Halloween Guide 2008 - Pastry-Chef Candy Recipes -- New York Magazine

Not Your Neighbor's Candy

We do accept unwrapped candy from pastry chefs, and with recipes from a dessert star, a dessert bar, and the Dessert Truck, you can try their treats, too, this Halloween.

By Alexandra Vallis
Published Oct 8, 2008

(Photo: Melissa Hom)

Reese's has nothing on Kyotofu's new Chocolate White-Sesame Buttercups. The Japanese dessert bar rolled out this riff on the peanut-butter classic along with a battalion of other sweets for its third anniversary this month. Consider the mousselike, umami-rich sesame center the ultimate disguise for its main ingredient, tofu. Recipe >>