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Flying Ghosts & Hostess Scary Cakes!

Bet you thought I was skipping today's Halloween Countdown entry. Joke's on you. I usually don't start skipping entries until it's close enough to Halloween for people to actually be into Halloween articles. Joke's on me. Joining the club today is the Scary Flying Ghost, from a series of cool ass Halloween decorations that skidaddle along a big wire making loud noises. I hope the article inspires a few purchases, because this thing is worth the money.


In good conscience, I can't give what's seen above its own Halloween Countdown entry this year, because they're the same Hostess Scary Cakes that've been out for the past few years, albeit it in a new box. I wrote about 'em way back in a 2003 entry, and you'll be happy to learn that the cupcakes -- swapping out the usual icing layer format for a color palette more down with the devil -- are back to kick some more ass.

I love the Vampire Cupcake mascot pictured on the box, who seems to be doing the classic "vampire cape self-shielding thing," not to deflect sunlight or garlic or a cross, but because he knows he looks ridiculous.


Really though, they could've done more to "Halloweenify" the things. Orange icing and brown sprinkles work well enough to make the snacks seem seasonal, but they could've at least arranged the sprinkles to make the cupcake tops look like jack o' lanterns. I don't think the extra step would've broke the bank, Hostess.

Posted by Matt on 09/22/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 52 comments

Woo hoo! Chocolately fear!

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 09/22/2006 11:06 PM

It’s always nice to see a new Hostess mascot. He kind of looks more like a Ding Dong than a cupcake, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 09/22/2006 11:11 PM

I always seem to remember those cupcake things as being very dry. Maybe it was just me? But I’m not going to buy some just to find out now, the idea of them is making me kind of nauseous. Everything in them is so fake, I guess.

That ‘actually flies!’ bit is quite a hyperbole. It really would be something if he could float around without that rope, but it is still pretty cool. I’d consider getting one but I don’t really have two equally high points in my yard to attach the rope to. Those were some hardcore awesome recording skills, however, Matt! I use knives on those tiny screws too. It’s a miracle I haven’t somehow cut a finger off yet. ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Christine @ 09/22/2006 11:14 PM

Scary Cakes are properly eaten by dipping your fangs into them and sucking out the cream filling.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 09/22/2006 11:15 PM

Wow- that’s pretty sweet. I don’t know if I’d buy one, though. I’m concerned that it would get stolen. It’d be nice to annoy the neighbors, though. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 09/22/2006 11:26 PM

Outside holiday decorations has always been a dilemma for my family. We live too far off the road for passersby to see them in our yard. If we put them up at the road, they are inevitably stolen by . . . who the hell steals this stuff anyway? I’m assuming the same nasty brats that bash our mailbox in every couple of months.

In any case, I love Mr. Ghost and want to put him in the yard to scare the deer away from the roses.

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 09/22/2006 11:40 PM

My fellow X-E bloggers, I come before you tonight seeking your assistance. A friend of mine is throwing a Halloween costume party at the end of next month, and its theme will be “zombies” — meaning that everyone who shows up in costume should show up dressed as some kind of zombie. (Last year’s theme was pirates, the year before that was ninjas, and it was great fun to see the numerous derivations of pirates and ninjas that people were able to come up with.) I’ve been knocking around what kind of zombie I should go as, and I figured that it’d be a gross waste of valuable Halloween-related resources if I didn’t seek the council of the X-E blog. So whaddaya think? Zombie-Pope? Zombie-Roddy Piper? Zombie-Flanders? (“He was a zombie?”) Maybe a famous zombie like Bub from “Day of the Dead”? C’mon, folks. I don’t ask much and I don’t ask often. Let me hear your thoughts. Please. Brains…

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 09/22/2006 11:44 PM

Why not go as a pirate/ninja zombie, and tell everyone you’re a “wink wink nod” to all the old schoolers who went to the two previous parties? But I’m only recommending this if you actually tell people you’re a “wink wink nod.”

If not, Zombie Piper sounds pretty cool. Especially if you get the real t-shirt.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/22/2006 11:47 PM

Wow, that ghost is pretty rockin’, especially when it’s all breezy and he’s moving around, all floaty like. But geeze, at the beginning of the movie, it reminded me of some sort of Blair Witch type thing, with the shakey camera. It added to the spookiness, even in daylight.

I’m in disbelief that you can’t tie a knot, Matt. It’s really really easy. The first part of tying a shoe, before the loops come into play? Just do that twice, and you have a knot. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/22/2006 11:47 PM

You could always go as Zombie-Master Shake from Super Birthday Snake.

“yes youuuu did!”
“No I Didn’t!!”
“you so friggin’ did!!!!”

Chestnuts roasted by Hotblack Desiato @ 09/22/2006 11:47 PM

What about Zombie Rob Zombie?

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 09/22/2006 11:50 PM

Zombie Rob Zombie.

