Early on, people continued the millennium-old tradition of baking soul cakes ... many parents feared that their children’s candy would be tampered with. The Halloween candy scare likely ...

But in the grand scheme of things, gifting miniature Kit Kats and packages of Zombie Skittles to costumed kids at Halloween is actually ... for the dead were "soul cakes.” The price, typically ...

The food of choice for Christians became "soul cakes," small ... them as treats for Halloween. Adults were grateful to have a convenient alternative to baking, kids loved the sweet treats, and ...

Early on, people continued the millennium-old tradition of baking soul cakes ... many parents feared that their children's candy would be tampered with. The Halloween candy scare likely began ...

The soul cakes were sweet ... 53 per cent of adults agree that Halloween is a “fun event for kids”. But despite relatively warm feelings for the event, held on 31 October, only 23 per cent ...

Did you know that back in the '40s and '50s, Americans often handed out traditional, homemade Halloween treats instead ... villagers baked “soul cakes.” The classic spiced biscuit-like cakes ...

The traditional sugar skulls, or calaveras, are similar to Halloween’s “soul cakes,” sweet treats people ... “Trick-or-treating was a way of buying kids off.” Similar to how Halloween ...

A precursor to the Halloween custom of trick or treating, the medieval English ritual of “souling” involved children and the ... in return for a sweet soul cake. More biscuit than cake ...

Halloween’s origins go back ... the homeowner’s dead loved ones in exchange for “soul cakes.” The practice was soon taken over by children, who asked for money, ale or food.

“That’s the day when millions of children ... of a soul cake, Bruce explains, represents a soul that will be released from purgatory.” Bruce noted that Christian Halloween traditions share ...