Fun Halloween Party Ideas
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Fun Halloween Jell-O cups in candy corn colors and whipped cream and candy eyes on top.
Halloween party inspiration
Are you looking for a way to have hauntingly good fun this Halloween? Look no further! With these Halloween party ideas, you’ll be able to create a spellbinding night for your friends and family. From spooky cocktails to ghostly-good desserts, there is something for everyone. So break out your costumes and let’s get this Halloween party started! You'll find recipes and ideas for delicious and creative food and drinks, smoothies, and crafts - all surrounding the spooky spirit of Halloween.
Anyone that knows me well, knows I LOVE Halloween!! The combination of fall feels, autumn flavors and cooler temperatures combined with spooky decorations, spine-tingling scary movies, and dressing up as anything you want gets me super excited and brings me joy to the month of October. I want to share some of my fun and spooky Halloween party ideas with you, whether it’s a large gathering or an intimate celebration, you’ll be sure to impress and enjoy with these delicious, fun and creepy ideas.
Booberry Smoothie
Start your Halloween day off with a healthy and delicious blueberry smoothie aka “Booberry” smoothie. Here is the easy recipe:
1 cup blueberries
1 med banana
1/4 cup yogurt (dairy-free if desired)
1 tbsp creamy peanut butter
1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup
1/2 cup unsweetened almondmilk
3-4 ice cubes
Optional: Garnish with ghost ice cubes made from almondmilk frozen in silicone molds
Pulse a few times, then blend on high for 1 minutes or until smooth and creamy. Enjoy!
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Smoothie
This healthy pumpkin spice smoothie is a delicious way to celebrate spooky season. I made a dairy-free version and you can find my easy recipe by clicking HERE.
Green Monster Smoothie
How fun is this green monster smoothie! It’s really my popular tropical detox smoothie with banana slices and chocolate chips for eyes. It’s such a fun idea for a healthy Halloween breakfast or snack.
Grab the easy recipe for my Copycat Tropical Cafe Island Detox smoothie by clicking HERE.
Halloween appetizers
Stuffed Dates Cockroach Appetizer
Creep your guest out by serving healthy date appetizer that looks like cockroaches.
Get the full recipe for this creepy Halloween cockroach date appetizer by clicking HERE.
Cheese Straw Witch Fingers
Get a delicious kick out of spooky cheese straw witch finger appetizers. They have the perfect balance of spicy heat and cheese along with toasted almond slivers for creepy witch nails.
Get the full recipe for these deliciously spooky witch finger cheese straws by clicking HERE.
Cheesy Pretzel Broomsticks
Make individual charcuterie boards for a variety of delicious and healthy foods including these easy to make string cheese pretzel witch broomsticks. Also fun to stick in your kids lunch on Halloween day for a fun surprise.
Find the recipe for these easy-to-make string cheese pretzel witch broomsticks appetizer by clicking HERE.
Homemade orange tortilla chips (bat-shaped)
Your guests will be so impressed with these fun bat-shaped tortilla chips that are so easy to make and delicious. Keep reading to see how to make this fun Halloween appetizer that is naturally orange!
Pair with my delicious guacamole! Find my easy recipe by clicking HERE.
How to make baked homemade tortilla chips
You will need:
sun-dried flour tortilla rounds
olive oil (or vegetable oil)
sea salt
cookie cutter in desired shape (bat, ghost)
sheet pan
How to make homemade baked tortilla chips (instructions):
Preheat oven to 375℉. Use a cookie cutter to cut out bat shapes (or desired shape.) Lightly brush with the oil and place them on a baking sheet in a single layer (not overlapping.) Bake about 5-7 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle lightly with sea salt.
Halloween food ideas
Ghost and Mummy Ramekin Chicken Pot Pies
I gave this classic comfort food dish a spooky twist by adding fun ghost shapes and mummy strips in refrigerated pie crusts.
Find the easy and delicious dairy-free recipe for these individual chicken pot pies baked in ramekins by clicking HERE.
