66 Scary-Cute Desserts Sure To Thrill Everyone At Your Halloween Party

Combining the rich creaminess of cheesecake with the sweet buttery taste of Pillsbury sugar cookies, this not-so-scary recipe is perfect for parties, gatherings, or as a special dessert for the family. Easy to make and even easier to enjoy, they’re a sweet way to embrace spooky season.

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A perfect Halloween (or Christmas, depending on which side of the debate you fall on!) treat, this fudge captures the essence of both holidays, just like the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Sally Skellington comes to life in the form of this sweet, chocolatey, rich confection intermingled with multicolor to represent her iconic dress.

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Spooky season is here, and we’re celebrating in style with these scary delicious witch finger cookies. Don't be scared—they're just a shortbread cookie shaped into a severed finger and adorned with an almond nail and a bit of blood-red jam. Easy!

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You'll love these even more than the Sanderson Sisters loved their booooook! Pair these with our Hocus Pocus Jell-O shots and our Binx cookies for the perfect spread.

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While you’ve likely had them at orchards, state fairs, and the like, candy apples are a treat you can easily make at home. You only need a handful of ingredients, 30 minutes, and a candy thermometer to make these festive fall treats for every fall party or Halloween bash.

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Sink your teeth into these devilishly delightful vampire cupcakes—perfect for Halloween! These moist chocolate cupcakes are filled with a gooey strawberry jelly “blood” center, topped with a fluffy, marshmallow-y frosting, and decorated to resemble Dracula’s iconic hairline. With a touch of red gel food color and chocolate cookie crumbs, these Halloween treats are sure to impress both the young and the young-at-heart.

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Whether you’re throwing a Halloween bash and need a show-stopping centerpiece dessert, or just really love the Peanuts gang and want your pumpkin patch to be the most sincere, this is the cake for you—it’s the Great Pumpkin, er, Bundt-kin, Charlie Brown!

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What's this?! Well, it's one very scary good treat. There's no better way to celebrate All Hallows Eve than with the Pumpkin King himself—and a bunch of chocolate-covered Oreos.

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Hocus Pocus is a must-watch every year, and these adorable Binx cookies are in honor of the classic movie character. Black cocoa powder turns these chewy chocolate cookies a dark rich color, perfect for our favorite talking cat.

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This playfully spooky take on the traditional American poke cake is a delight for the whole family. In it, a soft almond cake is infused with a tart cherry sauce (“blood”!) and topped off with a light, fluffy whipped cream for a dessert that’s equally tasty and scary.

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If you’re not already on the brown butter train, these blondies will have you on board in two seconds flat. Filled with tender apples and drizzled with a creamy brown butter frosting, these brown butter blondies are the definition of an irresistible packable treat.

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Tender pumpkin cookies are one of our favorite fall desserts. Add chocolate chips or fold in oatmeal and chopped nuts—the sky's the limit when it comes to shaking up this fall treat. The aromatics in pumpkin spice remind us of cinnamon graham crackers, and graham crackers make us think of s’mores. And OH MY GOURD: Could a s’more be pumpkin-spiced? If you combine a tender pumpkin cookie and all of the classic s’mores ingredients, the answer is definitely yes.

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While you’ve likely had them at orchards, state fairs, and the like, candy apples are a treat you can easily make at home. You only need a handful of ingredients, 30 minutes, and a candy thermometer to make these festive fall treats for every fall party or Halloween bash.

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This s'mores-inspired dip is the perfect dessert to throw together last minute. Graham crackers make for perfect dippers, but sliced apple, pretzels, or potato chips would certainly do the trick, too. Even the kids can help with this scary-easy dessert!

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Don’t just make plain old cupcakes for your next Halloween bash, make zombie brain cupcakes! They’re nothing more than a moist, chocolate cupcake with rich vanilla frosting, but some neon green food coloring and clever piping turn these into a super-festive, spooky treat.

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We took inspo from the ever popular bloomin' onion and made a just-as-fun fall dessert. Though these finished bloomin' apples look crazy impressive, they're actually quite easy to make. Once you get cutting them down (it's easier than you think—watch the video for help), all you need to do is fill with chewy caramel squares, brush with melted butter, and bake! Top with vanilla ice cream and a caramel drizzle, and you just might say goodbye to apple pie.

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Pumpkin patch brownies turn a regular boxed brownie into the cutest fall dessert. Top with crushed Oreos for dirt and nestle candied pumpkins to look like they are growing from the ground! So simple yet so sweet!

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If you haven’t heard of the whoopie pie, it's a hybrid of a cake and a cookie sandwich, conveniently packaged to fit in your hand. Typically you will find a chocolate whoopie with a sweet marshmallow filling, but this recipe takes that childhood staple and flips it on its head to become the new fall-time treat, perfect for all ages.

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Buckeyes are a beloved truffle made of a rich peanut butter filling and dipped in chocolate—think Reese's, but streamlined. These no-bake cheesecake bars might be even easier. They're lighter and creamier than the truffle, but still full of all of the peanut butter and chocolate elements you love.

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This white chocolate bark is probably the most simple from-scratch Halloween treat you can make. The best part? You could even add leftover Halloween candy to top this off!

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