Easy Halloween recipes

Let a friendly bat perch on your glass of milk or cuppa this Halloween with these spooky biscuits - add vanilla buttercream for bourbons

Bananas taste spookily like creamy ice cream when frozen in ghostly robes of white chocolate - quick and easy, with just 4 ingredients

Beyond the layer of chocolate biscuit dirt, spooky sweets, spiders, snakes and worms lies a layer of slime-like lime jelly

We love this soup all through the year, but it really comes into its own at Halloween - for obvious reasons!

Spook party guests at Halloween with this blood-curdling cocktail made with cherry vodka or kirsch, lime juice and cherry or pomegranate juice

Use grated pumpkin or butternut squash for these gorgeous, spiced cupcakes

Serve up a feline-themed treat this Halloween with this family-friendly chocolate cake. Kids will love getting involved with the cute black cat decoration

Bring burgers to life with these mini monsters! Perfect for Halloween or a kids party, they're easy to make and lots of fun

Create these cute spider biscuits with kids as part of a Halloween party feast. Children will love adding the spooky chocolate spider legs and icing eyes

Serve these pastry snakes at a Halloween party or as a spooky snack for kids. Keep the flavours interesting by coating your snakes with a variety of seeds

These will be a big hit at Halloween – sticky, crunchy and
chewy in one bite

These dough balls are easy-peasy, so get the kids to help you make them for your Halloween party

Get everyone in the Halloween mood with this gory but tasty pasta dish

These eerie eyeball chocolate cake pops will be a hit with kids at Halloween - they can help decorate them too

Create some magic in the kitchen this Halloween with these spooky chocolate spiders

Children will have great fun decorating these at Halloween parties

Cut croissant dough into strips and roll around chipolatas for these spooky bandaged mummies. Serve with your favourite dip.

Give your spicy tomato dip a spooky touch by hollowing out a bread loaf to create a poppy seed cauldron

This party dish tastes much nicer than it sounds- flavour orzo with black bean sauce and add peas, sweetcorn, peppers and ham for lots of colour

Feed a crowd on Bonfire night or Halloween by roasting a whole pumpkin or squash and filling with a bubbling three cheese fondue

Throw a Halloween party and use a carved out pumpkin to make this creamy hummus. At other times of the year use butternut squash or a blue-skinned pumpkin