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    Updated: Oct 29, 2024 · Published: Sep 2, 2022 · by Angela · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    25+ Easy Halloween Desserts

    All the best easy Halloween desserts, try any of these spooky sweet recipes. For scary or cute Halloween treats, these ideas are almost too good to eat. They are not only easy to make or bake, but these Halloween recipes are fun, homemade, kid-friendly (except for the cocktails), and sure to be crowd-pleasing.  

    Berries, cupcakes and cookies decorated for Halloween.

    Some of the best food bloggers have shared their favorite Halloween recipes.  This includes cakes, cupcakes, cookies, Rice Krispy treats, and more.  Anyone with a sweet tooth who enjoys the October holiday will love eating any of these - adults & kids alike. You will also find recipes for vegan, gluten-free, keto, dairy-free & nut-free Halloween desserts.

    Whether you are hosting a Halloween costume party, bringing desserts to school, church, or work, or want something fun at home, have fun baking any of these. I recommend making a few of them for a festive Halloween dessert table. It is hard to choose and make just one.

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    • My Favorite Halloween Sweets & Treats
    • Halloween Cake & Cupcake Recipes
    • Halloween Cookie Recipes
    • Homemade Halloween Candy & More
    • Halloween Dessert Cocktails
    • Other Tasty Halloween Ideas

    My Favorite Halloween Sweets & Treats

    Here are the best desserts from The Short Order Cook. They are some of my favorite sweets, treats, and cocktails that are festive, frightful, & fantastic. You cannot go wrong with making any of these confections.

    I have shared holiday dessert cocktails, several candies, and a few other sweet treats. Plenty of chocolate and peanut butter to love here like the cute bugs & spider cookies.

