20+ of the best Halloween treats!

By Courtney ODell

Oct 09, 2025

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Check out 20+ of the best Halloween treats spooky, fun, delicious desserts and snacks to celebrate your favorite spooky holiday!

These Halloween Recipes are perfect for a party at school, at home, or just for a fun night before heading out Trick or Treating. We love making Halloween special for our kids, and have been using a lot of these ideas year after year – I hope you love them as much as our kiddos do!

picture of halloween punch in a glass
A mummy meatloaf wrapped in pastry, decorated with candy eyes. Plastic spiders and bone-shaped props are scattered around on a baking tray.
Halloween oreo milkshake in a mug with pumpkins and oreos.
picture of caramel apple mummies in a blue trick or treat bowl
Halloween cupcakes with eyes and white chocolate dipped ghost cookies on a tray.
Two glasses filled with a yellow-orange pumpkin punch cocktail, garnished with red pomegranate seeds and apple slices, with a pitcher of the same festive drink in the background.
A group of spider-decorated cookies perfect for Halloween.
A Halloween cookie with green frosting and candy canes, perfect for easy Frankenstein cookies.
A plate of banana nutella mummies with eyes on them.

Banana Nutella Mummies

Banana Nutella Mummies are a spooky delightful treat made by wrapping sweet bananas and creamy hazelnut spread in flaky puff pastry. When baked, they offer a perfect blend of crispy, gooey, and fruity flavors that are sure to captivate any dessert lover around Halloween!

Recipe for white chocolate dipped ghost cookies.

White Chocolate Dipped Ghost Cookies

White Chocolate Dipped Ghost Cookies are a delectable, sweet treat for you and your kids at Halloween. These cookies are super quick and easy to assemble!

Halloween oreo milkshake in a mug with pumpkins and oreos.

Halloween Oreo Cheesecake Dip

This delicious Halloween Oreo Cheesecake Dip is the perfect dessert dip with Halloween Oreos, cream cheese, sugar, and Cool Whip for a spooky sweet treat everybody loves!

Shattered pistachio seeds in a glass jar.

Drunken Pumpkin Seeds

Once you carve your pumpkins be sure to save the seeds to make my famous whiskey infused drunken pumpkin seeds. They are the perfect adult way to use your seeds!

Easy pumpkin cupcakes on a cooling rack.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Delight in the cozy flavors of autumn with this easy-to-make pumpkin cupcake recipe. The sweetness of the pumpkin puree melds beautifully with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, creating a dessert that’s as pleasing to the palate as it is to the eye.

picture of halloween punch in a glass

Spooky Halloween Punch

This Spooky Halloween Punch is sparkling fruit punch loaded with creepy crawly surprises perfect for celebrating Halloween with your kids! With gummy worms and eyes, shredded coconut “werewolf” fur, and a fun tropical flavor, this punch is always kids favorite for a spooky treat!

picture of pumpkin shaped hand pies on a cooling rack

Pumpkin Hand Pies

Delicious easy pumpkin hand pies are a simple, sweet and buttery treat that are loaded with pumpkin spice flavor and have an adorable baked pumpkin shape!

picture of caramel apples decorated as mummies with chocolate and candy eyes in a blue trick or treat bucket

Caramel Apple Mummies

These Caramel Apple Mummies are sweet, crispy, easy to make, and the perfect Halloween treat. They will delight your kids and impress your dinner guests.

picture of chocolate dipped cookies, covered in green icing with purple sprinkles for hair, candy corn neck bolts, candy eyes, and an icing smile to look like frankenstein

Frankenstein Cookies

Grab your edible eyeballs and candy corn it’s time to decorate spooky cookies with the kids! These Frankenstein Cookies are absolutely adorable and are a quick and easy way to bring some Halloween spirit into your home!

Instant pot pumpkin cheesecake recipe.

Instant Pot Pumpkin Oreo Cheesecake

This amazing Instant Pot Pumpkin Oreo Cheesecake is delicious creamy rich pumpkin cheesecake with crushed oreos made right in your instant pot!

Two glasses filled with a yellow-orange pumpkin punch cocktail, garnished with red pomegranate seeds and apple slices, with a pitcher of the same festive drink in the background.

Pumpkin Pie Punch

Nothing says party like a bowl of spiked punch! This fun fizzy Pumpkin Pie Punch is packed with fall flavors, fresh citrus, and spiked with brandy and vodka. It’s time to get the party started!

