20 Cute Halloween Food Ideas for Your Spooky Party

Halloween is a fun and spooky time, and while everyone is getting dressed up for the holiday, it’s also a fun opportunity to come up with some cute ideas to dress your food up as well.

How to choose the cutest food options for a Halloween party

There’s a lot to think about when planning for a Halloween party, which can be stressful. Along with the guest list, you’ll want to decide what type of food to serve, and it may take some time to figure out some creative ways to give them a Halloween theme. While many people have different tastes, choose various food options that you know your guests will enjoy. It’s also essential to take into consideration any dietary restrictions.

Cute Halloween food ideas

We’ve taken the guesswork out of what cute Halloween food ideas you should consider for your Halloween party. Here are 20 main course options to consider:

1. Halloween cheese balls

Making Halloween cheese balls will offer guests a cute bite-sized snack. You can blend goat and cream cheese to make cheese balls with tortilla chips. For easier, less time-consuming options, pick up a container of baked cheddar cheese balls and placed them in a spooky serving bowl.

2. Marshmallow heads

There is plenty of fun and crafty ways to make cute Halloween snacks. Pick up a bag of marshmallows and stick them on toothpicks. Next, dip them in colored chocolate, and you can use icing or food coloring to draw monster faces on the marshmallows.

3. Mummy jalapeño poppers

For guests who enjoy some spice, consider picking up some jalapeno poppers. Once they’re cooked, dress them up with some spices, herbs, or small vegetables like peas for eyes to give them a mummy look.

4. Cut out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

There’s nothing better than classic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! You can put a cute and spooky spin on this classic staple by cutting them out into Halloween shapes like ghosts, monsters, or bats.

5. Bite-size pastry eyes

By using cheese pastry puffs, you can create an illusion of eyes by pairing them with cucumber slices and olives. To give this cute snack a realistic look, purchase spicy sriracha and make squiggles that will look like the red veins of the eyeball.

6. Chocolate witch cupcakes

Take a classic dessert option like a chocolate cake or cupcakes and get creative by purchasing some decorative elements like witch’s hats. It’ll be sure to be a fun and cute staple on the table.

7. Halloween fruit masterpieces

Each Halloween, we have a lot of fun carving pumpkins and placing them on our porches, so why not take the tradition inside and create cute little carvings out of the fruit that your guests can enjoy? Pick up some apples and oranges. With apples, make similar cravings that you would with your pumpkins. With the oranges, consider half-peeling their skins off to give them a cool mummy look. Purchase little decorative pieces like eyes to complete their look.

8. Candy apple

It wouldn’t be Halloween without candy apples! This staple is the ultimate cute Halloween treat to have at your holiday gathering.

9. Spider donuts

Get cute and crafty by picking up some chocolate or powdered donuts.  Keep the donuts whole and purchase black licorice to give them legs.

10. Graveyard cookies

Everyone is a fan of cookies, especially sugar cut-outs! Decorate this treat to look like graveyard headstones with frosting and get crafty with the names you put on them for a fun, cute treat.

11. Banana mummy wraps

If you want to create a fun yet healthy snack option that’s cute, consider picking up some bananas and covering them with white chocolate to make them look like mummies. You can use mini M&Ms to give them colorful eyes.

12. Test tube appetizer

White chips and dip is an everyday favorite at parties; consider buying test tubes or beakers to place the dips to give them a cute yet spooky feel.

13. Chocolate spider web

If your guests love chocolate, consider creating a pretzel web by using white chocolate for contrast and drizzle milk chocolate for the web. You can create spider bodies by using chocolate truffle balls.

14. Candy kabobs

Candy is a staple with Halloween. Take some kabob sticks and stick pieces of gummy candies to create a candy kabob for your guests.

15. Spooky cupcakes

Get fun and crafty by baking some cupcakes or a cupcake mix for your guests. You can purchase different frosting and decorations kits to create monsters, ghosts, and ghouls.

16. Donut cats

Cut the chocolate donuts in half to give them an arched cat-like look. Purchase some mini M&Ms for the eyes and cat ear decorations to complete their look.

17. Bat bites

For cute edible bats, purchase some peanut butter cups and Oreo cookies. Break the Oreo cookies up in half to create a wing and use peanut butter to place them on top of the peanut butter cups. You can use M&M minis to make cute little eyes for the bats.

18. Coffin cake “coffee cake”

Purchase a coffee cake or cake mix and use frosting and icing to give it a coffin look.

19. Halloween bark

Chocolate bark is a favorite treat. Purchase chocolate bark and purple, black and orange sprinkles to give them a cute Halloween-decorated flair.

20. Worms in mud

A fun and cute Halloween snack option to create is purchasing chocolate pudding cups and crushing up some Oreos to place on top of the chocolate pudding for texture. Use gummy worms as the final garnish to create a cute worm in the mud cup treat.

How to make your Halloween party feel cute and spooky

Since Halloween is a spooky time, consider decorating your party space with skeleton, monster, pumpkin, or spider decorations.

You can embellish your outdoor space with black, orange, and purple streamers or bunting. You can pick some white cobwebs up at the store and stream them throughout your party space. You can also add some black, orange, and purple balloons to decorate your space.

Also, consider a Halloween theme with your place setting with black, orange, and purple-themed napkins, plates, and dinnerware.

Final thoughts on cute Halloween food ideas

You can shop for cute Halloween food options through Instacart. Instacart makes it simple to use same-day pick-up or delivery to help manage your busy schedule. You can also have your shopper place your order at the door, and they’ll let you know once it arrives.

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