These snack ideas will make sure your Halloween party is a hit! Pick some of your favorites and bring some fun and spooky spirit to your guests.
Halloween is such a fun nightโand it gets even more festive when you make sure your menu matches the spooky vibes! No matter if you need something to munch on before trick-or-treating or if you’re having a Halloween party where you are serving food to all of your favorite ghosts and goblins, we’ve got you covered with tons of festive Halloween snack ideas!

What kind of food do you serve at a Halloween party?
Our favorite type of Halloween party is one with lots of Halloween appetizers and snacks. It’s less of a “sit down and eat a full meal with a knife and fork” sort of deal, and more of a “stand around and chat while eating the best Halloween party snacks” situation. But if you do want to offer something a little more substantial, check out these jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers!
But back to the snacks. We like to offer plenty of savory options because we know there will be so many sweet Halloween treats around. And if kids are there, you want to be sure to offer substantial enough savory snacks to get little trick-or-treaters through the night and avoid a major sugar crash.
Think:
- Cheese and crackers (we’ll show you how to use candy eyes and simple decorations to make a spooky Halloween board below!).
- Pizza. For a round pizza, use toppings to give the pizza a jack-o-lantern face. Or, use large cookie cutters to make mini pizzas shaped like ghosts or pumpkins!
- Carrots and celery sticks with some sort of dip. Depending on the dip, use ranch dressing or sour cream and toothpicks to draw a spider web on the surface. Or, make a veggie tray in the shape of a pumpkin!
- Dressed up fruit. We’ve seen oranges turned into “pumpkins,” and bananas turned into “ghosts.”
We’ve got a whole list of ideas below! And don’t think we forgot the sweet thingsโwe still have plenty of ideas for those, too.
What makes these snacks good for a Halloween party?
Nearly any party appetizer or snack can work for a Halloween party if you give it a festive twist! Some of our favorite ways to do this involve:
- Candy eyes. A few eyes staring back at you from the food spread can do the trick. You can see them in action in the hot dog mummies and charcuterie board below, but they would also be great on brownies or cookies.
- Fake spiders. Scatter plastic spiders all around the food spread, or make spiders out of olives as appetizer garnishes.
- Delicious “mummy” wraps. For anything that would normally be wrapped in puff pastry or biscuit dough, turn it into mummy wraps! Rather than wrapping the appetizer in a whole sheet of dough, cut the dough into strips first. Then wrap them around the snack one by one, with just some overlap between strips, to give the appetizer a mummy look.
- Dark dishes. Dark bowls and slate boards will give the table a dark, spooky vibe.
- Mini pumpkins. Mini pumpkins make for great festive decor.
- Candy. Put candy corn in the blondies. Serve cookies with chopped-up candy bars. Or just put out bowls of candy corn and fun-size candy bars so that folks of all ages can get in on the sugary fun.
Halloween Snack Ideas
These snack ideas will make sure your Halloween party is a hit! Pick some of your favorites and bring some fun and spooky spirit to your guests.
Mini Halloween Pizzas
Kids will love these mini Halloween pizzasโespecially if they get to put on the toppings themselves! These pizzas are perfect for a Halloween party or pre-trick or treat dinner.
Halloween Charcuterie Board
The spookiest time of year calls for a spooktacular food spread. Make a Halloween Charcuterie Board to help make your Halloween fun, but not too scary.
Mummy Hot Dogs Recipe
These Mummy Dogs from Home Made Interest only use two ingredients, and they are so darn adorable!
Monster Mouths
These monster mouths from Mom Foodie are great for parties, but kids will also love this take on apple slices and peanut butter for a spooky after school treat.
Three Layer Pumpkin Brownies
Super rich and decadent, these Three Layer Pumpkin Brownies are packed full of rich chocolate flavor and fall festiveness. Serve them at your Halloween party!
Tangerine Pumpkins + Banana Ghosts
Give your fruit a fun and festive upgrade with these tangerine pumpkins and banana ghosts from Weelicious.
Peanut Butter Monster Munch Halloween Party Mix
This fun and festive Peanut Butter Monster Munch Halloween Party Mix will satisfy your sweet tooth!
Halloween Pumpkin Veggie Tray
Is there a cuter way to get your veggies in than this adorable themed veggie tray from Keeping the Peas? Want something spookier? Try a skeleton version from Cooking with Janica instead!
Frankenstein Halloween Sandwich Wraps
These monster wraps from Peas and Crayons would be equally at home in a party spread as they would be in a lunchbox.
Flavored Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipes
Roasted pumpkin seeds are a crunchy snack you have to make! We have both sweet and savory pumpkin seed recipes to satisfy your tastebuds.
Spider Web Guacamole
Guacamole is always a party winner, and you can give it a spooky twist with a sour cream spider web.
Candy Corn Blondies
Candy corn haters need not apply! These oooey, gooey, and rich Candy Corn Blondies are a fun and festive treat for your Halloween party. Adapted from my Bourbon Chocolate Chip Blondies.
Snakewich
For a larger party, turn a party sub into a snake (this one is by Taste of Home)
Witch Brooms
These witches' brooms from Delish are as simple as they are adorable. All you need is string cheese, pretzel sticks, and chives!
Jalapeno Popper Mummies
Love a spicy-savory snack? Then you'll love these jalapeno popper mummies fromAmanda's Cookin'.
Halloween Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs
Little olive spiders give this party favorite a spooky twist!