28 Easy Halloween Recipes Guaranteed to Freak Out Your Guests

Justina Huddleston · Aug 21, 2018

You've already sent out your haunting Halloween party invites, completed your corpse bride costume, and planned those spooky table settings, but what about the scary food recipes? Bloody meringue bones and witch fingers and dip will get your guests hungrier than a zombie in a morgue. There are a lot of sweets on the menu, but you won't be stuck with just leftover trick-or-treating candy. Get ready for some seriously startling Halloween foods that'll have you and your guests doing a double-take. Keep your defibrillator handy, because these terrifying treats are not for the faint of heart.

White Chocolate Strawberry Lab Mice: October 31 is the only time of year when seeing mice in the kitchen is actually a good thing. After all, they're made from strawberries and white chocolate! (via Brit + Co)

Monster Eye-Scream Cookies: If you like cute more than creepy, these adorable ice cream cookies have your name written all over them. (via Brit + Co)

Witches' Finger Cookies and Red Velvet Hot Chocolate: Name a more iconic duo than witch finger cookies and red velvet hot chocolate — we'll wait. (via Domestic Gothess)

Mummy Pizzas: Trick your kids into eating their veggies by turning zucchini ribbons into tasty mummy bandages atop French bread pizzas. (via Brit + Co)

Spooky Halloween Popsicles: Autumn weather is notoriously unpredictable. Make a batch of spooky frozen pops in case you find yourself sweating through your monster mask. (via Brit + Co)

Slow-Cooker Vampire Punch: Have chills running up and down your spine? Ghouls of all ages can sip on this non-alcoholic crimson punch. For a more potent potion, add rum. (via Boulder Locavore)

Ghoulish Red Velvet Cake: Bloody bones, crumbled red velvet, lots of sugar — this dessert is everything a Halloween treat should be. (via Brit + Co)

Bug Tuxedo Cake: This bug-covered cake is gorgeous, but it will absolutely creep out your friends and loved ones. We imagine this is what they served when Beetlejuice tried to marry Lydia. (via Brit + Co)

Raw Avocado Zombie Bars: Unlike zombies, vegans don't eat brains, or any other food that comes from an animal for that matter. Instead, serve them up some raw, vegan avocado zombie bars for a healthy treat. (via Brit + Co)

Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Ice Cream: Halloween heatwaves don't stand a chance against cones of grinning, grimacing pumpkin ice cream. (via Salty Canary)

Haunted Orchard Cocktails: After tip-toeing through a haunted orchard, who wouldn't crave a cocktail to calm the nerves? (via Half Baked Harvest)

Jack-o-Lantern Personal Pies: Carve pie crust jack-o-lanterns to top these personal pies. (via Domestic Gothess)

Petri Dish Jello Shots: Usually we *avoid* putting germs in our body, but these Jell-O shot petri dishes look so good, we just can't resist having one for dessert. Oh, and they're make-ahead, leaving you more time to work on your costume. (via Brit + Co)

Spider Web Cereal Treats: Jazz up your usual cereal treats with a thick layer of chocolate ganache and a web of icing on top. Simple, spooky, and superb. (via Jelly Toast)

Blood Bones Cocktail: Spike your punch bowl with bones made from Jell-O shot ingredients, including whipped cream vodka. (via Brit + Co)

Halloween Avocado Toast: What's more terrifying than millennials spending all their hard-earned cash on avocados and destroying the real estate industry? Turning those avos into totally freaky breakfast toasts, of course. (via Brit + Co)

Whole Wheat Witch Fingers + Dip: Healthy and Halloween don't have to be mutually exclusive. Serve this on days when you're not feeling the sweet stuff. (via Texanerin Baking)

Halloween Monster Popcorn: When stocking your Halloween pantry, you'd better buy edible googly eyes in bulk. Add them to everything from popcorn to oatmeal to instantly make your meal mortifying. (via Salty Canary)

Midnight Galaxy Donut Holes: Howl at the full moon while snacking on glorious galaxy swirl donut holes. Just make sure you bring enough to share with the werewolves. (via Brit + Co)

Halloween Bark: Dark chocolate and bloody red candy melts combine to make this popcorn bark a spooky treat. (via Curbly)

Halloween Monster Sushi Bites: Get the kids to help decorate these monstrous sushi bites, and they might actually forget about candy for a while. (via Brit + Co)

Eyeball and Mummy Cake Balls: Nothing like popping an eyeball in your mouth for a sweet snack, right? (via Brit + Co)

Blood-Splattered Petit Fours: Pound cake squares and sugar glass sounds totally scrumptious to us. Those who faint at the sight of blood might want to skip this one, though. (via Brit + Co)

Bloody Meringue Bones: You don't need any special ingredients to make realistic edible blood. Frozen blackberries, sugar, and lemon juice do the trick nicely. (via Brit + Co)

Black Martinis: This cocktail is sweeter than it seems. It gets its dark color from blackberries, Chambord, and a drop of food coloring. (via Brit + Co)

Spooky Chocolate Glazed Cannoli Dip: When faced with a vat of chocolate glazed cannoli dip, the only thing we have to fear is our appetite. (via Give it Some Thyme)

Black + Orange Rum Punch: It's the one time of year that a black and orange cocktail won't freak out your guests too badly. (via Brit + Co)

(Gummy) Worm Ice Cubes: For a Halloween cocktail trick and treat, add gummy worms to your guests' ice. (via Brit + Co)

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Justina Huddleston

Justina Huddleston is a food writer living in Los Angeles. When she's not busy writing, she spends her time in the kitchen creating both virtuous and decidedly junky vegan food. Buffalo chickpea pizza, anyone? She's also been known to eat a plain block of tofu or beans straight out of the can for lunch, but somehow those culinary adventures don't make it to her Instagram. You can follow Justina on Twitter or see what's cooking in her kitchen on her blog, A Life of Little Pleasures.

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