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Ghost cupcakes at Playa Provisions
Photograph: Courtesy Playa ProvisionsGhost cupcakes at Playa Provisions

9 spooky Halloween treats and cocktails

Sip on black drinks, scoop up bug ice cream and try more of LA's eeriest Halloween treats and cocktails

Written by
Erin Kuschner
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Maybe you leave your Halloween costume to the last minute. Maybe you haven't yet made it to the candy store to stock up on goodies for trick or treaters. If getting your shit together for Halloween is as difficult as watching A Nightmare on Elm Street with your eyes open, at least you can get in on the holiday with frightfully festive fare. We've rounded up some spooky Halloween treats and cocktails to try—hey, you have to start somewhere.

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Halloween treats and cocktails

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  • Restaurants
  • Fusion
  • Venice
With two eyeballs—uh, cherries—staring up at you, it's hard not to feel like you're being watched while sipping on Chaya's Witches Brew. The cocktail features rum, muddled mint, lychee juice, lime juice, soda and Midori, and is more likely to give you nightmares than a hangover. $13.13 until 10/30, $6.66 on 10/31
  • Restaurants
  • Bakeries
  • Downtown Financial District
Pitchoun is serioulsy getting into the Halloween spirit—the entire bakery has been decked out with webbing, mini skulls and more Halloween flare. This extends to the bakery case, where eerie (but delicious) graveyard cookies are on display along with eclairs in the form of mummies, Dracula and Frankenstein. $2.50 per cookie, $4.50 per eclair
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  • Restaurants
  • Californian
  • Playa del Rey
Pastry chef Kristin Feur is whipping up Halloween treats at Small Batch, Playa Provisions' dessert and ice cream counter. In addition to pumpkin cheesecake ice cream and Worms & Dirt (vanilla ice cream, crushed Oreos and gummy worms), there are also these peeping ghost cupcakes: chocolate and vanilla cake topped with soft marshmallow and googly eyes. $3 per cupcake
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  • Restaurants
  • Peruvian
  • Hollywood
Burn, baby, burn. Los Balcones' The Final Burn may sting a little going down—mezcal and absinthe will do that to you—but alpine liquer, yellow Chartreuse, fresh lime and activated charcoal smooth out the pitch black libation. Stop by the Hollywood bar for this drink before continuing your Halloween festivities on the Walk of Fame, where costumes are abundant year round (what's up, Spiderman). $12
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