35+ Spooky Halloween Food and Drink Recipes for The Ultimate Halloween Party
If you're looking for spooky, ghoulish, unique recipes to celebrate Halloween, then you've come to the right place! October 31st is the ultimate night to get dressed up in your favorite costume, enjoy creative Halloween treats, attend Halloween parties and go trick-or-treating with the family.
And now that autumn has finally arrived (for most of us), the excitement of cooler weather is in the air and it's the perfect opportunity to make seasonal traditions for all ages. Seriously, what's a more fun time of year than fall?!
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In this collection of 35+ best Halloween food and drink recipes, you'll find bewitching beverages for adults, sweet treats for kids (big and small), creative ideas for Halloween dinners and perfectly BOO-tiful desserts.
Best Halloween Recipes for Adults
Enjoy a witches brew, Halloween sangria or a black widow martini, while you mingle with friends. Plus, our favorite Halloween-themed beers.
Best Halloween Recipes for Kids
The youngsters can enjoy warm apple cider, or Halloween punch, with their monster pizza dip and spiderweb cupcakes. Plus, get great Halloween snack ideas for kids.
Halloween Dinner Ideas for the Family
The entire fam can enjoy shepherd's pie for Halloween dinner, along with cobweb 7-layer dip and chocolate mousse graveyards.
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So if you're wondering what to make for Halloween, you'll find plenty of Halloween food inspiration right here. Be sure to bookmark this page of recipes, then grab your cauldrons and let's get cooking!
Halloween Food & Drinks
Andrew Purcell
A ghost is a fun project for your little crew of goblins and ghouls to make this Halloween! To make it, you only need to gather a small list of store-bought ingredients like boxed cake mix, a pretzel stick, and taffy pieces.
Get the recipe: Ghost Cake
Alan Richardson
Five ingredients are all you need to make these creepy-cute cupcakes that will get the attention of kids young and old when they approach the dessert table.
Get the recipe: Pretzel Skeleton Cupcakes
Teresa Blackburn
Goblins young and old will love this retro recipe, made by tossing popcorn in a homemade syrup and mixing in your favorite Halloween candy. Use any sweet from your trick-or-treat haul, like Reese’s Pieces, crushed Butterfinger, sprinkles, or candy corn.
Get the recipe: Festive Popcorn Balls
Grits and Pinecones
These mummified jalapeno popper easy Halloween appetizer that's equal parts spicy, satisfying, and adorably spooky.
Get the recipe: Easy Halloween Jalapeno Mummies
Camilla Saulsbury
Bejeweled with an fantastic abundance of Halloween candy, this easy cookie sandwich cake is delicious, not to mention it makes a boo-tiful party centerpiece!
Get the recipe: Halloween Cookie Cake
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Pam Beth
This scary and cozy casserole is on theme with the holiday, and it's bound to be a big hit with the whole family. You could use any type of meatball, like beef, chicken or vegan meatballs for a plant-based Halloween meal. Feeling ambitious? Make homemade meatballs.
Get the recipe: Spooky Eyeballs Casserole
Mama Likes to Cook
Don't get caught up in a web of your own fears! The spider web design that dots these cupcakes is quite easy to create, even if you have no previous cake decorating experience.
Get the recipe: Easy Spiderweb Cupcakes
Nourish and Nestle
This dark cherry martini is the ultimate witchy elixir the adults can have after taking the kids on their trick-or-treat adventures.
Get the recipe: Black Widow Martini
Suburban Simplicity
Oreos meet mini peanut butter cups in a whimsically spooky mash-up of double chocolatey goodness.
Get the recipe: 4-Ingredient Bat Treats
Julia's Simply Southern
If you wanted to focus all of your energy on Halloween day perfecting your costume, then prepping a make-ahead treat you can store in the freezer is the way to go. Just don't be shocked if these white chocolate banana ghosts disappear before Halloween!
Get the recipe: BOO-Nana Ghost Pops
Shugary Sweets
This spook-tacular 7 layer dip is the perfect holiday appetizer. Add the spooky spider web for the holiday, or keep it smooth for year round enjoyment!
Get the recipe: Halloween 7 Layer Dip
Hello Yummy
This snack board is frightfully delicious and nourishing.
Get the recipe: Halloween Witch Fruit & Veggie Snack Tray
Easy and Delish
Name something cuter for Halloween than a batch of chocolate apples made to look like big-eyed owls. Mostly all that you need is sliced apples, melted chocolate, Oreos, and candies to decorate.
