And this list includes cookies, no-bake treats, cakes and more. So many fun options for one of the most fun holidays of the year. While these treats are mostly simple and easy to make, there may be some extras you need to have them turn out just right.

Tools You May Need

Many of these treats are decked out with some mix of colors and spooky eyeballs. Here are a few of the most common things you may need for the recipes below:

• Gel icing colors – The highly concentrated gels makes coloring food nice and easy, without thinning out whatever you’re making.
• Spooky sprinkles – This eyeball sprinkle set comes with large and small eyeballs for all kinds of fun uses. There are also fun monster mash sprinkles that come with eyeballs mixed into colorful sprinkles.
• Halloween dessert toppers – The little ghosts on the candy corn mini cheesecakes are adorable for all kinds of treats.
• Candy coating – A variety of candy coatings are available, such as this white candy coating for things like the mummy rice Krispie treats.
• Toppers – There are a variety of cake and cupcake toppers that would take any recipe up a level for Halloween with ease. These sparkly toppers are adorable and these Halloween toppers are perfectly spooky.

Best Halloween Treats

Halloween Monster Cookies

These EYE-catching Halloween monster cookies are super soft and chewy. Kids and grown ups alike will find them monstrously fun with their vibrant colors, M&Ms and wacky eyeball sprinkles.

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Easy Mummy Rice Krispie Treats

These Mummy Rice Krispie Treats are such a fun Halloween party food idea! Made with only three ingredients, they’re the perfect easy recipe for Halloween parties.

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Bat Oreo Cookie Balls

These Bat Oreo Cookie Balls are the perfect Halloween food idea for your next party! Learn how to make this fun & simple recipe with only a handful of ingredients!

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Dirt Cake

This Dirt Cake is a moist chocolate cake filled with frosting that’s loaded with Oreos and layered with more Oreo crumbs! It’s even got gummy worms between the cake layers for a cake that’s creepy-crawly and perfect for Halloween!

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Spooky Halloween Marble Cake

This is the perfect Spooky Halloween Marble Cake for your Halloween parties! The red and black marble cake is decorated with drippy red “blood” with bloody bones and bloody eyeball sprinkles!

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Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes

These Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes are easy to make and such a fun Halloween dessert! If you’re looking for Halloween party food ideas, these are perfect for sharing.

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Dirt and Worms Puppy Chow

This Dirt and Worms Puppy Chow is a no bake dessert recipe that makes a creepy-crawly Halloween treat. It’s easy to make and filled with crushed Oreo ‘dirt’ and gummy worms!

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Pumpkin Cupcakes

These ultra-moist and fluffy Pumpkin Cupcakes are loaded with warming spices and topped with a generous helping of melt-in-your-mouth cream cheese frosting. Garnished with pumpkin candies, they are the perfect dessert for your next Halloween or Thanksgiving bash.

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Dirt Cookie Cups

Chewy chocolate cookies, velvety chocolate buttercream, finely crushed Oreos and fruity gummy worms make these Dirt Cookie Cups a Halloween sensation! They’re super easy to make and fun to decorate.

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Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

This Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake is perfect for a Halloween party or for baking with your kids. It’s easy to make, festive, and full of rich chocolate & chewy candy corn!

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Spiderweb Chocolate Tart

This Spiderweb Chocolate Tart is such a fun dessert for Halloween, and it’s delightfully chocolatey! This spooky season treat is easy to make with no oven needed!

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Spiderweb Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting

This Spiderweb-topped Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting is awesome chocolate cake recipe for Halloween! The cake alone is actually perfect for any time – super moist and delicious – but the fun decorations are perfect for a spook-tacular Halloween!

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Candy Corn Icebox Cake

This Candy Corn Icebox Cake is such a fun, cute and tasty Halloween dessert idea! It’s completely no bake, and it’s full of delicious vanilla and buttery shortbread!

