63 Halloween Snacks That Are Sure To Be a Treat in 2024
Are you wracking your brain trying to come up with the perfect Halloween snacks for your perfectly spooky party? According to an interview held by Boston University, the concept of Halloween treats came about when people were setting out food to appease the spirits. These days, you’re more focused on appeasing hungry partygoers and trick-or-treaters!
But what will you serve them? Sure, candy is a given, but can’t we get more creative? Read on for our top ideas for Halloween snacks and treats.
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Halloween Snacks for Kids
Before you get into the kitchen to make these Halloween snacks, it may be wise to take some cooking classes near you. There are fantastic cooking classes in Atlanta, cooking classes in San Diego, cooking classes in Cancun and cooking classes all over the world! Wherever you are, you can learn how to make tasty Halloween snacks.
1. Spooky Sliders
This Halloween, make pint-sized burgers for pint-sized party guests. Serve mini beef, turkey or veggie burgers on small buns with lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Use a cookie cutter to create bat-shaped cheese slices or add a few strips of bacon to resemble spider legs. You can also set out a topping station so kids can make their own Halloween snacks.
2. Sour Patch Grapes
What can I eat instead of Halloween candy? What about grapes? Sour patch grapes make great Halloween snacks. Rinse some grapes and dump them in a bag of fruit-flavored Jell-O mix.
Shake the bag until they’re coated and set them on parchment paper to try. Put them in the fridge or freezer to chill.
3. Mac and Cheese Bites
This tasty Halloween snack recipe is quick, easy and perfect for kids. Make your macaroni and cheese (even if it’s from the box).
Use a spoon to take a small portion and dip it in breadcrumbs. Then, fry or bake the resulting breaded bite.
4. Onion Rings
Who doesn’t love crispy onion rings coated in spicy batter? Slice some onions, separate the rings, dip them in batter and fry them until they’re crispy. Provide a few dip options for kids to choose from.
5. Popcorn Balls
Popcorn balls are popular Halloween snacks for school and they’re great for trick-or-treaters. Mix sugar, corn syrup, butter, water and marshmallows over a low heat until they melt. Then, mix in prepared popcorn. Take everything off of the heat and mold the popcorn into balls.
6. “Dirt” Cups
This simple mix of whipped cream, pudding mix, crushed Oreos and gummy worms is a Halloween snack staple. Putting it in individual plastic cups makes it easy for children to eat at a party. Have kids assemble their own dirt cups as one of many edible Halloween craft ideas. They're sure to be a hit.
7. Mini Spooky Donuts
Make some bite-sized donuts decorated with spooky sprinkles. Fry or bake donuts before decorating them with Halloween-themed frosting and sprinkles. You can also use store-bought donut holes so you only have to think about your Halloween decoration ideas.
8. Fresh Fruit Kebabs
For a break from the unhealthy treats, offer kids colorful fruit kebabs with grapes, strawberries and pineapple (or whatever you have on hand).
Thread fresh fruit onto skewers. We recommend choosing skewers with one blunt end or covering the ends to avoid injuries.
9. Ants on a Log
This is a classic snack made with celery, peanut butter and raisins (no bugs are harmed in the creation of this Halloween snack).
Spread peanut butter on the celery and top it with raisins. This makes a great Halloween snack for school lunches.
10. Caramel Apples
Is it really Halloween without juicy and tart green apples dipped in warm caramel and chopped nuts? Dip your apples (on a stick) in melted caramel.
Roll them in chopped nuts if you choose. You can also roll them in candy, Oreo crumbles or sprinkles.
11. Jack-O-Lantern Pizza
Have kids make their own mini pizzas with pepperoni slices and melted mozzarella cheese. Top mini pizza crusts with sauce, cheese and pepperoni slices in the shape of a Jack-o-lantern face. You can also provide other tasty toppings.
12. Zombie Brain Cupcakes
Yum, brains! These are basic vanilla cupcakes filled with raspberry jelly and topped with cream cheese frosting.
Fill cupcakes with jelly so they ooze when bitten into. Top them with frosting tinted pink and edible blood for some extra gross factor.
13. Pumpkin Cupcakes
For a less gross cupcake, make pumpkin cupcakes. You can use store bought pumpkin spice cake mix or you can make your own.
