Get ready to haunt your kitchen (in the best way) 👻 — this post shares 17 spooky sweets & savory treats to stir up for Halloween night. From eerie eyeball appetizers to ghostly brownies, creepy cheese balls, cauldron cupcakes, and more, there’s something for every craving (sweet, salty, or somewhere in between). Whether you’re planning a party or just want festive fun for family, these ideas deliver on both flavor and fright. Dare to bake?
Halloween is the time of year to have a little spooky fun, and that includes fun in the kitchen!
I scared up some spooky food fun ideas that were buried deep in the archives!
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Click on the highlighted links for the complete recipe to Eat, Drink and Be Scary. . .
. . .if you dare.
Scare up some berry hand pies for Halloween, quick and easy to make with refrigerated piecrust, berry filling and edible candy eyes!
If you’re looking for a treat that provide more stares than scares, this is for you! Psst: They use a refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough as a shortcut and Reese’s Miniature Peanut Butter Cups.
Halloween Dipped & Sprinkled Apples
Dip apples in candy coating and add sprinkles for a healthy-ish Halloween treat!
Fans of peanut butter and chocolate will love these no-bake bars. They come together in about 10 minutes plus an hour of refrigeration time to allow them to set. Beware. . .they’re hard to resist!
Halloween Oreo Surprise Inside Cupcakes
Use your favorite cupcake recipe or cake mix to whip up a batch of these Oreo Surprise Inside Cupcakes. . . an easy Halloween treat with a sweet surprise inside.
Halloween Oreos wrapped inside a fudgy brownie layer
Practice your spell making with a batch of Chocolate Cauldron Cupcakes. Little witches will enjoy custom blending their cauldron cupcakes with sprinkles and nonpareils for a fun Halloween activity and treat.
Easy Witch’s Potion Popcorn Mix
More of a procedure than a recipe, this sweet and salty treat combines popcorn with candy coating or almond bark, along with pretzels, nuts and candy. You can vary your potion to your taste, changing the candy, sprinkles and quantities of ingredients.
Deadly Morsels and Twisted Treats, aka, Pretzel S’mores Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
A quick and easy treat for Halloween, these bars start with refrigerated Chocolate Chunk & Chip Cookie dough as a base and are layered with marshmallows, pretzel twists and deadly morsels, aka, Nestle Toll House Halloween Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels.
An easy no-bake treat for Halloween that can be customized with the candy and sprinkles of your choice. It comes together in under an hour to enjoy, gift and share with little ghouls and goblins!
Transform plain sugar cookies into cookies to celebrate Owl-oween that are a hoot to make!
All your peeps ;) will love this Halloween treat, that’s easy to scare up using your favorite boxed brownie mix! These Brownie S’mores have a graham cracker crust, a fudgy brownie layer and are topped with marshmallow Peeps, in this case, Ghosts…BOO!
Transform your Bloody Mary with a few spooky garnishes to make it a Bloody Scary for All Hallows’ Eve.
Pick your poison and shake up a Skeletini Cocktail for Halloween.
Sip carefully and slowly. . .it’s scary good! 💀🍸
‘Graveyard Dust’ Cheddar Cheese Ball
Halloween is the time of year when everyday items can appear a little creepy and spooky . . .and when chia or poppy seeds can resemble Graveyard Dust.
Black Bean and Olive Hummus with Spooky Spinach Tortilla Chips
Scare up some quick and spooky tortilla chips for dips or hummus using spinach tortillas and cookie cutters for Halloween. They’re perfect for dipping and scooping Black Bean and Olive Hummus; easy to whip up in your food processor. It comes together faster than you can say, “Boo!”
Fortify yourself for a night of trick or treating with Spooky Lasagna Soup
Small mozzarella balls and slices of pimento-stuffed olives are an easy trick to up the spook factor and make eyes staring up in your cup or bowl.
Witches’ Brew Stew, aka, Chicken Chili
Fire up your slow cooker, aka, cauldron, for this easy chicken chili recipe for Halloween that uses a short cut; a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
Add your toppings of choice to customize your brew. . .
🧹 Green Onion, aka, Scale of Dragon
🧹 Cilantro, aka, Toe of Frog
🧹 Jalapeños, aka, Eye of Newt
🧹 Cheddar Cheese, aka, Root of Hemlock
🧹 Sour Cream, aka Maw of Shark
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So, so cleverly good. The drinks are bewitchingly calling!
Oh, Mary, how I love these treats from the past that you occasionally do. Most I remember; some not so much :-(! Thanks once again for the inspiration! I’ll definitely be making a few of these!
Good morning, Mary. You rounded up some fabulous treats and savory dishes. The Halloween Oreo brownies would be the perfect treat for my grands. I think I will make these for our pumpkin carving party. The weather is beautiful…wishing you a Happy Monday 🍂🧡🍂🎃🍂
I made the Halloween Popcorn mix again this year for my neighbors. They love it and my husband loved it. My husband claims it is the perfect mix of sweet and salty.
These are all so spooky fun Mary! These would tempt any ghost or ghoul! I’m so glad you scared these up from the archives, they all deserve to be seen again and again, so cute and delicious! 👻🧙♀️🎃
Jenna
Pretty scary treats Mary. So many to choose from. Thanks for scaring up these ghostly and skelly treats.
Thanks Mary! A nice variety of choices. Enjoy your week. Clara
GREAT inspiration for our annual pumpkin carving party on sunday.
Always appreciated, Mary. Thank you!
So many tasty ideas for celebrating Halloween! I’m looking forward to some Witches Brew Stew, Brownie S’mores and a Skeletini or two, thanks, Mary! 🦴 💀 🎃 👻🍬🧹
So many darling ideas that aren’t too spooky! 🎃
You are so clever Mary! The Peanut Butter Bars are calling my name. I may make those for fall gathering this weekend.
Thank you always for your creativity!
Happy Week to You!
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Mary, your styling and photos are fantastic and this post makes me want to throw a Halloween bash! Thanks for the smiles. 😊 🎃
I love how you celebrate the holidays Mary! I can’t wait to make the Owl-oween cookies with my grands this weekend.
Happy Halloween 🎃 thank you for all the goodie recipes! The bark and peanut butter cookie bars look great! I hope to make one or both 👻
Your imagination and creativity never cease to amaze me! Thanks for the Hallow Eve’s fun recipes and ideas!
My grands love Peeps for every holiday. What a cute idea to add them to a pan of brownies for s’mores. Thanks for the inspiration!
Mary, enjoyed your post and the photos! All your recipes are so good and I appreciate the details you include on making them. I have saved almost all but pinned a couple I had missed. You put so much fun into Halloween!
Thank you!