14 Festive and Easy Halloween Party Food Ideas
Are you hosting a Halloween party and looking for spooky snacks and sweet treats? Look no further! We've got you covered with a variety of fun and delicious treats that are sure to thrill and delight your guests.
1. Witch Finger Cookies
These cookies are a bewitching treat for Halloween. To start, follow your favorite cookie recipe. Get creative and add green food coloring to the cookie dough. Then, shape cookie dough into fingers and add nuts such as almond slices for nails. Finally, serve these cookies with red raspberry or strawberry jam for dipping.
2. Eyeball Meatballs
Eyeball meatball appetizers are sure to get your guests into the Halloween spirit. All you need is grape jelly meatballs, sliced black olives, and cheese. You can use different types of cheese for the eyeballs such as mozzarella, cheddar, or Gouda cheese. First, follow a grape jelly meatballs recipe. Once your meatballs are done it’s time to decorate! Place round slices of cheese on top of each meatball, then place an olive slice on top. Use toothpicks to keep the toppings and meatballs together (get creative and try using plastic sword picks!). Finally, arrange the meatballs and serve.
3. Pumpkin Pancakes
Serving fall-tastic pancakes can be a fun and creative way to feed your guests. To make pumpkin pancakes, add a few tablespoons of pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice to your pancake batter. You can add Halloween colors to your pancakes by using food coloring to make your pancakes orange, green, or purple. Don’t forget to top your pancakes with delicious flavored syrups.
4. Spider Peanut Butter Cookies
To make these cute, creepy-crawly cookies start with a peanut butter cookie recipe. Be sure to make a rounded indentation in the center of each cookie for decorating. To decorate spider peanut butter cookies, use a round chocolate candy to create the “body” of the spiders then use a round chocolate or a raisin to create the “head”. Finally, use chocolate icing to add spider legs.
5. Graveyard Cupcakes
Graveyard cupcakes are sure to be a conversion starter! To make them all you will need is a cupcake recipe, chocolate icing, and biscuits or vanilla cookies for the tombstones. First, follow this chocolate fudge cupcake recipe to make cupcakes. To create tombstones, use chocolate icing to write “RIP” and other scary words on the vanilla cookies. Finally, top the cupcakes with the tombstones you created.
6. Graveyard Chocolate Mousse Cups
Graveyard chocolate mousse cups are fun to decorate for kids and adults alike! Simply follow this chocolate fudge mousse recipe then add the chocolate mousse to dessert cups. To decorate, insert vanilla cookie headstones in the mousse cup then top with chocolate cookie dirt. To create headstones, use chocolate icing to write “RIP” on the vanilla cookies. To make “dirt” pulse chocolate cookies of your choice in a food processor or crush them in a zipper plastic bag. Finally, arrange the mousse cups on a serving tray and serve!
7. Spider PB&J Sandwiches
Spider PB&J sandwiches are the perfect creepy-crawly snack for Halloween. To make these sandwiches all you need is bread slices, peanut butter, jelly or jam, pretzel sticks, a round cookie cutter, and two candy eyeballs. Start by making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then use a round cookie cutter to cut out a circle. Insert the pretzel sticks into the sides of the sandwich to make spider legs. Finally, add candy eyeballs on top of the sandwich to make spider eyes.
8. Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin muffins make for a tasty fall treat and are easy to throw together with just a few ingredients. To make these muffins start by following this pumpkin muffin recipe. Once your muffins are done use green frosting to decorate the muffins with stems and leaves to make them look like pumpkins.
9. Halloween No-Bake Peanut Butter Cheesecake
What’s better than celebrating Halloween with a delicious peanut butter cheesecake? This tasty treat is perfect for a Halloween party and is super easy to make. First, follow this no-bake peanut butter cheesecake recipe, then add your favorite spooky cake toppings like candy corn, ghost-shaped marshmallows, or sprinkles.
10. Bat-Shaped PB&J Sandwiches
For a spooky snack, try making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches shaped like bats. All you will need is peanut butter, Smucker’s® Squeeze Fruit Spread, bread slices, and a bat-shaped cookie cutter. Start by making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then use a bat-shaped cookie cutter to cut a bat shape from the sandwich.
11. Mummy Brownies
Mummy brownies are a fun and easy treat. Simply follow your favorite brownie recipe. Once the brownies are done, get them mummified! Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave then pipe the white chocolate over the brownies in a crisscross pattern to make “bandages”. Place candy eyeballs for the eyes.
12. Vampire Red Halloween Punch
What’s a Halloween party without a spooky punch? To make this drink combine raspberry fruit spread, two cups of cranberry juice cocktail, and a two-liter bottle of citrus soda in a punch bowl. Stir gently to combine and add ice.
13. Halloween Crispy Treats
These Halloween crispy treats are so delicious they’re scary! Made with gooey marshmallows, rice cereal, peanut butter, and jam. Start by following this PB&J crispy rice cereal treat recipe, then add Halloween colors to the rice cereal and marshmallow mixture using food coloring such as green, orange, or purple.
14. Beaker Glass Dips
Calling all mad scientists! This one’s for you. To make beaker glass dips, simply use beakers and different types of lab glassware to serve dips to your guests. All you need is lab glassware such as beakers, flasks, cylinders, and test tubes to hold sauces and dips. Serve your dips with chips or vegetables and enjoy!
Now you’re ready to create some delicious and festive Halloween snacks that your guests will love. Don’t be afraid to get creative and have some fun with these ideas. Halloween is the perfect time to experiment with different flavors and presentations. If you’re looking for more inspiration, check out this collection of cozy fall recipes ranging from pumpkin treats to pumpkin spice crepes.