Halloween Desserts

by Sabrina Snyder

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My collection of easy Halloween Desserts with fun ideas for spooktacular Halloween parties and fall harvest treats! Check them out!

From colorfully cute Halloween Rice Krispie Treats to chocolaty Dirt Cupcakes topped with creepy crawlers to Halloween Brownies made with leftover candy, I’ve collected my best recipes for desserts perfect for any potluck, party or monster mash. And don’t worry, if you are throwing a party that is more pumpkin patch than haunted house, I also included some harvest-themed desserts too!

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Classic Treats for Halloween

These easy recipes take desserts you love all year-round and turn them into fun Halloween treats!

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Halloween Brownie with colored toppings and bite taken out

Halloween Brownies (Leftover Candy Brownies)

Halloween Brownies (Leftover Candy Brownies) are chewy fudgy brownies with candy bar pieces and sprinkles. An easy festive and fun dessert!
Check out this recipe
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Halloween Rice Krispie Treats finished ghosts, pumpkins and bats decorated on plate

Halloween Rice Krispies Treats

Halloween Rice Krispie Treats are a fun, kid-approved dessert perfect for a party made with marshmallows, butter, and colorful candy melts.
Check out this recipe
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Halloween Dirt Cupcakes on serving platter 1x1

Halloween Dirt Cupcakes

Halloween Dirt Cupcakes are rich chocolate cupcakes topped with Oreo crumbs and gummy worms to look like dirt. A fun and easy October treat!
Check out this recipe
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Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake with pudding, crushed oreos, and gummy worms on top in baking dish with slice missing

Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake

Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake is a kid favorite Halloween dessert topped with pudding, crushed Oreos (dirt), and gummy worms for a spooky treat.
Check out this recipe
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Candy Corn Blondies cut in squares on parchment paper

Candy Corn Blondies

Candy Corn Blondies are the perfect sweet buttery brown sugar bars with candy corn and white chocolate chips mixed in. Perfect for Halloween!
Check out this recipe
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Candy Apples on counter

Candy Apples

Candy Apples are a traditional fall treat of crisp fresh apples dipped in a red cinnamon candy coating. Make them for your next fall party!
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Candy Corn Pretzel Hugs in gift box

Halloween Pretzel Hugs

Halloween Pretzel Hugs are a fun, easy-to-make treat for spooky fall parties! A kid friendly snack made with Hersey Kisses, pretzel squares, and candy corn.
Check out this recipe
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serving of Dirt Cake on yellow plate

Dirt Cake

Dirt Cake is an amazing, creamy no-bake pudding cake with Oreo crumbs and gummy worms decorating it for a fun, kid-friendly treat!
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Homemade Halloween Candy

Save the store bought candy for the trick-or-treaters and make special homemade candy for your family and friends! From copycat candy bars to assorted fall bark recipes, everyone will love these Halloween sweets!

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Twix Candy Bars one bar broken in half and stacked on each other.

Twix Candy Bars (Copycat)

Twix Candy Bars (Copycat) is the perfect homemade candy recipe with a crisp wafer and gooey caramel at the center of a milk chocolate bar.
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Butterfinger Bars finished bars in a stack on board with dish of peanut butter. Top bar broke in half to show inside, 1x1

Butterfinger Bars

Butterfinger Bars are your favorite candy bar made even more delicious with creamy milk chocolate over a sweet and salty candy filling.
Check out this recipe
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Slow Cooker White Chocolate Clusters up close

Slow Cooker White Chocolate Candies

Slow Cooker White Chocolate Candies are easy salty sweet treats made with white chocolate melts, salted peanuts, and vanilla extract.
Check out this recipe
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Candy Corn Bark in stack

Candy Corn Bark

Candy Corn Bark is the perfect homemade Halloween candy treat. Made with a white chocolate base, crunchy pretzel sticks, and candy corn topping. 
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Halloween Bark pieces in stack

Halloween Bark

Halloween Bark with semisweet chocolate, vanilla, and your favorite Halloween candies is the ultimate kid-friendly treat to get you in the spooky spirit!
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Close up of yellow, orange and red Hard Candy.

Hard Candy

Hard Candy is the perfect sweet treat to give as a gift or enjoy yourself. Make them with lemon, orange, or strawberry flavors.
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Leftover Candy Bar Bark pieces in stack

Leftover Candy Bar Bark

Leftover Candy Bar Bark is the perfect way to use up your trick or treat candy. It’s an easy mix of chocolate chips, vanilla, and your favorite candy bars!
Check out this recipe
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Chocolate Turtles with Pecans

Homemade Turtle Candies

Homemade Turtle Candies are the PERFECT sweet and crunchy no-bake candy, made with melted chocolate and caramel over toasted pecans, ready in only minutes!
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Fall-Themed Desserts

Throw a harvest themed party with these delicious Autumn desserts. You can make these apple and pumpkin treats all through October and November!

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Pumpkin Cupcakes frosted with pumpkin candy on top

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Pumpkin Cupcakes are the perfect Fall treat! Moist, rich, bursting with pumpkin and spice flavor and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting.
Check out this recipe
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Apple Nachos plated fanned out with caramel and toppings close up

Apple Nachos

Easy Apple Nachos are a fun snack or party treat of apple slices with caramel drizzle, chocolate chips, and peanuts. Plus more topping ideas!
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Apple Pie Pops detail 1x1

Apple Pie Pops

Apple Pie Pops are the most fun twist on the classic dessert. Pie crust, cinnamon, apples, and sugar are combined into a cute pop.
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Caramel Apples

Caramel Apples are an Autumn treat made from Granny Smith apples, hot caramel sauce, and plenty of tasty toppings.
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Part Cheesecake, part mousse and part whipped cream this recipe is actually really easy to make and tastes amazing! Plus I've included 10 flavor alternatives to Pumpkin should you be reading this after Thanksgiving and you can't bear to look at another pumpkin again until Labor Day.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip (with 10 Pumpkin Alternatives!)

Part Cheesecake, part mousse and part whipped cream this recipe is actually really easy to make and tastes amazing! Plus I’ve included 10 flavor alternatives to Pumpkin should you be reading this after Thanksgiving and you can’t bear to look at another pumpkin again until Labor Day.
Check out this recipe
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Toffee Apple Brownie Bars baked bars cut into squares and close up on one bar

Toffee Apple Brownie Bars

Toffee Apple Brownie Bars are a tasty fall blond brownie recipe filled with sweet cinnamon apples and topped with pecans and toffee bits.
Check out this recipe
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Mini Pumpkin Pies

Mini Pumpkin Pies

Mini Pumpkin Pies are an amazing bite-size version of the classic Fall dessert! The perfect one-bite treat for parties or even just for snacking!
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Toffee Apple Dip bowl on tray with foods for dipping

Toffee Apple Dip

Toffee Apple Dip (Apple Brickle) is the perfect sweet, creamy compliment to fresh apples. Made with just 4 ingredients whipped together in under 5 minutes.
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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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