52 Fantastic And Scary Halloween Food Ideas

fantastic and scary halloween food ideas

Planning an adult only Halloween party? Then you may go as scary and shocking with your decor as you want! You may stick to refined and spooky party themes like vampire and dark witches, and you may frighten your guests with food and drinks, too! We’ve prepared a whole ton of really scary and somehow elegant Halloween food ideas that will make your guests drop their jaws.

Scary Halloween Food

What food to offer to your Halloween party guests to make them feel frightened or to make them feel disgust? Let’s start from appetizers, and these can be eyeballs of cheese and olives wrapped with bacon – easy to make and look spooky! Continue with a soup – a veggie soup with scary pasta or noodles or some skulls made of vegetables. Offer your guests mashed purple potatoes, and pea nuts will look like worms. Keep making your guests feel scared with black pasta and risotto with octopus and pieces of calamaries, they look really not very delicious! Create jaw-dropping bat-shaped pasta or make some black glazed wings, which will be bat wings. No time for making something difficult? Go for green (toxic) mac and cheese!

A ghoulish skull and pumpkin soup with veggies and mushrooms is a great idea for Halloween.

A ghoulish skull and pumpkin soup with veggies and mushrooms is a great idea for Halloween.

Black bat wings are great for Halloween, these are chicken wings with hoisin and fish sauce.

Black bat wings are great for Halloween, these are chicken wings with hoisin and fish sauce.

Black pasta with octopus and some bright sauce is a gorgeous idea for an adult Halloween party.

Black pasta with octopus and some bright sauce is a gorgeous idea for an adult Halloween party.

Black pasta with tomato and cheese on top and egg and olive eyeballs for Halloween parties.

Black pasta with tomato and cheese on top and egg and olive eyeballs for Halloween parties.

Black pasta with tomato sauce and eyeballs is a spooky and bold Halloween food idea to make yourself.

Black pasta with tomato sauce and eyeballs is a spooky and bold Halloween food idea to make yourself.

Cornbread spiders will be a nice addition to your Halloween table, add them to some scary soup.

Cornbread spiders will be a nice addition to your Halloween table, add them to some scary soup.

Creepy-looking baked hasselback potatoes made to look like bugs are the perfect Halloween healthy snack.

Creepy-looking baked hasselback potatoes made to look like bugs are the perfect Halloween healthy snack.

Gluten-free pasta with purslane and roasted cauliflower is a jaw-dropping Halloween dish.

Gluten-free pasta with purslane and roasted cauliflower is a jaw-dropping Halloween dish.

Green toxic waste mac and cheese is a lovely and very easy to make dish that will be crowd-pleasing at your Halloween party.

Green toxic waste mac and cheese is a lovely and very easy to make dish that will be crowd-pleasing at your Halloween party.

Meatball eyeballs with olives and cheese are a cool food idea for Halloween.

Meatball eyeballs with olives and cheese are a cool food idea for Halloween.

Noodles with mushrooms and pancetta look like worms and will be great for Halloween parties.

Noodles with mushrooms and pancetta look like worms and will be great for Halloween parties.

Scary black risotto with octopus is a gorgeous and jaw-dropping idea for Halloween.

Scary black risotto with octopus is a gorgeous and jaw-dropping idea for Halloween.

Scary Halloween appetizers of bacon, olives, cheese are adorable for an adult party, and they look spooky.

Scary Halloween appetizers of bacon, olives, cheese are adorable for an adult party, and they look spooky.

Smashed purple potatoes with pine nuts and thyme look scary enough and moody and are great for Halloween.

Smashed purple potatoes with pine nuts and thyme look scary enough and moody and are great for Halloween.

Spectacular eyeball Halloween pasta with tomatoes, olive eyeballs is a cool solution for your party.

Spectacular eyeball Halloween pasta with tomatoes, olive eyeballs is a cool solution for your party.

Scary pastry with tomatoes, cheese, olive spiders are great for Halloween, these are spooky food examples.

Scary pastry with tomatoes, cheese, olive spiders are great for Halloween, these are spooky food examples.

