Halloween Menu Ideas

This collection of over 30 family-friendly Halloween Menu Ideas includes spooky appetizers, sweet Halloween treats, homemade candy, and Halloween party drinks. We’ve also included some easy fall dinner ideas that can be made ahead of time so you can focus on enjoying the evening.

If you’re looking for even more fall recipes, we’ve got you covered. Or, feel free to sift through our full list of Halloween recipes.

Our Best Halloween Menu Ideas

With Halloween right around the corner, there are so many fun school parties, costumes, and fall festivals that it can be easy to forget about all of the super fun Halloween themed party foods and treats that can make the night even more festive. 

To make things easy for you, I’ve pulled together this list of some of our best Halloween party menu ideas that are both super fun and super simple. And let’s get real—most of the focus here is on candy, dessert, spooky party punch, and fun finger foods. 

As a main course, I highly recommend sticking with something simple and satisfying that can be prepped ahead of time. A cozy soup or stew like Beef Chili, Beef Stew, or Taco Soup would definitely hit the spot. Or, go for an easy slow cooker meal like Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken or Slow Cooker Pot Roast that can be served with buns and toppings. 

Homemade Pizza is always a good choice, as are these Cheeseburger Sliders or a pasta bake like this Ground Beef Pasta Bake.

Watch This Youtube Video with Some of our Favorite Halloween Recipes!

Spooky Halloween Menu Ideas

These themed Halloween appetizers are perfect for serving at a Halloween party or as snacks before or after trick-or-treating. Each recipe is easy to prep and uses basic ingredients to create fun spooky (and adorable!) finger foods.

Mummy Poppers

These spooky Mummy Jalapeno Poppers are an easy Halloween appetizer that’s almost too cute to eat. Each spicy jalapeno pepper half is stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped with bacon, baked until golden, then finished with little candy eyes before serving.

Mummy Hot Dogs

This Mummy Hot Dogs recipe is an adorable Halloween dinner or party appetizer that couldn’t be easier. Made with crescent roll dough, they’re the perfect festive finger food that uses just a few basic ingredients.

Cyclops Meatballs

These bacon-wrapped Mummy Meatballs are fun and delicious Halloween appetizers and party snacks. They’re made with frozen meatballs, strips of bacon, and cute little candy eyeballs.

Spider Web Bean Dip

This spooky Halloween Taco Dip is the perfect party appetizer for Halloween. It’s made with layers of refried beans, salsa, and sour cream, then decorated with a guacamole spider web, olive spiders, and shredded cheese.

Pizza Skulls

These Halloween Pizza Skulls are a fun and spooky recipe to make for Halloween parties. Using a skull pizza mold, they are easy to make and can be filled with any of your favorite pizza toppings.

Mini Bean Dip Cups

This recipe for individual 7 Layer Dip in Cups uses guacamole spider webs and olive spiders to create a Halloween appetizer that everyone loves. Serve with tortilla chips, raw veggies, pretzels, or crackers for a quick, easy, and spooky snack.   

Snickers Apple Salad

Is it a salad or a dessert? You choose! Either way, it’s filled with creamy Cool Whip, instant pudding, chewy Snickers candy bars, and tart green apples.

Halloween Desserts

Looking for cute Halloween cookies or decorated cupcakes? We’ve also listed classics, like Caramel Apples, along with fun spooky treats like this Rice Krispies Brain.

Jack O Lantern Cookies

These Jack O’ Lantern Cookies are an easy way to make a simple sugar cookie recipe super festive.  They’re soft, chewy, topped with orange colored buttercream frosting, and decorated with candy corns to look like cute little Halloween pumpkins.

Spooky Halloween Monster Cookies

These Halloween Monster Cookies are loaded with chocolate chips, M&Ms, oatmeal, and are decorated for the spooky season. They are super cute and perfect for Halloween parties.

Candy Bar Cookies

These Candy Cookies are your answer to what to do with leftover Halloween Candy. They’re soft, chewy, filled with chocolate chips, and taste great with just about any type of candy bar or chocolate candy.

Cyclops Cupcakes

These creepy Halloween Eyeball Cupcakes make the perfect festive Halloween dessert. Not only are they spooky and delicious—they are also super simple to put together.

Graveyard Cupcakes

Both kids and adults will love these spooky Graveyard Cupcakes, topped with chocolate buttercream, a cookie gravestone, and Halloween candies. They’re a perfect Halloween party centerpiece that are as delicious as they are adorable.

Graveyard Dirt Cups

These Halloween Dirt Cups are a quick and easy no bake Halloween party favorite. They are made with layers of pudding, Oreo crumb, and graveyard-themed Halloween treats.

Mummy Pretzels

These cute little Halloween Pretzels are a quick and easy Halloween treat. They’re covered in white chocolate and decorated with an extra chocolate drizzle and candy eyes to look like mummies.

Rice Krispies Brain

These fun Halloween Rice Krispie Brains are far more delicious than they look. Complete with fake blood and super easy to make, they are the perfect Halloween party treat.

