25 Spooky Halloween Treats That Are Scarily Easy to Make
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Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with some spine-chillingly delicious Halloween treats.
We love playing up this season with homemade decorations, and themed Halloween recipes. My daughter even decorated our tiny artificial Christmas tree last year with crafted ghosts, witches and pumpkins.
Which is why we’ve gathered our list of 25 Spooky Halloween Treats. Whether you’re hosting a haunted party, planning a scary movie night, or simply looking to delight your little ghouls and goblins, these recipes are amazing.
From eerie eyeball cupcakes & mummy dogs to creepy crawly cookies, these frightfully fun recipes will add a dash of spooky charm to your festivities. Each treat is fun to make as it is to eat, ensuring that both kids and adults will enjoy the ghoulishly good flavors.
1. Halloween Cakesicles
These Halloween cakesicles are a super fun and cute Halloween treat. Perfect for a spooktacular party or as wonderful homemade trick or treat candy. Kids (& adults) will adore them.
I love how there are 5 different options, from Monster/Frankensteins to whimsical bats.
You’ll just need some popsicle sticks, cake, frosting, and of course cute… I mean creepy candy eyes.
Get the recipe: Halloween Cakesicles
2. Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats
Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats are spooky cute, for when you need some kid-friendly Halloween treats that aren’t too scary. They look great on a Halloween Dessert table or charcueterie board.
Get the recipe: Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats
3. Halloween Panna Cotta Eye Balls
Ok now this one is creepy! Eat it if you dare.
Halloween Panna Cotta Eyeballs are actually a deliciously light and fruity dessert that would be perfect for a dinner party. Make ahead, and just add the raspberry coulis once you’ve got the plates assembled.
Get the recipe: Halloween Panna Cotta Eye Balls
4. Hocus Pocus Potion Float
My youngest daugher’s tradition each year is to watch all the Hocus Pocus movies at least once.
This Hocus Pocus Potion ice cream float would be the perfect treat to bring out for a Halloween movie marathon. A scoop of rainbow sherbet over grape soda and gummy worms for a garnish.
If you’re worried about the glass, we’ve used clear mason jars or regular drinking glasses and it’s still fun.
Get the recipe: Hocus Pocus Halloween Float
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5. Scary & Gross Halloween Snack Mix
Eyeballs, fingernails, spiderwebs, boogers, and teeth oh my!
A Halloween snack recipe that pays tribute to all that is gross and creepy.
Bugles for witches fingers, pretzels for spider webs, candy corn for the giant’s teeth, chex are scabs, and candy eyes for eyeballs.
Kids will love help mixing it all together, and it’s ready in minutes so bring out as a last minute snack.
Get the recipe: Scary & Gross Halloween Snack Mix
6. Spooky Chocolate Pretzel Spiders (No Bake)
Spooky Chocolate Pretzel Spiders are a no-bake Halloween treat that’s super simple to make with just four pantry ingredients! My kids love helping attach the pretzel “spider legs” to the chocolate phyllo shells.
These creepy-crawly desserts are sure to be a hit with the whole family.
Get the recipe: Spooky Chocolate Pretzel Spiders
7. Halloween Strawberries
Ghostly chocolate covered Halloween Strawberries, are such an easy Halloween themed dipped treat. They really are the perfect fall dessert recipe for any party, get together or special kid snack.
Get the recipe: Halloween Strawberries
8. Monster Pumpkin Cookies
Not just a regular old cookie. Oh no, these pumpkin & spice monster cookies are soft, sweet and tasty.
Bring them out for A Halloween cookie decorating party. Everyone will love decorating them.
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Monster Cookies
9. Air Fryer Mummy Dogs
I love how cute these Mummy Dogs are. They’re the perfect finger food for a Halloween potluck or kids party.
Get the recipe: Air Fryer Mummy Dogs
10. Witches Fingers
Everyone goes crazy for Witches Fingers, the ultimate party finger food.
It uses strawberry jam instead of food coloring, a buttery cookie base and almonds for fingernails.
Get the recipe: Witches Fingers
11. Easy Spider Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter and chocolate is such a great combo.
Make them with your favorite peanut butter cookie recipe, or use store bought cookies for a quick treat the kids can decorate. Top with Whopper spiders for a fun dessert.
Get the recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
12. Fruit Bat Skewers
Healthy Halloween treats can be fun too!
Use a mix of blackberries, green grapes, and cantaloupe, the perfect seasonal hues for the fruit skewers.
Get the recipe: Fruit Bat Skewers
13. Bat Frosting Halloween Board
Get ready for a sugar rush, with a bat frosting board. A sweet take on charcuterie boards, it’s easy to put together with premade icing, and your favorite bite size treats.
