Easy Halloween Food Recipes & Beverage Ideas to try Through the Day

Unlike other festivals, Halloween is marked with Haunted Hayrides, spook seekers, Crypt of Vampire, Summoning the spirits, getting dressed as witches, ghosts, and ghouls, and serving the eeriest and icky dishes on the table that are easy to prepare and fit in the time.

Here are some easy Halloween food recipes that will leave your guests, kids and every other family member in a state of awe and appreciation.

With the hoot of an owl and the cackle of a witch,
let’s dance with the skeletons and stand on a flitch.
Before the hallows go back to their quiet graves,
Let’s trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.

Appetizers

Mummy’s little monsters!

#1 Cheesy Breadstick Bones

The easiest, cheesiest breadstick bones, served with ‘blood’ for dipping. Here

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of homemade or store-bought pizza dough
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
• Homemade or store-bought marinara sauce for serving

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat.
• Divide the dough into 10 equal balls. Roll each ball into an 8-inch rope slightly larger on the ends.
• Arrange five breadsticks on each baking sheet, spacing them at least 2 inches apart.
• Cut a 1-inch slit on the ends of each breadstick using scissors and gently stretch each cut piece apart to form the ends of the bones.
• Brush the breadsticks with the melted butter, then sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on it.
• Bake the breadsticks for about 15 minutes, remove from the oven and top them with the mozzarella cheese.
• Return the breadsticks to the oven for an additional five to seven minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• Take out the breadsticks from the oven and serve them warm with marinara sauce for dipping.

Recipe sourced from Just A Taste

#2 Bloodshot Deviled Eyeballs

One of the easiest and creative Halloween food recipes that seem emerging from the darkness of the night to send spooky vibes down your spine.

Ingredients:

• 18 large eggs
• ½ c. mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoon of mustard
• 1 tablespoon of minced scallion or shallot
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• ½ tablespoon of hot red pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce each
• ¼ tablespoon of salt
• 36 black olive slices
• 1 pimiento or jarred roasted red pepper
• 2 can black beans

Directions:

• Take hard-cooked eggs and cut them in half crosswise on a slight diagonal. Remove the yolks, leaving the whites intact.
• Place yolks in a bowl; mash with mayonnaise, mustard, scallion, lemon juice, pepper sauce, Worcestershire, and salt until blended and becomes fairly smooth.
• Use two scoops of yolk mixture into small balls and position in hollows of whites to resemble eyeballs.
• Press an olive slice into the center of each yolk eyeball. Cut pimiento into very thin 2 inch-long strips for veins. Decorate eyeballs with bloodshot veins.
• Place beans on a platter to provide an anchor for the eggs, keeping them in place.
• Set eyeballs upright in beans.
• Cover and refrigerate up to six hours before serving.

Recipe sourced from Woman’s Day

#3 Pumpkin Hand Pies

This looks deceiving but It will strangle you in sweetness.

Ingredients:

• ¾  c. all-purpose floor
• 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 11/2 tablespoon plus ¼ tablespoon kosher salt
• 11/22 c. (3 sticks) unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoon white vinegar
• 3 tablespoon ice-cold water
• 1/15- oz can pumpkin puree
• ¼  c. packed dark brown sugar
• ¾ tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ½ tablespoon ground ginger
• ¼ tablespoon ground allspice
• ¼ tablespoon ground nutmeg
• ½ tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 oz cream cheese, cut into small pieces
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 beaten egg, for brushing

Directions:

• Combine the flour, granulated sugar, and half tablespoon of salt in a food processor. Then beat the butter until the mixture resembles rough crumbs.
• Add vinegar and cold water and mix the ingredients to the point that your dough becomes rough but smooth enough to hold when squeezed.
• It is time to make the filling. In a small sauce pan, whip together the pumpkin, sugar, spices and the remaining teaspoon salt. Stir it on medium heat for 6-8 minutes. Then pour the vanilla, cream cheese, egg yolks, and let it cool.
• Roll the dough and cut out twenty-eight pumpkin shapes and stack them in a refrigerator. Then cut three slits in vertical.
• Place a parchment line baking sheet and place pumpkin mixture. Brush the border with egg and sandwich the filling with a scored pumpkin cut-outs.
• Brush the tops of the hand pies with the remaining and bake until golden brown for 23 to 25 minutes.