Hehe, reminds me of this gem:

“It’s Dent. Arthur Dent. DO PANIC! Motherf***ers!!!!”
“Resistance is NOT futile, you bitch!”

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 09/22/2006 11:59 PM

Yeti – definitely go for Rowdy Roddy Piper. He’d be the loudest zombie.

I just brushed my teeth but now I really want one of those cupcakes.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/23/2006 12:11 AM

Also worth a slight mention; Tastykake also has it’s usual Halloween baked goods out. “Ghostly Goodies” are coconut KandyKakes; “Witchy Treats” are large cakes with brown icing and orange and black sprinkles; there’s also a cupcake variation whose name escapes me now, your basic donut holes in Halloween-themed boxes, and cookies with orange sprinkles in an orange and brown box.

Unfortunatly, I can’t really do any hanging decorations. I have a huge porch, but a very narrow overhang. There’s nothing to tie the cable onto. I’m in the back; no one would see him, and the only thing he’d annoy back here would be squirrels.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 09/23/2006 12:13 AM

Sweet! Love the Halloween treat reviews. Who saw Nightmare on Elm Street Special Edition during its two night run? I caught it last night and was super impressed with the “every death from every Nightmare everrrr” montage after the credits, even though a couple were missing from FvJ.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/23/2006 12:25 AM

I skipped the Elm Street theater thing. Kind of regret it, but had some friends who saw the Wednesday showing, and swore that they were running it off a DVD, that the theater waited 15 mins to turn the lights down, that the crowd wasn’t at all the kind of crowd that’d be worth seeing a movie like this with, and blah blah blah, I skipped Thursday. But I do kind of regret it.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/23/2006 12:28 AM

It may’ve been a DVD and there were only four other people in the theater beside myself, but it was still something I’m glad I did if only for the sweet montage at the end. Plus having a movie stub that says “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is just cool as fuck.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/23/2006 12:38 AM

FUCK good call on the ticket stub. Now I really regret it.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/23/2006 12:41 AM

I think I’m going to be Pudface from the Robocop series for Halloween — then again, maybe not? If I had a lot of money, or was good with arts and crafts, I’d be somebody from The Inhumanoids but I’d probably get jumped within a half-hour. Picking a costume was never this hard!

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 09/23/2006 12:57 AM

A word of advice from someone who has owned “Scary Flying Ghost” for a few years: Read the label about not getting him wet.

Oh, he’ll dry out eventually…but when the thing comes at you in the middle of the night, making Silent-Hill like static pops and screeches, slowly approaching you with jerky, random Samara-like movements…*shudder*….

Just trust me.

Oh, and don’t feed him after midnight, either :)

Chestnuts roasted by Zug @ 09/23/2006 1:00 AM

Hey, is anybody watching The Alligator People on AMC RIGHT NOW!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Hukfin @ 09/23/2006 1:05 AM

Matt, consider this:

Wouldn’t arranging the sprinkles in ANY shape defeat the purpose of having sprinkles? Sprinkles are supposed to be random; by arranging them in any shape, you’re just misusing sprinkles. A separate yellow icing design or chocolatey shapes would be much better for making a jack o’lantern than sprinkles.

That’s just my opinion.

Chestnuts roasted by Ronald MacKinnon @ 09/23/2006 1:14 AM

Scary Cakes are properly eaten by dipping your fangs into them and sucking out the cream filling.

That was the greatest Resse’s ad ever.

And I’m seconding Zombie Piper. What about Zombie Weird Al?

Oh, and on Thursday, my college had Free White Castle Day. They had 200 burgers available, and they all ran out in 15 minutes. I managed to eat 7 in that time span. And someone got more about a 1/2 hour later and I managed to snag 3 more, and got a total of 10 in. Any other White Castle cravers here? and yes, I still feel like crap from all that. :D

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 09/23/2006 1:20 AM

My theater wasn’t showing the Elm Street movie, but for the two nights they are showing the movie “Feast” which was the horror film that was being directed in the last Project Greenlight series.

Yeti: Why not a Marvel Zombie? Or how about what I call the smurf zombie since that’s what they looked like from “I was a Teenage Zombie.”

Was that ghost mooing?

I did see Scarycakes at the store today. But I passed them up because they FINALLY had my favorite Halloween treat of all time. Little Debbie’s Pumpkin Delights. Basically pumpkin cookies shaped like Jack O Lanterns that have some sort of gel for eyes. I immediately bought three boxes of them. To steal a phrase from Pee-Wee, “Yes, I would marry them.”

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/23/2006 1:23 AM

Judging from the sounds, I think the ghost is meant to be a farmer who died while doing unmentionable things to a cow.

And for a zombie costume, you could put dark circles under your eyes, wear a shirt stained with brown liquid, carry a giant mug, and identify yourself as a Caffiene Zombie. You’d be the only partygoer who could jump up on the furniture and shout while still remaining in character.

Chestnuts roasted by SJ @ 09/23/2006 1:35 AM

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