There is no more outrageous holiday to be celebrated with thematic food and drink than Halloween! Spooktacular Halloween Party Recipes are a ghouslish combo of recipes, savory and sweet, cocktail and mocktail, to make your party one to remember (without a ton of effort)!
The internet is full of pumpkin spice everything signaling fall’s arrival. For me, though I DO look forward to making Slow Cooker Spicy Pumpkin Chicken Corn Chowder when the weather gets chilly, my sights are set on Halloween. I love Halloween! The decorations, the costuming and of course the food!
Halloween is a special holiday, a whimsical event, and one made all the more fun with unexpected food and drink. The food doesn’t need to be fussy or labor intensive, just reinvented with a spooky vibe and some great props! This collection are some favorites and the full list of options may be found on the Halloween recipes page.
Spooktacular Halloween Party Recipes
One of my favorite Halloween props are these jello shooter syringes I found at a pop-up Halloween shot (they are also available online). I have used them in multiple recipes including Creepy Shirley Temples. The classic mocktail is made oh-so-freaky just with the use of the syringes and serving in glass beakers (found on Amazon.com) instead of regular glasses. Another punch bowl mocktail recipe is Off With Your Hand Halloween Punch that features a floating ice hand made with a fun trick!
Red Devil Cupcakes. From-scratch devil’s food cupcakes (gluten-free) are topped with spicy red hots cinnamon buttercream that is SO good!
With a simple twist, classic tapioca pudding is transformed into Swampy Frog Egg Pudding. Tapioca pearls are available in a variety of colors from grocery stores with international sections or Asian grocery stores. Adding some green pearls creates this eerie color naturally without food coloring.
Weaving in healthy food amongst all the sugar treats can be a challenge. For Halloween, a simple vegetable platter would never do, however Screaming Witch Crudities will have everyone gobbling up the fresh vegetables. Freaky Halloween Salad uses seasonal produce and spiralizer vegetables to create a visual oddity of a salad just right for the halloween party recipes list.
My favorite syringes used for actual shots in this recipe: Bloody Maria Shots are the south-of-the-border cousin of Bloody Mary’s made with tequila. A great spicy shooter to get the party started.
Black quinoa and black bean pasta are perfect ingredients to weave into a Halloween celebration. Witch Hair Pasta adds a Spicy Brown Butter Garlic sauce to black bean pasta trimmed with chives and edible flowers, just as you’d expect a witch’s hair to have. Diablo Meatballs (taco flavored ‘eye ball’ meatballs), which look like devil eyes, paired with black bean pasta is another fun party main dish recipe.
Refreshing, fizzy Grave Digger Cocktail is easy to mix up for a crowd and a sure win. Add some bone drink stirrers for a hand reaching from the grave vibe!
Drink If You Dare Shooters. Believe it or not, these shooters really taste good! The creepy consistency lends itself perfectly to a Halloween party especially when served in test tubes.
Everyone loves a caramel apple and these Candy Coated Caramel Apples are a great way to create a colorful table using candy to adorn the outside.
Mutilated Zombie Cupcakes with Edible Glass Shards are perfect for a gory sweet treat. Canned pie cherries and mini candy eye balls combine for a Walking Dead caliber dessert that won’t soon be forgotten.
Don’t forget the pumpkins! These 11 Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas will add the ghoulish finishing touch to your party!
Carol Cassara says
All the super cool Halloween recipes in one post! This is awesome! I wouldn’t mind making some of these for Halloween especially when we’re having friends over. It would be so nice.
AnnMarie John says
It’s been a while since I planned a Halloween party! It would be so nice to have friends over and just enjoy all of these! I love the drink ideas and the desserts too. I can’t believe they’re all gluten free! AWESOME!
Marissa Zurfluh says
I absolutely love Halloween. My kids always ask for Brains for dinner, so of course, i make it.. (meatloaf).
Sarah says
These all look great! Really loving all of the drinks. These will be perfect for our Halloween party.
travel blogger says
These are all so cute! I love to go all out for Halloween, and these would be awesome for our get togethers. I must say my favorite is probably an old fashioned caramel apple especially when there is candy in the caramel! Yum!
Jenn Mitchell says
Those Drink If You Dare Shooters look so perfect for a Halloween get together. I love unique ideas like this.
TColeman says
All of these look like so much fun. Themed out parties are seriously my favorite!
Lisa Bristol says
We are having a Halloween party this year. These are great ideas to make for it. I will have to add the these jello shooter syringes to my list for sure.
LaShawn says
I want to try everything here, But I MUST have those Candy Coasted Caramel Apples! All of my favorites things in one place!
Pam says
Those bloody Maria shots look perfect for a party! These are some really fun Halloween food ideas.