs: 32g, Protein: 0g

1 package; Calories: 210, Total Fat: 10g, Carbs: 26g, Protein: 5g

1 bar; Calories: 270, Total Fat: 11g, Carbs: 44g, Protein: 3g

1 bar; Calories: 280, Total Fat: 14g, Carbs: 35g, Protein: 4g

There’s no question that today’s younger generation is getting into prescription drug use, you see it too often on the news, another young teen hospitalized or worse passed away from prescription drug abuse.  With many of us here on Garage-Girls with kids in their teens or about to be, we wanted to share some very important info with you on this topic.

-Prescription medications should only be used under medical supervision

-avoid self -diagnosing and self prescribing.

– Model this behavior to others and help educate them about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs.

– Store prescription drugs in locked and secure locations and dispose of medications properly or participate in a medication disposal day in your community.

-Talk with your kids, friends, and neighbors or other groups about this issue.

Any drug that activates a certain pathway in the brain(called the reward center) has the potential to be addictive. Just like many illegal street drugs, some prescription medications do this and therefore, can be addictive as well. Drug treatment admissions for those addicted to prescription drugs have escalated substantially in recent years.

Many of those who abuse these types of medications (approximately 70%) get them from family or friends, often from the family medicine cabinet. Therefore, it is very important to store these medications in locked and secure areas, protected from those who may wish to abuse them.

It is important to use appropriate approaches when educating young people about prescription drug abuse. For example, these  behaviors should not be glamorized or shown in a positive light. But in the information age, very specific information about any drug is as close as the internet. It is imperative to provide factual information to counterbalance the mythical impressions often held by young people.

For more info on this very serious topic please visit

National Council on Patient Information and Education

National Institute on Drug Abuse

parents. The anti-Drug

Stop Medicine abuse

Another “Killer” Treat for your Halloween Devouring

• 1  11-oz. package  refrigerated bread sticks (12 bread sticks)

• 12    jumbo frankfurters

•    Catsup and mustard

•    Capers

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Unwrap breadsticks. Stretch each bread stick to 12 inches. Wrap dough around frankfurters, letting the frankfurters show slightly through the bread. Press in capers for eyes. Bake in preheated oven for about 12 minutes or until bread is golden brown. Serve with ketchup and mustard. Makes 12 snacks.

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