Halloween Treats & Desserts

Easy Owl-Ween Treats

Open-faced Oreos, M & M’s, candy corn, and sprinkles bring a convenience store treat―a MoonPie―to life. Secure cookies and candy to your MoonPie with melted chocolate candy coating. Then insert a 12- x ¼-inch dowel, available at craft stores, into marshmallow center and secure with more chocolate for an eye-popping, kid-friendly sweet.

Chocolate Ghost Cakes

These no-bake treats are quick, easy and make great party favors. Get Step-by-Step Instructions from one of our Test Kitchen professionals.

• Recipe: Chocolate Ghost Cakes
• Watch our How-To Video

Heavenly Candy Bar Cupcakes

Turn leftover Halloween goodies into irresistible desserts. These indulgent cupcakes start with a melted candy bar mixture and end with a sweet topping of Chocolate-Marshmallow Frosting.

• Recipe: Heavenly Candy Bar Cupcakes

Pumpkin Fudge

This sweet treat combines pumpkin with white chocolate chips, marshmallow crème and chopped pecans to make a delicious new staple for the Halloween season.

• Recipe: Pumpkin Fudge

Candy Apples

Starting with packaged caramel apple wraps make these tasty apples eerily easy to make and a fun project to do with the kids. For a more gourmet apple treat, try our pecan-coated Caramel Apples.

• Recipe: Candy Apples

Stuffed Pumpkin with Cranberry-Raisin Bread Pudding

Carved and decorated, pumpkins bewitchingly greet trick-or-treaters, but their spooky guises don’t stop us from savoring this treat in dishes such as Stuffed Pumpkin With Cranberry-Raisin Bread Pudding.

• Recipe: Stuffed Pumpkin with Cranberry-Raisin Bread Pudding

Harvest Moon Lollipops

Harvest Moon Lollipops make a perfect party project for kids. (Help younger children insert the lollipop sticks.) Arrange lollipops in a container filled with florist foam for an impressive centerpiece, or wrap individually in cellophane and give as party favors.

• Recipe: Harvest Moon Lollipops

White Meringue Ghosts

These adorable White Meringue Ghosts are equally decorative and fun to eat.

• Recipe: White Meringue Ghosts

Cereal–and–Granola "Apples"

Serve Cereal–and–Granola "Apples" for dessert or package them as party favors for the kids.

• Recipe: Cereal–and–Granola "Apples"

Witches' Hats

For all the reluctant bakers out there, have no fear: Witches’ Hats require only three ingredients and no baking! Fudge-striped shortbread cookies are simply topped with a chocolate kiss and finished with a frosting bow.

• Recipe: Witches' Hats

Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes

Shaped like the popular Halloween candy, this delicious chocolate cake topped with Buttercream Frosting makes a great party dessert for kids and adults alike.

• Recipe: Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes

Pumpkin Cake With Little Ghosts

Spook up any of your favorite cake recipes with delicious white chocolate little ghosts. The ghosts are easy to make–just trace out your pattern and then cut the chocolate with a knife to get the best shape.

• Recipes:
   Pumpkin Cake
   Little Ghosts

Caramel Apples

These gourmet apples are double dipped in melted chocolate and caramel, then rolled in toasted pecans. For an even quicker treat using caramel apple wraps, try our Candy Apples.

• Recipe: Caramel Apples

Southern-Style Caramel Apples

Branch out and get creative with some of our favorite caramel apple toppings. Please note: We used Southern magnolia twigs; other branches may render the apples inedible. When in doubt, use craft sticks or large pretzel sticks.

• Recipe: Southern-Style Caramel Apples

Monster Cupcakes

To make these festive cakes, order six unfrosted bakery cupcakes, or bake your own. Stir 8 drops purple liquid food coloring into 1 (16-oz.) can creamy supreme vanilla frosting. Pipe onto cupcakes; add edible toppers (available at party stores). Place each cupcake in a glass “specimen” jar (widemouthed canning jar) for a creative favor.

Deep-Fried Candy Corn

You'll be the most popular house on the block if you serve this treat on Halloween!

• Watch: Deep-Fried Candy Corn

• Deep-Fried S'mores
• Deep-Fried MoonPies
• Deep-Fried Pimiento Cheese