Yes, witches, it’s my favorite time of year again, and I am not sorry about bringing out Halloween dessert recipes!
Sure, candy and Jell-O shots are cool, but you deserve desserts that actually show up with spooky energy. If you’re after the best Halloween dessert ideas, this lineup has everything you need to get your creep on.
20 Homemade Halloween Dessert Recipes To Make
This list is stacked with DIY Halloween dessert recipes that bring the creepy, the crawly, and the scrumptious.
Bats, spiders, eyeballs, and all the spooky treats your twisted little heart could desire are here. And they’re easy so that you won’t be stress-baking through October.
1. Cookies from Devil’s Food Cake Mix
Boxed cake mix morphing into gooey, chewy cookies? Yep, I’m in.
Add candy eyeballs for Halloween flair, and you’ve got my childhood with a monster makeover. All with no mixer, just chocolatey goodness ready in under 15 minutes. Who could say no?
RECIPE: Cookies from Devil’s Food Cake Mix
2. Chocolate-Covered Oreo Eyeballs
Oreo cookies dipped in white chocolate and decorated with gummy candies and chocolate pupils make spooky, silly fun food.
These no-bakers are perfect party fare or late-night snacks. They’ll keep for days in the fridge, but betcha they won’t last that long.
RECIPE: Chocolate-Covered Oreo Eyeballs
3. Halloween Pumpkin Cookies
These cookie sandwiches are basically dessert snuggles. They’re soft, they’re rich, they’re stupid customizable, and they add an element of creativity to your Halloween celebration.
This dough can be chilled in advance for the ultimate trick-or-treat win!
RECIPE: Halloween Pumpkin Cookies
4. Monster Halloween Marshmallow Pops
Big ol’ marshmallows take a dip in candy coating for a Halloween munchie that’s pure fun.
Sprinkles + candy eyes = creativity + sugar overload. A come-together dessert so hands-on, it’s almost as fun to make as it is to eat. Almost.
RECIPE: Monster Halloween Marshmallow Pops
5. Oreo Bat Cookies
These batty treats are bringing next-level adorbs to your Halloween bash, and they could not be easier. THREE ingredients, y’all!
Make a batch at the last minute, then plop them on the dessert table and watch fun people get all heart-eyes over their spookiness.
RECIPE: Oreo Bat Cookies
6. Graveyard Pudding Cups
This mash-up of layers of chocolate pudding and crushed cookies is topped with white chocolate ghosts, Milano tombstones, and all kinds of goodness.
It’s simple to make yet impressive to look at (and eat), making it the perfect dessert for your Halloween party or October binge fest.
RECIPE: Graveyard Pudding Cups
7. Buttercream Halloween Cupcakes
Black frosting, sprinkle-filled cupcakes? I am here for that trick and treat!
Using a box mix is super low-effort, high-impact. Add candy eyes, ghosty drizzle, whatever. These cupcakes scream Halloween without saying a word.
RECIPE: Buttercream Halloween Cupcakes
8. Spider Jello Cups
The Halloween vibe every kid wants is cute-creepy, and this dessert gets the assignment.
These spider jelly cups are a fun activity and treat all in one. They’re easy to make, party-friendly with lids, and not too scary for picky eaters.
RECIPE: Spider Jello Cups
9. Halloween Hand Pies
Imagine pastry flakier than your best friend’s ex, filled with your top jam, all dressed up as mummies ready to party.
Perfect for your Halloween bash or couch-bound horror flick, these speedy treats let you unleash your inner artist minus the anxiety of complicated baking techniques.
RECIPE: Halloween Hand Pies
10. Halloween Donuts
The chaos of donut decorating is the whole point. Icing slips, sprinkles fly, candy eyes instantly amp up the cute. Kids love making spooky masterpieces.
Store in a sealed container for four days, unless they’re devoured by tiny terrors before that. Which they will be.
RECIPE: Halloween Donuts
11. Halloween Bark
It’s a chocolate-meets-candy mashup that’s impossible to put down. Sweet and salty with a sprinkle of flaky salt equals dessert heaven.
Perfect for kids or adults, it’s an easy way to use up leftover Halloween candy & REALLY impress your friends.
RECIPE: Halloween Bark
12. Cute Ghost Marshmallow Balls
Marshmallow popcorn balls are a Halloween OG, and for good reason. They’re sweet, sticky, and the easiest thing to make.
Basically, it’s Rice Krispies made with popcorn. Dip them in white candy melts, slap on some candy eyes, and you’ve got the cutest little ghost snacks.
RECIPE: Cute Ghost Marshmallow Balls
13. Halloween Fruit Platter
This spooky fruit platter that totally wins Halloween every time.
Apples turn monster, bananas go ghostly, and strawberries get mummified. It’s a colorful way to treat the kids without the dreaded sugar crash.
Halloween perfection is in the house. Party on, little ghouls and boos!
RECIPE: Halloween Fruit Platter
14. Halloween Chocolate Puppy Chow
Chex cereal clad in a melty mix of chocolate & peanut butter makes a crunchy, sweet treat perfect for Halloween.
Throw in some candy corn & pretzels, you’ve got a festive snack that’s way too easy to make. Who knew healthy tastes so good, amiright?
RECIPE: Halloween Chocolate Puppy Chow
15. Baked Halloween Donuts
These angelic little halos are baked, not fried, which means less time in the gym and more time spent on world domination.
Almond meal and oat flour keep things light, while a rich chocolate glaze ensures that no one feels like they are missing out…. Top them with fun decorations and they become the star of any Halloween gathering.
RECIPE: Baked Halloween Donuts
16. Harvest Chex Mix
Crunchy snack alert! This Chex cereal, pretzels, Bugles mix is drizzled in buttery brown sugar glaze, then tossed with cute fall candies.
You’ll be making this again and again for friends and family, or just because you like it and don’t want to share. It’s that good.
RECIPE: Harvest Chex Mix
17. Halloween Popcorn Mix
Name a more perfect pair than popcorn and Halloween. We’ll wait.
Add melted chocolate, cookies, and candy corn for a crunchy, festive treat. Drizzle colorful melts and top with eyeballs (sorry, not sorry) to make this party-ready.
Serve at every October celebration from now ‘til forever.
RECIPE: Halloween Popcorn Mix
18. Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board
Roll up to your Halloween bash with a dessert charcuterie board because that will bring some serious festive flair to the occasion.
Pile it high with candies, snacks, sweets, and treats, and even some dips for ultimate interactive fun. Add seasonal fruits to break up the sweets, cause you know… health.
No pressure to make it perfect, it’s just gorgeous and abundant.
RECIPE: Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board
19. Halloween Cupcakes
Halloween and chocolate go together like tacos and Tuesday. Fudgy cupcakes with sweet frosting are yummy. But add candy eyeballs to spookify the whole thing? Now we’re talking!
These little devils are party-perfect or just a fun treat for when you’re feeling festive and wild.
RECIPE: Halloween Cupcakes
20. Graveyard Halloween Brownies
Milano cookies as brownie graveyard headstones? Green frosting and mini pumpkins for cuteness?
These will be a hit, turning any reaping into a full-blown party. Everybody loves them, and they’re cuter than a pumpkin in an Abercrombie sweater.
RECIPE: Graveyard Halloween Brownies
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Okay, how hyped are you to try these Halloween dessert recipes? Because I’m pretty much drafting my grocery list right now.
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