Scare up some smiles with my 59 Easy Halloween Potluck Ideas recipe collection for 2024.
Whether attending a neighborhood potluck or planning a Halloween party for the office, you will love these quick, easy, scary-delicious treats and Halloween food recipes.
Updated for 2024, this Halloween potluck ideas collection includes fast and easy Halloween food and snack recipes for kids and adults, for a crowd, for work, main dish dinner ideas, side dishes, and even healthy snacks!
You will also find spooky treats, appetizers, cute finger foods, sweets, and desserts, plus menu ideas and recipes for both adult and kids’ parties.
From cocktails such as my Witches Brew – Halloween Punch with a Kick to cute Halloween treats such as my Easy Halloween Jalapeño Mummies and Easy Halloween Meringue Ghosts, there is literally something for everyone.
1. Easy Halloween Jalapeño Mummies – Grits and Pinecones
Are you looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes? Well, you are in the right place. Easy Halloween Jalapeño Mummies are a cute, spooktacular treat that is easy to prepare and will have your family and friends marveling at your creativity.
2. Spider Bread with Mexican Corn Dip – Pudge Factor
Spider Bread with Mexican Corn Dip is the ultimate Halloween appetizer. By itself, the Mexican Corn Dip is addictive. When paired with the beyond-cute Spider Bread, it will dazzle your friends and family. And it’s a perfect Halloween potluck food idea.
3. Bleeding Candle Cookies – Kitchen @ Hoskins
Spooky dark chocolate shortbread cookie candles with bloody vanilla icing dripping down!! These cookies might look complicated, but they are not as hard as you might think! The dough comes together with just one bowl and a wooden spatula.
4. Monster Munch Halloween Snack Mix – Grits and Pinecones
If you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, my Monster Munch Halloween Snack Mix is a sweet, salty treat that appeals to kids and adults. It only takes a few minutes to whip up, and this crispy snack mix will quickly become a family favorite.
5. Halloween Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs – Grits and Pinecones
Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs are a fun, healthy after-school snack for the kids, a great side dish or appetizer to serve at a Halloween party or dinner, and the ultimate Halloween potluck food idea. Check out my step-by-step instructions to make the cutest and easiest deviled eggs ever!
6. Dark Chocolate and Oreo Mini Skull Cakes – Brooklyn Homemaker
What kid (or adult) could resist a super moist chocolate cake filled with Oreo cookie crumbs? Especially one in the shape of a cute yet terrifying little skull???
7. Vegan Pastry Voodoo Dolls – Love is in My Tummy
This Halloween, shake things up a bit with these VEGAN Pastry Voodoo Dolls – not as sugary as the usual treats, but quite interesting, delicious, and even healthy! No food colors or anything artificial are used here!
8. Meringue Bone Palace Halloween Cake – Domestic Gothess
This Halloween food recipe is the perfect impressive centerpiece for a party. It doesn’t just look good—it tastes delicious, too: the perfect mix of chocolate, vanilla, berries, and crunchy meringue makes it an awesome dish to take to a Halloween potluck.
9. Spooky Spider Pops – Pudge Factor
These Spooky Spider Pops are quick and easy to make for your next Halloween Party! Kids, young and old, will love these yummy treats. The ingredients include chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, unsalted peanuts, chow mein noodles, M&M’s for the eyes, and lollipop sticks.
10. Scary Monster Nacho Tacos – Glitter and Bubbles
I could eat a taco daily if I ever relinquished all self-control. So, it only seemed appropriate to include Scary Monster Nacho Tacos on my Halloween table. And let’s be honest – when are tacos not appropriate?
11. Graveyard Chocolate Cheesecake Dip – Grits and Pinecones
Are you looking for an easy, fun appetizer recipe to serve at a Halloween party or to surprise your kids when they get home from school? How about one that doesn’t require cooking and can be on the table in less than 15 minutes? It’s also great if you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes.
12. Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes – Kitchen Sanctuary
Easy to make and striking – the kids will love helping make these Halloween Spider Web Chocolate Cupcakes.
13. Graveyard Candy Apples – Gourmet Halloween Treat – Easy Cooking with Molly
A spooktacular and delicious treat that’s easy and fun to make. These can be made two days in advance, and this recipe makes a dozen.
14. Healthy Halloween Charcuterie Board – My Mini Chefs
If you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, this healthy Halloween charcuterie board is perfect. It counters all those sweet treats everyone will inevitably be snacking on this spooky season!
