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I know you get tired of the same ol’ same ol’ on holidays like Halloween. You go and buy your bag of candy from a chain grocery store and wait at your house for children to knock on your door. You eat the same old thing every year. This year, shake it up a little bit by adding some local flair to your Halloween treats.

Nandy’s Candy (1220 E. Northside Drive, Suite 380, 601-362-9553)

Chocolate skulls, white, dark or milk chocolate, 2 per pack, $1.95

Handmade round skull or bat box with chocolate skulls and candy corn, $13.95

Chocolate-covered Oreos or Nutter Butters, 2 per pack, $4.95

Wax lips, fangs and mustaches, $1.95

Campbell’s Bakery (3013 N. State St., 601-362-4628)

Halloween teacakes, $19.03 a dozen

Bloody finger cookies, $24.75 a dozen

Halloween petit-fours, $22.20 a dozen

Halloween cakes, $30 for 8-inch cake, $35 for 9-inch cake

Broad Street Bakery (4465 N. Highway 55, Suite 101, 601-362-2900)

Death by Candybar king cake, all your favorite candy bars smashed up in it, $21.95 a piece

Halloween sugar cookies, $2.65, $5 off order for a dozen

Boo-berry cheesecake, $40 for a whole, $4.75 for a slice

Halloween-colored rice crispy treats and cupcakes, $2.50 for a rice crispy, $3.50 for a cupcake

Amber Helsel is a freelance copy editor and former managing editor of the Jackson Free Press.