Just because these Halloween appetizers and main course dishes are spooky and spine-tingling doesn't mean they won't satisfy hungry party guests.

Putting a sinister face on party food takes nothing more than some simple sleight of hand -- and a bit of heat. Mix up deviled eggs using your favorite recipe, and add a dash of cayenne and some hot sauce for kick. Then bring them to life with pointed facial features: Triangles of red bell pepper and dark green scallions make horns and a goatee; snipped chives form a skinny 'stache.

Would you care for a horror d'oeuvre? Goblin flatbreads make grown-ups' cocktail hour or kids' snack time frightfully tasty.

You can almost hear the witch chant, "Breast of chicken and chile's fury -- with fresh green veg make good Thai curry!"

Try serving these "fingers" and "paws" to your Halloween guests for a delightfully ghoulish surprise.

Is that pebbly sludge, dredged up from a nearby swamp, or creamy guacamole studded with black beans and minced chiles? Only a bite -- or two -- will reveal the true tastiness in the bowl.

Classic oysters can be mistaken for mysterious and spooky hors d'oeuvres for blindfolded Halloween guests. 

You'd never guess these tiny green skulls are actually quite wholesome for a Halloween party. They are cut from a baked custard of spinach, basil, and ricotta cheese, then arranged on crisp wafer crackers.

Follow this simple recipe to turn cauliflower into a creepy Halloween hors d'oeuvre. 

Everyday hot dogs and black beans give the appearance of worms in dirt in this Halloween party-perfect recipe.

Individual servings of French onion soup are sufficiently satisfying for Halloween revelers with more refined tastes. Morbier cheese, which has a veinlike stripe of vegetable ash down the center, makes a more suitably morbid topping than a traditional Gruyere.

Not all Halloween-party food has to be in a scary shape or color -- some dishes hint more subtly at the macabre theme, like these shriveled baby potatoes.

For a rice dish of powerful trouble, add butternut squash to the boil and bubble.

Are your guests green with hunger? These sliced haricots verts were cut (by witches, of course) to look as scary and spiky as possible.

A little soy sauce and black paste food coloring transforms chicken wings into darkly delightful bat wings.

Creative presentation turns delicious prosciutto into delightfully eerie Halloween hors d'oeuvres.

Our version of chips and dip wears a graveyard getup this Halloween.

It may look like a swarm of spiders got into the henhouse, but these eggs are another Halloween hoax.

When you've already got costumes on your mind, why not disguise dinner as well?

A cheesy Halloween pastry is eerily easy to prepare. All you need are sheets of frozen puff pastry and some savory seasonings.

Although it sounds scary, this salad is nothing more than a seasonal mix of autumn produce: butternut squash, pumpkin seeds, and endive in a spiced vinaigrette.

Everyone loves these little devils -- flavored with roasted peppers and spiced with paprika and hot sauce.

Make the most of avocado's mold-colored hue by serving it alongside chips cut into a creepy shape.

A bowl of hot tomato soup will leave you cold if it stares back.

When tasty bow-tie pasta and melted mozzarella become bats and cobwebs, you know it's a Halloween dinner.

Serve these ghost-shaped sandwiches and give kids or party guests a savory surprise.

Set out scrumptious snacks in ebony and orange shades.

Serve your guests warm ghoulash before sending them off into the dark, freezing night.

Chicken wings, disguised as creatures of the night, make a spooky statement on the buffet table.

Bones, anyone? It's easy to imagine this savory rigatoni dish as something much more sinister for Halloween.

Playful witches' hats add a frightfully festive touch to grilled cheese sandwiches.

A serving of beastly beans -- black beans with mango salsa in a cheddar cup -- is just enough to raise the spirits of your guests this Halloween.

Our spooky shrimp are covered with dozens of black sesame seeds, which double as eyes that watch your guests wherever they go.

These fingers and toes make look ghastly, but they're delicious.

Serve up something that looks as if it's been festering in the pantry for months, even if it is really fresh and delicious.

Use cookie cutters to give crackers a spooky shape for Halloween.

Add these sinful bacon-wrapped bites to your spooky spread.