Get the recipe: Bat Frosting Board
14. Halloween Worms in Dirt
Slither into some spooky fun with our Halloween Worms in Dirt recipe.
Chocolate pudding, crushed cookies, and gummy worms come together to create a delightfully creepy treat. Perfect for Halloween parties, this easy and creative dessert is always a hit in our house with both kids and adults.
Get the recipe: Halloween Worms in Dirt
15. Witch Hat Cookies
Can you hear the witches cackling now?
Whip up some Halloween magic with these adorable Witch Hat Cookies. Made with boxed cake mix fluffy frosting, and Hershey’s Kisses, they look just like witch hats.
Perfect for Halloween parties or as a fun after-dinner treat, these colorful cookies are easy to make and fun to decorate, especially for little hands.
Get the recipe: Witch Hat Cookies
16. Easy Candy Apple Recipe
Can there be a fall season without a Candy Apple recipe? I think not.
For years my close girl besties and I would have a Halloween sleepover, complete with bobbing for apples, scary movies (Friday the 13th & Halloween anyone?) and a candy apple to take home the next morning.
Sure to be a crowd pleaser for parties, just watch out for the wicked Queen and her poisoned apples!
Get the recipe: Easy Candy Apple Recipe
17. Monster Cake Pops From Donut Holes
Nothing could be easier than these Monster Cake Pops made with premade donut holes.
In under 30 minutes, you can create these adorable, no-bake pops using candy melts and your favorite decorations like googly eyes and funny sprinkled hairdos.
Perfect for Halloween parties, trick-or-treaters, or even a monster-themed birthday bash, these fun and easy treats will be a hit with kids and adults alike
Get the recipe: Monster Cake Pops
18. Mummy Cookies
We think these Mummy Cookies are the cutest Halloween treats, perfect for trick-or-treat season.
Made with Nutter Butter cookies, white chocolate chips, cookie frosting, and candy eyes, they’re a breeze to create and a blast for kids to decorate.
These simple yet spooky cookies are ideal for Halloween parties and would make fantastic goodies for treat bags too.
Get the recipe: Mummy Cookies
19. Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes
Let even the littlest ghouls enjoy Halloween with these kid-friendly ghost cupcakes. These super easy cupcakes are vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for all kids (and their adults!).
Get the recipe: Gluten Free Ghost Cupcakes
20. Graveyard Brownies
Spooky Halloween Graveyard Brownies are one of my family’s favorite trick or treat desserts.
Start with your preferred brownie base, then top with crushed oreo cookies for dirt, gummy worms, and Milano cookies for the grave stones. Fun & spooky Halloween treat kids can’t resist.
Get the recipe: Graveyard Brownies
21. Halloween Skeleton Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Why was the skeleton afraid of storms?…….because he didn’t have any guts!
These Halloween Skeleton Sugar Cookies are not only fun to decorate, but they’re also soft and full of chocolate flavor.
Get the recipe: Halloween Skeleton Chocolate Sugar Cookies
22. Spooky Halloween Bark
Beware, you just never know what you’ll find in your Spooky Hallowe’en Bark!
This DIY Halloween candy is a fabulous, festive treat with almond bark. Customize with googly monster eyes, sprinkles, candy corn, candy bones, pretzels, or whatever else suits your fancy.
Get the recipe: Spooky Halloween Bark
23. Halloween Monster Marshmallows
Time to do the Monster Mash.
But don’t forget to whip up a batch of Halloween Monster Marshmallow’s with slime to go with the spooky dance party.
I love making homemade treats, but don’t always have a lot of time, so these are perfect.
Get the recipe: Halloween Monster Marshmallows
24. Boo! Halloween Dessert Cups
Get ready for a frightfully easy No Bake treat.
Boo! Halloween Dessert Cups are fun and easy to make in individual cups, with layers of pudding, cake, whipped cream, ghost peeps, and bloody bone candies.
An easy Halloween dessert kids can help make, that is perfect for Halloween parties, or family dessert.
Get the recipe: Boo! Halloween Dessert Cups
25. Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
Get your kids involved with making these few ingredient rice krispie Frankenstein treats.
The perfect last-minute addition to your dessert tray.
Get the recipe: Frakenstein Rice Krispie Treats
Final Thoughts: Spooky Halloween Recipes That Are A Scream!
Getting ready for your Halloween festivities, is easy with our top 25 Spooky Halloween Treats.
From creepy-crawly cookies to ghoulishly good desserts, there’s something here to delight every ghost and goblin of all ages.
Simple to make and delicious to eat. So gather your ingredients, get creative, and enjoy making these spine-tingling snacks with your family.
With these spooky treats, your Halloween is bound to be a scream!
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