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Fun Halloween Monster Cookies

It doesn’t get much more fun than these Halloween monster cookies. Kids absolutely love the monster faces! And this recipe starts with my super popular and well-loved sugar cookie recipe, so you know they’re as tasty as they are fun. The classic cookie recipe gets a Halloween glow up with the addition of bright Halloween colors. You can use any colors you like or even mix all 3 colors into each cookie. I really liked the way the purple, orange and green cookies popped on my serving tray. That’s the beauty of this easy recipe — there are so many ways to make the monster cookies your own and customize them however you’d like for Halloween.

I did a mix of cookies with and without the sanding sugar on the outside. I like the way the sanding sugar looks, but I found that the eyeballs and M&Ms stick better without it. The choice to use sanding sugar is all yours. Don’t get me wrong, they stuck to the ones with sanding sugar, just not as well. If you use the sanding sugar, just be sure to press the eyeballs and M&Ms into the cookie a little more.

The best part of these cookies is that they are super soft and chewy. They will retain their amazing texture and taste for days on end. You could eat one of these super fun Halloween cookies 4-5 days after baking them and feel like you just pulled it from the cooling rack. It’s glorious!

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What is Puppy Chow?

Puppy chow, also known as Muddy Buddies, is a fun and easy no-bake treat. Chex rice cereal is the base to this addicting concoction. In the original version, the cereal is coated in chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar, but we are going to tweak the ingredients to make it look like dirt and worms! Although this is called “puppy” chow, it’s definitely not for dog consumption.

A Fun and Creepy Halloween Treat

In this version of puppy chow we’ll be using Oreo crumbs and gummy worms to create a tasty snack that’s perfect for Halloween, a birthday party, or even a fun weekday snack for chocolate and gummy worm fans. This recipe only has 4 ingredients and it whips up in a flash. It’s the perfect recipe for a last minute party or movie night with the family when you feel short on time.

With the “dirty” looking Chex and the creepy, colorful worms, this treat is full of fun. You just can’t top the combination of Oreos and gummy worms. It doesn’t take much work on your part to create this tasty treat without the use of your oven. You can even package it in a little box or jar to use as a party favor. Kids (and grown-ups!) will be begging you to feed them more dirt and worms!

Still looking for more dirt and worms inspiration? Try my bite-sized Dirt Cookie Cups or my layered Dirt Cake!

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The Best Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes

There are certain recipes that every baker needs in their repertoire and an amazing chocolate cupcake is one of them. These cupcakes are insanely moist and so easy to make. They are the perfect starting point for any number of flavor combinations. I have used this chocolate cupcake recipe countless times and not only does it never let me down, it is always a hit.

These chocolate cupcakes are amazing in their cupcake form, but I’ve also shared them as my favorite layered Moist Chocolate Cake, in 6-Inch Chocolate Cake form, and many other ways. It’s easily adaptable and these are so good that after being asked many times for a vanilla version, I created these Moist Vanilla Cupcakes. So if you’re looking for an amazing oil-based vanilla cupcake, those are the way to go.

You may think you already have the perfect chocolate cupcake, but trust me. If you haven’t had these, you haven’t had perfection yet. It’s time to make them.

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Moist Pumpkin Cake With Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

This crave-worthy pumpkin cake comes together in about 30 minutes with no hassle involved. It’s the perfect fall dessert to whip up on a busy weeknight or throw together for that office party you almost forgot about. Even though it’s super quick and easy, it’s a timeless classic that’s guaranteed to be a massive hit with any crowd.

I mean, who doesn’t love the combination of moist pumpkin cake and meltingly soft cream cheese frosting? Add in those warm, comforting spices and you have yourself a truly irresistible treat. Forget about fall – this convenient dessert will become a go-to for you all year long!

Also, if you just can’t get enough when it comes to tender pumpkin cake recipes, check out this pumpkin roll cake, this pumpkin chocolate chip bundt cake, this pumpkin pound cake, or this cinnamon streusel pumpkin coffee cake!

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