A group of spider-decorated cookies perfect for Halloween.

Easy Spider Cookies

Delight your little ones with this simple spooky Easy Spider Cookies this Halloween – with Reese’s, chocolate, and candy eyes – as well as your favorite cookies, this dessert is an easy way to celebrate spooky season!

A tray features a mummy-shaped meatloaf with googly eyes, surrounded by decorative bones and spiders.

Mummy Meatloaf

My tender and spooky mummy meatloaf is perfect for Halloween night! This classic meatloaf is shaped and wrapped in puff pastry to resemble a mummy, complete with edible eyes – festive and delicious!

Halloween pumpkin muffins with cinnamon sticks on a plate.

Pumpkin Bread Mini Pumpkins

Delicious easy pumpkin bread mini bundts shaped to look just like mini pumpkins with a cinnamon stick stem – the most adorable and delicious fall treat ever! Perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving parties or as a neighbor gift!

Halloween-themed Oreo Krispie Treats on a cutting board.

Halloween Oreo Krispie treats

Halloween Oreo Krispie Treats meld the creamy richness of Oreo cookies with the gooey, marshmallow-infused texture of Rice Krispie squares. Their hauntingly sweet flavor, punctuated by bits of chocolate and cream, captures the essence of spooky season in every bite.

A bowl of pumpkin pie fluff topped with crackers.

Pumpkin Pie Fluff

Light as a cloud this creamy delicious pumpkin pie fluff uses only three ingredients to get your pallet into the holiday spirit! 

a ladle with cider in it

Slow Cooker Mulled Cider

This cozy and comforting slow cooker mulled cider drink is filled with the rich flavors of spices, citrus, and sweet apple, its like autumn in a cup. It’s not just a beverage, but a delightful sensory experience that celebrates the season.

A table covered in Halloween Bark, a mixture of chocolate and candy bars.

Halloween Bark

This Halloween Bark is full of kit kats, pretzels, candy corn and delicious chocolate. It’s sure to be the biggest hit of any halloween party- and it takes under 5 minutes to make! We’re just microwaving, dumping and letting it set. Seriously… could an addictive treat like this be ANY easier?

A spicy pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a slice taken out.

Spicy Bourbon Pumpkin Pie

Spicy bourbon pumpkin pie elevates the classic autumn dessert with a bold kick of alcohol and heightened spices, creating a harmonious fusion of warmth, sweetness, and depth. The addition of bourbon not only introduces a robust complexity but also accentuates the pie’s innate spices, making it a rich and memorable treat for mature palates.

A tray of dead man meatloaf, covered in mashed potatoes and ketchup.

Deadman Meatloaf

This Halloween, create a spooky culinary masterpiece with a Deadman Meatloaf shaped like a man, complete with a knife and ketchup for a bloody effect. Serve this eerie yet delicious dish at your Halloween gathering to give your guests a frightful delight.

Marzipan pumpkins in a wooden bowl with green leaves.

Marzipan Pumpkin Candies

If you’ve never made your own marzipan candies at home, you’ll be shocked by how easy it can be – and it is so delicious! The mellow nuttiness of the marzipan perfectly complements the sugary sweetness, making these candies an irresistible indulgence.

Mummy hot dogs wrapped in pastry to look like mummies with candy eyes, surrounded by fake spiders and bone decorations on a wooden surface.

Mummy Hot Dogs

These adorable baked mummy hot dogs are super simple to make, and so much fun for little kids to eat!

A bowl contains halved cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, and dollops of mozzarella cheese, drizzled with olive oil. A Halloween-themed plate with a pumpkin face design is partly visible.

Spooky Caprese

Kids have a hard time going for healthier picks at parties – so we’ve dressed up a classic caprese to make it festive – this spooky caprese is always one of kid’s favorites!

A close-up of a pumpkin pie martini topped with whipped cream. Star anise and cinnamon sticks are scattered on the table. A bottle of whiskey is partially visible in the background.

Pumpkin Pie Martini

Mom and dad need credit for all the hard Halloween work – and these Pumpkin Pie Martinis make the night a bit more fun and festive.

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3 Comments

  1. Suzanne says:

    I love all these ideas! So creative and cute! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  2. mariachis says:

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    Keep up the good writing.

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