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Marshmallow Ghosts

Cute, charming, and not-quite-so scary, Sweet & Sara's ghoulish confections are the perfect Halloween treat.

Is there a more fun, festive, and candy-filled holiday than Halloween? If you're asking any of us at the VNHQ, the answer is a resounding "no." To celebrate, we're indulging in buckets of cruelty-free confections. To add to the classic stand-bys, treat yourself to Sweet & Sara's Marshmallow Ghosts. With the sweet, satisfying, and fluffy texture of an original Sweet & Sara marshmallow, these frightful vanilla-flavored fellows are decked out with ghoulish glares to spruce up your celebration. Throw a package in your favorite trick-or-treater's bag, or keep them close during a requisite scary-movie marathon. All Hallows' Eve just got a little sweeter.

And good news! We have a box of these precious gems ready to send to one lucky winner. Simply tell us your favorite vegan Halloween treat, and we'll randomly draw one winner on Halloween day. Good luck!

168 Comments

Posted: Oct 26 2009 01:58AM By LEYLA

Toffee apples

Posted: Oct 26 2009 02:48AM By Aleesha

Bite-sized bars of dark chocolate! Yum.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 03:54AM By Stephanie

homemade vegan candy corn! I love making it,

Posted: Oct 26 2009 06:21AM By patee

turtles

Posted: Oct 26 2009 06:28AM By Marla

Spooky brain cupcakes and butter cookies shaped like zombie fingers!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 06:37AM By Danielle

Homemade Popcorn Balls, made to look like pumpkins

Posted: Oct 26 2009 07:44AM By Alicia Webster

I love popcorn with vegan chocolate-chips and dried apricots tossed in.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 08:04AM By Lisa

actually, i've just recently become obsessed with Sweet & Sara's marshmallows and smores. after abstaining for marshmallows for more than a decade, i discovered these cruelty-free treats. so yummy! my non-vegan friends also agree that they are far more satisfying then regular gelatin marshmallows.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:45AM By nick

Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:45AM By kala

Homemade chocolate cupcakes with orange frosting!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:48AM By Janessa at EpicuriousVegan

pumpkin muffins!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:48AM By Corey Wrenn

Vegan peanut butter cups

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:49AM By Krista

Any kind of chocolate candy, like a vegan candy bar (i'm not picky about whic kind.)

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:51AM By Allison

Fresh from the pumpkin seeds, seasoned and baked.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:51AM By Lucy

Endangered Species All-natural Dark Chocolate Treats!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:57AM By Tess

Hmmm... I'm going to say Twizzlers or Chick-O-Sticks!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:57AM By missalix

sweet and sara marshmallows might be my favorite treat of all time, halloween or not. i love their smores.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 09:58AM By Kris

It's gotta be homemade peanutbutter n chocolate fudge!!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:05AM By Regina

Pumpkin...anything and everything pumpkin.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:13AM By edith

dark chocolate!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:13AM By Lori

Pumpkin anything! And anything chocolate.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:14AM By Shane

Sajaks vegan peanut butter cups

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:20AM By Emily

Basically anything pumpkin and halloween cupcakes!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:30AM By Rachel

Home made sugar cookies cut and decorated into pumpkins. It's a tradition we do every year with our son :)

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:30AM By leslie

I love The Urban Housewife's vegan candy corn. I was so excited to see the recipe in Bust Magazine!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:31AM By Becca

I love the pumpkin cake recipe from the "Veganomicon." The only edit I make is that I sub hazelnut milk for the soy It's a huge crowd pleaser!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:34AM By Max

Pumpkin pie...who cares that Thanksgiving's still a month away!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:36AM By Bianca

Never had Sweet & Sara's but would love to try it. My fave Halloween treats: Newmans Own Dark Orange organic chocolate bar; Cocomunt Bliss Ice cream and homemade vegan pumpkin power muffins w/ raisons, hempseeds, walnuts and carrob chips. Yummie.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:37AM By Joel

definitely go max go's mahalo bars!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:38AM By ASB

My favorite vegan Halloween treat: chocolate chip Snackimals cookies.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:41AM By Nora

newman's o's dipped in pb and then chocolate and frozen!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:50AM By Laura

My favorite halloween treat used to be candy corn, but I've never found a suitable vegan alternative and haven't been so daring as to make my own yet (one day, though!).

