46 Scary Halloween Food Ideas

Whether you’re planning a Halloween party for adults or kids, having fun with food is always a great idea! Serving Halloween-themed snacks, meals and desserts can make your gathering memorable and exciting.

Need some inspiration? Take a look at these 46 scary Halloween food ideas.

Table of contents

• Spooky Halloween snack ideas
• Eerie Halloween entrees
• Devilishly delicious Halloween desserts
• Diabolical Halloween drink recipes

1. Mummies in a blanket

Type of food: Snack

Put a scary spin on this classic appetizer with these crowd-favorite mummies in a blanket! Have your little ones help with this easy Halloween recipe for a fun seasonal activity. 

2. Spooky bell peppers

Type of food: Snack

Kids won’t hesitate to devour these hauntingly healthy carved bell peppers stuffed with an assortment of fresh carrots, celery and other snack-worthy vegetables.

3. Jack-o’-lantern sweet potato chips

Type of food: Snack

Transform ordinary sweet potatoes into spooky Halloween treats by slicing them into rounds and carving eerie jack-o'-lantern faces into each slice. Roast or fry them to create ghoulishly delicious sweet potato jack-o'-lantern chips.

4. Slime dip

Type of food: Snack

If you’re going to bake those creepy-cute jack-o’-lanterns, you can’t forget the dip! This super simple slime dip is essentially just guacamole served with a spooky twist.

5. Creepy Halloween hands

Type of food: Snack

To make these fun and scary Halloween snacks, start with non-powdered, food-safe gloves. Put a piece of candy corn in each finger so it looks like a nail, then fill the rest up with popcorn. You can even add a spider ring to give it an extra scary touch.

6. Bat cheese balls

Type of food: Snack

Even your classic cheese plate isn’t safe from the Halloween spirit. These adorably creepy bat cheese balls are the perfect addition to your spooky Halloween appetizer table — just follow your favorite cheese ball recipe and complete the look with olive bat eyes and blue corn tortilla chip wings. 

7. Spiderweb layered dip

Type of food: Snack

Serve up a spine-tingling surprise with a Halloween-inspired spiderweb layered dip! Create layers of sour cream, black beans, salsa, guacamole and cheese in a circular dish, then draw a menacing spiderweb with sour cream on top. Complete the creepy concoction with a plastic spider or two for an unforgettable and deliciously spooky dish.

8. Breadstick bones

Type of food: Snack

Give your friends and family a bone-chilling surprise with this spooky Halloween food idea. Twist and shape pizza dough into bone-like forms, then bake them to golden perfection. These crispy bone breadsticks are perfect for dipping in blood-red marinara sauce.

9. Mummy jalapeño poppers

Type of food: Snack

Transform your typical jalapeño popper appetizers into a Halloween delight by wrapping them in flaky crescent roll dough so they resemble little mummies. Add some eyes using frozen peas or tiny pieces of roasted red peppers for the perfect Halloween potluck dish.

10. Saucy spider

Type of food: Snack

For your saucy spider, make a round dipping bowl out of pizza dough, then use the remaining dough to make eight legs. Fill the bowl with your favorite pizza sauce and toppings, and enjoy!

11. Spider deviled eggs

Type of food: Snack

Transform classic deviled eggs into sinister delights by adding olive slices for spider bodies and legs. These eerie eggs are both spooky and scrumptious, making them a must-have treat for your Halloween gathering.

12. Shrunken head baked potatoes

Type of food: Snack

These eerie and flavorful baked spuds make for a ghoulishly good side dish. Carve spooky faces into small russet potatoes, then roast them to create wrinkled, shrunken appearances. Serve with all your classic baked potato toppings like sour cream, chives, bacon bits and cheese. 

13. Mini widow pizzas

Type of food: Snack

Transform ordinary mini pizzas into spine-tingling Halloween treats by topping them with olive spiders in a web of mozzarella. Simply arrange sliced black olives to create creepy-crawly spiders with olive slice bodies and legs.

14. Zombie eye pasta and meatballs

Type of food: Entree

Planning a giant spooky soiree? Whip up a big pot of spaghetti with a side of zombie eyeballs — meatballs topped with slices of mozzarella and a sliced stuffed olive — for a quick and easy dish that’ll feed the whole graveyard. 

