1. Home
  2. Parenting & Family
  3. Halloween

Recipes for Halloween Treats

Don't settle for candy corn and lollipops! This Halloween, cook up something that amazes the eyes as well as the taste buds.
Peanut Butter Eyeballs
Peanut butter and three kinds of chocolate make these bite-sized morsels as tasty as they are scary.
Chocolate Spiders
These are also know as Haystacks. The chow mein noodles look like spider legs.
10 Recipes for a Howling-Good Gluten-Free Halloween
Take the "fright-out-of-the-night" by knowing that your gluten-free kids are enjoying these gluten-free Halloween treats.
Halloween Recipes
Hallloween recipes you can use for Halloween parties or snacks for Halloween day. Collection of Halloween recipes for Kid's.
Halloween Cakes and Party Pictures
Photos of Halloween cakes and parties.
How to Make Chocolate-Covered Mice - Step by step recipe instructions.
Step by step recipe instructions with photos show how to make chocolate-covered cherry mice. Great for children's birthday parties, bake sales, and Halloween.
Sugar-free Halloween
How to keep your Halloween sugar-free and low-carb.
Nine Halloween Treats for Allergic Kids
Having a few non-food Halloween treats handy, even if you're planning on giving out candy to most trick-or-treaters who stop by your house, is a thoughtful gesture to kids with food allergies. Many of these treats would also make excellent party favors for birthdays at school or for allergy-safe Halloween parties. All are inexpensive and available at mass market stores, warehouse stores, and/or drugstores.
Got Leftover Halloween Candy?
Here are a couple of solutions to what to do with all of that leftover Halloween candy.
Haunting Halloween Cocktails
These haunting drinks are great ghastly additions to a Halloween party: some are black as night while others have mysterious creatures hiding in the depths.
Halloween Candy Recipes
Dairy-Free Halloween Candy. These dairy-free candy recipes are perfect for your lactose-free Halloween celebration, and many recipes are vegan, too! For dairy free kids and lactose free adults alike, these dairy-free candy recipes are perfect for Halloween parties or trick-or-treat treats!
Monster Eyes Pretzel Candy Treats
Easy to make pretzel candy treats for Halloween
Halloween on a Restricted Diet
For children with diabetes, food allergies, Prader-Willi syndrome, and other special needs, gorging on Halloween candy can bring more than a tummy ache -- it can be a serious health risk. These sites offer suggestions, strategies, and recipes for making the night less spooky for kids whose diet needs to be carefully watched.
Chocolate-Candy Corn Bark
This super-speedy treat makes the best of two Halloween favorites: candy corn and chocolate.
Candy Monsters
Candy Monsters are whimsical peanut butter and chocolate creations that are easy to make and fun to decorate.
Chocolate Ghosts
These delicious white chocolate ghosts are riding on crunchy pretzel broomsticks for an extra-spooky Halloween candy treat.
Halloween Recipes Index
Halloween recipes for parties and family fun. Black Cat Cookies, Caramel Popcorn, Buckeyes, Graveyard Dessert, Halloween Cookies and many more.
Make Candy Skulls Step-By-Step with Pictures
If you've ever wanted to know how to make those unique Mexican Candy Skulls, you can learn how with this picture tutorial.
Jack O' Lantern Face Cake
Here are the simple directions for making a round cake look like a jack o' lantern.
Gluten-Free Candies
These candy manufacturers have published lists of their gluten-free candies, as of September 2008.
Candy Corn Popcorn Balls
Sweet and gooey, these Candy Corn Popcorn Balls are the perfect Halloween treat! You won’t believe how easy it is to make popcorn balls using marshmallows, popcorn and candy corn.
Candy Spiders
Candy Spiders are a fun, easy Halloween recipe. Marshmallows, rice cereal, and chocolate form delicious spiders that kids and adults will love to gobble!
Cinnamon White Chocolate Pumpkins
These petite white chocolate pumpkins, scented with ground cinnamon, make the perfect autumn candy.
Gummy Worms
Gummy worms are a fun childhood favorite that are easy to make at home. These wriggly worms are flavored with raspberry and orange juice.
Jack O' Lantern Popcorn Balls
Marshmallow popcorn balls get transformed into jack o’ lanterns in this adorable Halloween candy recipe!
Jelly Pumpkins
Making Halloween candy couldn’t be easier! Two types of gumdrop candies are combined to make jelly pumpkins in this simple, fast Halloween recipe.
Marzipan Fingers
Marzipan fingers are the ultimate ghoulish Halloween candy! Delicious almond marzipan is fashioned into frighteningly lifelike severed fingers. Eat them if you dare!
Marzipan Pumpkins
Marzipan pumpkins are easy to make and look beautiful on top of pastries, or as part of a fall display.
Striped Butterscotch Fudge
Alternating layers of butterscotch and chocolate fudge give this easy fudge recipe a fun appearance and delicious taste.
Halloween Party Food for a Ghostly Good Time
Halloween party recipes should be fun, scary and a little gross. These recipes fit the bill, and more importantly, they're all yummy!
Leftover Halloween Candy
Review what to do with your child's leftover Halloween candy so that you and your kids aren't eating and picking at it for weeks and weeks, which may lead to an extra 3 or 4 pound weight gain going into the holiday season.
Explore Halloween
About.com Special Features

Stay connected and entertained with reviews on tips on the latest HDTVs, cellphones and more. More >

Reclaim the morning and your sanity with these easy recipes, tips, and timesaving ideas. More >

  1. Home
  2. Parenting & Family
  3. Halloween
  4. Recipes for Halloween

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.