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20 Halloween Dessert Ideas For Parties

BySusan Buonpane

Fun Halloween desserts are the best to make with kids, whether at home, for school parties, or just for a little spooky fun. From mini Halloween desserts to bigger spooky Halloween desserts, these treats add flavor and excitement to any Halloween dinner or Halloween party menu.

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This round-up of Halloween themed desserts and Halloween themed food is packed with easy recipes you can make yourself. From playful Halloween food desserts to festive spooky food, each idea is simple, fun, and perfect for celebrating.


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Baked Apple Cider Cake Mix Donuts with Maple Glaze

Three apple cider baked donuts with maple syrup glaze with sprinkles and a white counter

These Baked Apple Cider Donuts are a cozy Halloween themed dessert that tastes like fall in every bite. Made with a simple cake mix and topped with maple glaze, they’re an easy choice for your Halloween party menu or weekend treat. Warm, sweet, and comforting, they fit right into your fall and Halloween desserts collection.

Apple Cider Fall Cupcakes

apple cider cupcake with frosting and a maple leaf topper

These Apple Cider Fall Cupcakes are soft, spiced, and filled with cozy fall flavor, making them perfect Halloween themed food for kids and families. Topped with creamy frosting, they shine at parties, school events, or cozy fall nights. A festive addition to any Halloween dinner or dessert table, they’re a sweet way to celebrate autumn.

Fun Halloween Rice Krispie Treats with Marshmallow Frosting

a pan with marshmallow rice krispie treats and a bowl of candy corn.

These Fun Halloween Rice Krispie Treats are a must-have Halloween dessert for kids, school parties, or family fun at home. Topped with sweet marshmallow frosting, they’re playful, colorful, and perfect for any Halloween party menu. Easy to make yourself, these mini Halloween desserts bring joy and spooky fun to every bite.

Easy Maple Syrup Caramel Sauce Homemade Recipe

easy-maple-syrup-caramel-sauce in a small mason jar and an apple slice dripping wih sauce.

This Easy Maple Syrup Caramel Sauce is smooth, rich, and the perfect topping for Halloween desserts or fresh fall apples. Drizzle it over sliced apples for school snacks or serve it with your Halloween party menu as a dip. Simple to make yourself, this sauce adds a warm, sweet touch to any Halloween themed food spread.

Halloween Calendar Coloring Pages and Party Templates

halloween printable show the different pages.

I know these aren’t Halloween desserts, but these Halloween Calendar Coloring Pages and Party Templates are a must for any celebration. Kids will love the festive coloring pages, and the party templates make planning your Halloween party menu simple and stress-free.

Easy and Spooky Halloween Chocolate Covered Oreos

Chocolate-covered Oreo cookies decorated for Halloween with white icing spiderwebs and mummy designs, complete with candy eyes, creating fun and spooky treats perfect for parties and kids.

These Easy and Spooky Halloween Chocolate Covered Oreos make the ultimate Halloween desserts for kids and parties. Decorated with mummy wraps and spiderwebs, they’re fun to make yourself and perfect for a Halloween party menu or school celebration. Simple, festive, and full of sweet chocolate crunch, these Halloween themed desserts will disappear fast.

Black Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

Black velvet cupcake topped with rich black frosting swirled high and sprinkled with gold and silver edible glitter, creating a dramatic and elegant Halloween dessert perfect for parties.

These Black Velvet Cupcakes are a striking and spooky treat, perfect for any Halloween party menu. Soft, rich, and topped with creamy frosting, they make a bold addition to your collection of Halloween desserts. Fun to bake and share, these cupcakes are a delicious way to bring festive flair to your Halloween themed food table.

Easy Halloween Brain Jello Mold Recipe

Green Halloween brain-shaped jello mold on a plate, decorated with black plastic spiders and surrounded by candy, making a spooky and fun dessert for a Halloween party.

This Easy Halloween Brain Jello Mold is the ultimate spooky centerpiece for your Halloween party menu. Wiggly, creepy, and fun, it’s a Halloween themed dessert kids will love to poke, jiggle, and eat. Perfect for parties, this spooky food is simple to make yourself and guarantees lots of laughs and squeals.

Witch Hat Cookies

Chocolate Oreo cookies topped with chocolate kisses, colorful Halloween sprinkles, and frosting to look like witch hats, arranged on a counter for a fun and festive Halloween dessert.

These Witch Hat Cookies are the cutest Halloween desserts to make with kids. Using Oreos, frosting, sprinkles, and a chocolate kiss, they come together in minutes and add magic to your Halloween party menu. Playful, colorful, and fun to make yourself, these cookies are the perfect Halloween themed food for parties or after-school treats.

Easy Ghost Brownies with Marshmallows – Cute Halloween Treats!

Fudgy brownie squares topped with marshmallows decorated as little white chocolate ghosts with candy eyes and mouths, making a fun and spooky Halloween treat.

These Easy Ghost Brownies with Marshmallows are a spooky-cute Halloween dessert that kids will love. Fudgy brownies topped with marshmallow ghosts make a playful and festive addition to any Halloween party menu. Simple to make yourself, these Halloween themed desserts bring smiles to school parties, family gatherings, or cozy nights at home.

No-Bake Halloween Ghost Cookies with Milanos

Milano cookies dipped in white chocolate and decorated with chocolate faces to look like little ghosts, arranged on a tray for a fun and easy no-bake Halloween dessert.

