10 Halloween Desserts & Treats to Make in 2025

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10 Halloween Desserts & Treats to Make in 2025

Updated Oct 2025 • Target: US, UK, CA, AU

These Halloween desserts will impress your guests and kids alike. Each recipe comes with step-by-step instructions, ingredients, tips, and spooky presentation ideas. We'll start with the first three treats to get your party dessert table ready.

Pumpkin cupcakes

1 Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Ghost Frosting

Cupcakes Spiced 45 mins

Ingredients

  • Flour
  • Pumpkin puree
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Butter
  • Pumpkin spice
  • Baking powder
  • Cream cheese frosting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Mix flour, pumpkin spice, and baking powder.
  3. In another bowl, blend sugar, eggs, butter, and pumpkin puree.
  4. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
  5. Fill cupcake liners and bake 20-22 minutes.
  6. Cool completely.
  7. Pipe cream cheese frosting as ghost shapes.
  8. Add chocolate chip eyes.

Tip: Chill frosting slightly for better piping. Use a toothpick to perfect eyes.

2 Chocolate Graveyard Brownies

Brownies Chocolate 35 mins

Ingredients

  • Brownie mix
  • Chocolate chips
  • Wafer cookies
  • Candy tombstones

Instructions

  1. Bake brownies according to package instructions.
  2. Once cooled, top with crushed wafer cookies to resemble dirt.
  3. Insert candy tombstones and chocolate chips as rocks.
  4. Add skeleton toppers for effect.

Tip: Use a serrated knife to cut brownies cleanly. Serve on dark plate to enhance graveyard effect.

3 Candy Corn Bark

Candy No-Bake 20 mins

Ingredients

  • White chocolate
  • Yellow candy melts
  • Orange candy melts
  • Candy corn pieces

Instructions

  1. Melt white, yellow, and orange chocolate separately.
  2. Spread in layers on parchment.
  3. Sprinkle candy corn pieces while chocolate is soft.
  4. Let set completely.
  5. Break into pieces.

Tip: Use a spatula to layer chocolates evenly. Store in cool, dry place.

Spooky Tip: Mix different textures like soft cupcakes and crunchy candy bark to create a dynamic dessert table.

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4 Black Cat Macarons

French Elegant 1 hour

Ingredients

  • Almond flour
  • Powdered sugar
  • Egg whites
  • Black food coloring
  • Chocolate ganache

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
  2. Beat egg whites with sugar to stiff peaks.
  3. Fold in almond flour and food coloring.
  4. Pipe small rounds, bake 15-18 minutes.
  5. Cool and fill with chocolate ganache.
  6. Use extra batter or chocolate to make ears for black cat shape.

Tip: Tap baking sheet to remove air bubbles for smooth macaron tops.

5 Witches' Brew Chocolate Pots

Pudding Individual 1.5 hours

Ingredients

  • Chocolate cups
  • Pudding
  • Green food coloring
  • Whipped cream
  • Gummy worms

Instructions

  1. Mix pudding with green coloring.
  2. Fill chocolate cups.
  3. Top with whipped cream as "foam".
  4. Add gummy worms sticking out.
  5. Chill 1 hour before serving.

Tip: Use mini chocolate cups for individual servings. Layer carefully for best visual impact.

Spider web cheesecake

6 Spider Web Cheesecake

Cheesecake Creepy 2+ hours

Ingredients

  • Cheesecake base
  • Cream cheese
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Chocolate syrup

Instructions

  1. Prepare cheesecake batter and bake as directed.
  2. Once cooled, drizzle chocolate in circular pattern.
  3. Use toothpick to draw lines from center outward to create web effect.

Tip: Use contrasting chocolate color for more visible webs.

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7 Blood Red Velvet Cake

Cake Dramatic 1.5 hours

Ingredients

  • Flour
  • Cocoa
  • Sugar
  • Butter
  • Eggs
  • Red food coloring
  • Cream cheese frosting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Mix dry ingredients.
  3. Cream butter, sugar, eggs, and red coloring.
  4. Combine, pour into pan, and bake 25-30 minutes.
  5. Cool and frost with cream cheese.
  6. Decorate with red syrup drizzle for blood effect.

8 Eyeball Cake Pops

Cake Pops Creepy 1 hour

Ingredients

  • Cake crumbs
  • Frosting
  • Chocolate coating
  • Candy eyes

Instructions

  1. Mix cake crumbs and frosting.
  2. Shape into balls, insert sticks.
  3. Dip in melted chocolate.
  4. Place candy eyes on top.
  5. Chill until set.
Coffin brownie bites

9 Coffin Brownie Bites

Brownies Creative 45 mins

Ingredients

  • Brownie mix
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Candy decorations

Instructions

  1. Bake brownies, cut into coffin shapes.
  2. Frost tops, add candy skulls or bones.
  3. Chill before serving.

10 Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies

Cookies Classic 1 hour

Ingredients

  • Sugar cookie dough
  • Orange food coloring
  • Royal icing
  • Black decorating gel

Instructions

  1. Roll dough, cut pumpkin shapes.
  2. Bake 10-12 minutes.
  3. Color icing orange, frost cookies.
  4. Add black facial details.
  5. Let set completely.
Spooky Tip: Arrange desserts on multi-tiered trays for dramatic Halloween dessert table presentation.

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