Halloween Recipes

Aim to trick out your treats on Halloween. After all, there's nothing better than some scary sweet and savory snacks—and our Halloween treat ideas are eerily good and made for sharing. Set out a selection of bite-size appetizers, devilish dips with creepy crudités, and spell-binding desserts and watch them go fast at your Halloween soirée. Add to the haunting mood of your Halloween décor by creating a spooky spread for your treats. Light a match on flickering candles, hang make-shift cobwebs, lay out black-and-orange linens, and arrange books of spells and potions to get your guests into the supernatural spirit. Then, set out bowls of dip, platters of bat-shaped sandwiches, and trays of tartlets or brownies—and let party-goers revel in your twisted, tasty creations.

Dine on a devilishly delicious dinner or nibble on scary good snacks with these curated menus that will thrill guests all night long.

In between bars and a crowd-friendly sheet cake is this autumnal dessert. Moist and tender pumpkin spice cake is lavished with cream cheese frosting for bars that are simply irresistible. 

Tender pumpkin-spiced cookies are filled with tangy cream cheese frosting for a delightful autumnal dessert. Kids and adults alike will love this recipe, which comes from Matt Lewis' Baked: New Frontiers in Baking.

Candy apples are a classic fall dessert that family and friends are sure to love. Use your apple-picking haul to make the ultimate Halloween treat, complete with a sticky-sweet caramel coating.

Pumpkin's not just for pies. Mix up these cupcakes with canned pumpkin and lots of spice, then top them with tangy cream cheese frosting and the cutest mini marzipan pumpkins.

These soft cookies are like mini pumpkin cakes—and you're guaranteed to get a bit of sweet, brown-butter-flecked icing in every bite. A combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger flavor the moist pumpkin batter.

Taking a cue from the creamy, spicy flavors of jalapeño poppers, this dip is sinfully good and blissfully easy. Just mix a few of the roasted chiles with room-temperature cream cheese, cheddar cheese, sour cream, garlic powder, and drained jarred pimientos, then slide it all into the oven until the casserole dish bubbles.

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. 

No tricks, only treats here! This classic kid-friendly snack is made with just four ingredients—popcorn, melted buttered, marshmallows, and light brown sugar. Feel free to mix in additional sweet ingredients such as dried fruit, toffee bits, or chopped chocolate to these popcorn balls.

There is fall flavor in every bite of this seasonal bundt. An apple-cider glaze and caramelized apples in the batter set this spice cake apart.

Make this moist quick bread all autumn long. The ginger and pumpkin flavors blend together nicely in this sweet dessert bread.