Halloween food ideas

We've brewed up a collection of hauntingly good Halloween recipes to make your celebration absolutely spook-tacular!

Whether you're planning a full-blown Halloween party, looking for easy Halloween baking ideas to do with your little ghouls, or just craving the perfect pumpkin recipe, you'll find everything you need right here. Dive into our wicked assortment of devilish drinks, spooky party dishes, and treats that are more than just a little bit creepy. Get ready to get spooky!

Halloween dinner ideas

Zombie brain

2 hrs 15 mins

Squash, Stilton & walnut rolls

1 hr 30 mins

Spicy squash soup

1 hr

Chilli con carne in a pan with fried kidney beans on top

Chilli con carne with popped kidney beans

2 hrs 25 mins

Chilli cheese cornbread

1 hr 10 mins

Pumpkin curry

1 hr 10 mins

Smoky veggie feijoada

1 hr 5 mins

Easy homemade pizza base with melted mozzarella and basil

Basic pizza

1 hr 20 mins

Veggie chilli

15 mins

Pumpkin rice

50 mins

Pumpkin soup

1 hr

Glorious roasted pumpkin soup recipe

This easy pumpkin soup recipe is perfect for using up leftover pumpkin and makes a great wintery starter or warm, hearty lunch.

Halloween party food

Be the ultimate host with these foolproof Halloween party food recipes and ideas. Whether you’re after kid-friendly snacks or spooky sweets, here’s all the inspo you need for your party this year!

A table with various dishes for halloween, including starters, snacks, drinks and desserts.

Halloween party food ideas

Devils on horseback, butternut bruschetta, spooky snake straws and more, throw an epic Halloween party feast with our collection of recipes

Bat-shaped crackers with a bowl of monster green pea and mint dip

Bat crackers

10 mins

Apple monsters

8 mins

Spooky red dip

2 mins

Boo-nana ghosts

5 mins

Spider pizzas

10 mins

Roasted pumpkin houmous

1 hr

Spooky snake straws

25 mins

Devilled eggs

30 mins

Squash, Stilton & walnut rolls

1 hr 30 mins

Squash & goat’s cheese bruschetta

50 mins

Devils on horseback

30 mins

The ultimate Halloween grazing board

Embrace scary season with our favourite Halloween party food ideas – take a bite with the best Halloween grazing board!

Buddy’s spooky snack ideas

Have a super-fun Halloween at home and get the kids making Buddy’s healthy Halloween snack ideas.

A spooktacular Halloween feast!

Halloween isn't just about pumpkin carving, face-painting and trick or treating. Here are some Halloween twists on some of our favourite recipes!

Halloween baking ideas

The best recipes for Halloween tricks and treats

Halloween baking ideas

Rustle up some sweet treats this spooky season with our favourite Halloween baking recipes. We've got cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more that'll go down a trick-or-treat!

Pumpkin pie with pecan crumble

2 hrs 50 mins

Devil's double choc malt cookies

40 mins

Chocolate party cake

1 hr

Mint choc teacakes

1 hr 30 mins

Sticky toffee cupcakes with chocolate topping

35 mins

Toffee apple buns

1 hr

Chocolate & pumpkin loaf

1 hr 50 mins

Halloween recipes with jelly brains, bones and fingers in a chocolate rocky road

Ghoulish graveyards for Halloween

Our Halloween theme at home this year is ‘ghoulish graveyards’, so we've found the perfect Halloween recipes to bring to the party after trick or treating.

Halloween cake: latticed pumpkin pie cut into slices with a spoon

Our favourite Halloween cakes

Pumpkin pies, spiced cupcakes and gooey cookies, we’ve put together our favourite Halloween cake recipes so you can make the most of the spooky season.

triple chocolate chip cookies with chocolate drizzle on top

Treats for a frighteningly good Halloween

Halloween is a great excuse to go mad in the kitchen. Not in the crazed horror-film sense; more in the natural food-colourings & heart-warming treats sense.

Halloween drinks

Find the perfect potion to toast your hauntingly good Halloween party

Two Champagne flute glasses of Rossini. There is also a plate of strawberries behind them. Recipe from Drinks Tube by Jamie Oliver

Halloween drinks

From hot chocolate to Bloody Mary and so much more, these are our favourite Halloween tipples to shake up during spooky season.

Bloody Mary

Wicked Champagne cocktail

10 mins

Autumn crumble cocktail

5 mins

Monstrous milk punch

homemade spiced pumpkin latte in glass with foam on top

Homemade pumpkin spiced latte recipe

There’s nothing like pumpkin to add some colour to a grey autumn, and this spiced pumpkin latte is perfect as a reward for a hard day’s work in winter.

Hot chocolate surprise

10 mins

Spiced chai

15 mins

Pumpkin tips & tricks

Our favourite ways to use up every bit of your pumpkin! Use these handy Halloween tips and tricks every year from now on.

What to do with leftover pumpkin

Guys, a pumpkin’s not just for Halloween! Make use of your leftover pumpkin, and cook up a storm with these tasty recipe ideas.

How to carve a pumpkin

As we approach the end of October, we’re one step closer to all things bats, ghouls, ghosts and pumpkins. Here is a guide on how to carve a pumpkin.

chilli and fennel roast pumpkin seeds in a mason jar with a label

How to roast pumpkin seeds

Check out our guide on how to roast pumpkin seeds before disembowelling your Jack o' Lantern this week and you’ll never discard those amazing insides again.