Guilt is for chumps. If you're just not into dispensing mass market treats to begging children, leave the porch light off. Even if you do have kids who will be high on a sugar rush this Halloween, you can still spare some time to indulge yourself --and probably need it even more.

Fine candy makers know that Halloween is distinctly not just for children, and it shows in their sinful holiday goodies. Reward yourself this Hallow's Eve with a sweet confection that adult palates will appreciate. Hide them from the kids if necessary, put up your feet, and take a well-deserved bite.

Feel a little evil? Good. That's what Halloween's for.

Decadent Halloween figs from John & Kira

Ganache-Filled Fig Pumpkins

Delicate Spanish calabacita figs are filled with an aromatic whiskey and clove ganache, then coated with a fine layer of pumpkin-tinted white chocolate.

John & Kira's 24.00

Here's looking at you, from Beautiful Sweets.

Organic Eye Sugar Cookies

Beautiful Sweets uses all-organic ingredients in these crunchy vanilla sugar cookies. Even the packaging is eco-friendly.

Beautiful Sweets  25.00

Will one chocolate ghost be enough?

White Chocolate Ghost

There's nothing scary about L.A. Burdick's artisan white chocolate Halloween ghosts --except perhaps how fast you can eat one.

L.A. Burdick  3.50

Edible art: marzipan at Dean and Deluca.

Rebecca Russell Marzipan Halloween Ghouls

The award-winning artistry of Rebecca Russell shines in this trio of sugary, almond-flavored ghouls, including one tasty-looking Nosferatu.

Dean and Deluca 35.00

Hot chilies make this skull more menacing.

Red Fire Skull

Vosges makes several clever haute chocolate skulls for Halloween (with edible black salt eyes), but ancho and chipotle chilies make this one the most deliciously evil.

Vosges 8.00

Dancing Deer's festive Halloween cookies.

Halloween Candy Corn Cookies

These charming all-natural sugar cookies are hand decorated by the folks at Dancing Deer Baking Co.

Dancing Deer 19.95

What's Halloween without a black cat?

Lucky the Milk Chocolate Cat

It's hard to decide what's best about this saucy kitty: the fact that it's made of Godiva milk chocolate, or its winsomely retro vibe.

Godiva 15.00

Dark chocolate makes this one sweet bat.

Dark Chocolate Bat

You can play vampire yourself by sinking your teeth into this solid dark chocolate bat from Moonstruck.

Moonstruck Chocolatier  4.00

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