30 Boo-tiful Halloween Appetizers

How about this Halloween Appetizers Boo-nanza? Get inspired for your next Halloween party or potluck! They are diverse, creative, and delicious, from sweet to savory. You can never go too big on Halloween. 

Whether it’s a big crowd or just the two of you, here’s a great opportunity to enjoy hors d’oeuvres until you’re busting out of your dinosaur costume. Here is our scary-long list of 30 Halloween appetizer recipes to try.

1. Ghoulish Popcorn with Pretzels

This one’s pretty tame and should make a few kids smile at the idea of eyeballs in a pretzel. Plus, white chocolate-covered pretzels are always so good. Must be the sweet and salty thing.

2. Spooky Meatballs

I mean, you get kinda creepy and kinda healthy in one go. The inky pasta adds to the ambiance.

3. Mummy Jalapeño Poppers

The smooth, creamy, and bacon-filled interior complements that crispy, fresh pastry jacket. My reco instead of candy eyes would be to use cut black olives or skip them altogether.

4. Mini Mummy Dogs

You can cut up hot dogs or use the Lil Smokies to make these. And I like that they use dots of mustard for eyes instead of candy eyes, so less waste here. (Candy eyes are great on sweet foods, though.)

5. Pretzel Broomsticks

Not only are these individually packaged to cut down on germification, but you get a clever party favor, too. Skinny pretzel sticks are the hero here.

6. Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Roasted hummus is creamy, full of flavor, and rich in color. Add a few drops of red food coloring to get it a creepy blood red and call it Surgery Dip! Gross, huh?

7. Witch Hat Treats

Put together Bugles, Oreo Thins, and black candy wafers with some time, and these look a LOT like tiny witch hats! CUTE.

8. Hot Dog Worms

If you need easy and meaty, this is your appetizer. They’re fun, curly, and delicious, just the way you like your worms!

9. Devil’s Dentures

Chef John from Food Wishes is funny, punny, and knows how to cook, so this video is both craft and appetizer. Just three ingredients that aren’t even too bad for you: Fresh apples, almond slivers, and honey!

10. Pumpkin Fluff Dip

This one does have pumpkin pureé in it and some pumpkin spice, but also the delight of cream cheese and Cool Whip. Make sure there’s plenty of dippers like apple slices and graham crackers to go around.

11. Witch Finger Cheese Sticks

If you’re looking for Halloween FINGER foods…here’s one pointing right at you!

12. Cheese Stuffed Mummy Breadsticks

I like cheese-stuffed anything, and the ease with which they call for string cheese and crescent roll dough make these a great appetizer.

13. Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Homemade roasted pumpkin seeds can be seasoned any way you’ like. If you already have your carving pumpkins, may as well make your snack after gutting ol’ jack.

14. Jack-o-Lantern Cream Puffs

The recipe is a reliable cream puff recipe. The little stem is cute, but the surface doesn’t make the faces look very sophisticated. Cap them on the pumpkin-spice cream and call it good.

15. Cheesy Pumpkin Biscuits

Grab your pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter for these crisp, savory, and light biscuits. Cooking converter here.

16. Halloween Shapes Cheese & Crackers

I wish I had thought of this: Mini cookie cutters and cheese slices make some cute, easy Halloween platter pizzazz.

17. Spidery Deviled Eggs

Spice up your deviled eggs by adding a few black olive slices to create spider legs over the top!

18. Monster Cupcakes

Sure, this is a snack and a dessert, but if you eat one FIRST, it’s also an appetizer. Use any flavor cake mix and a handful of budget-friendly decorations.

19. Monster Eyeball Cookies

These make me smile, and they are simple cookies with huge candy eyes. Easy to do with kids of all ages.

20. Creepy Eyeball Cheeseballs

I’d never heard of a food art marker, but I can see how it might be handy for these. Plus, black olives make everything better.

21. Halloween Trail Mix

We put a lot of the fun goodies in here, from Bugles to candy pumpkins to M&Ms, popcorn, tiny marshmallows, and peanuts. Offer small Dixie cups if you don’t want hands in the big bowl all night.

22. Halloween Hand Pies

Not a quick option, but if you’re up for a handy challenge, this one is decidedly, deliciously creepy. Ask someone to give you a hand with this one.

23. Mozzarella Eyeballs

I have an endless love for mozz. And these Mozzarella Eyeballs are spooky, delicious, and have just the right amount of zing.

24. Pumpkin “Puke” Guacamole

More of an art installation, this recipe has a heavy metal vibe.

25. Jack-o-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

Bell peppers are delicate, so I’d leave the carving to the adults. After cooking, they might look even creepier, like a rotten jack o’lantern.

26.  Pumpkin-Shaped Cheese Ball

The shape and color of a pumpkin but not the flavor! It’s kind of adorable. I can see how crushed Doritos would be yummy on the outside of this cheese ball.

27. Bat Wings

Black is the night…and this wing recipe! They are actually black from a food coloring marinade, which makes for a VERY spooky addition to the snack table.

(Visit Claire’s site to get the recipe and see her photos.)

28. Spooky Halloween Cheese Skulls

I actually exclaimed “Haha! Gross!” but they also look yummy and easy to make. (The cheese pull adds to the fun.)

29. Skeleton Bones

Unearth the beast inside you by eating skeleton bones with your loved ones this Halloween.

30. Spooky Spider Web Deviled Eggs

Cracked shells and blue food coloring create nifty “web” patterns on the boiled whites.

The bottom line

 Hopefully, these 30 Halloween appetizer recipes will help inspire you and make some of the cutest (or creepiest) treats this side of October 31st! Here’s a few more:

• Halloween Cakes
• Fang-tastic Sweet Treats 
• Halloween Coooooookies
• Ghoul-tastic Punch Recipes