There is more to Halloween treats than prewrapped commercial candy; for your neighborhood party or trunk-or-treat event, try sharing some homemade eyeballs or marshmallow ghosts instead.

With a little ingenuity, there are lots of ghoulish treats for Halloween you can make at home.

LaTrelle Clark, owner of The Party Shop on Shallowford Road in Gainesville, said making chocolate suckers is easier than you may think. The store has a variety of chocolate molds, melting chocolate, flavorings, colorings and lollipop sticks to complete your homemade chocolate shopping list.

"We start with a mold and then you melt your chocolate in the microwave or in a double boiler and then you pour it in," said Clark, who added that the chocolate cats are Halloween favorites. "Then I tap it on the counter to make sure I get the chocolate down in the crevasses to avoid little air bubbles."

You can even customize the flavor of your homemade candy, she said, adding coconut, lemon or even Key lime to the melted chocolate.

The trick to the chocolate lollipop is to place the stick in the mold right after the chocolate is poured, then turn so it is covered in chocolate and is secure when cooled. The candy can set up on the kitchen counter or, if you want faster results, set the mold in the freezer for three to five minutes, then pop out the suckers onto wax paper.

"People have no idea how easy (making candy) is," Clark said.

Before handing out your chocolate lollipops or other homemade treats, wrap them in small cellophane bags and add some curling ribbon.

Paul Thomas Hoffman, owner of Paul Thomas Chocolates in Dahlonega, said homemade candy eye balls make a more ghoulish treat.

"It is peanut butter and confectioners sugar and regular butter, and you blend that in a (heavy duty mixer) because it makes (it) like a dough, and put a little bit of vanilla flavoring on the inside," he said.

Cut and roll your peanut butter "dough" into eyeball-sized balls, dip them in melted white chocolate and give them an M&M candy for a pupil. "Which you would put in while it is still wet," he said.

He also recommended a red jelly product made by the candy company Wilton, which you can use to make blood-red veins.

Or for a simpler, kid-friendly treat, Celia Mathews suggests chocolate-covered marshmallows.

"You could do it easily at home," said the owner of Ginny's Fudge and Nuts in Cleveland. She said you could use Popsicle sticks from a craft store or lollipop sticks from a party shop.

"Just dip your marshmallows and melt your chocolate and follow the package instructions and lay them on wax paper," Mathews said. "You can garnish them with sprinkles and you can wrap them in a sucker bag and tie them off with colorful ribbon."