Easy, edible ghosts anyone can make

If you can flatten dough with a rolling pin, you can make these spooky ghost treats. It's as easy as rolling out purchased fondant (a type of cake icing that looks and feels like clay) and draping it over marshmallows.

There's also plenty of room for creativity. Fondant, which is widely available at craft and baking shops, can be purchased in different colors and flavors, or tinted with food coloring (knead the coloring into the fondant a drop at a time).

Give the ghosts personality by creating faces using small candies pressed into the fondant. Or use decorating gel (the tubes sold at the grocer will work fine) to draw them. Pretzels, licorice and other small items can be used for adding arms and feet.

This project is ideal for young children, as precision isn't necessary and all the ingredients are edible right out of the package.

Fondant will dry and harden, so cover unused portions with plastic while making the ghosts. The ghosts can be left to air-dry, then used as decorations. If you plan to eat the ghosts, do so within a few hours of making (the taste of fondant doesn't improve with age).