Get the recipe: Cute Chocolate Halloween Apple Owls
Spice Cravings
Whip up this no-bake, eggless, and fuss-free dessert with your kids and enjoy some family Halloween fun!
Get the recipe: Chocolate Mousse Graveyards
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Julia's Simply Southern
This recipe for intensely chocolatey Rice Krispies Treats is perfect for any Halloween celebration.
Get the recipe: Death by Chocolate Halloween Krispie Treats
House of Nash Eats
With a chocolate pastry crust cut out in Jack-O-Lantern shapes and canned cherry pie filling, this handheld dessert will be a hit at Halloween parties!
Get the recipe: Halloween Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies
Back to My Southern Roots
Halloween-themed chocolate bark is an adorable treat to make with your kids and bring to your next Halloween party.
Get the recipe: Halloween Chocolate Crack
Persnickety Plates
Adding a small drop of orange food color gives cream cheese swirl brownies a great festive look.
Get the recipe: Halloween Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Girl Heart Food
Because donuts are a celebratory fare for average mornings and spooky evenings!
Get the recipe: Halloween Pumpkin Chocolate Donuts
Crayons and Cravings
Look no further than this casserole for an easy post trick-or-treat dinner solution.
Get the recipe: Haunted Shepherd's Pie
Back to My Southern Roots
A Midwestern classic, updated for the spookiest night of the year.
Get the recipe: Halloween Muddy Buddies
Brooklyn Farm Girl
This orange sherbet and 7Up concoction is an easy non-alcoholic party drink everyone will love. Don't forget to decorate with eyeballs on top!
Get the recipe: Halloween Punch (non-alcoholic)
The Forked Spoon
For wine lovers, consider a cocktail made with red wine, vodka, raspberry liqueur, apple cider, and fresh fruit topped with bubbly soda.
Get the recipe: Halloween Sangria
Meg's Everyday Indulgence
A marriage of saucy taco meat, shredded cheese and lettuce piled on top of warm rolls, these sliders are just what you need for Halloween night before trick-or-treating.
Get the recipe: Halloween Sliders
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The Farm Girl Gabs
A decadent brownie inspired by the beloved Halloween movie.
Get the recipe: Hocus Pocus Brownies
Sunday Supper Movement
They're everything you know and love about classic cheesecake, downsized into mini cakelets and decorated to look like the classic Halloween monster.
Get the recipe: Mini Frankenstein Cheesecakes
Snacking in Sneakers
Whether you want to make them on Halloween night itself or you want to do some fun spooky dinners leading up to the big day, this makes a fun dinner for both kids and adults.
Get the recipe: Mini Mummy Meatloaves
Soulfully Made
Your little monsters won't be able to stop digging their hands in this snack mix.
Get the recipe: Monster Munch Halloween Popcorn
Cooking Carnival
It's ooey, gooey, and insanely dippable. Ready the crostini and tortilla chips.
Get the recipe: Monster Pizza Dip
Creepy Eyeball Cupcakes
The messier and creepier you can decorate these cupcakes, the better!
Get the recipe: Creepy Eyeball Cupcakes
Kitchen Mason
If you're truly looking to impress, here's how you make your own decadent spider web-laced chocolate tart this Halloween.
Get the recipe: Bloody Spiderweb Chocolate Tart
The Monday Box
Sure they require some time and effort. But when the end product is as cute as mini cats and mini pumpkins, this recipe is undeniably worth giving a go. With your favorite movie playing in the background, time will go by in a jiffy!
Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Ball Pumpkins & Cats
Big Bear's Wife
These wicked cupcakes won’t put your friends or family into a deep sleep but they will put a huge smile on their faces!
Get the recipe: Poison Apple Cupcakes
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Who Needs A Cape
A fruity and spicy Halloween cocktail featuring apple cider, spiced rum, cherry extract, and caramel dip.
Get the recipe: Spider Cider Cocktail
Everyday Mom's Meals
A fall beverage that will never let you down.
Get the recipe: Warm Apple Cider
Norine's Nest
These treats truly take the take as the eeriest cupcakes in the Halloween cupcake game. They're bubbling over with ultra creamy butter cream frosting and topped with candy sprinkles and a pretzel broom handle!
Get the recipe: Witches Brew Cupcakes
