These Halloween desserts are the best way to get both adults and kids into the spooky spirit! These cute and creepy desserts are festive, colorful and range from gourmet to healthy.
I love Halloween recipes! From easy Halloween recipes for everyone to Halloween cookie recipes or healthy Halloween snack ideas, they are frightfully fun!
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Best Halloween Desserts
Halloween is my favorite time of year! I love the cool weather, fall decor, costumes and not to mention desserts! Halloween desserts are so fun to decorate and bring to parties. Everyone always loves them!
As the summer begins to wrap up and the cooler fall air comes to town, I begin to get excited for Halloween. I love all the changing leaves, the fun family events like pumpkin carving, hayrides, and of course ALL THE FOOD…especially dessert!
Getting into the Halloween Spirit
These Halloween dessert recipes are broken up into different categories so you can choose the perfect one for your festivities. For instance, little ones will love decorating Halloween sugar cookies while older kids (or adults) may prefer making mummy hot dogs.
These Halloween dessert ideas will have you in a spooky mood this season, but there are also plenty of fall-appropriate desserts here as well. Who knew a pumpkin cookie could be so versatile?
You’ll be amazed to see the range of creativity within all of these easy desserts–just look at the Halloween gingerbread houses. There truly is something for everyone here! Pull out your cauldron—er, mixing bowl—and get to baking!
Halloween Desserts for Kids
These Halloween desserts for kids strike the perfect balance of slightly spooky but most silly. Every one of these cute Halloween desserts is 100% kid-approved.
- Spider Cookies. Made with only 6 ingredients, these creepy-crawly cookies are sure to make any kid scream … with joy.
- Halloween Sugar Cookies. Using the classic soft sugar cookie recipe, these cookies can take any shape and capture the Halloween spirit perfectly.
- Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies. Use pumpkin cutters and orange frosting to make these seasonally themed cookies!
- Monster Cookies. The name alone is enough to make these cookies, but add peanut butter, oats and double the chocolate and you have the ideal treat.
- Halloween Gingerbread House. Get creative with graham crackers and create a haunted house spooky enough to eat.
- Disney Caramel Apples. What goes better with Halloween than caramel apples? How about ones shaped like an iconic character?
- Caramel Popcorn Balls. Make these nostalgic Halloween treats in just 15 minutes in the microwave.
- Halloween Rice Krispie Treats. The cutest monsters, mummies and pumpkins transform classic rice krispie treat balls into the a festive dessert the kids will love to help make!
- Ghost Meringues. These are boorific! They are sweet and melt in your mouth!
- Candy Corn and White Chocolate Soft Batch Cookies. Festive and delicious for the kids! Soft cookies stuffed with candy corn and white chocolate chips.
- Halloween Bark. Spooky and cute, this is made with melted chocolate decorated with googly eyes, crushed cookies and festive Halloween sprinkles.
- Chocolate Ghost Trifles. All you need is chocolate sheet cake, whipped cream and googly eyes!
- Witch Hat Cookies. Made with only 4 ingredients, these cookies are so fun to make at any Halloween party!
- Halloween Chex Mix. A monster munch of silly spooky fun! White chocolate coated Chex with both pretzels and seasonal candy makes this snack a favorite.
- Halloween Cake Pops. Cute and festive cake balls on a stick are party perfect!
Scary Halloween Desserts
These scary Halloween desserts get creative with all kinds of elements to create spooky desserts that’ll send a shiver down your spine.
- Halloween Oreo Balls. Make ghosts, mummies, spiders and more with just a few simple ingredients.
- Halloween Brownies. Fudgy brownies decorated as ghosts, mummies and spider webs. Easy and spooky cute!
- Halloween Chocolate Strawberry Ghosts. A little spooky but all fun and irresistible with fresh strawberries!
- Mummy Cookies. Just 3 ingredients are need to make this mummy cookie treat!
- Chocolate Pudding Pie Spiders by Lil Luna. Mini pies that take creepy (and delicious) to a new level.
- Jack Skeleton Balsamic Cherry Pie by Family Spice. The Pumpkin King is transformed into a tasty and tangy pie.
- Rice Krispies Treat Marshmallow Brains by Sprinkles and Sprouts. Yes, brains. These fun Halloween treats may look gross, but thankfully taste delightful.
- Halloween Brownie Graveyard. Kids love helping make this fun graveyard that is edible!
- Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies. With just three ingredients, this Halloween dessert recipe doesn’t even require baking!
Healthier Halloween Desserts
Bringing one of these healthy and easy Halloween desserts will be more than welcome at your next gathering.
- Halloween Veggie Tray. Grab your favorite dip and create a playful way for kids to eat their veggies.
- Apple Monster Teeth. Made with apples, peanut butter, and marshmallows, these fun snacks are sure to make your little smile.