Homemade Caramel Apples

These Homemade Caramel Apples, easy, fun to make, and one of the most classic halloween menu ideas.  This recipe will show you how to make caramel apples including our easy caramel recipe, decorating ideas, tips, and more.  

Pumpkin Pretzels

These festive chocolate-dipped Pumpkin Pretzels are an adorable Halloween treat. They’re sweet, salty, easy to make, and a perfect sweet treat to serve on Halloween or anytime during the fall.

Apple Nachos

These Caramel Apple Nachos are a quick and easy dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth with very little preparation.  Crisp apple slices are drizzled with homemade caramel sauce, then covered in crushed Oreos, chopped candy bars and any of your other favorite toppings.

Homemade Halloween Candy

If you want to play around with some homemade candy, we’ve got plenty of easy recipes for you to try! We’ve even got copycat recipes of some of your favorite candy bars, along with cute candy kabobs and classic caramels.

Candy Kabobs

If you’re looking for a fun and colorful way to celebrate, these colorful DIY Candy Kabobs are just the thing. Perfect for birthday parties, showers, and holiday celebrations for all ages, Candy Kabobs are as fun to make as they are adorable and delicious.

Homemade Caramel Candy

Here is an easy, step-by-step guide on how to make a soft caramel candy recipe. This homemade caramel candy is perfectly sweet, silky smooth, and a delicious. All you need is a few simple ingredients, a little time and you’ll have incredible caramel candy in no time.

Black Licorice Caramel Candy

This can be could be called Witches Tar at your next Halloween party! These homemade Black Licorice Caramels are buttery, soft, and so easy to make. The combination of caramel and licorice flavors with a little hint of salt makes them impossible to resist, even for skeptics.

Mounds Coconut Candy

Making Homemade Mounds Candy is easier than you might think, and they are just as good as the store bought version. The combination of soft and chewy coconut filling with rich and creamy chocolate is irresistible to any coconut lover.

Peanut Butter Cups

This homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup recipe is quick to throw together and perfect for Halloween, gifting, showers, and parties of all sizes. The rich and creamy peanut butter filling is dipped in melted chocolate, just like Reese’s cups.

Chocolate Covered Caramel

This Chocolate Covered Caramel Candy recipe provides easy-to-follow instructions so that even beginners can make these delicious candies in their very own kitchen.  These soft and chewy caramels are dipped in melted chocolate then topped with flakey sea salt for a perfect treat no matter what the occasion.

Peppermint Patties

This Peppermint Patty recipe makes easy holiday candies filled with creamy peppermint and dipped in silky smooth dark chocolate. They use just a few ingredients, are super simple to make, and are perfect for holiday gifting.

Turtles Candy

This classic homemade Turtles Candy combines toasted pecans, gooey caramel, melted chocolate, and a touch of sea salt. It’s a surprisingly simple recipe that is the perfect Halloween menu idea, or for Christmas presents, holiday parties, and enjoying at home with family.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Fudge

This Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is quick, easy, uses just a few ingredients, and can be made entirely in the microwave.  It takes just minutes to prepare and is dangerously delicious.

Rolo Pretzel Bites

These Rolo Pretzel Bites are the perfect sweet and salty holiday treat or snack for any occasion.  They use just 3 ingredients, take less than 10 minutes to make and are always a major hit.

Halloween Menu Drink Recipes

If you want to go all out for your Halloween party, one easy way is to serve a punch with dry ice. We’ve also included our Mulled Apple Cider recipe and our Homemade Root Beer!

Green Witch Punch

This Halloween Green Punch is a delicious sparkling lime punch with lime sherbet and dry ice for an extra spooky effect. It’s the perfect Halloween punch for kids or adults.

Purple Witch Punch

This Purple Punch Recipe is a fun and easy non-alcoholic Halloween drink for adults and kids. To make things extra spooky, add a little dry ice and serve in decorative cups.

Homemade Root Beer

This Homemade Root Beer recipe uses just 4 ingredients and can be made in about 15 minutes. Unlike traditional root beer, our easy version uses root beer extract for flavoring and dry ice to create carbonation.

Hot Mulled Apple Cider

This festive Mulled Apple Cider is a warm and cozy way to kick off the fall season.  Apple cider is slowly simmered to infuse fresh citrus flavors and seasonal spices like cinnamon and cloves to make this easy homemade drink.

Even More Halloween Food Ideas

• Fall Party Mix
• Cracker Jacks
• Brie and Fig Crostini
• Caramel Cream Cheese Puff Pastry
• Peanut Butter Popcorn
• Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Brie and Fig Puff Pastry
• Pumpkin Rice Pudding
• Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• More Fall Recipes
• More Candy Recipes

This list of Halloween favorites will give you plenty of Halloween themed menu ideas for your next party or get together. We’ve included Halloween appetizers, desserts, drinks, homemade candies, and easy fall main courses to supplement all of the sweets!