Most of what’s below is easy on purpose. Halloween lands on a school night as often as not, and nobody has time for fussy. These are the treats my kids actually ask for, the pumpkin desserts are what I bring to fall potlucks, and the kind of supper you can have ready before trick-or-treating starts.
If you only make one thing off this list, make the hot dog mummies. They take about fifteen minutes, the kids think they’re hilarious, and I’ve never once brought home leftovers.
Easy Halloween Treats for Class Parties
Dipped Oreos wrapped in white chocolate bandages with two candy eyes peeking through.
Make a batch of mummy Oreos the night before a class party and let the kids press the eyes on.
The same mummy trick on a rice krispie treat, so you get a bigger bite for the same effort.
Try these mummy rice krispie treats when you need something sturdy enough to survive a lunchbox.
Layered orange, yellow, and white treats cut into wedges that look just like candy corn.
Cut these candy corn rice krispie treats into triangles and watch them clear the tray first.
Pretzel rods dipped in melted candy and covered in sprinkles, ready as soon as they set.
Set out a plate of Halloween pretzels when you want something salty sitting next to all that candy.
Big soft cookies loaded with oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and M&Ms.
Bake a double batch of monster cookies and freeze half for the week after Halloween.
A bright layered cake in candy corn colors that slices into a real showstopper.
Bring this candy corn cake to the fall party when you want one dessert doing all the work.
Fudgy brownies topped with strawberries dipped to look like little pumpkins.
Put these pumpkin patch brownies on the table and let the strawberry pumpkins be the whole decoration.
Sweet and salty mix with candy corn, pretzels, and whatever else is in the pantry.
Stir up a bowl of Halloween snack mix to set out while everybody’s getting costumes on.
Pumpkin Desserts Worth the Oven Time
Pumpkin, cake mix, and butter, and the oven does the rest.
Start this pumpkin dump cake before dinner and serve it warm with vanilla ice cream.
Poked all over and soaked with sweetened condensed milk, then covered in whipped topping.
Serve up a pan of pumpkin poke cake straight from the fridge on a warm October afternoon.
Layers of crust, cream cheese, pumpkin pudding, and whipped topping in a 9×13.
Scoop out squares of pumpkin lush for the crowd that would rather have something cold than pie.
Cheesecake and pumpkin in bar form, so you can skip the springform pan.
Slice up these pumpkin cheesecake bars when you want cheesecake without the fuss.
Three ingredients whipped together into a dip that works with graham crackers or apple slices.
Whip up pumpkin fluff and set it out with sliced apples for the easiest dessert on the table.
Soft pumpkin muffins with a brown sugar streusel on top.
Bake a pan of pumpkin streusel muffins on Sunday so breakfast is handled all week.
Pumpkin bread with cream cheese and toffee running all the way through it.
Wrap a loaf of this easy pumpkin bread in parchment and hand it to a neighbor.
Caramel, Apple, and Popcorn Treats
Apple pie filling and caramel under a buttery cake mix topping.
Pull this caramel apple dump cake out of the oven right as everybody gets back from trick-or-treating.
Apple slices on sticks dipped in caramel, so kids can roll their own in whatever toppings you set out.
Set out a tray of sliced caramel apples on a stick with bowls of sprinkles and let the kids build their own.
Homemade caramel corn baked low and slow so it stays crisp.
Fill paper bags with caramel corn and hand them out to the kids on the block.
Popcorn balls held together with melted marshmallow, no candy thermometer needed.
Roll up a batch of marshmallow popcorn balls and wrap them one at a time for the treat table.
Rice krispie treats made with caramel for a chewier, richer bite.
Cut caramel rice krispie treats into small squares so they stretch across a big group.
Warm apple pie filling over cinnamon sugar tortilla crisps with caramel drizzled on top.
Pile up apple pie nachos on one big platter and let everybody grab a piece.
Spiced apple cider punch that fills the whole house with that smell.
Pour apple cider punch into a big drink dispenser and let it sit out all afternoon.
Halloween Night Supper and Party Food
Hot dogs wrapped in strips of crescent roll dough with two little mustard eyes.
Serve hot dog mummies with a bowl of ketchup and call supper done.
The chili my mom made, thick enough to eat with a fork.
Get this simple chili going in the morning so it’s ready when the costumes go on.
Chili and cheese over Fritos, served right in the bag if you want.
Set up Frito chili pie in individual bags so nobody has to sit down to eat.
All the walking taco flavors baked into one 9×13.
Bake a walking taco casserole when you’re feeding a house full of kids and their friends.
Deviled eggs piped and scored to look like little pumpkins.
Arrange pumpkin deviled eggs on a tray for the grown-ups standing around the kitchen.
A cheese ball shaped and scored to look like a pumpkin, with a pretzel stem.
Shape a pumpkin cheese ball the day before and pull it out when the first guests knock.
Queso with ground beef, beans, and corn, thick enough to count as a meal.
Keep cowboy queso warm in the slow cooker and let people help themselves.
Costumes On, Supper Handled
Halloween goes fast. The kids are out the door by six and back before you’ve finished cleaning up, so the best plan is one thing in the slow cooker, one tray of treats on the counter, and something warm to hand people when they stop by.
Pick two or three off this list, make what you can the day before, and let the rest of the night be about the costumes.
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