13 Spooky Snacks and Party Foods for Halloween

Make your Halloween party extra spooky—and delicious—with bloody truffles, chocolate ghosts, and so much more.

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White Chocolate Ghosts

The Spruce Eats / Diana Chistruga

These delicious ghouls are riding on crunchy pretzel broomsticks for an extra-spooky Halloween treat. If you can't find large pretzel rods, use lollipop sticks or wooden craft sticks as a non-edible alternative.
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3-D Stuffed Pumpkin Truffles

Elizabeth LaBau

Stuffed pumpkin truffles are glossy chocolate confections filled with a rich, fluffy chocolate truffle mixture, topped with a few Halloween candies, and a pinch of sprinkles.
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Witch Finger Pretzel Rods

The Spruce

Witch finger pretzel rods are one spectacularly spooky sweet-and-salty snack. It takes just 15 minutes and four ingredients to make these ghoulish candies.
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cake

Diana Rattray

Cocoa and cinnamon pair with pumpkin to make a moist and rich chocolate pumpkin cake. Frost this flavorful bundt cake with an orange-tinted vanilla icing or simply dust with powdered sugar.

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Monster Clusters

The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck

A simple four-ingredient recipe for monster clusters, this treat is made from potato sticks dipped in chocolate and topped with colored candy "eyes."
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Halloween Brownies

Stephanie Gallagher

Need a last-minute dessert for a Halloween party? Use boxed brownie mix and your favorite Halloween candies to whip up these festive treats in no time. Try using mini marshmallows, candy corn, and chocolate chips, but any candies will do.
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3-Ingredient Magic Candy Corn Peanut Butter Bars

Elizabeth LaBau

Just three ingredients: candy corn, peanut butter, and chocolate are combined to produce bite-sized candy bars with the crackly texture and bold peanut butter taste of a Butterfingers. It's downright magical and it's a great way to use up leftover candy corn after Halloween.
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Meatball Monster Sliders

The Spruce

Meatball monster sliders are great for a kid's party or Halloween night dinner. Topped with olives, the meatballs are simmered in spaghetti sauce and look just like eyeballs peeking out from their toasted rolls.

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Cajun Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

Diana Rattray

Toss a salad with these Cajun spiced pumpkin seeds, sprinkle them over a chicken entree, or serve as a spicy-savory snack at a Halloween party.
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Easy Toffee Apples

The Spruce

Crunchy, sticky toffee apples get a bloody red makeover that's perfect for Halloween.
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Owl Cupcakes

The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck

It's a hoot to create these cute little owls. Just frost the cupcake, turn it upside down, and use halves of chocolate sandwich cookies, decorator frosting, and an M&M to make the face.
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Bloody Truffles

The Spruce / Julia Hartbeck

These gruesome truffles are bloody delicious! These cake truffles are skewered with edible royal icing weapons and painted with food coloring to create scary yet sweet party candy.

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Mummy Dogs

The Spruce Eats / Kristina Vanni

Kids can pitch in to wrap these three-ingredient mummy dogs up with the pre-made crescent dough. Dip in bloody ketchup (or mustard).

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