Posted: Oct 26 2009 10:52AM By Marie

Chocolate covered pretzels are my favorite: sweet and salty.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:07AM By Katy

Chick-O-Sticks! Its Halloween I have to eat something bad for me.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:10AM By cathy

Pumpkin muffins!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:11AM By Dan

Go Max Go Jokerz bar!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:16AM By Nancy Larochelle

vegan peanut butter cups

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:19AM By Diane

Yummy Earth lollipops

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:21AM By allison

making my own vegan sugar cookies in shapes of black cats, ghosts, and pumpkins!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:31AM By Mary L.

I always loved Smarties and looked for them after we were done trick or treating. I liked to pretend I was taking "power pills" that gave me super powers.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:35AM By Sarah

Pumpkin ice cream is the best! With a side of ghostly shaped cookies!!! Mmmmm.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:40AM By Natasha

Dark chocolate anything

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:44AM By Amanda

Anything pumpkin...or dark chocolate. I'm not picky ;)

Posted: Oct 26 2009 11:45AM By angela

chocolate chip pumpkin cookies!! my mom's recipe veganized :)

Posted: Oct 26 2009 12:16PM By tessa R.

Twight Bars!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 12:18PM By Rob

GO MAX GO!!!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 12:49PM By Lacey

Well, this year, for trick-or-treater's my favorite Halloween treats are the newly vegan skittles, ACT II popcorn balls, dots and chick-o-stick candies. For me personally though; I have to go with anything pumpkin!!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 12:52PM By Robin

Dots! They are a favorite of mine and the kids trick or treating!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 12:55PM By Sky

I'm with the Go Max Go crowd on this one. Candy bars never tasted so sweet!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:01PM By RandyF

Just a plain ol' apple. Just like nature made it!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:08PM By Jordan K

pumpkin spiced muffins!!!!!!!!and my favorite treat is being able to dress up!!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:11PM By Rebecca J.

Marzipan Ritter Sport candy bars!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:17PM By Yell

Homemade pumpkin pie - from a pie pumpkin. Got the recipe on VegWeb YEARRRRS ago! -anyellday.com

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:46PM By Beau

I hate to say it, but you can't beat some SWEDISH FISH!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 14:57PM By Kelsey

peanut butter cups!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 15:02PM By Brenda

Sweet squash bread with chocolate

Posted: Oct 26 2009 15:18PM By Sarah

Oh, how I wish they made vegan candy corn! This year though, I think my fav will be the new Go Max Go candy bars!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 15:52PM By BethO

Definitely homemade pumpkin muffins. I might go make some now, actually...

Posted: Oct 26 2009 15:53PM By Ashley

Pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 17:13PM By Hannah

Pumpkin ANYTHING!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 17:27PM By susan groveman

Sajaak's vegan nuts and chews!!!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 17:39PM By Josiane

I recently made homemade caramel popcorn for the first time, and I think that would totally fit the bill as my favorite vegan Halloween treat!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 17:51PM By Monica

it USED to be marshmallows.... before I found out about the animals. and now they're.... VEGAN marshmallows! YUMS!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 18:31PM By Joan

anything with pumpkin or chocolate :)

Posted: Oct 26 2009 18:49PM By Beth

Popcorn balls!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 19:02PM By Amanda

Vegan gummie bears

Posted: Oct 26 2009 19:25PM By laurakins

black forest pumpkin cake!

Posted: Oct 26 2009 20:09PM By Hallie

Sjaak's peanut butter cups, or homemade peanut butter cups... or homemade cookies and cupcakes decorated like monsters and such! (:

Posted: Oct 26 2009 20:21PM By audrey

My favorite treat was running around outside with my kids (now grown up) trick or treating.

