Whether you’re having people over for a legit Halloween party, or you just want your nightly binge to have a touch of seasonal flair, here are a few easily executable ideas for fun finger foods.
Jack-o-lantern + guacamole + chips = party. (source)Monstrously jiggly. IT’S ALIVE. (recipe here: source)With the help of a roll of cookie dough, you can make candy corn ON THE COB. (directions)Fondant-draped ghost cupcakes with chocolate-chip eyes. (source)Apple slices, mini-marshmallows, honey (or peanut butter): Smile for camera. (source)Make the spiders out of halved black olives…one half makes the body; the other half, thinly sliced, makes the legs. (source)Gross! Graham cracker halves, white frosting, strawberry jam. (source)Connect two marshmallows with a pretzel stick and dip in white chocolate for a bowl of bones. (source)A pan of intestines? YUM. (recipe)Ghosts in a graveyard shepherd’s pie: piped mashed potatoes with pea eyes. (source)Car crash cupcakes are a little more complicated, but worth the effort. (recipe)On the other hand, this couldn’t be simpler. Just sink some fangs (besides your own) into a donut. (photo source)Stuffed orange peppers carved into mini jack-o-lanterns. (source)Dress up a pan of marbled cheesecake brownies with some Milano cookie headstones. (source)Potato skins go ghostly when robed in garlic sour cream and given scallion faces. (recipe) (photo source)White chocolate-dipped strawberries with chocolate-frosting eyes and mouths. (source)Mummified meatloaf. (recipe) (photo source)Sour apple jello shots…or monster eyeballs? (source)Skull-carved mushrooms. (photo)Tentacled pot pies! (find the recipe here)Martha Stewart’s famous ghost cake. She truly is the Queen of Halloween. (recipe)FINGER FOOD! (geddit?) Sliced pizza with red-pepper nails.A minimum of effort required: banana ghosts with mini chocolate chips for eyes; string-cheese ghosts with dots of balsamic vinegar or A-1 sauce for eyes. (photo)Not so scary: thread grapes on bamboo skewers and make eyes from vanilla and chocolate frosting. (source)