Recipe sourced from Woman’s Day

#4 Monster Wraps

A scrumptious treat that will wrap you in spooky delight.

Ingredients:

• Large spinach wraps
• Favorite sandwich filling
• Sliced cheddar cheese and nori (seaweed wraps), for hair and mouth
• Sliced pimiento-stuffed olives, for eyes
• Whole olives, for bolts
• Cornichon pickles, whole for bolts, halved for eyebrows and nose

Directions:

• Begin by filling each wrap with your desired sandwich filling and roll them up. Add half cheese slices or nori and make cut-outs for hair in triangular shape. Place on 1 half of wrap and remaining half into long strips for mouth. Then take cornichons and cut the in half as well for eyebrows. A thin slice for nose and make eyes from olive slices.
• For Frankenstein bolts, use toothpicks to secure cornichons and olives to either sides of wrap.

Recipe sourced from Woman’s Day

Also Read: 20 Eerie Halloween Party Food Ideas That will Freak Your Guests Out

Main Course

#1 Dead Man Meatloaf

Each bite provides a forkful of witchful thinking.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup of chopped celery
• 2 eggs
• 2 pounds of lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning
• 1 cup of seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 pitted black olive, cut in half
• 1 cup of ketchup

Directions:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the garlic, onion, and celery in the hot butter until the onion softens and turns translucent.
• Transfer the vegetables to a mixing bowl and allow to cool to just warm.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a sheet of aluminum foil onto a baking sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Crack the eggs into the mixing bowl with the vegetables and mix until the egg is smooth.
• Add the ground beef, Cajun seasoning, and breadcrumbs.
• Mix with your hands until the mixture is evenly blended.
• Form the meat mixture into the shape of a stick man.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 35 minutes until no longer pink in the center.
• An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
• Once done, place the olive halves onto the head for eyes and pour the ketchup onto the abdomen.
• Return to oven and bake for 10 more minutes.
• Serve with a plastic knife impaled in the abdomen for a perfect effect.

Recipe sourced from Allrecipes

#2 Eyeball Pasta

Make no bones about it! A simple and fun Halloween food recipe with the edible eyeballs more like the eye of a newt.

Ingredients:

Note: There are no amounts in this Halloween food recipe as it can be prepared in any amount.

• Spinach pasta (any shape)
• Your favorite pasta sauce (from a jar or homemade)

Eyeballs

• String cheese (approx.. 1/2 per person)
• Black olives (or darkly skinned veggies like zucchini)
• Straws (assorted sizes)

Directions:

• Slice string cheese about 1/4″ thick. Cut the olives in half lengthwise.
• Cut circles out of the cheese discs using the straw. Cut pieces out of the olives using the same straw. Place the olive pieces in the cheese pieces to make eyeballs.
• Cook pasta according to directions. Top with a serving of pasta sauce and add eyeballs on top.

Recipe sourced from Spend With Pennies

#3 Ghost Pizza Bagels

Scrumptious and scary, these bagels will be the death of you.

Ingredients:

• 8 slices mozzarella
• 8 slices mini bagels
• ½ c. marinara
• 4 black olives

Directions:

• Begin by preheating oven to 350 degree. Then cut ghost-shaped slices of mozzarella using a paring knife.
• A thin layer of marinara over pizza bagel looks appetizing enough. For a finishing touch, top with ghost.
• Bake for 10 minutes until cheese starts to melt.
• While bagels are baking, you can cut little pieces of olives for eyes. Adorn your ghost and that’s it, it is ready to serve.

Recipe sourced from Delish

#4 Mini Monster Burgers

This is a perfect dish for Halloween party that kids and adults both will enjoy.