- Toffee Caramel Dip. You can whip up this party-friendly dip in just 5 minutes with 4 simple ingredients
- Pumpkin Muffins with a Cake Mix. A quick muffin that is sure to lift any spirit (pun intended).
- Roasted Pumpkin Seeds. This is a great and delicious way to use up all those leftover pumpkin seed after carving.
- Pretzel Witch Brooms. Made with cheese and a pretzel stick, these always go fast at any Halloween party.
- Frozen Chocolate Banana Ghost Pops. All you need is white chocolate and bananas to make these!
- Healthy Halloween Dessert Platter. Better for you treats placed on a platter will entice anyone to start munching!
- Easy Jack-o-Lantern Oranges. Hollowed out citrus fruit is filled with tempting fresh fruit that is simple yet so good!
- No-Bake Mandarin Orange Pretzel Parfait. Top these with some candy corn for an easy Halloween themed treat!
Halloween Party Desserts
If I had to choose my favorite part of Halloween, it’d be a hard choice between Trick-Or-Treating with the kids or attending all the fun parties! We usually have several to go to each season, so I always keep this list of easy Halloween desserts for parties at hand.
- Halloween Deviled Eggs. I love to make deviled eggs year-round, and Halloween is no exception. You just need an olive to turn an ordinary egg into a spider.
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip. This easy, no-bake dip can be served as an appetizer or dessert and is a monster hit at any party.
- 3-Ingredient Halloween Punch. This fizzy and brightly colored punch practically screams Halloween party.
- Chocolate Covered Pretzel Pumpkins. Make everyday pretzels into an addictive treat. Great recipe to do with the kids.
- Halloween Candy Popcorn. Packed with white chocolate and candy, this popcorn is a sweet and salty snack that is sure to disappear.
- Halloween Dirt Cake. Turn classic Oreo dirt cake into a graveyard with some cookies and pumpkin candy, easy and irresistible!
- Halloween Walnuts. Place a bowl of these monster and pumpkin walnut snacks out at your party and watch them do a disappearing act!
- Halloween Puking Pumpkin. Not really a party dessert, but no party is complete without the chips and guacamole, Halloween style!
- Halloween Dessert Board. The eye catching feature of this board is a Jack Skellington that will transport you to Halloween town!
- Halloween Dessert Pudding Cups. Made in individual cups, these ‘Ghosts in the Graveyards’ are an easy make ahead dessert for Halloween parties!
- Halloween Marshmallow Pops. Giant marshmallows dipped into melted candy melts and decorated with sprinkles! Insert a stick and it’s the perfect easy party Halloween dessert!
Halloween Desserts for Adults
If you are heading to a party with some grown-up friends this season, make sure to choose one of these Halloween dessert ideas to wow the crowd.
- Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies. These could also be called death by chocolate, thanks to the decadent richness of semi-sweet chips, chocolate chunks and cocoa powder.
- Pumpkin Bundt Cake. Pumpkin and cream cheese frosting come together to create a scary good time.
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. A dessert than can be eaten on the go and has maple cream cheese frosting. Need I say more?
- The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. This is one recipe everyone will scream about and will be begging for a copy.
- Pumpkin Blondies. I love a good bar, especially for a party. This one combines pumpkin and chocolate to create a sweet treat without any tricks.
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Roll. This swirling masterpiece of pumpkin cake and cream cheese frosting is sure to make any jaw drop.
- Bloody Red Velvet Cake. Layers of moist red velvet cake topped with cream cheese frosting and a blood red ganache! Knife on top optional!
I hope you have enjoyed my favorite picks for Halloween desserts. Which one of these will you make first this season?
Do you have mini editable ice cream cones for a child’s 1st birthday?
I don’t, but I have bought some before at trader joes :)
They all look delicious.. Thanks for sharing..
Wow!!!! Delicious, mouthwatering and wonderful desserts enough to attract food lovers. Food is the direct way to the heart and you have listed perfect and best suited Halloween food temptations. Events bring and bind us together sharing happiness all around with each other. I love Halloween parties and enjoy to the fullest but your blog tempted me to visit and I appreciate your post which is very impressive. Thanks for post and I will try my best to prepare these mentioned foods on the eve of Halloween.
Loved your recipes and I’d like to follow your tips always !
Wonderful Halloween treat inspirations I invite you to share at my Thursday Blog Hop. Hugs
I honestly want to try every single one! I’ll have to limit myself and only choose a few to start with!
These deserts are extraordinarily sweet and amazing! Do you think we can sell them this Halloween for extra income? I love cookies and muffins so much!
Thanks for the round-up. Pinning :)
Such a great collection! Thanks for rounding them all up in one place! I love these!