20 Buffet Halloween Food Ideas for Your Party

If you’re hosting a Halloween-themed party, dressing up your main, side, and dessert courses can help add to the spooky fun, and here are delicious ideas that will be enjoyed.

How to choose the best Halloween party buffet food options

There are many options to contemplate when picking foods to serve as a buffet option at a Halloween party. Settling on the most delicious choice can depend on how much time you have to make these options or to have the opportunity to pick something up fully prepared for ease. Whatever your final choice, consider your guests’ dietary needs and have various options available for them to enjoy.

20 buffet Halloween party food options to consider

Here are 20 buffet Halloween party food options to consider serving your guests:

1. Monster meatloaf

Meatloaf is a classic meal option to include in your buffet. Consider adding a topping of red ketchup and green peas for eyes to create a monster meatloaf. You can also purchase tin foil cupcake holders to make individual meatloaves for guests for adding convenience.

2. Monster wraps

For a healthy meal option, pick up various meats and make wraps for guests to enjoy. You can use spinach wraps to create a green monster and then use different cheese to create monster faces on the front of the wraps.

3. Spooky pizza

Pizza is the ultimate favorite food at parties. You can make a pizza and scatter the cheese to look like ghosts and then cut up some black and green olives to make spiders to go on top.

4. Scary monster pizza bagels

If you want to go for a more individual approach with offering pizza, you have individualized pizza bagels and decorate them as monsters with pepperoni, mushrooms, and olives.

5. Severed fingers in bandages

Pigs in the blanket are a common appetizer you’ll find at parties, so put a spooky spin on this favorite snack. Melt some cheese on the tips of the sausage or hot dogs, so they look like nails, and with the croissant bread wrapped around the meat, they’ll look like fingers wrapped up in bandages.

8. Mummy hotdogs

If you’re looking to fire up the grill, consider cooking some hot dogs and then wrap them in a croissant so they look like mummies.

7. Skull Potpie

Meat and vegetable potpie is a savory recipe to enjoy, especially in the fall. When making the pie crust for the pot pies, cut them in the shape of skulls for a unique and spooky look for your buffet.

8. Spooky spider dipping bowl

Having a giant and saucy spider is the perfect delicious centerpiece option to enjoy at a Halloween buffet. Use pizza dough to make a dipping bowl, and then fill the bread bowl with a marinara sauce. You can use breadsticks for the spider legs.

9. Apple cinnamon cider cups

If you’re looking for a savory and seasonal drink option to share with your guests, consider offering apple cinnamon cider cups. You can get craft and hollow out an apple, fill it with warm or cold apple cider, and garnish it with a cinnamon stick.

10. Spaghetti brains and eyeball meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs are an easy option to prepare, especially if you have limited time to get ready for your party. Pick up decoration pieces to garnish the meatballs to look like eyeballs.

11. Caesar spider salad

Caesar salad is a great healthy option to offer on the side to serve at your buffet. Purchase little spider garnishes to place alongside the dishes for a fun and spooky addition.

12. Themed cookies

Having cookies for a quick grab-and-go dessert option is perfect for your buffet party. You can get different colored frosting options and create cookie monsters for your guests to enjoy.

13. Soup in a pumpkin

If it’s a cold fall day, having soup is the perfect way for your guests to warm up at your Halloween party. Consider getting creative with how you serve the soup. Have some pumpkins available and hollow them out so that they’ll make the perfect soup bowl.

14. Spooky spinach dip

Having dip options for guests to enjoy at your Halloween buffet party is the perfect finger food option for your guests to fill up on. You can purchase spinach dip, a bread bowl and decorate it like a cauldron, and have chips or bread available for dipping.

15. Scary stuffed peppers

Stuffed peppers are a delicious and healthy option to offer guests at your buffet party. To give them a spooky and fun look, hollow them out, carve them with scary faces, fill them with your choice of meat and fillings, and bake them for guests.

16. Cheesy spiders

A delicious treat to enjoy, which makes the perfect finger food to serve, is a cheesy spider. You can combine cream cheese and shredded cheese to create the spider’s body and use chow mein noodles to create the spider legs.

17. Veggie green slime dip

Another healthy option to offer guests is creating a custom green slime dip out of herbs and cut up a variety of fresh vegetables and fruit that guests can dip them into.

18. Cereal eyeballs

To create delicious cereal eyeballs, use rice cereal treats and decorate them with melted white chocolate and M&M candies for the eye color.

19. Monster sliders

Chicken, beef, or pork sliders are the perfect finger food option to offer at a Halloween buffet. You can dress them up with spooky decorations to make them look like monsters for your guests.

20. Mummy calzones

Creating spooky mummy calzones and using pepperoni for the eyes will create a fun treat for guests to enjoy at your Halloween buffet.

How to make your buffet party food Halloween themed

There are many ways that you can give your buffet foods a Halloween theme.

• You can add miniature spiders, skulls, ghosts, or monster decorations to the dishes or insert them into the desert.
• Finding black, purpose, and orange sprinkles or condiments to garnish for the main dishes or desserts will add a spooky and fun flair.
• Provided place settings that are black, orange, and purple will create a spooky ambiance for Halloween.

Final thoughts on buffet Halloween party food ideas

You can shop for Halloween buffet meal options through Instacart. Instacart makes it very convenient to shop by having same-day pick-up or delivery options available to help with your busy schedule. You can also have your shopper place your order at the door for added convenience, and they’ll let you know once it arrives.

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