Halloween Food & Treat Ideas
Party food you can actually make the morning of — each picture comes with the trick that makes it work.
Ghost Meringues & Spiderweb Cupcakes
Pipe meringue ghosts with mini chocolate-chip eyes, then web the cupcakes with white icing dragged from the centre outward.
Party table idea
Halloween Grazing Board
Cheeses, figs, grapes and cured meats around a paprika-rolled cheese ball shaped like a pumpkin — one board feeds a whole party.
Grazing board idea
Smoking Blackberry Punch
Deep purple punch with blackberry skewers; a chunk of dry ice in the bowl (never in a glass) keeps the fog rolling.
Drinks idea
Old-Fashioned Caramel Apples
Dip chilled apples, roll in nuts or sprinkles, and set them on parchment so the caramel keeps its shape.
Classic treat idea
Ghost & Black Cat Sugar Cookies
Flood-ice cut-out cookies in three colors only — white, orange, black — and let each layer dry before piping faces.
Baking idea
Soup in Pumpkin Bowls
Roast small sugar pumpkins, hollow them, and drag a skewer through a cream spiral to make the spiderweb.
Dinner idea
Mummy Sausage Rolls
Wrap sausages in thin strips of puff pastry, leave a gap for the face, and dot mustard eyes after baking.
Savory snack idea
Spiced Cider Bar
Keep cider warm with cinnamon and star anise, then set out caramel, cream and nuts so guests build their own mug.
Drinks station idea
Chocolate Spiderweb Tartlets
Pipe melted chocolate in rings, drag a toothpick outward from the center, and the web draws itself.
Modern idea
Candy Corn Parfaits
Layer vanilla pudding with orange and yellow fruit in small glasses — the color does all the work.
Modern idea
Cider Donut Tower
Stack cider donuts largest to smallest on a cake stand and dust with cinnamon sugar just before guests arrive.
Modern idea