Halloween Treats

What is Halloween but a time to indulge in delicious treats? Don't be fooled; Halloween treats and food are more than just sweet trick-or-treating candies like candy corn. Halloween treats and food can be exciting, too! And it can be easy, fun, and just as spooky as your costume. We have all the creative cooking and baking tips you need to whip up Halloween treats and food from bloody cocktails to ghostly cupcakes.

You'll want to present your Halloween treats in the best possible format. We have all the resources you need for great costume ideas, fun Halloween party games, and spooky Party ideas!

Halloween Cookies: Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Shortbread cookies - a perfect base for a delicious and easy to decorate Halloween treat! Don't forget the royal icing.

Witchcakes -Halloween cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

WitchCakes are fun and simple to create. We recommend using a chocolate cupcake batter paired with a white topping like cream cheese or buttercream dyed green or light purple.

Frost the cupcake with a thick layer of dyed Buttercream Frosting to create a smooth domed effect.

Using black or brown M&Ms (or chocolate chips inserted with the pointed side in), create eyes for the witch on one side of the cupcake (not the top - that is where her hat and hair will go).

Use a candy corn or triangle-shaped gummi slice to create a pointy nose.

Using cut-up pieces of black rope licorice, create a frown or scowl, eyebrows and hair. The hair can simply be laid across the top of the cupcake mound since youll cover it with the cone.

Place the chocolate ice cream cone on top of the hair and press into the buttercream so it stays in place. You can top off her hat by sliding a spider ring on the cone for extra decoration.

*Buttercream Frosting Recipe Courtesy of AllRecipes.com

*WitchCakes via Martha Stewart

Yummy Mummies

Great idea for decorating Halloween cupcakes, cookies, or even preztel sticks.

Gruesome Gourmet: Brain Dip

Get smart with this Halloween party food. Fill a plastic brain mold with a pretty pink shrimp dip for the ultimate gross-out grub on Halloween (recipe below).
Makes about 100 appetizer servings.

Gruesome Gourmet: Spider Web Design on a Triple Layer Guacamole, Egg and Cream Cheese Torte

Create a spider web design made out of sour cream on top of guacamole or my crowd-pleasing Triple Layer Guacamole, Egg and Cream Cheese Torte (recipe below).Makes about appetizer 100 servings

Gruesome Gourmet: Witch Finger Cookies

Halloween party finger food, literally. Form zesty cookie dough into creepy witch fingers and use a blanched almond for the fingernail (recipe below).Makes about 48 cookies

Gruesome Gourmet: Black & Green Olive Tapenade in Orange Pepper Jack-O-Lantern

Hollow an orange pepper and carve a Jack-O-Lantern face in the side. Fill with tapenade and serve with crackers as a tasty appetizer (recipe below).Makes 2 1/2 cup.

Creepy Crawlercakes

Web-worthy Halloween cupcakes. Nothing sends shivers down the spine like spiders! These cupcakes are also great for decorating a table.Image via Martha Stewart

Graveyard Cupcakes

Easy to make, Halloween cupcakes create a spectacularly spooky scene when all laid out together in a batch or two. They can be used as decor at a Halloween dinner table and eaten as dessert at the end of the night! You can even send guests home with them as favors. For these, use a chocolate base and a chocolate frosting.*Recipe Courtesy of AllRecipes.com