Posted: Oct 26 2009 23:01PM By Amey

I finally made Melisser's vegan candy corn... and I think it's my new favorite! It was lots of work, but so much fun and so delicious to eat!

Posted: Oct 27 2009 06:06AM By Hilari

Pumpkin bars

Posted: Oct 27 2009 06:14AM By Michelle

I love to make "dirt cups" (basically Oreo cookie crumbles in chocolate pudding with gummy worms). The Vegan version, of course.

Posted: Oct 27 2009 11:18AM By Megan

Jolly ranchers!

Posted: Oct 27 2009 12:58PM By Nichole

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!

Posted: Oct 27 2009 13:09PM By Barry

I'm a sucker for Go Max Go Mahalo bars

Posted: Oct 27 2009 13:43PM By Becca

chick-o-sticks!

Posted: Oct 27 2009 21:52PM By Melisser

Oh MY! I have been dying to get my hands on these. I love a good Caramel Apple, rolled in marshmallows & graham cracker bits!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 01:40AM By Christine

Nutter Butter "ghosts"

Posted: Oct 28 2009 05:32AM By Kelly

This is my first vegan Halloween! My favourite treat, however, has always been really dark chocolate - preferably filled with dried fruit (cranberries) and almonds. yum!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 12:41PM By Michelle

endangered species dark chocolate

Posted: Oct 28 2009 14:50PM By Joelle

Home-made cookies, shaped like bats.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:31PM By Jessica

Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere and oh so much to eat! Pumpkin cookies, breads, pies, etc.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:31PM By Vanessa Sae-hee

those popcorn balls!!! but made from scratch with a little pumpkin spice, agave, and crystallized ginger!!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:42PM By Ms. Veggie

Love that dark chocolate!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:43PM By Shelley Martin

Chocolate, candied apples!!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:48PM By Nancy

Pumpkin ice cream atop sweet potato pie!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:48PM By sarah m

pumpkin scones. mmmmmmmmm =)

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:50PM By Livia

Durian.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:55PM By Aimee

Skittles (just became vegan - yayyyy!)

Posted: Oct 28 2009 15:58PM By MollyG

Vegan candy corn!!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:01PM By sarah

chocolate!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:03PM By ginger clark

dark chocolate with a pecan flavor coconut or soy ice cream.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:07PM By heather

raw caramel dip for apples, made with dates

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:32PM By katherine

my favorite Halloween treat is creepy punch made with ginger ale, sorbet balls, pineapple and mango juice with icecubes and cherries floating in the punch bowl.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:36PM By Angela

Popcorn balls! Crunch Crunch!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:41PM By Joanne

Apple slices and homemade vegan caramel sauce!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 16:43PM By JFSMITH

PUMPKIN PIE THANK YOU.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:03PM By Jennfier

vegan dark chocolate

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:10PM By allison

SKITTLES ARE NOW VEGAN!!! :) As of earlier this year!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:11PM By Erika

Halloween 'kisses' - those little caramel kisses in halloween wrappers, which are vegan and tasty and malt-like,,,I never liked them as a child and now I love them!! mmmmm

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:12PM By Linda Meziere

pumpkin cookies

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:36PM By Marina

Since I'm not a pumpking fan I'm going to go with apple crumble - seems appropriate at harvest time!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 17:45PM By Julia

Twilights! or Halloween cupcakes, yum!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:22PM By nina

Dark chocolate covered Swedish fish...homemade and so delicious!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:34PM By svn

Chocolate gingerbread men decorated like skeletons... almost too cutesy, but so yummy!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:34PM By Melinda Maarouf

Vegan cinnamon hot chocolate and pumpkin cupcakes!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:40PM By Rochelle

Ohhhhh, tough question... gotta be either Twizzlers, homemade chocolate sugar cookies cut out into bats, or my homemade Halloween trail mix with almonds, dark chocolate, raisins and any vegan Halloween candies I have thrown into it!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:47PM By Johnnie Metal

All the revealing adult costumes on Halloween night.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 18:54PM By Vicki

My kids' favorite vegan Halloween treat is spider crackers. They are super easy to make and not all sugary. 2 Ritz crackers with peanut butter inside to hold 8 pretzel stick legs. More peanut butter glue holds raisin eyes on top.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:06PM By Karen G

Popcorn balls! I get nostalgic when I remember trick-or-treating in the late 50's - early 60's when you could eat homemade popcorn balls from your neighbor's house without any fear of being "poisoned".