15. Easy Halloween Meringue Ghosts – Grits and Pinecones
Scare up some smiles this Halloween with these Easy Meringue Ghost Cookies! I’ll show you there is no trick to making these hauntingly delicious Meringue Ghost treats that both your big and little monsters will love.
16. Jack O’Lantern Ham and Swiss Hand Pies – Pudge Factor
Grab a delicious Jack O’Lantern Ham and Swiss Hand Pie for a quick bite during the hectic Halloween season. They are way easier to make than carving a pumpkin and taste as good as they look!
17. Spicy Little Devil’s Food Cupcakes – A Bajillian Recipes
Super moist and intensely dark chocolate devil’s food cupcakes with a kick of cinnamon, chili powder, and cayenne, topped with red velvet buttercream and darling little devil horns!
18. Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookie Spiders – Bakers Party Shop
We’re sharing chocolate chip sandwich cookie spiders just in time for your Halloween parties and dessert tables! These cookies are fun and easy to make with the help of Foodstirs Organic Chocolate Chippy Cookie Mix and Organic Vanilla Frosting Mix.
19. Halloween Monster Oreos Pudding Cups – Sizzling Eats
We love Halloween’s tricks, treats, and silliness, so these Monster Oreos were a no-brainer. When you have little kids, it is so much fun! Making sweet creations from ready-made treats like Oreos is a blast!
20. 2-Ingredient Ghost Chocolate Cups – Primavera Kitchen
Easy two-ingredient Ghost Chocolate Cups are the perfect fun Halloween treat. They’re done in less than 15 minutes, and your kids can help you make them!
21. Easy Halloween Yogurt Cups – The Seasoned Mom
These easy Halloween Yogurt Cups are a 5-minute snack idea that the kids cannot resist! Create spooky spider webs and festive pumpkin patches for celebrations, school parties, or other fall gatherings.
22. Nutter Butter Boos – Homemade Interest
These old-school Nutter Butter Boos are cute ghost cookies that make an easy dessert that is the perfect Halloween party food and a great idea for potlucks. These cute little guys are super easy to make and perfect for all those upcoming parties.
23. Halloween Stuffed Pumpkins – Happy Kitchen Rocks
Easily carved pumpkins with wholesome wild rice stuffing. Serve these spooky, kid-friendly stuffed pumpkins for a healthy holiday treat!
24. Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups – Pudge Factor
How cute is this? With only four ingredients, these adorable Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups are super simple to make and taste delicious!
25. Halloween Sushi Mice – Kitchen @ Hoskins
Not-so-spooky mice made out of sushi are a great addition to the Halloween gathering! Aren’t these guys adorable? Well, not everything has to be creepy and spooky. We can have some fun critters wandering around. Both kids and adults are sure to gather around these cuties!
26. Witches’ Brew Halloween Punch with a Kick – Grits and Pinecones
Scary delicious Witches’ Brew Halloween Punch with a Kick will take the fear out of hosting a party and set the stage for a fun evening full of vampires, ghosts, and ghoulish party food.
27. Halloween Surprise Bundt Cake – Pudge Factor
Brighten your festivities with this moist Surprise Bundt Cake. You’d never believe this amazing cake is made from a store-bought mix. With the colors of orange, purple, and green swirled into the cake, every piece is a surprise.
28. Halloween Rocky Road Slices – The Flavor Bender
These addictively delicious Halloween Rocky Road Slices are chock-full of crunchy, soft, chewy, gooey, sweet goodies, making them the perfect cute treat for trick-or-treaters.
29. Easy Black Forest Trifle – Grits and Pinecones
If you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, this Halloween Black Forest Trifle is a spooktacular delicious recipe full of the most adorable ghosts and goblins! This easy dessert takes only minutes to assemble and will please even the pickiest big and little kids in your house.
30. Halloween Ghost Pizza – The Pudge Factor
Halloween Ghost Pizza is the ultimate in simplicity and taste. Its crisp crust is topped with a simple homemade pizza sauce, Parmesan cheese, and Mozzarella cheese and finished with adorable Mozzarella ghosts.
31. Witches Hat Cheese Ball – Sprinkles and Sprouts
If you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, this witches hat cheese ball is a great Halloween party appetizer; put it center stage on your buffet table, add a platter of crackers and vegetable sticks, and wow your guests with a fun and easy snack.
32. Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes and Icing – Grits and Pinecones
These adorable, delicious, and only slightly creepy Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Icing will delight adults and kids.
33. Spooky 8-Layer Taco Dip – Pudge Factor
Spooky 8-Layer Taco Dip is the perfect appetizer and party food for all your Halloween festivities. This no-bake dip is always a winner and is the first dip devoured at any party. It only takes 5 minutes to assemble, but your guests will think you spent all day in the kitchen!
34. Easy Not So Scary Ghosts – Halloween Rice Krispie Treats – Unsophisticated Cook
When you need easy treats in a hurry, it just doesn’t get any easier than these adorable little Rice Krispie treats’ ghosts… They take just about 15 minutes (plus cooling time) from start to finish!
35. Halloween Kettle Corn – Pudge Factor
Who doesn’t love Kettle Corn – crunchy, sweet, and salty popcorn? Halloween Kettle Corn is the perfect homemade treat to dazzle trick-or-treaters, both young and old.
36. Spider Cookies – Celebrating Sweets
Spider Cookies: These sugar cookies are decorated to look like spiders using chocolate frosting and mini peanut butter cups. They’re a fun and easy dessert for Halloween!
37. Black Cat Oreo Halloween Cookies – Midlife Healthy Living
If you have any fun Halloween parties coming up at work, or for your kids, these are sure to be a great hit with everyone! You can customize these fun cat cookies for any holiday throughout the year, but the cat cookies are a favorite!
38. Halloween Party Mix – Berly’s Kitchen
This Halloween Party Mix is chock full of sweet and savory goodies! It includes crunchy cereal, salty pretzels, chocolate candies, and candy corn tossed in a sweet caramel sauce.
39. Halloween Stuffed Mummy Peppers – Brooklyn Farm Girl
These mummies only require three ingredients and make the cutest appetizer for a party or a Halloween potluck! This is one of my favorite Halloween food ideas!
40. Halloween Oreo Monster Brownies – Gastronom
A fun treat for adults and kids alike, eat some Halloween dessert brownies with eyeballs on them!
41. Witch Hat Brownie Pops – Major Hoff Takes a Wife
Whether you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, these Witch’s Hat brownie pops will be the hit of your Halloween party! They are simple to make with a box brownie mix, fast frosting, and an easy piping method!
42. Halloween Chocolate Apples – Fab Food 4 All
Kids and grown-ups will love these Chocolate Apples with web design. Better still, get your kids to help to make them!
43. Halloween Monster Sugar Cookies – Meg’s Everyday Indulgence
Gather your sprinkles and candy googly eyes to celebrate with these adorably frightening Halloween Monster Sugar Cookies. Simple to make and even better to eat.
44. Pumpkin Fluff Party Dip – Julia’s Simply Southern
Pumpkin Fluff Party Dip is easy to make. Mix it in one bowl and serve it according to your occasion. This dip is great for fruit, such as apples and grapes, alongside various cookies. I chose vanilla wafers and molasses cookies.
45. White Chocolate Boo Bark – Pumpkin’n Spice
This White Chocolate Boo Bark is filled with creamy white chocolate, Oreo cookies, chewy candy corn, and festive sprinkles. It’s an easy recipe and is the perfect snack to munch on with friends on Halloween!
46. Halloween Meatballs the Kids Love – Because Mom Says
If you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes you are going to love this Halloween Meatballs recipe! It’s an extremely simple recipe with only four required ingredients: meatballs, crescent dough, black olives, and cheese sticks! Who doesn’t want a fast and easy dinner on Halloween night?
47. Black Velvet Cookies ‘n Cream Cheesecake – Itsy Bitsy Kitchen
This black velvet cookies ’n cream cheesecake cake is packed with chocolate and full of Halloween spirit–perfect for any and all parties this time of year!
48. Peanut Butter Ball Pumpkins and Cats – The Monday Box
Peanut Butter Ball Pumpkins and Cats answer your search for Fall or Halloween cuteness. Why settle for plain peanut butter balls (Buckeyes) when you can make candy with personality?
49. Mummy Meatloaf and Mummy Hotdogs – Bowl Me Over
Mummy Meatloaf and Mummy Hotdogs are fun food for the kids on Halloween and a perfect Halloween Potluck Food idea! This meatloaf is perfect for any Sunday dinner, wrapped in bacon and slathered with a sauce. Ah… minus the decoration, of course!
50. Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board – Pint Sized Baker
Whether you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, this is candy at its best—displayed for everyone in a fun Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board that’s super easy to assemble and decorate.
51. Halloween Monster Mouths – Texanerin Baking
These monster mouths are perfect healthy Halloween treats. They just use apples, strawberry jam, nut butter, and almonds/sunflower seeds. They are naturally paleo, vegan, nut-free, grain-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free.
52. Halloween Pizza Potato Skins-Three Olives Branch
Serve up something savory and festive this year with Halloween Pizza Potato Skins featuring spiders on webs, ghosts, and mummies!
53. Halloween Sugar Cookies – Beyond Frosting
Skip the premade dough and try this quick sugar cookie recipe! These fun and festive Halloween Sugar Cookies are made with an easy cut-out cookie recipe with minimal time to chill the dough.
54. Mummy Pumpkin Hand Pies – Beyond the Chicken Coop
Mummy pumpkin hand pies are filled with delicious fall flavors. These are a treat loved by all ages!
55. Easy Breadstick Bones – Retro Housewife Goes Green
Breadstick bones are a fun appetizer or side dish for a Halloween party. They are also great for family movie nights while watching Frankenweenie.
56. Frankenstein Cheese Ball Head – Noshing with the Nolands
Here Frankie is peaking over the veggies to frighten you! He is pretty cute and not very menacing at all. Number one, though, he is delicious and with a pile of fresh veggies, maybe even a bit nutritious too!
57. Halloween Cocktail – The Poison Frog – Souffle Bombay
How about a fun & deliciously dangerous Halloween Cocktail? Enjoy The Poison Frog as a fun, spooky cocktail recipe or a Halloween shot for a festive offering at any gathering, big or small!
58. Halloween Fudge (Candy Corn Fudge) – Upstate Ramblings
if you are looking for Halloween potluck ideas or Halloween food recipes, this recipe for Halloween fudge is delicious and brightly colored, not spooky. Get all the fun of candy corn with layers of colored fudge! This decadent treat is a great choice with its rich white chocolate flavor.
59. Halloween Fruit Cups – Jersey Girl Cooks
Balance sugar and sweets with good-for-you fruit when you make Candy Corn Fruit Parfaits. This Halloween fruit cup is the ultimate snack that’s perfect for kids with a sweet tooth and a delightful addition to any Halloween party, no matter the age group.
Bonus: Halloween Cocktails
If you are looking for Halloween Potluck ideas for spooky cocktails to get your party started, check out this collection of 20 Delicious Halloween Libations by my friends over at the Gastronom Blog.
Frequently asked questions:
Halloween, which is also known as All Saints Eve, is celebrated on the 31st of October in many countries around the world the day before All Saints Day, on November 1.
Although Halloween has been celebrated for hundreds of years, modern-day festivities are really more about having fun dressing up in comical or scary costumes, decorating homes and yards, and trick-or-treating.
While everyone has their favorite food and it may vary by region, candy and treats rule the roost on Halloween, most specifically old-fashioned candy corn. Candied or caramel apples, M&Ms, and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are also popular treats.
Halloween potluck ideas can vary on whether it is an adult party, a children’s party, or a neighborhood potluck. You definitely want a dish that can be made ahead travels well, and can be eaten cold or at room temperatures, such as Spider Bread with Mexican Corn Dip, Monster Munch, or a Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board.
While I’m sure you know what trick or treat is, you might not yet be familiar with trunk or treat. Trunk or treat is when cars which are decorated for Halloween gather in a central spot, and the owners which are often in costume, open their trunks and give out treats. Many churches and community centers often sponsor truck or treating along with fall festivals.
Well, what do you think? Isn’t this an incredible list of spooky but adorable Halloween potluck ideas?
Your only problem will be deciding which quick and easy treats to make first! Not much of a cook? No worries—all of these spooktacularly delicious recipes include photos and easy step-by-step instructions.
Leave me a comment and let me know which one of these spooktacular treats is your favorite or which recipes you plan to serve at your party. I love hearing from you!
Thank you so much for visiting Grits and Pinecones! I hope you come back soon!
Kim @ Berly's Kitchen
This is an amazing collection of recipes, Sharon! They all look great. Thanks so much for including us. 🙂