The Story:
Imagine an island in the middle of a river with fields and fields of pumpkins and their twisty vines and dark green leaves as far as you can see.
Welcome to Sauvie Island.
There’s hay rides, corn mazes, pony rides, tractors to climb on and booths full of Fall treats. As a child, I couldn’t have dreamed of a better place to start the Halloween season. We’d trek out to the middle of a field, find the biggest pumpkin we each could carry, cut the stems free and head home to carve them. Maybe it’s the Oregon pride in me, but there’s no better way to pumpkin patch than in a rain jacket and muddy boots. [end-story]
Ingredients
Directions
Candy Stems! I found the Laffy Taffy in my WinCo Bargain Bins, so I only took the green ones 
But Air Heads will work too! You don’t need to microwave those!
Tootsie Roll Stems! Unwrap, roll, pinch and done!
Laffy Taffy Leaves! Microwave for just a few seconds to warm it up, pinch a piece off, rolls, mold, mark and done!
Press the leaf on tightly!
For the vines I just rolled out long green piece, twisted/pulled a little and then made little loop-d-loops!
I know it’s still September, but Happy Halloween!
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These are so cute…They will look fantastic on a Halloween Party dessert table.
Very cute – almost too cute to eat
So cute. Did you use the applesauce or oil in your sample?
I used oil because I didn’t have applesauce on hand, but I’ve used apple sauce in these cookies before!
Love the demo, sooo cute.
These are so cute! Did you use a certain size scoop when making the cookies, they all look so perfect!
Everything Bout these my husband would die for. Thanks for sharing! I know what I’ll be making soon.
These are INSANELY adorable!
Okay this is too stinking cute!
those are ADORABLE!!!
This are amazing! It’s not too early at all! Perfect timing for me to start planning the treats I will make for this year’s pumpkin carving party with the in-laws
I am confident these will be a hit!
These are so cute!! And Sauvie Island is awesome! Especially the haunted corn maze
they are adorable–very creative!
Delicious! I love the great tricks with the tootsie rolls and the leaves. So fun!
I think this is a great idea for a delicious Thanksgiving desert, along with Halloween.
I love how you post things about Oregon! I am from the Scappoose area and ALWAYS go to Sauvie Island in the Fall!! These are so cute; I am definitely going to give them a try!
These are the cutest little Halloween treats ever! Great recipe! Definitely one that I will be recreating for a Halloween party I’m throwing.
Lizzy, do you just press the stem-leaf combo into the cookie for it to stay?
For the cookies, can you replace the pumpkin with applesauce, or does it need to be something thicker? I’d like them to look like pumpkins but definitely not taste like it.
Your’s are so dang cute and pumpkiny. Mine unfortunately look like some sort of mutant pumpkins. I think next time I’ll put the dough in the fridge for a while. They taste awesome, though!!! I will prevail. Thanks for the idea.