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Halloween Appetizers & Finger Foods

All the best party foods for your Halloween party or holiday include these fun appetizers and finger foods ideas. If you want to serve good food for Halloween that is also festive including fun colors and characters like ghosts, mummies, and witches, check these out. So get in your costumes, mix up some Witch's Brew, and get ready to have a frightfully ghoulish Halloween party.

4 different recipes for mummy and pumpkin shaped foods.

These recipes include many spooky, creepy, cute, & fun ideas. There is something for every appetite or dietary need. Choose from a variety of healthy, nut-free, dairy-free, keto, gluten-free, low-cal, low-carb, diabetic, and vegan Halloween recipes. There are even easy make-ahead recipes including savory appetizers and sweet dessert finger foods.

Have fun baking and cooking these for your next Halloween event. Make sure you serve a few fun drinks too. The guests will love sipping on a Candy Corn Martini, Hocus Pocus Cocktail, or Kid-Friendly Hocus Pocus Punch.

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Sweet & Savory Halloween Finger Foods

Here are the holiday recipes that will make your Halloween tasty & fun. These are my favorite sweet & savory small bites. Perfect for the dessert bar at your party or event. Add these along with other great Halloween dessert recipes for the best goodies & sweet bar at your party or event.

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.
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 Muddy Buddies
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 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.
Pumpkin Decorated Pretzels
Pumpkin Pretzels Faces & pretzels ready to eat close up.
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 Spider Cookies
Bug & Spider Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies ready to eat.
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.
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 Cookies
Witch Hat Cookies on a countertop.
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.

Savory Halloween Appetizers

When you need a break from all the sweets that come with the Halloween holiday, here are some great savory recipes. They are perfect for a cocktail party or potluck at work or school. Make up a few of these for your party or bring the share to wherever the haunts take you.

Mummy Jalapeno Poppers
Wrap these spicy jalapenos up with crescent dough for the tastiest mummies around. They are spicy and scary good.
Mummy Jalapeno Poppers
Jalapeno poppers with eyes and looks like mummies wrapped in dough.
Halloween Mummy Dogs
4 ingredients makes for a hot dog treat almost too fun to eat. Better than pigs in a blanket - these dogs in a mummy wrap are perfect for Halloween.
Halloween Mummy Dogs
Hot dogs wrapped in dough to look like a mummy.
Halloween Deviled Eggs
For something colorful, keto, low-carb, & tasty, try these Halloween deviled eggs. There are 4 different ways to decorate these yummy snacks including spooky spiders, eerie eyeballs, and more.
Halloween Deviled Eggs
A few dozen colorful halloween deviled eggs ready to eat.
Mummy Halloween PIzza
Another cute and tasty mummy-inspired Halloween recipe. These cheesy & creepy naan pizzas will be the hit of your holiday.
Mummy Halloween PIzza
Round pizzas with oive eyes and striped cheese to look like mummies.
Spider Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
These silly & spooky spider PB&J sandwiches will crawl right off the plate. There is no way kids will resist these - and some adults too.
Spider Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
Round sandwich bread cut out with pb&j plus pretzels legs for spider sandwiches.

Halloween Chips, Dips, & Spreads

Make a dip or two and add your favorite fruits, veggies, and crackers for a no-fail appetizer. No matter how you dig into these, your guests will be going back for more.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
Creamy and savory dips are always a must at parties. Halloween costume parties sure need this pumpkin cream cheese dip at the table. Serve with crackers and fruit for an undeniable delight.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
Bowl of orange pumpkin cream cheese dip with crackers next to it.
Pepperoni Skull Cheeseball
Don't be scared of this pepperoni cheeseball shaped like a skull. It is too tasty to pass up with spicy pepperoni & a blend of Italian cheeses. The olive eyes and almond teeth may make this perfect for Halloween.
Pepperoni Skull Cheeseball
Skull shaped cheese ball with crackers.
Halloween Tortilla Chips
A stack of tortillas and your favorite Halloween cookie cutters makes for the cutest chips ever. Cut out ghosts, bats, pumpkins, and more to make these tortilla chips.
Halloween Tortilla Chips
Halloween shaped tortilla chips like pumpkins and bats on a plate with a bowl of salsa.

Party Food Ideas

Here are some other party food ideas to make it the best event of Fall. Making a sweet and savory Easy Halloween Charcuterie Board is the ultimate. Also, create a fun and spooky atmosphere with some eerie decorations like these darling plastic pineapple Jack-o-Lanterns.

And don't forget a bunch of Halloween Desserts.

3 photos of different spider and mummy foods.
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