13 Festive and Spooky Halloween Recipes Everyone Will Love

Who says Halloween is just for the kids? Add these festive and spooky snacks, meals, and treats to your Halloween menu for plenty of creepy and fun bites. We have everything from savory snacks to sweet treats and creative ways to enjoy extra candy!

Oreo Rice Krispie Treats

Grab a pack of festive Halloween Oreo cookies to dress up a classic snack. Rice Krispie treats are always a good idea but this recipe adds the best cookies and cream flavor, with Halloween Oreos to make them extra fun. Top with spooky sprinkles to add some more color.

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Creepy and Cute Charcuterie

A healthy charcuterie spread with veggies, meat and cheese. — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

This spread offers a variety of ingredients to offer up some nutritious options, too! Filled with charcuterie, a variety of cheese, crackers, fruits and veggies – all charcuterie board staples – we’re also adding in some candy and little spiders and bats for fun.

Get the Recipe: Halloween Charcuterie Board.

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Jack O Lantern Peppers

Stuffed peppers carved to look like jack o lanterns. — Photo Credit: xoxo Bella.

This spin on stuffed peppers makes the best Halloween night dinner. Carve yellow or orange bell peppers to look like jack-o-lanterns and stuff them with a cheesy buffalo chicken mixture. They are so delicious it is downright spooky! Serve with celery and carrot sticks on the side with ranch.

Get the Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers.

Halloween Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs with olive and pepper faces. — Photo Credit: Appetizer Addiction.

This is such a fun idea to take a basic appetizer like deviled eggs and transform them into a fun finger food for a Halloween party. These tasty little devils are going to be a favorite with your guests. Perfect for parties, you can make these ahead and store in the fridge.

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Halloween Pasta Salad

A dark pasta salad with cheesy eyes. — Photo Credit: A Magical Mess.

Pasta salad gets all spooked out for Halloween with this easy and yummy recipe. Pasta is dyed black with food coloring and is then tossed with Italian dressing, fresh veggies, and cheesy eyes. It’s simple but so fun and unexpected.

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Antipasto Eyeballs

You will want to keep a close eye on these antipasto appetizers. With delicious deli meat, a cheesy center, and an aromatic basil oil, this snack is sure to vanish before your eyes on Halloween night. Though they look so creepy, you may have to reassure everyone that they are ok to eat!

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Fall Snack Mix

A bowl of snack mix with pretzels, candy and cereal. — Photo Credit: Flavor Mosaic.

This no-bake snack mix has something for everyone in it. From salty pretzels to cereal bites, caramel corn, candy, and peanuts, this mix is sweet, salty and so tasty to munch by the handful. It has all of the textures and flavors you want in a mix, but feel free to switch it up according to your own personal preferences.

Get the Recipe: Fall Snack Mix.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

This cheesy dip is baked in a cast iron skillet and topped with black tortilla chips in the shape of a jack-o’-lantern face for a fun and festive appetizer. Made with chicken, cream cheese, and three cheeses, it’s perfect for parties, a Halloween movie night, or waiting for trick-or-treaters.

Get the Recipe: Halloween Buffalo Chicken Dip.

Halloween Puppy Chow

Puppy chow is just the thing to make with the kids for a Halloween snack to enjoy at home. With cereal bits, peanut butter chocolate flavor and plenty of candy mixed in, this makes a great munchie to have during family movie night, or to share with your favorite friends on Halloween.

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Mummy Hand Pies

Hand pies that look like bloody mummies. — Photo Credit: xoxo Bella.

These hand pies are perfect for Halloween. With a flaky buttery crust and raspberry jam filling, these tasty treats are all wrapped up with marshmallow glaze. Use readymade pie dough and this recipe comes together quickly. Add some candy eyes to make them even more fun.

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Halloween Pizza

A pepperoni pizza with olives eyes, on naan. — Photo Credit: Recipes From a Pantry.

Serve a pizza for Halloween is a natural choice. This recipe adds cheesy olive eyes to a pepperoni naan pie for a freaky food that your family will love. Make this for dinner, or serve it at your party with some bone-shaped breadsticks to take it over the top.

Get the Recipe: Halloween Pizza.

Halloween Ice Cream Floats

Two glasses of ice scream floats with sprinkles. — Photo Credit: xoxo Bella.

Looking for a Halloween-inspired dessert that doesn’t involve candy! Try these bright and festive ice cream floats with creamsicle flavors. This Halloween party recipe is so much fun to whip up and it is the perfect non-alcoholic drink to get you into the Halloween spirit.

Get the Recipe: Halloween Ice Crema Floats.

Leftover Halloween Candy Brownies

A pan of brownies topped with leftover Halloween candy. — Photo Credit: xoxo Bella.

After the last trick-or-treater has gone, what do you do with the leftover candy? Don’t toss it! Put it to work to make the most decadent brownies ever. These candy-topped brownies can be made with any leftover chocolate candy, the more variety the better.

Get the Recipe: Halloween Candy Brownies.