25 Easy, Creative Halloween Desserts

Halloween is one of the best holidays for indulging in some really amazing desserts. After all, Halloween is the holiday where treats are the main event! Read on to find some of the most delicious, festive, creative and fun Halloween Desserts to make this year!

Fun and easy to make, these Halloween desserts are absolutely delicious. Kids and adults will love them, because they are all spooky, cute and festive! Most of these are really easy to make too, which makes them perfect for getting kids involved in the kitchen for some extra special Halloween fun.

Monster cookies, ghost cupcakes, spell book brownies, mummy cake pops, spiderweb cookies, and swamp monsters are just a few of the creepy creations you’ll find here.

We’ve got something for everyone: decadent treats, vegan-friendly desserts, healthier options that are totally guilt-free, and a couple sweeter drinks to round out the list!

Halloween Cookies and Treats

It wouldn’t be Halloween without cookies, cake, and other sweet treats! This collection of recipes is full of Halloween-themed fun. Perfectly sweet, easy to make, you can enjoy these on Halloween or any other time of the year when you’re feeling especially festive!

Halloween Monster Cookies

Fall is just around the corner, and these Halloween Monster Cookies are the perfect way to add some spooky flavor to your life. They are creepy but adorable, all at the same time. 

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Instant Pot Popcorn

Make your favorite movie-time snack in your pressure cooker! This instant pot popcorn is easy, mess-free, and perfectly crisp. You only need four ingredients and less than 20 minutes to make it.

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Spooky Graham Cracker Treats

Spooky Graham Crackers aren’t truly spooky. All five of the Halloween characters are actually rather cute! These easy Halloween treats are simple to make with just melted chocolate, candy eyes, and sprinkles!

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Easy Halloween Ghost Cupcakes

Easy Halloween Ghost Cupcakes are delicious, chocolate flavored cupcakes with a hint of coffee, topped with chocolate spread and a white chocolate ghost topper. Easy enough for kids to make with a little adult help.

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Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies

It is just a little Hocus Pocus!!! These Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies are the perfect sweet treat for a Halloween party, or to enjoy at home with your favorite Sanderson “sistaaahhhhs”.

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Halloween Spiderweb Cookies

These Halloween Spiderweb Cookies are a delicious and cute Halloween-themed treat that are easy to make and healthy, too! You’d never guess they are whole wheat and sweetened only with maple syrup.

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Mummy Cakesicles

These spooky Halloween cake pops are festive and delicious. A simple white cake is combined with rich vanilla frosting and dipped in white chocolate, then decorated into adorable mummy cakesicles! Perfect for all the little ghouls and goblins.

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Chocolate Swamp Monsters

These cute swamp monsters are perfect for Halloween with kids! Easy to make as well – get the kids involved in the kitchen!

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Owl Cookies

Delicious, egg-free, nutty, simple owl cookies are made with almond meal, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Great for Halloween or for fall in general!

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Halloween Pumpkin Desserts

Halloween wouldn’t be halloween without pumpkins!! I absolutely love pumpkin recipes in the fall – it’s an ingredient that can be made sweet or savory depending on the recipe. Here are four of my favorite Halloween Pumpkin Desserts that will delight your friends and family!

Healthy And Vegan Rice Krispie Treats

Healthy rice krispie treats with all the buttery, gooey goodness, but none of the guilt! These portable cereal-based treats are dairy-free, vegan, and kid-approved.

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread

Soft, tender Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread with a streusel topping is going to give you all the amazing flavors of fall in every single taste. Cinnamon, pumpkin spice, nutmeg, and pumpkin puree combine to create this unforgettable recipe that everyone will love!

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Healthy Pumpkin Brownies

These layered, low calorie, healthy pumpkin brownies are not only fudgy, chocolately and decadent, but they're actually healthy too! Only 15 minutes of prep time, less than 150 calories per serving, and the perfect fall dessert!

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Vegan Pumpkin Spice Fudge

This vegan pumpkin spice fudge is made with a chocolate base and flavored with a pumpkin spice blend!

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Healthy Halloween Desserts

Having something a little lighter in your Halloween is a good way to mix things up while still showing some spooky spirit! All of these treats are made with whole foods, fresh fruit, and have low to no sugar so you can enjoy them completely guilt-free.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ghosts

These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ghosts will be the hit at your Halloween party! They’re cute and spooky all at the same time, and so simple to make. Who doesn’t love a chocolate covered strawberry?!

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Apple Mummies

These adorable Apple Mummies are such an easy, healthy Halloween treat! Your little ghosties will gobble them up! A perfect fruit snack for Halloween parties, spook-tacular fruit trays, or a fun October after-school nibble!

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Halloween Chia Pudding

This Halloween Chia Pudding makes a fun and healthy Halloween food. It’s gluten-free and dairy-free, paleo and vegan!

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Halloween Frozen Yogurt Bark

This Spooky Halloween Yogurt Bark is absolutely delicious, made with just 4 simple healthy ingredients, and will haunt all of your guests!

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Halloween Boonanas

These coconut boonanas are a super cute, healthy Halloween snack or dessert. Made with ripe bananas, coconut yogurt, dessicated coconut and chocolate, they are both delicious and nutritious for you!

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Vegan Halloween Desserts

Since most Halloween Desserts are loaded with butter and eggs, it’s always good to have something on your menu that is vegan-friendly! From bat cookies to egg-free meringues – these vegan treats are so delicious your guests won’t be able to tell they are egg and dairy free!

Vegan Sugar Cookie Bats

A chocolaty treat that’s spooktacular! Delicious chocolate bats are a fun roll and bake project for little helpers. These gluten free, vegan, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free cookies hold their shape and are almost too cute to eat.

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Egg Free Ghost Meringues

Enjoy meringues without having to use the traditional eggs. These vegan meringues are made with aquafaba instead!

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Vegan Halloween Ghost Cake

This Vegan Halloween Ghost Cake is made with a chocolate sponge, luxurious chocolate buttercream and adorable poached pear ghost decorations! Also gluten-free and refined sugar free.

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Vegan Pumpkin Cake

This moist vegan pumpkin cake with homemade vegan cream cheese filling is delicious and easy to make. Top it with a vegan buttercream glaze, add a cute cinnamon stick and raffia ribbon stem for a seasonal cake that looks like a pumpkin!

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Halloween Lucky Charms

These homemade vegan Lucky Charms are made with cat, bat, and pumpkin-shaped aquafaba marshmallows.

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Creative Halloween Drinks

From a smoky witches brew cocktail to a bloody strawberry soda, both of these drinks can be made with alcohol or without – which makes them perfect for both kids and adults!

Witches Brew Cocktail

Witches Brew Cocktail is the perfect drink to liven up your party! Ready in less than 10 minutes, with only 3 ingredients, it's delicious and easy to make. Its spooky green coloring, vodka, and dry ice is exactly what you need in your life! 

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Strawberry Simple Syrup

Fresh strawberries, sugar and lemon combine to create this homemade strawberry simple syrup. It's a perfect addition to cocktails, mocktails or even just a homemade strawberry soda – great for both kids and adults!

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