Halloween Recipes
All the spookiest Halloween Recipes in one place! The perfect sweet and savory recipes for your Halloween parties – from easy spooky cookies, to the tastiest ways to use up your leftover candy. No tricks here, just delicious treats!
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Halloween Cookies
Fun, delicious, and easy to make, these Double Chocolate Halloween Cookies will be a hit with any crowd! You just need one bowl and about 30 minutes to enjoy these chocolaty cookies. Adored by kids and adults – you need to bring these to any Halloween parties this spooky season!
Halloween Cake & Cupcake Recipes
Creative Halloween Desserts
Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes
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Loaded Cookie Bars (Leftover Halloween Candy Bars)
Loaded Cookie Bars are stuffed with Oreo cookies, M&M's, and Reese's candy but you can toss in whatever you want! They're thick, chewy, and scrumptious. Perfect for leftover Halloween candy! No mixer required. -
Leftover Halloween Candy Cheesecake
Leftover Halloween Candy Cheesecake uses up ALL those Snickers, Twix, Reese's, Milkyway, and more taking up space in your pantry in one over-the-top cheesecake recipe!
Delicious Savory Halloween Recipes
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Ultimate Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
This baked Ultimate Macaroni and Cheese recipe has a creamy, silky, rich cheese sauce that’s perfectly balanced by a crisp and crunchy homemade breadcrumb topping. Comfort food perfection and so easy to make! -
Pumpkin Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter
Pumpkin Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter are slightly sweet and SO festive, with their easy and adorable pumpkin shapes. Your family will LOVE these!
Halloween Breakfast Recipes
Halloween Cheesecake Recipes
Halloween Cookie Recipes
Halloween How-Tos
No need to be intimidated by baking beautiful Halloween desserts with these how-to articles. Tons of tips, tricks, and make ahead directions inside!
How to Measure Flour
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Tessa’s Top Baking Tips
These are the three things I wish EVERYONE knew before attempting any recipe.
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Measure your flour accurately.
Using a digital scale is the best way to measure your flour for total accuracy. Find out the right way to measure flour in this article.
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Use the right baking pans for your cookies!
I performed side-by-side testing to find the best baking pans! Find out the best (and worst!) baking pans in this article.
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Make sure to use fresh pumpkin puree in your pumpkin desserts.
Check out my article covering a taste test between fresh pumpkin puree, regular canned pumpkin, and organic canned pumpkin here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to freeze cookie dough:
Make the cookie dough as the recipe instructs (for even more flavorful, thicker, and chewier cookies, chill your cookie dough before freezing).
Freezing works best with drop cookies (i.e. chocolate chip, peanut butter, etc.). Cut-out cookies actually freeze well after they’re baked!
Roll the cookie dough into even balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet that fits in your freezer.
Freeze the balls for 1 hour, or until solid. This prevents the balls from sticking to each other.
Remove the balls to a ziptop bag.
Learn more about how to bake from frozen here!
How to customize cookie bars:
You can add in whatever candy, cookies, and treats your heart desires. Some ideas include:
Snickers
Hershey’s bars
Graham crackers
Rolo candies
Milk Duds
Peanut butter chips
Chocolate covered pretzels
Whatever is left in your child’s Halloween bucket
Why are my cookies flat?
When making cookies, be sure your butter is at a cool room temperature before beating with your sugar. It shouldn’t be greasy or overly soft otherwise it’ll melt and spread the cookies too much.
The warmer your chocolate chip cookie dough is when it enters the oven, the thinner and flatter your cookies will be. To prevent flat cookies, try freezing your balls of cookie dough while your oven preheats. Learn more about how to bake THICK cookies here.
What are the best Halloween desserts for adults?
Just about all the recipes I’ve included on this page are both adult and kid-friendly. These homemade Halloween recipes aren’t sickly sweet or kitschy, but perfectly delicious treats with a festive Halloween touch.
How to store cookies:
Homemade cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
