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August 2, 2024

30 Creepy Delicious Halloween Treats & Food Ideas

Hey there!  If you’re looking for Halloween food ideas and festive treats you are in the right place.

This lineup is packed with the most creative spooky assortment of Halloween foods.

Find fun savory snacks and sweet treats that are both creepy and delicious.

These are perfect for any Halloween party or gathering.

For recipe details or more information, follow the source links below the images.

Let’s get to it!

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#1) White Cheddar Witches Hat Halloween Cheese Ball

Halloween Cheese ball

Source: Number 2 Pencil

This festive cheese ball is the perfect Halloween party or class treat.

The poppyseed covered cheese ball full of sharp cheddar flavor and is simple and straight forward to make. 

#2) Easy Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies

Halloween treats

Source: Partylicious

Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies are always the first thing to be eaten at any gathering, and Halloween is no exception.

This delicious recipe adds some spooky flare with mini eye balls and orange sprinkles.

#3) Rattlesnake Bites Halloween Food Idea

Halloween Food Ideas

Source: Today’s Creative Life

This awesome Halloween food idea is a creative twist on the ol Mummy Dog.

Bite sized hot dog pieces are perfectly wrapped in a buttery croissant which is easy to dip and share.

#4) Halloween Crack Toffee Treat

Halloween Treat

Source: Build Your Bite

Classic cracker toffee ‘Christmas Crack’ is well known for it’s buttery brown sugar flavor.

Here it is again, but revamped with a Halloween twist perfect for any Halloween party treat.

#5) Halloween Charcuterie Board Party Food Idea

Halloween Treats

Source: Eat Yourself Skinny

This awesome Halloween inspired charcuterie board is full of creepy goodness.

I love the eyeballs added to the mozzarella, and the spiders and skeleton touches. 

#6) Graveyard Dirt Cup Halloween Treats

Halloween treat party food idea

Source: My Name Is Snickerdoodle

Are these individual Halloween pudding cups adorable or what?!

Dirt dessert is perfectly made into a Halloween treat when you add a Keebler cookie tombstone and pumpkin/worm candies.

#7) Witches Finger Halloween Party Snack

Halloween treat

Source: The Spruce Eats

These witches fingers are SO gross to look at, but so yummy to eat.

Light green tinted white chocolate and painted almond fingernails give these fingers a creepy and realistic look.

#8) Googly Eye Monster Burgers Halloween Dinner Idea

Halloween Food

Source: Crazy Little Projects

These Halloween hamburgers are almost too cute to eat! 

Easy to make, with some green olives and toothpicks, you can really get creative with the burger toppings!

#9) Ghostly Strawberries Halloween Food Idea

Halloween Food Idea

Source: Pinterest

These chocolate covered strawberries are just too good.

Notice the extra long chocolate tail and perfectly painted faces (mini chocolate chips would work well too).

#10) Classic Halloween Mummy Dog

Halloween Food Idea

Source: Lil Luna

These classic mummy dogs are always a crowd favorite!

This recipe includes cheese wrapped alongside the hot dog for an extra yummy flavor.

#11) Rice Krispie Brains Halloween Treat

Halloween Food Ideas

Source: Bake With Amy

These Halloween rice crispy brains are disgusting and delicious.

While this recipe calls for red food coloring, it would work really well to add crushed dehydrated strawberries for an awesome (and healthy) effect.

#12) Snake Breadsticks Halloween Snack 

Source: Country Living

These snake breadsticks are simple to make and so cute!

Classic store bought pizza dough with a twist, the poppy seed topping adds the perfect texture.

Be careful, the red chile pepper tongue may bite back.

#13) Halloween Sheet Pan Caramel Apple Nacho 

Halloween food ideas

Source: The Craft Patch Blog

Sheet pan apple nachos are one of the best ideas I’ve heard in a while.

Everyone loves a caramel apple but sometimes the entire apple can be too much and hard to eat.

These bite sized apple slices are perfect and allow all kinds of room for creative toppings.

#14) Frankenguac Halloween Appetizer

Halloween appetizer

Source: Taste Of Home

Is this guacamole plate awesome or what?

Frankenguac can be the star of the show, and is easy to make with a few simple well placed accents.

#15) Halloween Shattered Glass Red Velvet Cupcakes

Halloween treats

Source: DIY Bunker

Red velvet cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting are transformed into a spooky Halloween treat.

Simple hard candy and red food coloring make this dessert almost too realistic to eat.

#16) Spider Web Taco Dip Halloween Food Idea

halloween food idea

Source: Shugary Sweets

Taco dip appetizer is always a party food favorite! 

