For all its skeletons and ghosts, by far the most frightening thing about Halloween this year is just how delicious our hundreds of sweet treats, savoury delights and frighteningly-full hampers are.

Shop everything for a Halloween party at fortnumandmason.com - from spirits to bring any party to life, to gore-geous biscuits, scary-good chocolates and perfectly petrifying decorations.

But first, a little Halloween-inspired story from our Chocolate Library, based on the amazing artwork on our Dark Chocolate and Chilli Bar. Read on, if you dare...