Squid ink risotto with calamaries and octopus looks a bit scary and will be nice for an adult party at Halloween.

Squid ink risotto with calamaries and octopus looks a bit scary and will be nice for an adult party at Halloween.

Halloween bloody finger hot dogs will frighten even adults, and you can make them easily.

Halloween bloody finger hot dogs will frighten even adults, and you can make them easily.

Not so scary but so cute, these Halloween-themed sausage mummies are wrapped in crescent dough, creating a fun, kid-friendly snack.

Not so scary but so cute, these Halloween-themed sausage mummies are wrapped in crescent dough, creating a fun, kid-friendly snack.

Scary Halloween Desserts

Halloween desserts are pure art! Here you can fulfill the wildest of your dreams! Make guts of dough or cinnamon rolls in red, filling them with cherry sauce or with cream, they will look horrible. Bake some cupcakes and cakes, which can features lots of scary designs: they can feature blood and glass, eyes, skulls, tombstones and worms. Try macarons and glazed cookies with bloody brains, eyes, ghosts and other stuff you like. Make skull-shaped cakes with sauce, they will look scary and elegant. No time for difficult stuff? Make some panna cotta with eyes or a quick apple pie with a scary face on top. Bloody popcorn will be also a great solution for your party, and it’s fast to make. Get inspired!

A bloody cupcake with lots of blood and shards is a cool and creative idea for a Halloween party.

A bloody cupcake with lots of blood and shards is a cool and creative idea for a Halloween party.

A bloody human heart cake is a bold and scary idea of a Halloween party dessert that you can order to impress everyone.

A bloody human heart cake is a bold and scary idea of a Halloween party dessert that you can order to impress everyone.

A brain-shaped panna cotta with strawberry sauce is a scary Halloween dessert to try.

A brain-shaped panna cotta with strawberry sauce is a scary Halloween dessert to try.

A Halloween apple pie with a scary face is a bold solution, which is quite easy to realize.

A Halloween apple pie with a scary face is a bold solution, which is quite easy to realize.

A red velvet cupcake topped with black chocolate frosting and a red heart looks absolutely jaw-dropping.

A red velvet cupcake topped with black chocolate frosting and a red heart looks absolutely jaw-dropping.

Black chocolate cupcakes with colorful confetti and eyeballs on top are amazing for treating your guests at a Halloween party.

Black chocolate cupcakes with colorful confetti and eyeballs on top are amazing for treating your guests at a Halloween party.

Bleeding black Halloween cupcakes with delicious black chocolate frosting are amazing for Halloween.

Bleeding black Halloween cupcakes with delicious black chocolate frosting are amazing for Halloween.

Bloody panna cotta eyeballs are a creative dessert for a Halloween party, they can be delicious and look bold.

Bloody panna cotta eyeballs are a creative dessert for a Halloween party, they can be delicious and look bold.

Bloody popcorn is an easy and delicious treat for your Halloween party, and you can make it easily.

Bloody popcorn is an easy and delicious treat for your Halloween party, and you can make it easily.

Brain cookies made with nuts and red sauce instead of blood are great desserts for your Halloween party.

Brain cookies made with nuts and red sauce instead of blood are great desserts for your Halloween party.

Bright and spooky Halloween cupcakes with green toppings, red strawberries with teeth are great for Halloween.

Bright and spooky Halloween cupcakes with green toppings, red strawberries with teeth are great for Halloween.

Chocolate cupcakes with frosting and black chocolate spiders are great to make your Halloween party unforgettable.

Chocolate cupcakes with frosting and black chocolate spiders are great to make your Halloween party unforgettable.

Chorizo and caramelized onion stuffed intestines, which are pastry dough with cranberry sauce for Halloween.

Chorizo and caramelized onion stuffed intestines, which are pastry dough with cranberry sauce for Halloween.

Dark chocolate and oreo mini skull cakes will be a great solution for Halloween, offer your guests these desserts.