This one, with a sour cream spider web and Halloween twist is so creative and festive!

#17) Oreo & Eyeball Halloween Chocolate Bark 

halloween food ideas

Source: Chelsea’s Messy Apron

This brownie batter bark is SO yummy you may find yourself wanting to make it outside of Halloween.

Pretzels, Oreos, and chocolate with a fun eye catching topping everyone will love. 😉

#18) Mummy Calzone Halloween Food Idea

Source: Pocket Change Gourmet

A mummy calzone? Yes please!

This simple Halloween food idea is a definite upgrade from your ordinary pizza night.

This Halloween pizza is easy to slice and fun to customize the filling.

#19) Ghostly Delicious Halloween Cupcakes

halloween treat and food ideas

Source: Our Family Of Seven

These simple and cute Halloween cupcakes are too good to stay out of.

They have a rich chocolate cake bottom with a fluffy marshmallow frosting that perfectly holds the chocolate chip eyes in place!

#20) Pumpkin Face Halloween Treat Board

Halloween treats

Source: Kelly Elko

This pumpkin face snack board is SO cool.

It’s also filled with everyone’s favorite orange snacks from cheezits and cheese balls to healthier sliced cheddar and carrots.

The black grape mouth and olive/blackberry eyes add incredible variety and flavorys.

#21) Spider Cupcake Halloween Food Idea 

Halloween Food Idea

Source: Mommy Musings

This peanut butter cookie recipe is so stinking good you will want to use it year round!

Adding the Reeses candy and spider legs/eyes make it perfectly halloween, but this recipe is definitely one you are going to want to keep!

#22) Mummy Jalapeno Poppers Halloween Food Idea

Source: The Hopeless Housewife

Jalapeno poppers have always been one of my favorite party appetizers.

Often times, you see them wrapped in bacon, but this fun Halloween twist subs the bacon for buttery croissant and two well placed eyes.

So cute!

#23) Chic Halloween Blackberry Chocolate Skull Cupcakes

Halloween treats

Source: Addicted To Dates

This delicious moist cupcake recipe is perfectly Halloween with a chocolate skull on top.

A lush blackberry filling keeps the cake moist and flavorful and nearly irresistible when topped with a chocolate buttercream.

#24) Savory Halloween Pizza Skulls Treat

Source: Lemon Blossoms

Are these fantastic or what?

Easy to make with store bought pizza dough, they bake up to spooky perfection in this easy order skull pan.

What kid (or adult) would not go crazy for these?  

You can have fun customizing the ingredients.

#25) Halloween Puppy Chow Party Treat

Source: Mom On Timeout

This puppy chow is taken up to another level with Halloween candy and nuts.

It’s the perfect Halloween party snack food.

#26) Chicken & Rice Stuffed Pumpkin Peppers

Halloween Food Ideas

Source: Everyday Jenny

This delicious savory Halloween dinner idea is both healthy and festive.

These large orange peppers make the perfect canvas for carving a pumpkin face!

Adorable.

#27) Milk Chocolate Stuffed Jack O Lantern Cookies 

Halloween cookies

Source: Half Baked Harvest

Fulfill your Halloween sweet tooth with these gooey cinnamon sugar stuffed jack-o-lantern cookies.

The melted chocolate inside and crisp cinnamon sugar exterior is the perfect sweet combo.

#28) Halloween Charcuterie Board

Source: Now That’s Peachy

A charcuterie board is the perfect Halloween treat for party grazers.

This fun spin on a cheese block with spider web detailing and black and white fruits and fillers is stylish and delicious.

#29) Frankenstein Halloween Rice Krispy Treats

Source: The Simple-Sweet Life

How cute are these Halloween rice Krispy treats?

Simple to make and delicious to eat, these would be the perfect Halloween party treat.

#30) Easy Halloween Witches Hat Garlic Bread Treats

Source: Hunny I’m Home

These simple and delicious garlic bread bites are the perfect class treat or party appetizers.

They are simple to make and a tasty break from all the sweets.

Happy Halloween!

I hope you found some Halloween food ideas and treats that you can look forward to preparing.

For even more Halloween inspired content, check out these posts before ya go!

  • 30 Spooktacular Halloween Party Ideas
  • 20 Easy DIY Halloween Decor Ideas
  • 20 Chic & Spooky Halloween Nail Ideas
  • 20 Killer Halloween Costume Ideas For Couples
  • 15 Insanely Creative DIY Halloween Costume Ideas

Cheers for now!

Ang

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