Top them with cream cheese frosting dyed orange and draw faces on top.
14. Ghostly Cake Pops
Make cake pops in whatever way you prefer. Once they’re cool, dip them in white chocolate. Use dark chocolate to draw spooky faces on each one.
15. S’Mores
This classic Halloween snack for kids and adults alike is a fall favorite. You don’t need a fire to make them, but it certainly helps.
Roast marshmallows while preparing graham crackers with chocolate. When the marshmallows are hot and melty, place them between the crackers.
16. Halloween Candy Cookies
What is the most popular Halloween snack? Candy, of course. Buy the best Halloween candy you can find and mix it into your favorite cookie dough to make unique Halloween candy cookies. You can’t go wrong and you may find some interesting combinations.
17. Spooky Rice Krispie Treats
You can make Rice Krispie treats shaped like bats, ghosts or pumpkins. Just shape Rice Krispie treats into your desired shapes with cookie cutters and have kids decorate them with frosting and sprinkles. You can also add food dye to make them green, black and orange.
18. Mummy Hot Dogs
Goodbye pigs in a blanket, hello mummy hot dogs. Take hot dogs and wrap pastry dough around them, leaving one end exposed as a face. Put them in the oven until the dough and hot dogs are cooked and draw a face with edible markers.
19. Nuggets With Dips
What kid doesn’t love chicken (or veggie) nuggets? They’re easy Halloween snacks for kids because they’re crowd-pleasers and you can just stick them in the oven. Provide a few kid-friendly dips and let the young party goers enjoy.
20. Witch Hat Sugar Cookies
This one is simple: sugar cookies shaped like witch hats. Bake sugar cookies in witch hat shapes with a cookie cutter. Decorate them with black frosting and edible markers. Add some edible glitter or sprinkles for some extra magic.
21. Pumpkin Milkshakes
You can go a healthy route here, but the kids will never know it. Freeze some bananas, about one per shake. Add frozen bananas, a can of pumpkin puree or pumpkin pie mix, sweetener of choice, milk of choice and pumpkin pie spice to a blender and blend. Add more sweetener or milk to taste.
22. Shirley Temples
If the adults at the party are drinking Halloween cocktails, give the kids a classic mocktail: a Shirley Temple. It’s a simple mix of ginger ale or Sprite and grenadine, with a cherry of course.
23. Haunted Gingerbread House
Gingerbread houses aren’t only for Christmas. Make a haunted Gingerbread house for your Halloween party.
Use edible paint and get creative with your Halloween painting ideas for your haunted gingerbread house decorations.
Halloween Snacks for Adults
24. Eyeball Cheese and Crackers
Cheese and crackers fit even the classiest Halloween party themes. Use round crackers and cut cheese into round slices.
You can then use smaller round things (like olives or pepperoni) to create the inner parts of the eye.
25. Chips and Dip Board
Is it OK to give chips for Halloween? Only if you provide dips too!
This is one of the easiest Halloween snacks to make, but you can make your own dips if you want to get creative. Provide as many types of chips as possible.
26. Spooky Veggie Platter
What’s spookier than veggies? Kidding, but the kids probably won’t think so. That’s why this Halloween snack is for adults.
Cut up some of your favorite veggies (or veggie-adjacent foods, like cherry tomatoes) and pair them with hummus and dressing for easy snacking.
27. Pinwheel Wraps
Tasty wraps with a spooky twist. Fill sun dried tomato tortillas (for their orange color)with cream cheese, veggies and meat. Roll them up and slice into pinwheels. They’re perfect and easy savory snacks.
28. Blood Red Wine
This one is pretty simple. It’s red wine! You can also make a bloody sangria by mixing the wine with a red fruit juice concentrate, sugar and your favorite red fruits. Bottle it and send the bottles out with guests as Halloween gifts.
29. Spooky Spring Rolls
Spring rolls make great party foods and not just if you’re planning Halloween date ideas at a local Chinese restaurant.
Make crispy or fresh spring rolls. Fill rice paper wrappers with shrimp (if you want), veggies and noodles. You can fry them until crispy or leave them soft.
