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.

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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.

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Yummy Mummies

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

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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).

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Sweet and Salty Caramel Apples

Makes six apples, cut into wedges to serve a large group.

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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).

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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).

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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).

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Creepy Crawlercakes

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

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Graveyard Cupcakes

Easy to make, Halloween cupcakes. These cupcakes create a spectacularly spooky scene when all laid out together in a batch or two. They can be used as dÃ©cor 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.

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