Best Halloween party snacks

Savoury Halloween snacks

1. Mini monster burgers

Bring burgers to life with these mini monsters. They're fun for kids and adults alike, and easily made from beef meatballs.

2. Halloween cheeseboard with creepy crackers

Cheeseboards aren't just for Christmas! Dazzle guests with a spread of frightening fromage and blackened homemade crackers. Blue-veined, orange and charcoal-coated varieties will all look the part on a haunting Halloween cheeseboard – more mature monsters are sure to approve!

3. Halloween mini baked potatoes with sticky sausages

Irresistibly sticky and scrumptious, these mini baked potato hot dogs are sure to be gobbled up in no time. The cocktail sausages are coated in a finger-licking honey and soy glaze, and packaged in bite-sized baked potato 'sandwiches'. Team them with a swirling cauldron of soured cream and ketchup for a brilliantly 'bloody' dip.

4. Devilled eggs

Make devilled eggs that bit more demonic with a multicoloured makeover. We've soaked the eggs in food colouring to up the fright factor, and filled them with an irresistibly creamy blend of mayonnaise and egg yolks. You'll need to make these in good time for the colours to soak in, preferably a day ahead.

5. Mini pumpkin & feta pies

Kids and adults alike will love these savoury mini pies, perfect for a spooky Halloween party. Feel free to swap out ready-made pastry to keep your prep work as easy as possible.

6. Healthy Halloween nachos

Make your nibbles a bit less naughty with these light and crispy Halloween nachos. The spooky tortilla bat shapes can be cut out using scissors or cookie cutters, then baked until golden and crisp. Serve with a healthy homemade salsa, fresh guacamole and purple carrot sticks.

7. Pumpkin hummus

There are many ways to cook with pumpkin, but one of our favourites is this super-creamy hummus dip. Full of flavour and goodness, it makes the perfect party centrepiece, especially when served inside a pumpkin with crudités such as peppers, breadsticks and pitta chips.

8. Pastry snakes

Transform a pack of puff pastry into some seriously slithery customers. These cheesy pastry snakes are fun to make and can be coated in a variety of seeds for extra crunch. Little witches and wizards will love crafting their scariest serpentine creations.

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9. Freaky fruit platter

Tuck into ghoulish grape snakes, apple fangs, lychee eyeballs and more with this freaky fruit platter, sure to tickle and terrify Halloween guests.

10. Easy Halloween cookies

Get the kids excited for Halloween with these spooky bat and spider cookies. Complete with 'squashed flies' made from chocolate chips, they'll be a big hit.

11. Kiwi slime pies

We've brought a taste of the tropics to Halloween with these fruity kiwi slime pies. Make your 'slimy' filling by combining green jelly and custard, then top with sliced green and golden kiwi fruits. These pretty pastries will be sure to lure in a hoard of hungry partygoers.

12. Chocolate-covered pretzels

Sweet, salty and spooky – what more could you want from a Halloween pretzel? These chocolate-coated snacks can be decorated with googly edible eyes, which you can find in supermarkets. Warning: they're almost too cute to eat!

13. Halloween toffee apples

Bewitch your guests with an offering of glistening 'poisoned' toffee apples. Dipped in a bubbling cauldron of toffee, these forbidden fruits can be cast in a steely black or shiny red using food colouring. Make sure to let them cool on baking parchment before taking the first fateful bite, though.

Read more tips on how to make candy apples.

14. Halloween cupcakes

Cupcakes are a popular treat at any party, so why not give your sponges a spooky twist with some cute and creepy faces. Little monsters will have a scream decorating these black velvet Halloween cupcakes with icing and sweets. From black cats and skulls to ghastly ghouls, build your own army of sweet but unsavoury characters.

Prefer a vanilla sponge? Make a batch of these ghoulish Halloween cupcakes instead.

15. Spooky surprise truffles

Raise the stakes on a game of gourmet roulette with a selection of surprise chocolate truffles. A myriad of mysterious fillings awaits those who dare to sample these delicacies. From capers and olives, to sour fizzy sweets, we dare you to devise a host of frightful flavour combinations.

16. Halloween biscuits

There's more to these ghostly biscuits than meets the eye. Snapping them in half will reveal a surprise popping candy centre to tantalise your tastebuds. Create the piñata effect by layering a biscuit with a cut-out centre between two full biscuits. This can be filled with silvers balls or rainbow sprinkles for younger kids.

If you are short on time, make our super-simple bat biscuits instead for another spooky snack.

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