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:17PM By Lisa

Equal Exchange Fair Trade Chocolates and Reverse-Trick-or-Treating!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:28PM By Teresa

Raw Pumpkin Butter and Endangered Species Extreme Dark Chocolate!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:41PM By tracy

chocolate peanut butter cups compliments of "how it all vegan"

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:44PM By Kimmy

roasted and spiced pumpkin seeds straight from the oven!!! mmm

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:46PM By Qwerty

If Adam and Eve had gone trick-or-treat they'd had MY favorite thing to eat: crisp, juicy, apples!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 19:53PM By Wayne shepherd

Can't argue with the person ahead of me apples!!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 20:15PM By Remy Champion

homemade vegan peanut butter cups YUM

Posted: Oct 28 2009 20:24PM By Rachel

Veganized pumpkin pie....yum!!!!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 20:29PM By Jayme

Candy apples!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 20:38PM By Chrissy

Gotta have seasoned pumpkin seeds every year. Yumm!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 21:06PM By Sarah

Sjaaks dark chocolate bar with caramel. Yum!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 21:49PM By Erin L.

I hope my favorite H'ween treat is about to be spooky marshmallows!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 22:00PM By Andrea

My favorite Halloween candy is definitely candy corn. Though there are many other good things to eat this time of year (especially apple-anything!), candy corn has always been the traditional "halloween" candy for my family. I love things that you can only get seasonally around holidays.

Posted: Oct 28 2009 22:12PM By Kelli

Caramel apples or vegan cupcakes. Yum!

Posted: Oct 28 2009 23:50PM By Stefanie Schmidt

My favorite Halloween treats are vegan chocolate cupcakes, with spider and pumpkin decorations. SO delicous and the perfect spooky treats.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 00:18AM By Liz

Candied apples!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 04:20AM By shaun

sour patch kids

Posted: Oct 29 2009 04:37AM By shannonmarie

I like to make a raw version of candy corn and put them on raw cupcakes.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 04:48AM By Angela

A straight-up apple.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 05:14AM By Christine

Pumpkin carob chip muffins from Vegan Lunch Box - with all the sugar in them - they are delicious but not so healthy!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 05:15AM By Sara

Dark chocolate Bug Bites from Endangered Species Chocolate.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 05:17AM By Wendy

BAT POOP SOUP! I know it sounds gross, but it was a fun little brew I stirred up for years to serve as a "passive educational program" for RAs. It is made from the chocolate pudding recipe in vegan vittles (silken, cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla) wit crumbled Newman's Own chocolate ABC cookies. (To add flare, throw in an eyeball or two) We served this in the office along with other awesome vegan favs, such as chocolate fondue, and dandy vegan candies.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 06:03AM By colleen r. gray-mackey

chocolate decadence chocolate pretzel bars

Posted: Oct 29 2009 07:03AM By Erin

vegan caramel apples or baked apples

Posted: Oct 29 2009 07:04AM By Carmen Yvette

Organic, fair trade mint dark chocolate bars!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 07:39AM By Melissa

Anything dark chocolate or pumpkin flavored! The new seasonal Clif Bar, Spiced Pumpkin Pie, is phenomenal!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 07:50AM By XvictimOFkurovecX

If it's sweet and vegan, I'll eat it!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 08:24AM By treehugger5

Not to sound repetetive, but pumpkin bread! I'll also have to vote for dark chocolate, cinnamon baked apples, and ginger snaps! Maybe I'll create a recipe using all of these favorites in the same dish...

Posted: Oct 29 2009 08:56AM By Pam G

I like to make pumpkin bread with Chic-0-Sticks sprinkled on top.

