27 Spooktacular Halloween Recipes That Are Wickedly Cute (2024)

There are no tricks here, just treats. Every one of these recipes could give Halloween candy a run for its money. When October 31st rolls around, serve up staring monster cookies, vanishing ghost cupcakes, and shambling mummy brownies. Halloween food has never been so fun.

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Halloween Oreo Ball Ghosts

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No one will mind if these ghosts are haunting your treat table. Form cream cheese Oreo balls around mini marshmallows, then coat them in melted white chocolate.

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Spider Truffle Cookies

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These spiders are so cute no one will be able to resist. This two-in-one recipe is super tasty. Creamy, chocolaty truffles make up each spider's body, extra chocolate drizzles form the legs, and sugar cookies make for a great web.

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Scary-Easy Mummy Brownies

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Cover chocolate sandwich cookies in white candy coating to make mini mummies to guard each slice of these chocolate brownies. You can enlist your trick-or-treaters to help with drizzling on the white chocolate bandages and adding chocolate candy eyes.

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Spider Halloween Deviled Eggs

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Turn deviled eggs into a cute and creepy Halloween snack by decorating the whites with spooky black spiderwebs. The trick to making these treats is easier than you'd think—rather than peeling the eggs right away, crack the shells and let the eggs sit in a mix of water and black food coloring to let the spiderweb design sink in. For an extra scare factor, mix avocado in with the yolks to turn the filling an eerie green.

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Spooky Strawberry Pumpkin Patch

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From a distance, this pan might look like a mini pumpkin patch, but it's actually fully of orange candy-coated strawberries. Place the strawberry pumpkins on top of crushed sandwich cookies, then link them together with green frosting vines.

Dracula Mouth Cookies

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A far cry from fake vampire fangs, these cookies get their signature smirk from red frosting "gums," mini marshmallow "teeth," and slivered almond "fangs." To give the chocolate cookies a mouth shape, just cut each one in half and let a generous spoonful of frosting hold them together.

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Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

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Before heading out to trick-or-treat this year, serve up a festive jack-o'-lantern dinner. Orange sweet peppers look just like pumpkins when you carve a face in the front, and a brown rice, black bean, and corn filling gives Halloween night a healthy start (for now).

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Halloween Brownie Pizza

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Making regular pizza just won't do for Halloween—it needs candy to liven up the party. Skip the dough and bake up a giant chocolate brownie studded with chopped candy, nuts, and chocolate pieces. If you miss having sauce with your pizza, just drizzle on chocolate fudge sauce or chocolate syrup. This super-sweet treat is a great way to use up leftover Halloween candy.

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Gummy Worm Popcorn Balls

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Dress up classic Halloween popcorn balls by adding gummy worms and candy corn, and the sweet-and-salty combo of popcorn and candy makes for a great party treat. If you serve them for a Halloween party, these popcorn balls will all slither off into your guests' treat bags.

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Graveyard Cupcakes

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Turn Halloween cupcakes into spooky graveyard treats with chocolate trees, candy corn pumpkins, and crushed cookie dirt. You can even make mini gravestones with white frosting and chocolate cookies cut to look like tombstones.

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Boo-tiful Dirt and Worms Cake

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Chocolate layer cakes are always popular, but this candy-covered cake will have everyone clamoring for a slice. Decorate the cake with gummy worms, crushed sandwich cookies, and candy rocks to make a sweet and spooky dessert.

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Halloween Pumpkin Bundt Cake

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Double up two bundt cakes to create a lifelike pumpkin treat that belongs at the center of your table, not on your front porch. Coat an ice cream cone in green frosting for the stem, then carve this pumpkin into slices to share with your guests.

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Halloween Monster Cookies

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You might see these candy-filled Halloween cookies looking back at you, but don't be alarmed—it's just candy eyeball sprinkles. These truly monster cookies also have peanut butter, rolled oats, and chocolate candies mixed in.

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Tombstone Taco Dip

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Even your taco dip is getting a spooky Halloween makeover this year. Use shredded lettuce as grass and refried beans as dirt, then create a cute or spooky graveyard scene by decorating with tortilla chip tombstones, trees, and cats.

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Chomping Halloween Oreo Monsters

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For a fun activity in the days leading to Halloween, have your kids help decorate these crazed cookie monsters. Coat chocolate sandwich cookies in melted candy coating, then let everyone create their own monster with candy eyeballs, mustaches, and bows.

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Spooktacular Halloween Milk Shakes

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Plain milk shakes become spooktacular treats when you dress them up as Dracula, witches' brew, and Frankenstein's monster. Don't take your eyes off these shakes—they might vanish if you do.

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Baby Owl Cupcakes

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These owl cupcakes are about as cute as it gets. Use brown and yellow frosting, almond slices, and chocolate chips to create the cupcake birds, and your guests will hoot in enjoyment.

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Ghostly Cupcakes

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If you're planning on using a white sheet for your own Halloween costume this year, these ghostly cupcakes will match you. Drape white fondant over a stacked mini cupcake and donut hole and these spooky cupcakes are ready for the party.

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Wicked Witch Hats

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Add a taste of something spicy to your lineup of sweets with these pointed witch hats. Piled high with a mix of cream cheese, shredded cheese, and chopped jalapeno chiles, it's a chips and dip appetizer you can serve with no fear of double-dipping.

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Leftover Halloween Candy Cookie Bars

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Solve the dilemma of leftover Halloween candy by baking your extra sweet treats into these shareable cookie bars. Chocolate and peanut butter candies are our first choice for topping this dessert, but you can use anything you have on hand.