    Gummy Worm Dirt Brownies
    This spooky Gummy Worm Dirt Brownies dessert for Halloween is a kid favorite. It uses a store-bought boxed mix, Oreos, & candy for a fun holiday recipe that's quick & easy. It's sweet, sour, crunchy, & moist in every chocolatey bite.
    Gummy Worm Dirt Brownies
    Square of Brownies covered in Oreo crumbs for dirt and gummy worms.
    Witch Hat Cookies
    For a cute & tasty Halloween treat, make these festive Witch Hat Cookies. The no-bake holiday dessert made with Oreos and Hershey's Kisses is a chocolate lover's dream. The colorful sprinkles are an adorable decoration for this Fall/Autumn recipe. Only 4 ingredients & each one comes together in just one minute - great for costume parties, school events, Hocus Pocus movie night, & trick-or-treaters.
    Witch Hat Oreo Cookies
    Witch Hat Cookies on a countertop.
    Nutter Butter Ghosts
    One of the best Halloween desserts is these spooky Nutter Butter Ghosts. These spooky, scary, & silly cookies are fun to make and even more fun to eat.  This no-bake holiday recipe is so easy and uses only 4 ingredients.
    Nutter Butter Ghosts
    Ghost decorated peanut butter cookies on a plate.
    No-Bake Halloween Spider Cookies
    These fun bug and spider peanut butter chocolate cookies are almost too cute to eat. They are spooky, creepy, silly, & perfect for Halloween or any bug-themed party. This no-bake cookie recipe is sweet, salty, crunchy, & nutty.
    No Bake Halloween Creepy Spider & Bug Cookies
    Bug & Spider Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies ready to eat.
    Halloween Muddy Buddies (puppy chow)
    A sweet, crunchy, & candy-packed treat, Halloween Muddy Buddies (puppy chow). Ready in just 5 quick minutes. This no-bake Chex cereal snack or dessert is festive with orange, yellow & brown Fall/Autumn colors. The easy recipe with sour, gummy, chocolate, peanut butter, & candy corn flavors is the best. Make for costume parties, harvest festivals, Thanksgiving, & school fundraisers too - gluten-free & peanut-free options.
    Halloween Candy Corn Muddy Buddies (puppy chow)
    Halloween Muddy Buddies (puppy chow) in a bowl.
    Halloween Marshmallow Popcorn Balls
    Halloween popcorn balls are the easy festive holiday treat that all ages will love. This recipe is for both orange and monster treats. These marshmallow popcorn balls are loaded with fun candies and chocolate - perfect for costume parties & trick or treating.
    Halloween Marshmallow Popcorn Balls
    Halloween Popcorn Balls featured overhead of popcorn balls on a plate and some to the side with marshmallows and candy corn on the counter
    Candy-Coated Pumpkin Pretzels
    For the best Halloween or Thanksgiving sweet & salty treat, these pumpkin pretzels cannot be beaten. The orange candy-coated twists make the cutest pumpkin-shaped pretzels that are creamy, crunchy, & irresistible. Decorate with icing & candy eyes to make Jack-o-Lantern faces that are perfect for a snack or dessert at costume parties.
    Candy-Coated Orange Pumpkin Pretzels
    Pumpkin Pretzels Faces & pretzels ready to eat close up.
    Honey-Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
    Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are an easy recipe for perfectly roasted pumpkin seeds. They are oven-baked for a crispy, sweet, and salty snack.  These bite-sized roasted pumpkin seeds are a bit addicting with a brittle-like crunch, syrupy coating, and a salted finish.
    Honey-Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
    Small bowl of pumpkin seeds roasted in honey and salted.
    Homemade Snickers Bars
    Snickers candy with chewy nougat, rich caramel, crunchy peanuts, and chocolate are a classic. Making your Snickers bars at home is an easy no-bake recipe to satisfy any sweet tooth.
    Homemade Snicker Bar Fudge
    Homemade Snickers Bars featured 5 stack
    Halloween Candy Bark
    The best Halloween Candy Bark is a scary holiday recipe. This easy no-bake dessert recipe with candy & sprinkles is fun, colorful, & sweet. Great for any Fall event, costume & school parties, & spooky nights. Add candy corn and sprinkles - or get creative with nuts, pretzels, cookies, fun-size candies from trick or treating.
    Halloween Candy Bark
    Halloween Candy Bark Recipe from scratch broken in pieces.
    Healthy Peanut Butter Cups (Keto & Vegan)
    These easy no-bake healthy peanut butter cups are so delicious. They are easy to make & great for those on a keto, vegan, gluten-free, or low-carb diet.  Less sugar than Reese's peanut butter cups & all of the same amazing taste.
    Healthy Peanut Butter Cups (keto & vegan)
    Best Keto Peanut Butter Cups featured
    Candy Corn Martini
    Sweet vodka cocktail that looks like just candy corn and is the ideal Halloween adult treat!
    Candy Corn Martini
    Candy Corn Martini two glasses
    Tootsie Roll Shots
    The Tootsie Roll shot is a sweet rum cocktail recipe that tastes just like the iconic candy.
    Tootsie Roll Shots
    3 shot glasses filled ready to drink and tootsie rolls candies
    Hocus Pocus Cocktail
    For a tasty and spooky Halloween-themed alcoholic drink try a Hocus Pocus Cocktail. This fun drink is sweet, spiced, & finished with dry ice for an eerie touch. This rum punch martini is just perfect to sip while watching your favorite Halloween movies or served at a costume party for the ultimate adult treat.
    Hocus Pocus Cocktail
    Two martini glasses filled with Hocus Pocus cocktails for Halloween.
    Hocus Pocus Kid-Friendly Punch
    This Hocus Pocus kid-friendly punch is a great mocktail for Halloween This alcohol-free drink is so easy to make and it's bright, sweet, bubbly, & tasty. Only 2 ingredients makes this treat a holiday and costume party favorite.
    Hocus Pocus Kid-Friendly Punch (mocktail)
    Hocus Pocus Halloween punch that is kid-friendly mocktail.

    Halloween Cake & Cupcake Recipes

    Cute or spooky, these cake and cupcake recipes are just the thing for Halloween. These homemade baked goods come in all sorts of festive shapes and are decorated like mummies, bats, and more.