30. Bacon-Wrapped Dates
These sweet and savory treats are best for grown-up palates. Wrap dates in bacon and bake them until they’re crispy. Serve them on a platter with toothpicks for an easy grab-and-go experience.
31. Spiked Hot Cocoa
Spooky season also marks the beginning of hot cocoa season, if you weren’t aware. Mix hot cocoa with cinnamon whiskey and top it with whipped cream. Add some spooky sprinkles for an extra-special touch.
32. Boozy Pumpkin Milkshakes
Remember the pumpkin milkshakes we made for the kids? Do that again, but feel free to use real vanilla ice cream instead of bananas this time.
After all, it’s a treat. Mix in some spiced rum to your ice cream and pumpkin concoction and top with whipped cream and sprinkles.
33. Nacho Platter
Are nachos spooky? Not really, but they’re perfect for parties. They’re also super versatile to fit any type of diet.
Top tortilla chips with any combination of cheese, salsa, meat, beans and veggies that you prefer. You can even have a nacho station so people can make their own.
34. Graveyard Spinach Dip
This is a creamy and spooky dip. Mix spinach, cream cheese and parmesan cheese and bake everything together. Serve the dip with mini toast “tombstones”.
35. Witches Brew
This is a bubbling, mysterious and boozy party punch. Mix dry ice, lemon-lime soda and green Kool-Aid together in a cauldron (or pot).
Add your alcohol of choice. Vanilla vodka goes well here, but it can make the concoction a bit too sweet.
36. Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles
You can’t turn down a truffle. In a bowl, mix pumpkin pie filling, cream cheese and sugar to taste. Make balls out of the mixture and roll them in graham cracker crumbs.
This halloween snack recipe is easy, quick and tastier than most Halloween snacks to buy.
37. Spooky Charcuterie
A charcuterie board is a must-have for any Halloween party ideas. You can keep it simple with your favorite cured meats, cheeses and fruits.
You could also add some Halloween snacks like “bloody” jelly or grape eyeballs if you’re feeling festive.
38. Scary Spicy Wings
The only thing scary about these wings is how hot they are! We recommend making several “levels” of spicy wings for different partygoers.
Use everything from basic barbeque sauce to flaming hot Carolina Reaper sauce if you think you can handle it.
39. Deviled Eggs
These eggs have the devil right in the name. That makes them spooky, right?
Make your eggs as you normally would and then place black olives in the center to make them look like eyeballs.
40. Devil’s Food Cupcakes
Devil’s food is the spookiest type of cake! Make chocolate devil’s food cupcakes and add dark chocolate frosting and top each cupcake with a strawberry syrup drizzle and some spooky sprinkles.
41. Ghostly Guacamole
It’s green and gooey just like ectoplasm, so it makes a great Halloween snack. Mash avocado, lime, salt, garlic and a bit of hot sauce (if desired) in a bowl. Serve it with blue tortilla chips for a spooky vibe.
42. Bloody Cherry Cordials
This is one Halloween snack to buy if you don’t feel like going through the trouble. Cherry cordials are chocolate-covered cherries that ooze out when you bite them. They look totally spooky and they taste wonderful.
43. Vienna Sausage Fingers
Vienna sausages are super easy Halloween snack ideas. They’re already cooked, so you can simply set them out with some bloody sauce (ketchup or barbeque sauce work well here) so they look like disembodied fingers.
44. Shrimp Cocktail
Chilled shrimp are kind of spooky by default. After all, they’re edible sea bugs. Serve shrimp with cocktail sauce and lemon wedges for a classy and upscale Halloween snack.
Easy Halloween Snacks
45. Marshmallow Ghosts
It’s hard to get simpler than this. Get jumbo marshmallows and use melted chocolate or edible markers to draw ghostly faces on them. You can add them to hot chocolate or serve them plain.
46. Spooky Pretzel Rods
This Halloween snack is a classic. You’ll need jumbo pretzel rods and melted chocolate (milk and white chocolate work best here). You’ll also need sprinkles in Halloween shapes and colors. Dip each rod into chocolate, leaving just the ends for easy grabbing. While the chocolate is still melted, add sprinkles and place the rods on parchment paper in the fridge to harden.