15. Black bat wings

Type of food: Entree

Take your taste buds on a thrilling flight with black “bat wing” chicken wings that bring a hauntingly delicious twist to your Halloween feast. Marinate chicken wings in a sinister black garlic and soy sauce mixture before roasting or grilling. The result is a visually striking and flavor-packed treat to allure your guests. 

16. Severed finger dogs

Type of food: Entree

Elevate the fear factor at your Halloween party by transforming ordinary hot dogs into spine-chilling severed fingers. Carve lines for knuckles and add nail-like almond slices at the tips, then grill or boil them to perilous perfection.

17. Black skull spaghetti

Type of food: Entree

Looking to craft an elevated dining experience that infuses taste and terror? This spine-chilling entree straight from the eerie depths of the ocean features jet-black squid ink spaghetti adorned with artfully crafted skull-shaped button mushrooms.

18. Octopus pot pie

Type of food: Entree

This fun Halloween food idea puts a seasonal spin on a cold-weather classic. Simply follow your favorite pot pie recipe, then top it with a buttery octopus-shaped crust complete with terrifying tentacles!

19. Jack-o-lantern stuffed pepper

Type of food: Entree

Turn ordinary stuffed peppers into a spooktacular Halloween dish with jack-o'-lantern stuffed peppers. Carve wicked grinning faces into orange bell peppers and stuff them with a delicious mixture of your choice, whether it's a savory meat and cheese filling or a vegetarian quinoa blend. 

20. Zombie meatloaf

Type of food: Entree

Revive dinner with a terrifying twist by serving up zombie meatloaf. From severed body parts to gore-stained “bandages” (bacon), don’t be afraid to channel your inner macabre when putting your own spin on this trending Halloween recipe. 

21. Spiderweb pumpkin soup

Type of food: Entree

What’s more comforting than a warm bowl of spiced pumpkin soup? Probably not a bowl of spiders. Alas, we love this clever serving idea for a Halloween take on a fall classic. 

22. Monster sliders

Type of food: Entree

From barbecue chicken sliders to juicy bite-size burgers, get creative crafting these ghoulishly fun monster sliders with your little ones! Try adding stuffed olives for eyes, jagged cheese slices for fangs and pickle or bacon slices for a tongue!

23. Paranormal pizza

Type of food: Entree

Customize your pizzas with this homemade pizza sauce recipe and adorn with creepy toppings like black olives for spiders, pepperoni for eyeballs and mozzarella in the shape of ghosts. These creepy cheesy pies are perfect for sharing at your Halloween gathering, delivering a taste of the macabre with every satisfying slice.

24. Baked rats

Type of food: Entree

These bloody meatloaf baked rats are sure to simultaneously gross out and impress your guests. Mold your favorite meatloaf mixture into rat shapes, complete with carrot slice ears and spaghetti tails, and bake to perfection for a guaranteed spine-tingling twist on your Halloween dinner.

25. Candy kabobs

Type of food: Dessert

This eye-catching dessert is super easy to make! Start with a large vase and add layers of mini candies like black jelly beans, marshmallow pumpkins and candy corn to hold the kabobs in place. Then grab some wooden skewers and stack them with Halloween-themed gummies and marshmallow treats. Stand them up inside the vase, and you’re ready to go!

26. Chocolate-dipped ghost bananas

Type of food: Dessert

Sneak some fruit into your festivities with these adorable and easy chocolate-dipped bananas with scary ghost faces. These playful and healthy Halloween snacks are perfect for adding a ghostly touch to your dessert table.

27. S-ooo-gar donuts

Type of food: Dessert

In a rush? Never fear — this Halloween potluck dessert is not only creative but super quick and easy to make. Just grab a dozen of your favorite powdered donuts and some candy eyes to create these adorably ghoulish treats. 

28. Little monster pudding cups

Type of food: Dessert

Looking for an easy Halloween recipe? Simply layer your favorite pudding flavor with crushed cookies and top with marshmallow eyeballs to create these creepy-cute monsters!

29. Phantom pie tarts

Type of food: Dessert

Fancy yourself a baker? Show off your skills with these dreadfully delectable red berry pie tarts topped with baked pears carved into skulls. They’ll taste just like grandma used to make — witha  spooky twist! 

