Coming downstairs, I smelled the aroma of brownies cooking in the oven. My mom and I had made the mix with chocolate, eggs, cooking oil and water. She stirred and stirred until everything was mixed together and until the mix looked thick enough to pour out into the pan. I sprayed the pan with Pam to make sure the mix didn’t stick. After I poured the mix into the pan, I took the leftovers off the spatula and tasted a little bit.

The consistency was like a milkshake. The mix also looked like a milkshake but only a little thicker. It had a bouncy feeling to it. The texture was as thick as dough. The smell of chocolate took over the whole kitchen, going into the upstairs, like it was a whole meal being cooked. There was not a loud sound when pouring the mix into the pan but I heard the soft noise of it spreading out through the pan. The oven was heated at 350. When I put the pan in the oven, the heat raced out of the oven.

This was the night right before Halloween and an idea came into my head that this should be a new tradition. I shared this idea with my mom and she said a simple, “okay, if you want.” So from then on, we’ve made brownies the night before Halloween every year.

Even though this isn’t a normal tradition such as decorating for Christmas right after Thanksgiving or making pumpkin pie every Thanksgiving, it was still unique and something for us to remember. You don’t usually hear a tradition about making brownies the night before Halloween but again, not everyone has to have the same traditions, that’s not as fun.

by ARRIANA TURNER