Want to create some spooky and delicious fun for Halloween? From cookies to cupcakes and candies, you’re going to love these.

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1. Chocolate Monster Cookies

A stack of 3 chocolate cookies with candy eyes stuck to them.

How about my chocolate monster halloween cookies? Super cute, fun and so easy to make chocolate sandwich cookies with coloured vanilla buttercream filling.

2. Halloween Candy Apples

Candy apples on a tray with twigs stuck into the top.

Halloween candy apples are tart green apples covered in a sweet, crunchy black toffee coating. You can decorate to your heart’s content using any colour or decorations to make them perfectly spooky treats.

3. Black Velvet Cake

Front on view of a 3 tier black velvet cake topped with fresh berries.

This soft and fluffy black velvet cake with it’s creamy, smooth frosting is absolutely irresistible. Naturally coloured with the help of black cocoa, this black chocolate cake is a must-make and the perfect showstopper for Halloween too. 

4. Monster Cupcakes

A variety of coloured cupcakes on a wooden platter with candy eyes.

These adorable monster cupcakes are perfect Halloween treats or for birthday parties. Moist and tender dark chocolate cupcakes, topped with a fun, colourful frosting and beady little eyes. 

5. Easy Iced Sugar Cookies

A stack of colourful cookies covered in sprinkles

Ok, so these gorgeous easy iced sugar cookies may not look too spooky just yet but imagine that icing in orange or purple with black and orange sprinkles and candy eyes dotted into the top. They’re so easy to make. I’ve even made these using a ghost cookie cutter however my attempt to draw a face on them failed so here we are 🙂. These are truly so delicious, absolutely irresistible, great for gifting and great for trick or treaters too.

And here’s some Halloween dessert ideas from around the internet that I love.

6. Witch Cauldron Cupcakes

Cupcake sitting in a mini witches cauldron.

Witch Cauldron Cupcakes by A Wicked Whisk are moist dark chocolate cupcakes, fluffy buttercream frosting and ghoulish sprinkles all served up in a cute witch cauldron. Easy, cute and ghoulishly delicious makes these the perfect Halloween cupcakes.

7. Halloween Pumpkin Cookies

Let’s get spooky with these super easy Halloween Pumpkin Cookies by Wild Wild Whisk adorned with a frightening Butterfinger peanut butter skull. 

8. Monster Rice Krispies Treats

These Monster Halloween Treats by Chelseas Messy Apron have a lot of different options and while they can certainly be more than 3-ingredients, you can definitely go the “minimalist” route and make some cute monster treats with only 3 ingredients.

Graveyard pudding in small plastic cups with a cookie tombstone.

Graveyard Pudding Cookie Cups by My Name is Snickerdoodle have become such a classic Halloween dessert.  These individual cups are filled with cookie crumb dirt and a creamy center created with chocolate pudding. Each of them are embellished with a cookie tombstone and candy pumpkin. They would be a great after school treat or holiday party!

10. Meringue Ghosts

Meringue ghosts with candy eyesl

Crazy easy to make while being impressive, these meringue ghosts by Worn Slap Out are great toppers for cupcakes, cake, or pudding cups or delicious to eat on their own.

In the comments below, tell me your all-time favourite Halloween dessert!