--- title: 'Game of Thrones' Pastries: Terrifying and Delicious description: Just in time for Halloween, 'Game of Scones' is a cookbook filled with bloody goodness inspired by 'Game of Thrones' canonical: https://time.com/4078800/game-of-thrones-scones-book/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T14:55:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:52.655Z og:title: These 'Game of Thrones' Pastries Are Terrifying and Delicious at the Same Time og:description: Just in time for Halloween, 'Game of Scones' is a cookbook filled with bloody goodness inspired by 'Game of Thrones' og:url: https://time.com/4078800/game-of-thrones-scones-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 'Game of Thrones' Pastries Are Terrifying and Delicious at the Same Time twitter:description: Just in time for Halloween, 'Game of Scones' is a cookbook filled with bloody goodness inspired by 'Game of Thrones' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These _Game of Thrones_\-Inspired Pastries Are Terrifying and Delicious at the Same Time > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 21, 2015 2:55 PM UTC by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 21, 2015 2:55 PM UTC  The Iron Scone from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Traitor's Walk Treats from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Nedible Stark from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Oberyn's Smashing Surprise from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Red (Velvet) Wedding Cake from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Castle Black Forest Gateau from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Bran Muffins from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Jammy Lanister from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Daenerys' Dragon Eggs from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  Tyrion's Shortbread from the book Games of Scones Orion Books  White Walker Walnut Whip from the book Games of Scones Orion Books ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4078800/game-of-thrones-scones-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4078800/game-of-thrones-scones-book/"},"headline":"These Game of Thrones-Inspired Pastries Are Terrifying and Delicious at the Same Time","datePublished":"2015-10-21T14:55:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:52.655Z","description":"In time for Halloween, Orion Books is releasing Game of Scones, a cookbook filled with bloody goodness that is inspired by Game of Thrones. 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