Ingredients:

• vegetable oil, for the baking tray
• 8 beef meatballs
• 8 small seeded rolls, split
• 1 little gem lettuce
• 2 slice cheddar
• ¼ small cucumber (about 4cm long)
• 16 cornichons
• 16 pimento-stuffed green olives
• ketchup, to serve

Direction:

• Get your baking tray ready with foil. Position the meat balls over the tray and press them flat like patties using the palm of your hand. Then give your patties a good oil rub. Next, bake them in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• For the next step, use small lettuce leaf for topping and make teeth in a zig-zag pattern using cheese slices. Add other toppings like cucumbers and cut them into thin slices diagonally to make tongues.
• Add toothpicks into each of the cornichons to represent horns, then stick through the olives to represent eyes.
• It is time to add your burger patties to each of the lettuce-lined buns with cucumbers and cheese. For the final spooky effect, drizzle some ketchup over the buns and add the horns and eyes.

Recipe sourced from Good Food

Halloween Desserts

Come as you aren’t and carve out some good times.

#1 Pumpkin Mousse

Layers of snow-white whipped cream and spiced pumpkin mousse topped with chocolate curls for an elegant presentation.

Ingredients:

• 5 large egg yolks
• 1 c. sugar
• 3½ c. heavy cream
• 15 oz. Canned pumpkin
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. dark rum
• 1 tsp. powdered gelatin
• 3 oz. shaved dark chocolate

Recipe sourced from Super Healthy Kids

Directions:

• Fill a large bowl halfway with ice water and set aside.
• Whisk the yolks, 3/4 cup with 2 tablespoons sugar, and 3/4 cup cream together in a medium saucepan.
• Heat while stirring continuously with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon over medium-low heat until thickened and the mixture coats the spatula.
• Transfer to a medium bowl and set over the ice bath. Stir to cool.
• Add pumpkin, vanilla, spices, and salt to the egg mixture.
• Stir 1 tablespoon rum and 1 teaspoon gelatin together in a small bowl.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon rum and stir into the gelatin mixture until dissolved.
• Gently whisk into the pumpkin mixture. Beat 1/2 cup cream to stiff peaks, and fold into pumpkin mixture.
• Pour into a shallow dish, cover and chill until cold and thick enough to fall from a spoon in heavy dollops – about 8 hours or up to overnight.
• Beat the remaining cream and sugar to stiff peaks.
• Alternately, layer the pumpkin mousse and whipped cream in a glass serving dish.
• Sprinkle the chocolate shavings between top two layers. Serve chilled.

#2 Black Poison Apples

Black and classic; period! A pure bliss with no guilt, straightforward sugar and apples, that’s it.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of granulated sugar
• ¾ cups of water
• ½ cup of liquid glucose/light corn syrup
• Few drops of black gel food coloring
• 6 Granny Smith apples or 12 small apples. Ensure apples are fresh and haven’t been waxed.

Directions:

• Grease a piece of baking paper and place on a tray/baking sheet.
• Insert bamboo skewers in all the apples and set aside.
• In a medium pot, combine the sugar, water, glucose/corn syrup, and food coloring and stir over medium heat until the sugar gets dissolved and the mixture feels smooth when you rub it between your fingers.
• When the sugar has dissolved, turn the heat up and wash the sides of the pot down with a pastry brush dipped into clean water to prevent crystals from forming.
• Allow the caramel to boil until it reaches the hard crack stage (150°c/310°F on a candy thermometer).
• Carefully dip the apples into the hot candy mixture and place on the baking paper to set and cool for approximately an hour before serving. You can serve them on top of gummy worms as well.

Recipe sourced from Say it with Cake

#3 Wormy Halloween Chocolate Pudding Trifle

This creepy dessert is definitely a Bon Appetite!

Ingredients:

• 2 (6 ounce) Jell-O Chocolate Fudge Instant Pudding Mix
• 6 cups whole milk
• 1 package Oreo cookies (all 3 rows)
• 1 (28 ounce) container of Cool Whip
• 1 Hersey’s dark chocolate bar (grated finely)
• 1 package gummy worms

Directions:

• To make this delectable treat, you need to mix chocolate pudding according to the given directions on box.
• Let your pudding chill in the refrigerator for a bit.
• Next step is to whip all the cookies together in a food processor. Whip it until all the cookies are turned into a fine crumbs.
• For the layers, add cookie mix, chocolate pudding, cool whip, and grated dark chocolate. Make sure you have three layers of all these ingredients.
• It would be best if you could make this dessert one day before, as it should be stored in refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
• For the final step, garnish your pudding with sweet and sour gummy worms and enjoy the taste of your hard work.

