Halloween Treats & Desserts

Celebrate harvest season with "ears" of candied popcorn, reminiscent of Indian corn. Unbleached parchment paper from your pantry is all you need for the pretty presentation.

These mini pumpkin whoopie pies make an ideal holiday treat.

These petite fall treats will charm all but the grumpiest ghouls. Simple sugar cookies are garnished with candy corn pieces for a sweet fall treat.

Seeking a Halloween party dessert? Look no further than this moist buttermilk-chocolate cake frosted with vanilla buttercream. Revelers will rave about the decadent cake topper, which is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's infamous bird. To fashion the nest, pipe melted chocolate into a bowl of chilled vodka in overlapping rings—it will instantly harden—and then feather it with toasted cake crumbles (aka "dirt") and shiny candies.

Make these eerie, but totally edible almond cookies that resemble ladies' fingers. The final touch is red fingernails, which are dyed raw almonds. Let them beckon to you from beyond the grave, summoning you right over to the serving plate.

Start a new Halloween tradition: Bake chocolate cookies cut into the shapes of ghostly bats and cats.

You don't need to be a candymaker to master this easy brittle recipe! Melt together butter, light brown sugar, and honey, cook until they reach a boil, then stir in pumpkin seeds and cool until set. The brittle can be enjoyed by itself or broken over ice cream.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for this chocolate and pumpkin dessert. Inspired by a classic Boston Cream Pie recipe, the spiced custard filling gets an autumnal twist with ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Spook Halloween party guests with these light, airy confections made of meringue. All you need to make these bloody bites are egg whites and sugar, which are whipped into stiff peaks and piped into the shape of bones.

A fun and festive Halloween treat to make with the kids, these no-bake Halloween cake pops are a cinch to pull together thanks to a streamlined ingredient list. Have your helpers put their own spooky spin on them by setting out an assortment of sprinkles and candy for decorating.

These cookies are used to make our Haunted-House Cake. For cookie dimensions: Photocopy the haunted-house template at 125 percent. Photocopy the spooky tree template at 100 percent. Photocopy the door, tombstone, and triangle stand templates at 100 percent.

Bittersweet chocolate and cocoa powder give a classic cereal bar a devilish twist. With only five ingredients and 10 minutes of prep work, who could resist baking one of these batty bars?

Brown sugar is key to creating a sweet, light molasses flavor in these chewy blondies. You can even get the young ones involved in the Halloween fun—let them sort the chocolate candies by color and arrange them on top of the dough.

Nothing says fall like a pumpkin dessert, and this one features a light, fluffy mousse layered over a sweet gingersnap crust. It's no ordinary pumpkin pie—in fact, it's even better. 

This ghoulishly good recipe for ladies' fingers and men's toes is from "Best of Martha Stewart Living -- Halloween."

Chocolate complements the sweetness of pumpkin in this sophisticated alternative to pumpkin pie. A rich layer of melted chocolate is poured on top of the baked chocolate crust for a bonus creamy layer. Top with a light-as-air pumpkin filling and bake until set. 

The decorative nuts are dipped in caramelized sugar and hung in bat fashion—upside down—so the sugar streams and hardens into the best candy on the block.

Make use of leftover Halloween candy in this festive ice cream pie. Bake your own graham cracker crust, then layer chocolate and vanilla ice cream, both of which are mixed with candy pieces. Use melted chocolate to affix candy skulls to cookie "tombstones" set in chocolate "dirt," then brace yourself for shrieks of delight. 

No tricks, only treats here! These Halloween brownie recipes are scary good.

Take a peek inside your cauldron and see what candy is leftover from Halloween. Chop it up and mix it in these decadent and delightful cookies, which extend the holiday by a few extra days. 

A teaspoon of black food coloring added to homemade caramel sauces gives these carnival sweets a dark twist for Halloween. They take just 10 minutes to prepare, so this bewitching bite is just around the corner.

The cookies aren't just for Halloween. Make them year-round, using nonpareils in a rainbow of colors.