Dark chocolate and oreo mini skull cakes will be a great solution for Halloween, offer your guests these desserts.

Elegant white cupcakes topped with bloody glass shards are classy for any Halloween party, whether it's a Dexter one or not.

Elegant white cupcakes topped with bloody glass shards are classy for any Halloween party, whether it's a Dexter one or not.

Fantastic bloody lollipops are amazing for giving them as Halloween party favors or to serve them as desserts.

Fantastic bloody lollipops are amazing for giving them as Halloween party favors or to serve them as desserts.

Finger-shaped cookies and strawberry sauce will help you create very freaky Halloween desserts.

Finger-shaped cookies and strawberry sauce will help you create very freaky Halloween desserts.

Ghastly mirror cookies with a gilded touch look really chic and will fit a vintage Halloween party.

Ghastly mirror cookies with a gilded touch look really chic and will fit a vintage Halloween party.

Gummy eyeballs as a Halloween dessert, with red bloody jelly, are amazing for an adult party.

Gummy eyeballs as a Halloween dessert, with red bloody jelly, are amazing for an adult party.

Layers of dark chocolate mousse, chocolate pecan cookie dirt and chocolate whipped cream are topped with realistic raspberry gummy worms to make a frightfully delicious Halloween dessert.

Layers of dark chocolate mousse, chocolate pecan cookie dirt and chocolate whipped cream are topped with realistic raspberry gummy worms to make a frightfully delicious Halloween dessert.

Lychee and blueberry eyeballs ina  jar will impress and scare everyone, they look quite realistic.

Lychee and blueberry eyeballs ina jar will impress and scare everyone, they look quite realistic.

Maggots cleaning wounds cupcakes look really realistic and will make your guests feel awful.

Maggots cleaning wounds cupcakes look really realistic and will make your guests feel awful.

Pink macarons with creepy black fondant spiders are amazing Halloween desserts to rock.

Pink macarons with creepy black fondant spiders are amazing Halloween desserts to rock.

Raspberry flavored brain cupcakes look gruesome and bold and will be perfect for Halloween decor.

Raspberry flavored brain cupcakes look gruesome and bold and will be perfect for Halloween decor.

Realistic looking creepy Halloween cupcakes topped with eyes will strike all your adult guests at the party.

Realistic looking creepy Halloween cupcakes topped with eyes will strike all your adult guests at the party.

Red velvet cakes with eyeballs on top and some chocolate sauce are great as Halloween desserts.

Red velvet cakes with eyeballs on top and some chocolate sauce are great as Halloween desserts.

Red velvet cinnamon rolls with caramel and cream are amazing for Halloween and look really scary.

Red velvet cinnamon rolls with caramel and cream are amazing for Halloween and look really scary.

Red velvet mini cakes with frosting and black chocolate spiders on top will be amazing wedding desserts or favors for a Halloween party.

Red velvet mini cakes with frosting and black chocolate spiders on top will be amazing wedding desserts or favors for a Halloween party.

Red velvet molten lava cakes with chocolate ganache and spun sugar on top for a Halloween party.

Red velvet molten lava cakes with chocolate ganache and spun sugar on top for a Halloween party.

Red velvet skull min cakes will be great desserts for Halloween, and you can make them easily.

Red velvet skull min cakes will be great desserts for Halloween, and you can make them easily.

A black chocolate cake topped with a tombstone is a lovely idea, dark chocolate buttercream frosting makes it even more delicious.

A black chocolate cake topped with a tombstone is a lovely idea, dark chocolate buttercream frosting makes it even more delicious.

Spider egg pudding is a great idea for Halloween, it's easy to make and looks scary enough.

Spider egg pudding is a great idea for Halloween, it's easy to make and looks scary enough.

With a moist chocolate cake and simple glaze, these mini skull cakes are super spooky for any Halloween celebration.

With a moist chocolate cake and simple glaze, these mini skull cakes are super spooky for any Halloween celebration.

сhocolate graveyard cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting and edible graveyard decorations.

сhocolate graveyard cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting and edible graveyard decorations.