These No-Bake Halloween Ghost Cookies with Milanos are the perfect last-minute Halloween desserts for kids and parties. Dipped in white chocolate and decorated with candy eyes, they’re spooky, sweet, and so easy to make yourself. A fun addition to any Halloween party menu, these Halloween themed desserts are sure to bring smiles.

Easy Halloween Bundt Cake

Chocolate bundt cake drizzled with glaze, decorated with marshmallow ghost toppers and candy pumpkins, making a festive and spooky Halloween dessert centerpiece.

This Easy Halloween Bundt Cake is a show-stopping centerpiece for your Halloween party menu. Rich chocolate cake drizzled with glaze and decorated with marshmallow ghosts and candy pumpkins makes it both spooky and fun. A simple Halloween dessert that’s festive, delicious, and perfect for celebrating with family and friends.

Ghost Marshmallow Popcorn Balls

Popcorn balls coated in white chocolate, decorated with candy eyes to look like little ghosts, displayed on a spiderweb cake stand for a fun and spooky Halloween treat.

These Ghost Marshmallow Popcorn Balls are a playful and spooky Halloween dessert that kids will love. They are so cute. Covered in white chocolate with candy eyes, they’re the perfect mix of sweet, crunchy, and fun. Add them to your Halloween party menu for a treat that’s festive, simple, and great for making with kids.

Mummy Halloween Brownies

Fudgy brownie squares decorated with white icing drizzled like mummy bandages and candy eyes, arranged on a plate for a fun and spooky Halloween dessert.

These Mummy Halloween Brownies are fudgy, chocolatey, and decorated with fun mummy faces that kids will love. Topped with white frosting bandages and candy eyes, they’re the perfect Halloween themed dessert for parties and family fun. Add them to your Halloween party menu for a spooky treat that’s simple to make yourself and full of festive flavor.

Nutter Butter Mummies

Nutter Butter cookies coated in white chocolate, drizzled with extra chocolate to look like mummy bandages, and decorated with candy eyes, arranged with plastic spiders for a fun Halloween treat.

These Nutter Butter Mummies are a fun and spooky no-bake Halloween dessert that kids will love. Dipped in white chocolate and decorated with candy eyes, they’re the perfect mix of sweet, crunchy, and festive. Add them to your Halloween party menu for a quick, easy treat you can make yourself in minutes.

Spider Web Cake Mix Cookies to Make this Halloween

Chocolate cake mix cookies decorated with white icing spiderwebs, arranged on a black plate with toy spiders, making a festive and spooky Halloween dessert.

These Spider Web Cake Mix Cookies are a spooky-sweet Halloween dessert that’s as fun to decorate as it is to eat. Made with a simple cake mix, chocolate frosting, and spiderweb designs, they’re perfect for kids and parties. Add them to your Halloween party menu for a festive treat that’s easy to make yourself and guaranteed to impress.

Halloween Lush

Layered Halloween lush dessert with Oreo crust, orange pudding, green and purple layers, whipped topping, and Halloween sprinkles, served on a plate for a festive and colorful party treat.

This colorful Halloween Lush dessert is layered with cookie crust, creamy pudding, and whipped topping for a festive treat everyone will love. Bright orange, green, and purple layers make it a standout on any Halloween party menu. Fun, sweet, and easy to make yourself, this is one of those Halloween themed desserts that disappears fast at parties.

Halloween Puppy Chow

Black cauldron bowl filled with Halloween puppy chow snack mix made of powdered sugar–coated cereal, pretzels, candy corn, chocolate candies, and mini peanut butter cups, surrounded by Halloween decorations.

This colorful Halloween Puppy Chow is a sweet and salty mix that’s perfect for parties, school events, or family movie nights. Packed with candy, pretzels, and powdered sugar–coated cereal, it’s a festive Halloween dessert everyone will grab by the handful. Add it to your Halloween party menu for an easy make-it-yourself snack that’s spooky, fun, and full of crunch.

Halloween Trail Mix Recipe

Glass jar filled with Halloween trail mix made of pretzels, candy-coated chocolates, mini peanut butter cups, peanuts, and butterscotch chips, with extra pieces scattered around for a festive party snack.

This Halloween Trail Mix Recipe is a quick and festive snack that’s perfect for school parties, movie nights, or adding to your Halloween party menu. With pretzels, candy, and peanuts, it’s the ideal mix of salty and sweet. Easy to make yourself, this Halloween themed food is fun to share and always a crowd favorite.

Black Cocoa Cake – Black Velvet Cake Recipe

Black cocoa cake with dark black frosting and piped swirls around the edge, topped with black sprinkles, displayed on a wooden cake stand for a dramatic Halloween dessert.

This Black Cocoa Cake is rich, dramatic, and perfect for a spooky celebration. With its deep black color and velvety texture, it makes a bold statement on any Halloween party menu. Elegant yet eerie, this Black Velvet Cake recipe is a show-stopping Halloween dessert that’s as delicious as it is eye-catching.

We’ve saved the spookiest recipe for last, a treat that’s sure to be the highlight of your Halloween party menu. Wishing you and your family a wonderful time making memories together, sharing laughs, and enjoying these fun Halloween desserts with your kids.

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