The Nightmare Before Dinner: Recipes to Die For: The Beetle House Cookbook Kindle Edition

I made two recipes from this book; I am an experienced cook and one recipe, Bloody Cobbler, was a complete failure from how the recipe was written. The filling boiled the cherries and sugar, then asked to add TWO CUPS of water. This looked strange, but I did it anyway, and it made a watery mess. I make lots of jams and jellies and pies and there was simply too much liquid to ever boil down to a reasonable filling, and it still managed to be too sweet. If they intended a thickener, it isn't in the recipe. The second recipe I tried was the Fall Salad, which sounded delicious. The dressing, however, called for 1 cup of apple cider to 1/2 cup apple vinegar to 1/4 cup of oil. If you make dressing, you can immediately see the problem in the ratio of fat to liquid. I reduced it to 1/2 cup juice and 1/4 cup vinegar and still made over 1.5 cups of dressing to be used on a single salad. Eh. That might have been fine, but the combination of salad ingredients just didn't work, it was like a kitchen sink of flavors that simply didn't come together. My cookbook club made other recipes from the book with similar, uneven or simply bad, results. The pictures are pretty, and that's about it.

If you love sour cream then get this book. I hate sour cream yet it does list a substition.Seriously, why do most recipes have sour cream?!The original drinks look interesting.I really bought this book to add to my collection as I'm a Tim Burton fan. The section about party themes and decorations is a cheap filler.I felt either this book should've been cheaper for the actual content or replace the filler content with additional recipes.If this goes on sale for less than $10.00 then do it, otherwise, don't spend $16.00 on this.

I was hesitant on this purchase based on reviews. I made the burger, Mac n cheese and a few cocktails and they all turned out wonderfully! I'm excited to try more recipes.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  I loved my visit to the Beetlehouse restaurant in LA for my birthday.The drinks were so fun and the food was great!I had to purchase the cook book!

I bought this for my husband as a welcome home gift from a long work trip away. He was so thrilled and we looked through it together. As a vegan and vegetarian, we were THRILLED to see that vegan options were offered throughout the book. The photos are gorgeous and every recipe makes your mouth water. I will be buying a few more of these as gifts for other friends and family this year! If you want a really beautiful and fun cookbook for movie lovers, this is the one. Highly recommended!

We made three of the recipes for my Halloween party. The Beetle Jam recipe was to die for. No pun intended. It made so much, that I am still using it six months later. Also a fellow co- worker who I gave a sample jar of jam to.....LOVED it!!! Buy this book for fun, tasty, delicious recipes.

OMG! I found this book at my local library and after browsing it for two days just had to have a copy! But, it's too close to the holidays to buy it for myself- I knew my daughter would go nuts over it! So it will be waiting for her under the tree! Fans of Ti Burton will love this book! We plan on going to the restaurant next year when we visit New York, too! Great book!

Interesting and whimsical recipes and everything I have tried so far has been wonderful! Some of the recipes are a bit time-consuming to make in their entirety, but the ingredients are easy to find and the book provides ideas for converting many of the recipes so they are vegan-friendly! The Soul Sauce is excellent.

My daughter loves cooking and loves nightmare before christmas so an all round perfect buy

Bought more than one of these, all recipients loved them! Great book, fab recipes and easy to follow! Will be buying again soon!

Gorgeous looking book , perfect present for any Tim Burton Fan , recipes not bad ither.

I bought one for myself. then bought two more as christmas presents

Bought for a Christmas gift.