Posted: Oct 29 2009 10:30AM By Stephanie

Dark chocolate

Posted: Oct 29 2009 15:30PM By Crystal

Pumpkin muffins! Oh, and the pumpkin hummus you get to make after with the left over pumpkin!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 15:36PM By Geri tucker

my favorite treat is a Organic Vegan homemade candy apple tossed in raw pecans!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 15:47PM By April

Jelly Belly candy corn...they're gelatin free!!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 15:55PM By Christine

hmmm anything sweet and vegan is good, but home made peanut butter cups are my favorite!

Posted: Oct 29 2009 18:23PM By Kate

Homemade pumpkin pie :)

Posted: Oct 29 2009 18:30PM By Kelly Garbato

Goldenberg Peanut Chews. Growing up, I was allergic to milk, and this was one of the few chocolate goodies I could have. I'd say my siblings were kind enough to trade, but seeing as I had less bargaining power, I usually got cheated in the deal. Now that I'm all grown up, I can literally buy them buy the case! (Cue tiny violin!)

Posted: Oct 29 2009 21:25PM By Ann

I haven't been trick or treating since becoming a vegan but those ghosts sound great.

Posted: Oct 30 2009 08:06AM By Jane

Home made caramel corn! With more stir-ins than actual popcorn :).

Posted: Oct 30 2009 09:22AM By Emily

Tis the season for vegan smores! Nice & warm for those cold nights.

Posted: Oct 30 2009 09:57AM By ashley

Oh, I so want these! I can't buy them around here. :( Boo! I adore pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin muffins (ala Vegan with a Vengeance!)

Posted: Oct 30 2009 10:05AM By Luna

anything dark chocolate!

Posted: Oct 30 2009 11:29AM By Morgan

My roommate and I are making vegan brownies and then cutting them into halloween shapes with cookie cutters. Then, possibly decorating them with icing. Should be fun!

Posted: Oct 30 2009 14:11PM By Allison

Vegan pumpkin pie! I FINALLY perfected my recipe!!

Posted: Oct 30 2009 14:17PM By Amanda

Pumpkin frosted sugar cookies (vegan of course!)

Posted: Oct 30 2009 15:20PM By Jackie

vegan chocolate!

Posted: Oct 30 2009 19:07PM By Jude

Pumpkin seeds with a little earth balance and olive oil, salt, and a sprinkle of sugar.

Posted: Oct 30 2009 19:12PM By Holly

I absolutely love Sweet & Sarah's marshmallows and smores! Just had the Go Max joker candy bar and it's pretty amazing!

Posted: Oct 30 2009 19:19PM By Annie Lee

Pumpkin seeds for a snack, or chocolate-orange pudding cupcakes for sweets.

Posted: Oct 30 2009 21:33PM By Holly

Grape Laffy Taffy. Or Go Max Go Jokerz candy bars. I'm not a huge candy eater, but those are my favorites. :)

Posted: Oct 31 2009 05:12AM By Kara O

I'll take Swedish Fish any day.

Posted: Oct 31 2009 07:12AM By Joy

Pumpkin cookies for sure! Okay, so I can't get enough toasted pumpkin seeds either.

Posted: Oct 31 2009 09:47AM By La

Andes Mints :o)

Posted: Oct 31 2009 11:45AM By jonas

pumpkin cheesecake cookies!

Posted: Oct 31 2009 18:11PM By kaylee

Sour Patch kids, I end up eating so many, the middle of my tongue gets raw

Posted: Nov 01 2009 20:09PM By VegNews

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Halloween winner! Melissa, here's your favorite holiday treat: "Anything dark chocolate or pumpkin flavored! The new seasonal Clif Bar, Spiced Pumpkin Pie, is phenomenal!" Melissa, please send your address to giveaway@vegnews.com, and we'll have your box of marshmallow ghosts delivered straight away. Hope everyone had a terrific Halloween!

Posted: Nov 02 2009 02:58AM By Cindy

Chocolate.

Posted: Nov 11 2009 08:13AM By Adena Dudney

pumpkin pie with a pumpkin I roasted myself!

Posted: Nov 16 2009 13:50PM By Danika

vegan gummy bears :)

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