Recipe Ideas For Halloween - Real Recipes from Mums

Looking for some haunting recipe ideas for Halloween? Here are some fantastic ones that will thrill the kids to bits!

Why not serve the kids green worm bolognaise? Simply make your favourite Spaghetti bolognaise and serve with spinach fettuccine or you can dye your pasta by adding green food colouring to the cooking water.
A chilling hand. Chances are that an Aussie Halloween night is going to be warm. Fill a rubber glove with coloured water and freeze it. Then peel off the glove and float it in a big bowl of punch…creepy.
To serve a delicious but themed fruit salad, cut off the top of a round watermelon, scoop out the contents and then carve a Halloween face in the side, as you would a jack-o-lantern. Add other seasonal fruits to the watermelon pieces and fill back into the carved watermelon. Voila, instant dessert and don’t worry if it overflows; it will just look like a head explosion.
For an edible spooky face, use black food colouring to paint an uncooked pappadum with a creepy face. Then using the directions on pack, cook it in the microwave for a crispy scrunched up face to use for dipping or topping.
Red eyes are fun and healthy too. Slice a cherry tomato in half, pipe on a dollop of your child’s favourite creamy cheese dip and then top with a caper. Arrange on a platter and they will all be looking at you.
Edible red gel, for cake decorating makes great looking blood dripping off glasses or green can be used for slime.
Draw spooky faces on clear plastic glasses for quick, Halloween themed drinks.
A sweet but screaming face? With hulls on, dip strawberries in white chocolate, then pipe shocked faces using dark chocolate. Note that the green hulls will be the hair standing on end.
Turn a sausage into a monster toe by cutting it in half, width ways and piping on a toenail using tomato sauce.
Baby carrots make wonderful fingers. As do cheese sticks. Use a small dollop of dip and whole almonds to create the fingernail.
Use Halloween Cookie cutters, to cut out fun sandwich shapes

132 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 10 Dec 2021
    1:24 pm
i dont bake for halloween but these look amazing.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 14 Nov 2019
    12:17 pm
this looks great

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Oct 2019
    10:21 pm
Spooky gross food, the kids couldn’t ask for more

- - mom19782016 said
  - 30 Oct 2019
    2:05 pm
Yeah, not into the spooky or gross food side of Halloween but there are some nice ideas in here

- - tessie said
  - 29 Oct 2019
    4:26 pm
These are some very spooky and creative ideas

- - rovermum said
  - 28 Oct 2019
    12:34 pm
So many fun and easy ideas that you can do with the kids to create excitement for Halloween. It doesn’t all have to be about trick or treating.

- - shanika said
  - 27 Oct 2019
    1:50 pm
It looks beautiful.Love the idea.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 27 Oct 2019
    8:30 am
How amazing is the cat on the cookie.

- - mom330666 said
  - 27 Oct 2019
    6:52 am
Handy tips for party.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 26 Oct 2019
    7:00 pm
Some great ideas for those that get into the spirit of Halloween!

- - rovermum said
  - 30 Oct 2017
    11:07 am
I have been so impressed by the different Halloween food ideas I’ve seen this year across my social media channels. I’m not participating or eating them, but I love how creative everyone is.

- - tessie said
  - 29 Oct 2017
    2:24 pm
All great ideas for those that like to celebrate Halloween

- - Ellen said
  - 28 Oct 2017
    7:51 am
I wasn’t planning to make any special Halloween treats to be honest, but nice for those who love to !

- - ashna9 said
  - 27 Oct 2017
    8:01 pm
These would be good for a fun dinner on Tuesday evening.

- - mom90758 said
  - 27 Oct 2017
    5:06 pm
So many great idea for who is celebrating Halloween next week!!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 21 Sep 2017
    12:37 pm
We don’t really get into Halloween, but we always have spooky little visitors come a knocking, so some great ideas here to share with them!

- - mom134803 said
  - 30 Oct 2016
    2:11 am
Some nice idea’s for those who love to celebrate Halloween.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 30 Oct 2016
    1:02 am
Not so much Halloween but great for a scary party at any age.

- - mom101628 said
  - 29 Oct 2016
    9:22 pm
Great ideas – more suitable for America though where they go overboard for Halloween. It is only just starting to happen here in Aust. and a lot of parents don’t like to let their children out to knock on strangers doors for a trick or treat.
- kjgarner replied
  
  31 Oct 2018 , 12:00 pm
  Yes they don’t but my hubby and I walk with our kids to chauffer them around
- - ella12 said
  - 27 Sep 2016
    12:33 pm
What great ideas, thanks for sharing.