Easy Halloween Food Ideas

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Looking for some Spook-tacular recipes for Halloween? This is a list of 15 Easy Halloween Food Ideas, from treats to appetizers. Great inspiration for your next Halloween party or a fun snack to make at home with the kids. Perhaps for a haunting movie marathon? This round up is filled with creepy and fun ideas to get the party started!

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Hocus Pocus Charcuterie

This is a must make every year for us! I love crafting a meat, cheese, and snack board to resemble the spooky Sanderson sisters. It’s perfect for a Hocus Pocus double feature.

Each sister is made with a combination of cheese, fruit, veggies, and other easy-to-find snacks, making this a fun centerpiece for a Halloween party, movie night, or October get-together.

Here’s what I used:

Anything can be interchanged to use what you like or have on hand. This is just a guide.

Sarah Sanderson

• Camembert cheese for her face
• Black olives for her eyes and mole
• Red pepper for her lips
• Cheddar and Colby Jack cheese cubes for her hair
• Sweet peppers stuffed with cheese for her body (Aldi)

Winnie Sanderson

• Gouda cheese for her face
• Black olives for her eyes
• Red pepper for her lips
• Rolled salami sticks secured with toothpicks for her hair
• Prosciutto surrounding her hair
• Green grapes for her body

Mary Sanderson

• Brie cheese for her face
• Black olives for her eyes and mole
• Red pepper for her lips
• Blackberries and blueberries for her hair
• Orange peppers for her body

Fill the Board With

• Mediterranean crackers (Aldi)
• Avocado oil crackers (Aldi)
• Pita crackers
• Rosemary crackers
• Thin pretzels
• Red grapes
• Harvest Snap peas

Instructions

1. Choose a large serving board or platter.
2. Place the Camembert, Gouda, and Brie on the board to create the faces of Sarah, Winnie, and Mary.
3. Cut small pieces of black olive and red pepper to create the sisters’ eyes, lips, and moles.
4. Arrange cheddar and Colby Jack cheese cubes around Sarah’s face to create her hair. Add stuffed sweet peppers underneath for her body.
5. Create Winnie’s hair using rolled salami sticks secured with toothpicks and surround them with prosciutto. Add green grapes for her body.
6. Arrange blackberries and blueberries around Mary’s Brie face to create her hair and use orange peppers for her body.
7. Fill the remaining spaces on the board with crackers, pretzels, grapes, and Harvest Snap peas.
8. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Pro tip: Keep a few extra crackers and snacks nearby so you can refill the board as guests eat!

Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Video

Book Brownies

Speaking of Hocus Pocus, why not make a sweet treat to go along with your Sanderson Sisters charcuterie!? You can really let your creativity run wild here. I just used an easy box mix of brownies made to package instructions. I let it cool and cut into squares and used black and white icing to decorate.

If you are really good with a piping bag you could make these very intricate. Or do one big Book Brownie! Definitely a must for any Hocus Pocus watch party.

Vampire Donuts

All you need for these cute creatures are candy eyeballs, toy fangs, and donuts. Start your Halloween morning off right with a sweet treat for breakfast.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

A deliciously easy way to dress up boxed mix cupcakes. Prepare your favorite flavor of cupcakes and let them cool completely. Fill a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (Wilton 2A) with orange colored buttercream or frosting. You can make it from scratch (Wilton recipe below), add food coloring to store bough vanilla frosting, or I’ve seen pre-made buttercream in various colors in the bakery section of some grocery stores.

Use the end of a large pretzel rod or a Tootsie Roll as the stem and green icing for the leave. Simple and adorable!

Find Wilton’s fluffy buttercream recipe along with other tips and tricks here.

Mummy Oreos

White chocolate dipped Oreos with candy eyes and white chocolate drizzled over for the bandages. These mummies look great on a treat board or displayed for a party.

Melt a bag of white chocolate chips or white candy melts in a deep bowl in the microwave on 30 second intervals until melted, stirring after each interval. Drop in each cookie and flip to coat on both sides. Remove to a cooling rack. I like to use two forks to flip the cookies in the chocolate and to easily remove.

Before the white chocolate sets add 2 candy eyes and gently press them in to the chocolate.

Pour the melted white chocolate in to a small Ziploc sandwich bag. Snip off one corner and drizzle over each cookie for the bandages. Let the chocolate set.

Mini S’mores Pies

The perfect little sweet treat in individual graham cracker pie shells. Only 3 ingredients and five minutes to make!

You’ll need a pack of 6 mini graham cracker pie shells, chocolate bars, and the Halloween marshmallow peeps. Any variety! I’ve seen pumpkins, ghosts, and Frankenstein.

Aren’t these so cute! Gather your ingredients and assemble. Place the pie shells on a sheet pan. Add in 3 pieces of chocolate and a marshmallow peep on top. Bake at 400ºF for 3-5 minutes until the chocolate is melted and the marshmallows are toasted.

S’mores Dip

Looking for an easy dessert for a crowd (or hungry family?) Try making s’mores in a baking dish!

This recipe couldn’t be simpler!

You’ll need:

• 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish
• 1 bag of chocolate chips-milk chocolate is my preference here, but use what you like.
• Halloween peeps– you’ll need 15
• Graham crackers or cookies for dipping

Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Lightly spray your baking dish with nonstick spray. Pour in the chocolate chips and place the marshmallows on top. Bake 7-10 minutes until the chocolate is melted and marshmallows are browned. Careful it will be hot!

