Easy Halloween Dessert Recipes

Host the ultimate Halloween party with quick and easy dessert recipes for cookies, brownies, candy apples, cupcakes and more spooky sweets.

Chocolate-Covered Halloween Pretzels: These spooky Halloween pretzels take minutes to make and star crunchy pretzels dunked into and decorated with candy melts, chocolate and spooky sprinkles.

Spider Cupcakes: Moist chocolate cupcakes, swirled buttercream frosting and sprinkle-studded spiders.

Halloween Candy Bark: Bittersweet chocolate is melted and topped with bite-size pieces of all your favorite Halloween candies.

Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies: These cookies have soft, chewy centers and slightly crispy edges, plus edible spiders for a seriously spooky sweet. The best part? You can make the dough up to 3 days in advance, so you’re only minutes away from enjoying warm, delicious cookies!

Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats: A fun and easy Halloween treat to make with the kids!

Frankenstein Marshmallow Pops: These are one of my all-time fave Halloween treats! They can be made and enjoyed by all ages, and they come together in minutes.

Halloween Dirt Cups: Creamy chocolate pudding and crushed Oreos for the spooky dessert win! You can make individual puddings or one large trifle. Then it’s time to decorate with all the zombie candy hands and bone sprinkles!

Double Stuf Oreo Bat Cookies: They’re made with just 4 ingredients and are the perfect sweet and spooky no-bake treat!

Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes: This cupcake recipe stars my go-to sour cream chocolate cake recipe, tangy cream cheese frosting, and edible pumpkin stems and leaves made with pretzels and candy melts.

Easy Halloween Hand Pies: All you need is 4(!) simple ingredients and 25 minutes for these spooky Halloween desserts.

Halloween Pinwheel Sugar Cookies: These fun and frightful cookies are a perfect way to add some playful creepiness to your Halloween party. Buttery pinwheel sugar cookies studded with candy eyes.

Thick and Chewy Monster Cookies: I’ve been making this exact monster cookies recipe for more than 15 years! It’s a tried and tested favorite in my family, and for good reason: the cookies are soft, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter, oats and chocolate.

The Best Caramel Apples: Don’t fear this sweet treat! I’m sharing my simple recipe and tips for the easiest-ever homemade caramel apples (Hint: It starts with store-bought caramels!)

Candy Apples: Crunchy, sweet, juicy homemade candy apples take minutes to make! Dip and dunk your favorite apple varieties into a sticky candy coating then slice and dig in.

Monster Cookie Bars: They’re packed with a whole lot-o-protein courtesy of peanut butter. And let’s be honest, they’re not healthy, but the lack of flour and inclusion of oats makes me think these are suitable for breakfast or dessert.

Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies: Chewy brownies swirled with tangy cheesecake filling.

Easy Pumpkin Bundt Cake: Celebrate the season with my shortcut recipe that transforms store-bought cake mix into the ultimate fall dessert.

One-Bowl Toffee Blondies: This recipe combines the chewy, buttery texture of a classic blondie with crunchy, slightly salty toffee for an irresistible combination.

Halloween Chex Mix: The perfect blend of crunchy cereals, toasted nuts, chewy caramel corn and festive candies.

Homemade Caramel Corn: With a 10-minute prep time, and endless mix-in options, going the DIY route is much easier than you might think.

Leftover Halloween Candy Blondies: This recipe serves as the ultimate template to transform any and all Halloween candy into soft, chewy blondies. Simply chop up your chocolates of choice (Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, Kit Kat, etc!) and fold them into a quick-fix batter that’s baked, sliced and ready for snacking!

Halloween Candy Skillet Cookie: Grab those Halloween leftovers for this giant cookie that’s soft and chewy in the center and slightly crispy around the edges. Pile on the ice cream then grab the spoons and dig in!

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