witch fingers

Halloween treat digits

Witch fingers are a Halloween treat made from cookie dough shaped into long, knobby finger forms with almond slivers pressed in as fingernails: The kids decorated witch fingers with green frosting.

The name also applies to similar finger-shaped snacks or decorations meant to look creepy or corpse-like.

Separately, witch fingers describes any gnarled, bony fingers resembling those of a stereotypical witch.

Related

Halloween · trick or treat · haunted house · cookies · sugar cookies · almonds · knobby · twisted · bony · spells · cauldron · crone · hag · cackling · pointy hat · green · warty · skeletal

Categories
Opposites
aesthetic quality

witch fingersangel wings

Ethereal flight appendages

angel food · fairy dust

seasonal/thematic association

witch fingersChristmas cookies

Seasonal decorated baked goods

angel food cake · sugar plums · gingerbread men · candy canes · Easter eggs

Family

witch, finger, witches, witched, witching, witchcraft, witchery, bewitched, bewitch

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G