Halloween food ideas that are fun and spooky to make on Halloween.
Every year my mom throws a spooky dinner for Halloween where we eat Halloween themed food. It’s a tradition that we all love. It started as a way for her to make sure we ate something other than candy on Halloween, but now we do it just because it’s fun to have an excuse to make edible worms and zombie guts and other such nonsense. Here are some of our favorite creative Halloween food ideas.
Make your Halloween extra memorable with these fun and spooky Halloween foods. Throw a Halloween themed dinner for your family or make a spooky treat to take to a party. Or send your kids off in the morning with a fun breakfast.
All of the Halloween food ideas are sorted by category, so you can use this hand table of contents to scroll to a specific section if you’d like.
Halloween Breakfasts
Halloween Smoothies
Turn a regular smoothie into a Halloween smoothie by drawing on a clear cup with a black marker.
Cinnamon Roll Intestines
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Make these disgustingly hilarious cinnamon rolls that look like guts.
Colorful Halloween Pancakes
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A bit of food dye and some candy eyes and you have a striking stack of flapjacks perfect to kick off Halloween on a spooky note.
Halloween Appetizers
Spider Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are always a hit at every party I’ve ever taken them to and these ones are SO CREEPY with the olive spiders on top. A whole tray of spiders is just ick. Bwah ha ha. Perfect for Halloween!
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Lay out a nice veggie tray to look like a skeleton. I love that the dip is his face!
Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Board
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Easy Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Board. This fruit platter with the Sanderson sisters is perfect for a Disney movie night or Halloween party!
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Turn string cheese and pretzel sticks into these darling broomsticks. The green tie is a chive!
Easy Layered Halloween Taco Dip
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A piped-on sour cream spiderweb and olive spider make this layered taco dip ready for Halloween snacking!
Halloween Main Dishes
Eyeball Tacos: A Spooky and Delicious Halloween Dinner Idea
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Make regular tacos spooky by adding sour cream and olive eyeballs.
Halloween Pizza Snake
Roll out pizza dough, fill it with your favorite pizza toppings, then roll it up and form it into a snake shape for a delicious stromboli type dinner that also looks creepy!
Burrito Skulls Halloween Food
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These burritos are shaped like skulls thanks to a special pan. How fun!
Halloween Spaghetti
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Spooky black noodles plus olive eyeballs make a perfect Halloween main dish.
Halloween Taco Turkey Peppers
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These Jack-O-Lantern stuffed peppers are too cute for Halloween dinner!
Jack O Lantern Quesadillas
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If you’re short on time, but still want to be festive, these quesadillas cook up quickly.
Halloween Side Dishes
Witch Fingers Breadsticks
These witch finger breadsticks are a bit time consuming, but it’s carbs, so it’s going to be a win. They are delicious!
Watermelon Zombie Brain
It’s nutritious and creepy!
Mummy Garlic Bread
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Whip up some mummy cheesy bread for Halloween.
Pumpkin Bread Rolls
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These pumpkin rolls are so cute and would work for Halloween or Thanksgiving.
Halloween Desserts
Candy Bones
Can you see what they’re made of? Stick pretzels, mini mallows and a coating of white melted chocolate.
Easy Monster Cookies
Only four ingredients to make these fun and soft and chewy monster cookies.
Jello Worms
They’re jiggly and wayyyy too realistic looking. We had a lot of laughs the year we made these for Halloween dinner.
Mummy Cupcakes
These mummy cupcakes start with a chocolate cupcake, some eyes and white frosting piped on to look like bandages. Pretty quick and easy!
Monster Cupcake Cones
Did you know you could bake cupcakes in ice cream cones? You totally can! These ones are dressed up as monsters for Halloween.
Candy Monster Toes
Quick and easy to put together, these candy monster toes are just plain fun for Halloween!
Halloween Crack Recipe
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Crackers are coated with a homemade toffee and topped with chocolate, then decorated with candy corn and candy eyes for a fun and addictive Halloween treat.
Halloween Mummy Nutter Butter Cookies
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Decorate nutter butter cookies for a shortcut Halloween treat that is absolutely darling.
Halloween Pretzels Three Ways
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Three different Halloween themed pretzels that would be so cute to give away in little baggies.
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