47. Candy Corn Bark
Bark is so easy to make! Melt some chocolate (white works best here) and pour it out onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Dump on some candy corn and let the bark harden before breaking it into shards.
48. Candy Cauldrons
It doesn’t get easier than this. Buy some small plastic cauldrons and fill each one with an assortment of candy. These are perfect for handing out to kids or grown-ups at a Halloween party.
49. Halloween Trail Mix
Looking for something easy? Mix nuts, cereal, M&Ms, raisins and candy corn all together and place it into bags or a bowl. It’s a super sweet spin on trail mix and it makes a great Halloween snack.
50. Bloody Skeleton Finger Breadsticks
If you can make breadsticks, you can make them spooky. You can even heat up store-bought ones.
Dunk your breadsticks into marinara sauce and set them on a platter looking bloody. Serve them with extra sauce.
51. Candy Grab Bags
This is a fun and interactive Halloween snack for kids. Buy all of your favorite Halloween candies and put them in a dark bag.
Have kids reach in twice and pull out a random assortment and give each kid a Halloween bag to put their treats in. Yes, it’s just candy, but it’s easy and the kids will be happy.
52. Bloody Ice Pops
If it’s a warm Halloween, make ice pops! Use your favorite red fruit juice and put it in ice pop molds.
Freeze the pops solid and hand them out so partygoers end up with “bloody” mouths and faces.
53. Spooky Chocolate Strawberries
Chocolate strawberries make great Halloween snacks for adults and kids alike. We recommend using white chocolate dyed Halloween colors with food dye or adding Halloween sprinkles before the chocolate hardens.
54. Spider Bark
Here’s another easy and effective bark recipe. Start with melted milk or dark chocolate on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Drizzle melted white chocolate on top in the shape of spider webs. Add candy spiders for an added touch before letting the bark chill and breaking it into pieces.
55. Haunted Fruit Punch
This fruit punch is just like the Witches Brew, but without the booze. Add dry ice, soda, powdered drink mix and real fruit to a bowl. You can also add sherbert for a creamy and tasty boost.
56. Mini Quesadillas
Cheese and tortillas are all you need for mini quesadillas and they make perfect Halloween snacks for a party.
Use taco-size tortillas and fold them in half after filling them with your cheese of choice. Bake them until the cheese is melted and serve them with salsa.
57. Monster Cookies
Monster cookies have a scary name, but they’re not really scary. They’re cookies filled with peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips and M&Ms. They’re monstrously tasty and they make great Halloween snacks.
58. Mummy Meatballs
You can use store-bought frozen meatballs for this, making it super simple. Wrap each meatball with strips of pastry dough and put them in the oven until everything is cooked. Serve them with marinara sauce.
59. Spiderweb Brownies
This is a simple way to upgrade box brownies. When they’re done, pull them out of the oven and drizzle melted white chocolate on top in a spiderweb pattern. Let the chocolate cool before you serve them.
60. Haunted Haystacks
You’ve heard of haunted hayrides, but what about haunted haystacks? Melt some peanut butter and butterscotch chips together.
Pour in some crispy chow mein noodles and coat them. Scoop out the mixture onto a lined cookie sheet and top each little “haystack” with Halloween sprinkles before letting them cool.
61. Eyeball Cookies
You can start with the simple frosted sugar cookies from the grocery store for a quick and easy halloween snack. The cookie is the white of the eye, the frosting is the iris and you can use melted dark chocolate to create the pupil. This will take only a few minutes.
62. Vampire Cakes
Use your favorite chocolate boxed cake mix and cook in a cupcake tin as per the box instructions. Once your cupcakes are baked, scoop out a bit of cake from the center and fill each cupcake with strawberry jam for “blood.”
Top with a frosting of your choice to finish this Halloween snack.
63. Candy Corn Trail Mix Bars
These are no-bake bars made with trail mix, candy corn and melted chocolate. Mix trail mix, candy corn and any other treats you’d like into a bowl of warm melted chocolate.
Pour the mixture into a rectangular pan, making sure the result is about a half-inch thick or more. When cooled, slice it into bars.
So which Halloween snack ideas will you be trying this year? With so many snacks on the list, there’s sure to be at least a few that you and your quests find delicious. Try these spooky snacks this spooky season.
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