    Halloween Ghost Cupcakes
    Premade white fondant makes these ghostly cupcakes an easy recipe anyone can decorate. The chocolate chocolate chip cake is moist and rich. .
    Halloween Ghost Cupcakes
    Chocolate cupcake with a white fondant ghost on top.
    Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cupcakes with Candy Corn Swirled Frosting
    The fall colors of this darling candy corn-inspired cupcake is just lovely. The gluten-free pumpkin cupcake topped with sweet layers of frosting is a holiday treat every Halloween needs.
    Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cupcakes with Candy Corn Swirled Frosting
    Pumpkin cupcake with layered frosting in the color of candy corn.
    Spiderweb Cookies
    Bright purple frosting and a spiderweb design make these cupcakes a colorful dessert for your Halloween party. The easy web frosting and colored sprinkles will be hard to resist.
    Spiderweb Cookies
    Purple frosted cupcake with a white frosting spiderweb design.
    Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cake
    Do you dare dig into this graveyard?!?! I sure hope you do as the Oreo and chocolate cream cheese pudding layers are so delicious. I am not sure what is more fun, decorating this cake or eating it!
    Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cake
    A large pan of chocolate graveyard dirt cake.
    Bat Cakes
    This no-bake recipe for darling bat cakes couldn't be easier or more fun to make. Transform Swiss Roll cakes into a chocolatey bat with melted chocolate and candy decorations. Get the kids involved in making these Halloween desserts and make sure to you get to eat one before they fly off the plate.
    Bat Cakes
    Bat shaped cakes on a table ready to eat.

    Halloween Cookie Recipes

    For some premade and homemade cookies that will make your Halloween happy, try these. Whether you want mummies, skeletons, or something with pumpkins, these cookie recipes have just what you are looking for. They all taste great and look even better for your celebration. Or for something very easy, purchase store-bought sugar cookie dough to bake and then decorate using my Easy Cookie Icing.

    Oreo Mummy Pops
    Just a few ingredients transform Oreo cookies into tasty little mummy pops. Make up several dozen of these and display them in a jar so anyone can grab one of these fun treats at your Halloween party. Creamy, dreamy, and chocolatey.
    Oreo Mummy Pops
    White oreo round mummy decorated on a stick.
    Black Cocoa Skeleton Cookies
    Black cocoa makes these skeleton cookies extra dark and spooky. The rich chocolate taste paired with the white frosting is a scary good combination. The base is a delicious shortbread cookie that is cut out using gingerbread man cutters. White royal icing is piped on to look like bones & the look is 100% Halloween perfection.
    Black Cocoa Skeleton Cookies
    Black cookies shaped like men and decorated with white icing to resemble bones of a skeleton.
    Spice Cookies
    Spice up your Halloween cookie platter with these cookies. They are so easy to make thanks to a boxed spice cake mix and a few other ingredients. All the taste of fall spices in this cake-like cookie is then topped with a pumpkin-shaped candy for a festive final touch.
    Spice Cookies
    Spice cookies topped with a pumpkin shaped candy.
    Maple Cinnamon Cookies
    For a soft, chewy, & yummy cookie that is decorated like a mummy, these maple cinnamon cookies are just the thing. The drizzled maple glaze on the top looks like just a wrapped mummy. Don't forget to get the candy eyes on there for a fun touch.
    Maple Cinnamon Cookies
    Round maple cookies drizzled with icing for a mummy effect.
    Spooky Graham Crackers
    These graham cracker cookies are all dressed up for Halloween. This easy recipe is all about the decorations to make them look like pumpkins, Frankenstein, black cats, and more.
    Spooky Graham Crackers
    Decorated graham cracker cookies to look like frankenstein and ghosts.
    Different desserts decorated for Halloween.

    Homemade Halloween Candy & More

    For some simple homemade candy ideas, these are just the recipes. Get the kids involved in making these since decorating is half the fun. They are all no-bake Halloween recipes so everyone can whip these up in no time.

