Creepy confections

Fancy a lick of an eyeball? A bite of a scabbing wound?

Eyeball cakes
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth))

And here I thought Brits didn't even like Halloween! Sarah King shows off her realistic eyeball cakes at a pop-up bakery in London on October 24. The Halloween-inspired edible art show is open from Oct. 25 - 27. And if eyeballs aren't really your thing, some twisted British bakers have all sorts of ghastly treats available — from the absolutely nauseating "mango fly larvae removal" cupcakes to the disturbingly realistic "stitched" rocky road fudge (below).

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Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.