With Halloween nearing, who wouldn’t want to indulge in some spooky snacks and sweets to fit the occasion? Below is a list of creative ideas and their recipes as well!
Even if you’re scared of real spiders, there’s no way you can resist the
se adorable Halloween Spider Cookies. Combining peanut butter cookies, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, “legs” made of melted chocolate and edible candy eyes, they’re super simple to make!
These Ghostly Peeps Brownie S’mores are almost too cute to eat. This recipe incorporates an easy graham cracker crust, brownies (from a mix), chocolate chips, and Peeps in the shape of ghosts.
Nothing screams Halloween like these Brownie Cupcakes. Using both boxed brownie and cake mix, these combine two favorite desserts, and are a breeze to make. They also have vanilla frosting and festive sprinkles!
If you’re a fan of the movie, you’ll love The Nightmare Before Christmas Pumpkin Cookies. The cookies in this specific recipe are homemade with pumpkin frosting, but you can always tailor it using sugar cookies & vanilla frosting that is colored orange, and decorating the cookies accordingly.
These Mini Red Velvet Cheesecakes are decorated using edible blood and candy Wilton Meat Cleaver Decorations to add a little gore to the dessert. They have an Oreo crust, a red velvet cheesecake layer, cream cheese frosting, and the decorations.
This Spiderweb Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting definitely an eye catcher, and just screams Halloween. The recipe features a homemade chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting as well as both chocolate ganache and a white chocolate variety as well.
It doesn’t get simpler than these Halloween Rice Krispie Pops. You can either use homemade or store-bought Rice Krispie bars, and cover them in melted chocolate and Halloween colored sprinkles.
Here’s another cookie recipe, this time for Candy Corn Swirl Cookies. These are made from sugar cookie dough that is divided, colored, and layered to result in the sliced cookies as pictured.
You can use this Candy Glass to trick friends and family. All you will need is sugar and corn syrup. You can use it to decorate other desserts along with this Edible Blood recipe.
These Mini-Chocolate Bat Bites are sure to fly off the table. They only require mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos, frosting, and edible candy eyes, and there’s no baking necessary.
These Pizza Skulls put a Halloween twist on what many consider to be their favorite food. They’re made using pizza dough, sauce, cheese, and your choice of pizza toppings and are baked in a skull shaped pan.
This Toxic Waste Mac and Cheese looks unappealing, but who can resist any sort of pasta? It’s colored green thanks to food coloring and some spinach, and has cauliflower to make it look like the toxic waste is “bubbling” over, but aside from that it is just a wholesome recipe for homemade mac and cheese.
Jack-O-Lantern Quesadillas are sure to be a hit, and are completely customizable. The tortillas are cut into pumpkin shapes with Jack-O-Lantern faces. They are then filled with your favorite quesadilla add ins such as cheese, beans, corn, salsa, guacamole, and your choice of protein.
These Mummy Jalapeño Poppers are a spooky snack idea. The recipe calls for the jalapeño peppers, cream cheese, jack cheese, one green onion, crescent roll dough, eggs, and black olives.
This Holy Skully Guacamole adds some festive flair to your run of the mill chips and dip. The skull is made out of an avocado (with a video to show you how to create it), and it accentuates your favorite guac recipe.
To see all the images of the treats, check out the below slideshow!
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