Recipe sourced from Cecelia’s Good Stuff

#4 Pumpkin Brownie

This pumpkin brownie is just what you need to end your Halloween party.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup oil
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 package 18.75 oz. brownie mix
• 1 package 10 oz. Halloween chocolate chips
• Halloween sprinkles

Directions:

• Start by covering your pan with foil and preheat your oven to 325 degree.
• Get ready your mixing bowl and start whisking together the pumpkin, water, oil, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice until blended. Then mix in brownie mix and stir until blended. Pour some chocolate chips and spread the batter in readied pan.
• If you like, you can sprinkle your batter with more chocolate chips and Halloween sprinkles.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

Recipe sourced from Barbara Bakes

Also Read: Beyond Pumpkins: 8 Fruits & Veggies You can Carve This Halloween

Halloween Cocktails and Mocktails

These Halloween cocktails and mocktails will make you fly with the witch on her ragged broom. 

#1 Suicide Squad-Inspired Shot: Deadshot

An enticing Halloween food recipe for Grateful Dead, sugar in purple, poison in black and to tremble, it’s iced.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Jack Daniels
• 1oz Jim
• Beam
• 1 part vodka
• 3oz Coke
• Ice
• Black Sanding sugar (sugar with added purple food coloring)
• 2 tbsp of Simple syrup
• 1 package Pop Rocks (here the watermelon flavor has been used)

Directions:

• Dip your glasses into the Simple syrup and then the black sugar. Leave it to dry for five minutes.
• Fill a glass 3/4 of the way with ice.
• Pour in your liquor: Jack and Vodka.
• Top off with Coke. And your Deadshot is ready.

Recipe sourced from Generations of Savings

#2 Ghostly White Wine Spritzer

This is the blue ghoulishly delightful drink for the hobgoblin.

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces of Vinho Verde (preferred), Sauvignon Blanc, Grüner Veltliner, Verdejo, Vermentino – 5 different white wines in simple words.
• Tonic ice cubes – all you have to do is pour tonic water into ice cube trays and pop them in the freezer until they freeze.

Recipe sourced from Wine Folly

Directions:

• Place cubes in a large wine glass, pour white wine over ice and serve.

#3 The Vampire Blood

Stir up this fruity punch in your cauldron. Your little monsters will love its ghoulish blood-red color.

Ingredients:

• Cranberry juice
• Apple juice
• Grenadine
• Lime and mint
• Seltzer water
• Red Candy gel

Directions:

• Squeeze one tube of red candy gel on a plate. Rim the edges of low-ball glasses and pour the prepared drink evenly into the glasses. Garnish with mint and gummy vampire teeth and serve.

#4 Hocus Pocus Punch

This Hocus Pocus inspired mocktail punch is brimming with magic.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups apple cider
• 3 cups cranberry juice
• ¼ cup tart cherry juice
• Ice
• Lemon club soda to top off
• Blackberries for garnish

Directions:

• Add ice, apple cider cranberry juice, and cherry juice in a large pitcher
• Give it a good stir
• Add a lemon club soda
• Serve over fresh ice and add blackberries for garnishing

Recipe sourced from LoveToKnow

#5 Gotham Fancy

A little mischievous and a lot witchy!

Ingredients:

• 35ml CROSSIP Dandy Smoke
• 25ml Merlot Grape Juice
• 7.5ml Raisin Syrup
• 4 Dash Orange Flower Water
• Garnish with Orange Twist

Directions:

• Add all the ingredients to your cauldron and give them a menacing stir.
• Then add cold-bloodied ice and stir again for a good 20 minutes.
• That’s it, your magic portion is ready to be served in a fancy glass.

Recipe sourced from CROSSIP

Hope you all have a spook-tacular Halloween. Eat, drink, and be scary!