Hosting a Halloween Party Just Got a Lot Less Scary With These 50 Killer Recipes
If you're anything like me, you've probably had your Halloween costume planned since...the day after last Halloween. The fall season is arguably the *real* most wonderful time of the year, and Halloween is certainly at the top of my favorite holiday list. It's just fun. I'm not obsessed with being scared (plz don't ask me to watch a horror movie with you), but I do love getting creative with costumes, decorating my apartment until it's a certified haunted house, and, of course, inviting all the little monsters in the group chat over for a spook-tacular evening of boo-zy shenanigans.
If you too are planning a fright fest for your friend group, you're gonna want some good snacks to keep the party going all night long (especially if you do whip up a few on-theme cocktails). That's why I put together this handy dandy list of 50(!) tasty recipes perfect for a Halloween party food table. It's got everything from an elaborate char’boo’terie board to a cheese fondue literally baked inside a pumpkin. Make one, two, or three from the list, and I promise you'll be the Halloween hostess with the mostest. Enjoy, ghoulfriend!
Mummy Hot Dogs
Pigs in a blanket, but make it spooooky. Make sure to pretend your ketchup is blood.
Salted Caramel Popcorn
Popcorn is a hit during any occasion (dare I call it the ultimate snack?), and this sweet and crunchy version is perfectly on-brand for a fall fiesta.
Silly Apple Bites
If you're in a bit of a silly, goofy mood, make these. It's impossible not to smile at the sunflower seed teeth.
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I would fight my brother for these every year post-pumpkin carving. There's just something about them when they're roasted in-shell and smothered in flaky sea salt.
Pumpkin Beer Pretzels with Chipotle Queso
Soft pretzels? Made with pumpkin beer? I could cry at such a beautiful concept. The creamy queso, with the perfect touch of chipotle heat, is the cherry on top.
Recipe from Half Baked Harvest
Char’Boo’terie Board
A good party becomes a great party when the charcuterie board comes out, and this delightfully curated cutie has allll the Halloween-inspired treats.
Pumpkin Quesadilla
You only need a couple of ingredients and a few minutes of time to put these lil jack 'o' lanterns together. They're just about as cheesy as they are adorable.
Concession Stand Crackers
All that Halloween candy you collected over the course of spooky season? It's officially found its purpose. These concession stand crackers call for plenty of crushed candy, used to decorate chocolate-coated saltines. They're a sweet and salty delicacy, and that's a fact.
Steak Crostini with Horseradish Cream
Okay, these are definitely more delicious than they are Halloween-y (who doesn't love a good steak and horseradish moment?), but we can pretend the meat is human if need be???
Double-Decker Pumpkin Caramel Pie
Double-decker buses < double-decker pies. Enough said. (Stop drooling, I see you!)
Slime Popcorn with Candy Eyeballs
This looks like a bowl full of little Mike Wazowskis, and I can't think of anything better in this world. FYI: the slime is melted marshmallow dyed green, so it really stretches.
Candy Corn Cupcakes
Candy corn haters, sit this one out. Everyone else, please enjoy this gorgeous, layered cupcake that all your guests will surely post to their Insta Stories.
Graveyard Chicken Enchilada Dip
This Mexican-inspired dip features tortilla graves, making it perfect for a dark-and-twisted soirée. But it's so delicious there's a solid chance you'll want to make it year-round.
Smoky Pumpkin Deviled Eggs
Can someone please explain to me why these deviled eggs are so damn chic?! The filling actually includes a bit of canned pumpkin (hence the color), and the squatty green stem is a lil cornichon.
Halloween Monster Mash Cookies
If you like your cookies absolutely jam-packed with toppings (don't we all), Tieghan Gerard (aka the foodie behind Half Baked Harvest), basically made these for you. They're stuffed with M&M’s, pretzels, chocolate chunks, oats, and, of course, candy eyes.
Recipe from Half Baked Harvest
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese, fall edition. That's what the foodie geniuses at Cookie and Kate did with this recipe, which incorporates butternut squash for a rich and autumnal twist on the classic.
Puff Pastry Wrapped Mummy Brie
Personally, I would eat brie with anything. But wrapped in puff pastry and topped with some cute black olive eyes? It's a hell yes for me.
Roasted Pecans
Whether you pronounce it pee-can or pe-cahn, you'll love these crunchy roasted nuts. This recipe has two variations: savory maple rosemary, or cinnamon sugar. Choose your fighter.
Recipe from Love and Lemons
Stuffed Mushrooms
I mean, you just can't go wrong with stuffed mushrooms at a party. They're perfectly poppable, and a hit with the vegetarians. This recipe calls for sundried tomatoes, pine nuts, and pecorino cheese in the stuffing mixture—yum!
Pampoenkoekies (South African Pumpkin Fritters)
These fried dough balls are a traditional sweet-and-savory snack in South Africa. They're light as air and taste like you're biting into a fall-flavored cloud.
Pumpkin & Pesto Crostini
"Oh you fancy, huh?" — Your guests when you bring out these perfectly on-theme crostinis, topped with roasted pumpkin, creamy burrata, toasted pecans, and more.
Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls
These cheesy egg rolls will fly off the plate faster than a witch taking off on her broomstick. Don't skip the creamy chipotle sauce.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
The classic cookie, but made with real pumpkin purée and homemade pumpkin spice. 10/10* bakers will end up eating five straight out of the oven.
*Statistic came from my brain and is not, in fact, a statistic.
Banana Ghost Pops
These yogurt-dipped bananas take less than five minutes to make, and the chocolate chip eyes 100p make them look like ghosts.
Recipe from Mom's Kitchen Handbook
Mini Pumpkin Hand Pies
If you're anti-dishes (like me), give these hand-pies a try. They're just as delicious as a regular pumpkin pie, but no plates are required.
Cheese-Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers
Spooky-cute and stuffed with cheese? I'll take 10, thanks.
Halloween Chex Mix
This *will* disappear almost as soon as you put the bowl down. Just be warned.
7-Layer Spider Web Dip
Okay, I know this baby looks elaborate, but it's actually way easier to put together than you'd think. Buuuut your friends don't need to know that.
Recipe from Chelsea's Messy Apron
Spooky Witch Finger Cookies
Severed finger cookies are a classic for a reason. They're freaky deeky in the best way possible—read: they will be 'grammed—and actually taste pretty darn good too.
Recipe from Six Sisters' Stuff
Stuffed Peppers Jack O Lanterns
Hosting a Halloween dinner party? Def consider making these carved peppers the star of your meal. This recipe is stuffed with beef, mushrooms, onions, and rice, and can be made vegetarian or vegan in a snap.
Salted Caramel Apple Snickers Cake
I don't know why I feel like this is the cake that Snow White would eat on her last-ever birthday, but that's just the vibe I'm getting here. Regardless, it's stunning and you should collect some twigs and make it. (And also clean said twigs.)
Recipe from Half Baked Harvest
Halloween Witch Hat Calzones
Pizza? In witch-hat form? It doesn't get much better than that. Let's call that marinara dipping sauce blood, shall we?
Recipe from Tried + True Recipes
Moss Cookies
These are so realistic you'll have your guests believing you really just went and pulled some old-ass rocks out of the forest. But nope, those are just green cookie crumbs.
Mummified Garlic Bread
Garlic bread will never not be a favorite. Especially when there's cheese...cosplaying as mummy wrappings.
Halloween Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs! That look like devils! Why didn't I think of this sooner!?
Double Stuffed Pumpkin Pie Oreos
If your mouth isn't watering looking at these homemade, pumpkin-and-cream-stuffed Oreo-esque cookies...you're lying.
Recipe from Half Baked Harvest
Halloween Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Buffalo sauce gives these meatballs their orange color, and the celery leaves on top look like pumpkin stems. Honestly, brilliant. 10/10, no notes.
Recipe from My Food and Family
Boo-scotti
Adult parties need coffee breaks, and these ghoulish biscotti—excuse me, booscotti—are the perfect treat to go with a cuppa Joe.
Caramel Apple Nachos
Fact: Every party is better with "nachos." These, topped with caramel and chocolate, are perfect for a snack or dessert, and a great way to use up those apples you paid a million dollars for when you went picking at the orchard for the 'gram.
Bloody Mary Syringes
I can't think of anything more fun than going around and shooting little syringes full of bloody mary mixture into friends' mouths.
Soup in a Pumpkin
It's a creamy soup served in a pumpkin that uses bits of said pumpkin! What more is there to say!?
Recipe from Favorite Family Recipes
Strawberry Ghosts
Chocolate-covered strawbs, but make 'em spooky. Crowd! Pleaser!
5-Minute Monster Party Bark
The chocoholics in the friend group will be asking for a Ziploc bag to take home the leftovers from this Halloween-themed bark. Believe it or not, it takes only five mins to make.
Recipe from Handmade Charlotte
Pumpkin Hummus
Hummus is a dippable staple at any soirée, but add pumpkin purée and a sprinkle of seeds, and BAM! A smooth and creamy Halloween party dream.
Recipe from Little Sunny Kitchen
Candy Corn Fruit Parfait
If rich desserts aren't really your thing but you still want something sweet, this layered fruity cutie is for you.
Recipe from Suburbia Unwrapped
Caramel Apple S'mores
The s'mores you know and love, but layered with thin-sliced green apples and some warm caramel drizzle to make 'em ✨fall✨.
Cheese Fondue in a Roasted Pumpkin
You literally bake layers upon layers of gruyere cheese and crusty bread inside a sugar pumpkin to get this cheese fondue, and I can't think of anything more divine. It's not the easiest recipe on this list, but it's definitely doable, and definitely worth it.
Recipe from Mom's Kitchen Handbook
Zombie Brain Cupcakes
I know, I know. They're almost too disgusting-looking to eat. But trust me, that gooey green brain frosting is coming for your sweet tooth. Don't think (heh) too hard about it.
Breadstick Rattlers
Why be a snake when you can just eat these long and twisted little rattlers? Highly recommend dipping them in a hot pot of tomato soup!
Eyeball Pasta
If your Halloween party is also a dinner party, this eyeball pasta makes for a mean main.
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