Use graham crackers for dipping. It’s the perfect sharing dessert!

Chocolate Pretzel Spiderwebs

Need a super easy Halloween treat that looks way harder than it actually is?! 👻 These chocolate pretzel spiderwebs are SO fun to make—and the kids can help!

All you need is pretzel sticks, white almond bark, and some Halloween sprinkles!

How to make them

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Arrange 8 pretzel sticks in a snowflake shape, with the sticks overlapping in the center.
• Melt your white almond bark according to the package directions. Drizzle it over the pretzels in circles, starting in the center and working your way out.
• Take a toothpick and gently drag it from the center toward the outside through the melted chocolate to create that spiderweb look.
• Add your favorite Halloween sprinkles while the chocolate is still melted.
• Pop the tray into the refrigerator until the chocolate is completely set.
• Then just peel them off the parchment and enjoy!

Ghost Hash Browns

Perfect for a fun Halloween morning breakfast! And so easy! These go perfect with Vampire Donuts.

Aren’t these the cutest!? Cook your hashbrowns according to the package directions. Using a very sharp paring knife cut triangles out of the bottom. Lay on candy eyeballs. You could use ketchup to make eyes and a mouth if you’d prefer.

Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats

How about a giant Rice Krispy Treat!

You’ll need:

• 6 cups Rice Krispies
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 bag marshmallows- about 40
• 1 bag milk chocolate chips
• Black Icing
• Green gel food coloring

How to make Frankenstein:

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat on the stove.
2. Add the marshmallows (reserve 1 marshmallow for the eyes). Keep stirring until melted and add about 6 drops of green food coloring, or until you reach your desired green shade. Stir until the green food coloring is incorporated into the melted marshmallows.
3. Take the pan off of the heat. Add the Rice Krispies and stir to combine.
4. Lightly spray a 9×13 baking dish. Press the Rice Krispies into the dish. I like to spray a spatula with nonstick spray and use that to press the Rice Krispies into the dish. Let cool.
5. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate chips on the stove or in the microwave on 45 second intervals, stirring after each interval until completely melted. Pour into a piping bag or a gallon size storage bag. Cut the corner off and pipe the chocolate on the Rice Krispies at the top in a triangle pattern and fill in to look like hair.
6. Cut 1 marshmallow in half. Dot the melted chocolate on the back of each side and place on Frankenstein for eyes.
7. Use the black icing to make the pupils, eyebrows and the mouth.

Prosciutto Mozzarella Eyeballs

Wouldn’t these look great on a Halloween party buffet?

These Mozzarella Prosciutto Eyes are a cinch to assemble. You can make as many or as little as you need.

You’ll need:

• Fresh mozzarella balls
• Slices of prosciutto
• Green olives
• Optional- balsamic glaze

How to assemble:

1. Slice each piece of prosciutto in half lengthwise. Cut each olive in half.
2. Wrap each mozzarella ball with a prosciutto slice and top with an olive half. Arrange on a platter.
3. Optional- but so delicious! Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
4. Serve with toothpicks on the side to stab your eyeball.

Oogie Boogie Juice

Calling all Nightmare Before Christmas fans! This one is for you! A slimy green Oogie Boogie drink filled with creepy crawlies.

How to make a single serving:

Fill a glass 3/4 with Green Berry Rush Hawaiian Punch, top with lemon lime soda. Decorate with gummy worms and spiders and bugs.

How to make a lot:

In a large punch bowl combine 1 gallon bottle of Green Berry Rush Hawaiian Punch and a 2 liter bottle of lemon lime soda. Decorate with gummy worms and siders and bugs.

Optional: Fill ice cube trays with gummy bugs and green Hawaiian Punch, freeze and add to the punch bowl to chill the juice drink. As the cubes thaw the gummy bugs will be set free!

Caramel Apple Chocolate Bark

Not scary, but delicious and a Halloween must make!

You’ll need:

• 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips- dark chocolate, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate, your choice
• 1 large granny smith apple, diced small and blotted with a paper towel to remove moisture
• Chopped peanuts
• 1/2 bag of caramels
• 1 tbsp water
• Flaky sea salt

How to make Caramel Apple Bark:

1. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper 
2. Microwave the chocolate chips in 40 second intervals until melted, stirring after each interval
3. Heat caramels with 1 tbsp water in a bowl in the microwave on 30 second intervals or on the stove in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. 
4. Spread chocolate over the parchment paper in a thin layer using an offset spatula. Top with diced apples. Drizzle caramel sauce over top. Sprinkle over chopped peanuts and sea salt. 
5. Chill 5-10 minutes until set then break into pieces 

*as long as you dry the apples with paper towels you shouldn’t have any issues with browning. You can squeeze lemon juice over the cut apples and then blot them, if you prefer. 

Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container up to 2 days. 

Sally’s Sugar Cookies

A must make for any Sally fan from The Nightmare Before Christmas! These delicious sugar cookies are as colorful as Sally’s dress, complete with stitches. See below on how to make them.

Tap here for the full recipe to make Sally’s Sugar Cookies.

I hope you feel inspired for your next Halloween party after this list of 15 Easy Halloween Food Ideas! Holidays do not have to be complicated with recipes that take all day in order to be fun!

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