30. Bloody cheesecake

Type of food: Dessert

Transform a simple store-bought cheesecake into an active crime scene with splatters of blood-red berry coulis and a menacing knife stuck in the center. 

31. Peanut butter spider cookies

Type of food: Dessert

Another fun Halloween party food idea is these delightful peanut butter cookies adorned with spiders! This Halloween dessert recipe is easy to make and nearly impossible to stop eating. 

32. Dracula’s dentures

Type of food: Dessert

These scary Halloween treats are sure to leave your guests impressed! Simply place red frosting and marshmallows between two cookies so they look like teeth, then add almond slivers to make Dracula’s fangs.

33. Graveyard brownies

Type of food: Dessert

Transform your chocolate brownies into a haunting graveyard scene, complete with crumpled cookie dirt and cookie tombstones. Add gummy worms emerging from the “graves” for an extra spooky finishing touch. 

34. Gory monster eyeballs

Type of food: Dessert

For a delicious dessert that can double as a creepy Halloween breakfast option, these skewered fruity eyeballs are a fun must-try! Roll up a sliced banana and strawberry jam in a delicate crepe and finish with a blueberry pupil. 

35. Creepy crawly chocolate cupcakes

Type of food: Dessert

These arachnid-inspired cupcakes are both fun to make and enjoy. Just frost chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate icing, then top them with spindly black licorice legs and candy eyes to create these deliciously creepy Halloween desserts. 

36. Ghost meringue cookies

Type of food: Dessert

Whip up sweet meringue into ghostly shapes and use mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth. These light and airy apparitions are a delightful Halloween treat that will vanish into thin air.

37. DIY Halloween cookies

Type of food: Dessert

A Halloween cookie decorating table is a great way to keep younger guests entertained. Simply bake cut-out sugar cookies in fun shapes like pumpkins, monster heads and bats. Then let your guests use icing, sprinkles and candy to create their own Halloween cookie design.

38. Worm-filled chocolate cheesecake

Type of food: Dessert

Need a decadent scary Halloween food idea that’s as shocking as it is scrumptious? Just follow this chocolate cheesecake recipe and add in squirmy gummy worms. 

39. Witches’ finger cookies

Type of food: Dessert

Summon some wicked fun with witches’ finger cookies this Halloween. Craft eerie finger-shaped sugar cookie dough with almond slice nails, and a dash of red icing blood. These creepy confections are sure to cast a spell on anyone daring enough to take a bite.

40. Eyeball cake pops

Type of food: Dessert

Guests will ogle at these eerie and delicious eyeball cake pops. These chilling treats are made with moist cake crumbs coated in white chocolate and adorned with vividly detailed "bloodshot" veins. 

41. Perilous punch

Type of food: Drinks

This spooktacular party drink chilled with a frightening frozen hand reaching for the surface will have guests utterly spooked. Skip the booze if you plan on sharing with the kiddos. 

42. Witch’s brew

Type of food: Drinks

This chilling witch’s brew recipe combines lime sherbet, pineapple juice, lemon-lime soda and gummy creatures, creating a bubbling, foggy green brew that's as refreshing as it is spooky. Add some rum for a boozy concoction. 

43. Poison apple martini

Type of food: Drinks

Like Snow White, your Halloween party guests won’t hesitate to down this ominous poison apple martini. Garnish it with an apple slice and some scary plastic spiders, and you’ve got yourself a drink to die for.  

44. Syringe shots

Type of food: Drinks

Ready for your shot? These clever grenadine-filled syringes served in vodka-filled shot glasses are definitely a memorable start to a night of tricks and treats. 

45. Creepy lychee “eyeballs”

Type of food: Drinks

Make your friends and family squirm with these chillingly delicious treats: stuffed lychee eyeballs. These eerie delights feature lychee fruits stuffed with strawberry jam and garnished with a blueberry center. Use them as a cocktail garnish to spookify all your fruity drinks. 

46. Worm gelatin shots

Type of food: Drinks

What does lime-green gelatin, colorful gummy worms and a bottle of vodka get you? Super spooky Halloween-themed gelatin shots you can make ahead of the monster mash. 

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