    Halloween Puppy Chow
    The classic sweet Chex mix gets a holiday makeover. Halloween Puppy Chow with candy corn and creepy eyes is crunchy good. The peanut butter and chocolate combination is a must-have Halloween flavor combination.
    Halloween Puppy Chow
    A bowl of puppy chow with candy corns.
    Spider Candy Bark
    Anyone with a fear of spiders may be shocked at how realistic and scary this candy bark is. But don't fret, this black widow spiders are all cookies and chocolate. This recipe will impress your guests.
    Spider Candy Bark
    White chocolate candy bark with cookie and frosting black spiders.
    Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
    Goulish and green, these Frankenstein Rice Krispie treats are a kid's favorite. Take a monster bite out of these chewy marshmallow treats. Halloween has never been more delish.
    Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
    Green Frankenstein rice krispies treats squares on a tray.
    Easy to Make Reese's Halloween Brooms
    These sure are easy to make yet hard to resist. Transform Reese's peanut butter cups and pretzels into darling little witches' broomsticks. It is a crunchy, creamy, sweet, and salty combo that makes Halloween a lot more tasty.
    Easy to Make Reese's Halloween Brooms
    Peanut butter cups with pretzel sticks to look like witches brooms.
    White Chocolate Candy Corn Fudge
    Rich and creamy white chocolate fudge is a Halloween delight. Candy corn and sprinkles add a festive touch to this easy 5-ingredient recipe. A great gluten-free treat.
    White Chocolate Candy Corn Fudge
    Squares of white chocolate candy corn fudge.

    Halloween Dessert Cocktails

    A Hallloween gathering isn't a party without some good spooky cocktails. These sweet & scary alcoholic drinks will be the hit of the party. Make sure to use safety procedures when working with dry ice.

    Black Vodka Martini
    Mysterious black vodka makes for a spooky good martini. Add some dry ice and the whole vibe just screams Halloween. Cool, smoky, & fun.
    Black Vodka Martini
    A martini glass filled with black vodka and dry ice smoking on the top.
    Blood & Brains Cranberry Martini
    NOT for the squeamish. This cranberry red martini is bloody good. The marshmallow "brain" topper is no trick for this adult treat.
    Blood & Brains Cranberry Martini
    Dark cocktail in a martini glass.
    Beetlejuice Halloween Jello Shots
    These darling black & white striped Jell-o shots are perfect for any Beetlejuice- themed party. Orange flavored plus whipped cream vodka makes these tasty treats the hit of Halloween.
    Beetlejuice Halloween Jello Shots
    Stripped jello shots in cups.
    Different cakes and cookies decorated for Halloween.

    Other Tasty Halloween Ideas

    For more great recipe ideas, try some of these other recipes and roundups. Wonderful drinks, sweets, and treats for special diets. Plus some spooky good cocktails.

    Chocolate Strawberry Pumpkin Patch
    The cutest little pumpkins are these chocolate-covered strawberries. Place them on crumbled gluten-free cookie crumbs for a cute pumpkin patch display. Perfect for your Halloween dessert bar.
    Chocolate Strawberry Pumpkin Patch
    Orange candy melted coated strawberries decorated to look like pumpkins.
    Vegan Halloween Recipes
    For something spooky, cute, or creepy these vegan Halloween recipes are the best around. There are easy treats and drinks for a great Halloween party. Plus some fantastic fancy vegan Halloween desserts that everyone will want to eat. Includes gluten-free, healthy, and low-carb Halloween recipes too.
    Vegan Halloween Treats & Drinks PN1 4 images for vegan pumpkin shaped cake, almond butter cups, a green and black cocktail and roasted veggies cut out like halloween shapes
    Dry Ice Cocktails
    The best dry ice cocktail recipe ideas are shared here. These drinks will be great for a creepy fun Halloween party. The dry ice effects are a special party trick for a spooky theme.
    Dry Ice Cocktails PN1 4 images of cocktails including midori green two that are ruby red and a black potion all with dry ice smoking on our around them
    Keto & Low-Carb Halloween Candy, Treats, & Drinks
    These are some of my favorite Halloween candies and recipes that are also keto-friendly, low-sugar, and great for a low-carb or diabetic diet.  
    Keto & Low-Carb Halloween Candy, Treats, & Drinks PIN four recipe images for keto peanut butter cups, pumpki spice truffles, butter beer and lemon fat bombs
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