Spooky (but not anatomically correct) cookies.

I don't know why I never thought of making Hallowe'en cookies like this:

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They look like gingerbread, but actually the cookies are made of chocolate cookie dough. Any cookie dough you can roll out and cut with cookie cutters would work. A dark cookie makes the white icing jump out, but you could use dark icing on a light cookie, too.

But let's talk about the anatomical details. I'm pretty sure most humanoids don't have coiled ribcages like this. Sure, the icing flows efficiently that way ... but I can't help but wondering if these guys bounce more than other skeletons. Maybe this kind of ribcage is an effective shock absorber?

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Those are obviously Tiggers...

Wow, they certainly look tasty. Perhaps there's a skeleton stencil that would allow for a more correct version of the skeleton. I'm a little concerned about their shoulders....

I would think the attachment of one leg to the ribcage would cause discomfort when jogging. On the other hand, maybe it helps pump air in and out of the lungs.

Those are fabulous. And if you have any smart alec kids who insist it's incorrect, you can ask them to propose an alternative environment, such as a high gravity planet, in which a Slinky Skeleton would be adaptive.