Chili and Brunswick stew
Orange Bell Pepper Jack-O-Lantern’s
These orange bell peppers cut like tiny Jack-O-Lantern’s make for a fun and festive Halloween party food. Cut tops off and remove seeds, then fill with pasta salad or chicken salad and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Halloween cocktail ideas
Howl at the Moon Martini
Stay awake for the party and enjoy this delicious and energizing “Howl at the Moon” sparkling martini cocktail made with grape Monster Energy Drink. Here is the easy recipe:
In a shaker filled with ice, add:
2 oz blueberry blackberry acai juice
1 oz vodka
1 oz coconut water
Shake and pour into serving glass, then top off with grape flavored Monster Energy Drink, Add a sphere shaped piece of ice to glass for a moon-shaped effect. Enjoy! (See printable recipe card at end of post!)
Blood Sucker Vampire Martini Cocktail
Frightful and delicious Halloween vampire cocktail called the “Blood Sucker sparkling martini” in watermelon flavor with a beautiful red color and floating vampire teeth, rimmed with red sugar.
Here is the easy recipe for this Vampire Martini: To a shaker filled with ice, add:
2 oz cran-watermelon cocktail juice
1 oz vodka
1 oz coconut water
Shake and pour into serving glass that is rimmed with red sugar, then top off with watermelon Monster energy drink and garnish with plastic vampire teeth. Enjoy!
Poison Apple Martini Cocktail
Tempt and lure your guest in with this beautiful red poison apple martini with edible gold glitter for a cocktail experience like non other. Serve out of a beaker for an extra spooky effect.
Find the easy recipe for this poison apple martini cocktail by clicking HERE.
Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned Cocktail
Nothing beats a classic old fashioned cocktail, but when it’s fall, you must try this autumn twist using pumpkin spice flavor syrup and a fun orange Jack-O-Lantern garnish.
Find the easy recipe for this pumpkin spice old fashion cocktail by clicking HERE.
Halloween dessert recipes
Black Magic Cake
This Black Magic Cake is a vintage recipe that I converted into a dairy-free recipe. I added orange buttercream frosting and an easy chocolate drip on top and sides, topped with edible white chocolate skulls dusted in edible glitter.
Find the recipe for this deliciously spooky black magic cake by clicking HERE.
Candy Corn Jell-O Cups
Get some plastic stemware from the dollar tree or use your good stuff to create these fun and festive candy corn colored Jell-o dessert cups topped with whipped cream and cany eye balls.
To make Halloween Jell-O cups: Make yellow Jell-O according to package and evenly divide in serving cups, filling about 2 inches full. Chill in fridge for 2 hours, or until set. Mix together orange Jell-O according to packet, let cool and pour layer onto yellow layer, leaving about 2 inches from top. Chill and let set, then add whipped cream on top. Garnish with candy eyes, candy corn and sprinkles. Chill until ready to serve.
Zombie Cupcakes or Beetlejuice fun!
How creepy are these Zombie Cupcakes?!? Green on the inside and margarita flavor with chocolate icing and cookie crumbles for dirt, along with plastic zombie hands poking out that I purchased from the dollar tree. Super easy recipe!
You could also reimagine these fun cupcakes for a Beetlejuice themed party with the bright green cupcake and the hand as Beetlejuice’s hand poking up from the grave! Check out my other idea below.
Find the easy recipe for these creepy zombie hands cupcakes by clicking HERE.
How fun and colorful are these green and purple swirl cupcakes. The inside is green margarita flavor and I’m wearing my budget Beetlejuice glam costume!
Witch Cauldron Brownie Cupcakes
Cast a delicious spell on your party guests with these enchanting witch cauldron brownie cupcakes made with a vintage recipe passed down to me from my mother-in-law.
Find this vintage recipe for witch cauldron brownie cupcakes by clicking HERE.
Spider Molasses Cookies
Creepy crawly spider cookies in molasses flavor with chocolate spiders on top make for a fun Halloween party cookie for all to enjoy.
Find the recipe for these fun spider cookies by clicking HERE.
Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies
Make Halloween party dessert easy and use your favorite store bought brownie mix, bake and let cool completely. Cut into rectangles.
Melt chocolate chips according to package instructions and add to a plastic baggie with corner snipped with small opening. Using a Google image as reference (or your memory!) pipe a similar design on top of brownie and add a small eyeball as shown.
Halloween craft ideas
DIY Halloween Treat Sacks
With a few simple and inexpensive supplies, you can create these vintage looking Halloween treat sacks to fill with candy or homemade treats that will make your treat r’ trickers or party guest feel extra special.
Find the easy instructions by clicking HERE.
Halloween Party Favor Idea
What Halloween party would be complete without a fun and spooky Halloween party favor to fit the theme. These adorable s’mores ghost kits are so cute and irresistibly delicious!
Keep reading for the DIY instructions on making these easy to make ghost peep s’mores party favors.
How to make s’mores ghost party favor gift for Halloween:
You will need: clear plastic favor bags, ghost peeps, some fun Halloween napkins, (I found some cute ghost ones) graham crackers, mini Hershey’s chocolate bars and Halloween ribbon (or you can use the ties that come with party favor bags.
Add one napkin to bag, then place two graham cracker halves on top, one ghost peep and one chocolate bar. Tie ribbon to secure and if desired, add a tag. See below my free PDF printable Halloween party favor tag for s’mores kit.
Free printable PDF for Halloween smore’s kit
Click HERE for the free printable PDF Halloween smore’s kit tags.
Cut them in rectangles, then snip corners at top and use a hole puncher to add hole for ribbon to attach to baggie.
DIY Pet Ghost
What a fun gift idea for a paranormal enthusiast or just for Halloween fun. Using simple and inexpensive items from the dollar store, I created this fun and spooky DIY pet ghost. A small $3 puck light that is activated with remote gives your pet ghost a spooky glow!
Keep reading to see how it was made.
Supplies to make DIY pet ghost:
Plastic dome with removeable bottom ($1.25)
LED puck with remote ($3)
Small ghost that fits inside dome ($1-2) I actually had a silicone ghost mold and made mine out of soy wax.
Wide festive ribbon (optional)
Instructions for how to make your own pet ghost:
Open plastic dome
Place led puck on bottom/base
Place your ghost on top of led puck
Replace lid over ghost (Note: My ghost fit tightly and does not move, but if yours is a little smaller, you can add a glue dot to bottom of ghost so it won’t slide around.)
Optional: add a small piece of tape to each side at base to keep secure, then add wide ribbon at bottom or any other special touches you want. I added a little purple 3D tube ribbon for a little dimension on the inside.
For extra fun if gift giving: Make a death certificate with a fun story about your ghost/spirit and give it a name. You can turn the led puck light on with your remote and start enjoying your new spooky friend.
Halloween decoration ideas
Make this cute kid ghost for your front porch Halloween decoration on a budget!
I made this using a dollar tree pool noodle, kid’s jeans and shoes from the local Goodwill store and a 3 foot white fabric circle with peel-n-stick black felt for the eyes. Check out my DIY ghost kid video below and make your own in no time!
Easy and inexpensive Halloween decorating idea for front porch
Halloween costume inspiration: Trending now, Beetlejuice!
The new Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie has been a huge hit and will be a popular costume this Halloween.
I challenged myself to create a thrift shop Beetlejuice glam costume and found everything I needed from local thrift shops. Dress was $5, black and white jewelry was $5, green wig was $3 and I already had the shoes!
I hope you enjoyed my ideas and inspiration for a bewitching good time this Halloween!
Howl at the Moon Martini Cocktail Drink
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a shaker filled with ice, add: 2 oz blueberry blackberry acai juice, 1 oz vodka, and 1 oz coconut water
- Shake and pour into serving glass, then top off with ultra violet Monster Energy Drink,
- Optional: Add some edible glitter for sparkling stars and a sphere-shaped piece of ice to glass for a moon-shaped effect. Enjoy!
Notes
TIP: for a total eclipse mocktail version, omit vodka and use an additional 1 oz coconut water.
