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Spooky good parties include tasty food. Check out this collection of yummy bites, easily made into party-perfect Halloween appetizers!
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We Love Appetizers!
Delicious, warm, and inviting appetizers are perfect for your Halloween party. I have collected an assortment of some of our favorite easy Halloween appetizers.
Why are they favorites for kids and adults?
- SIMPLE. Most of these are easy, which helps make the party less stressful.
- MAKE AHEAD. Several can be made ahead of time which is great for the hustle and bustle of planning a party.
- EASY TO DRESS UP. Not all of these desserts are Halloween-themed, but adding a few things like spiders or candy eyeballs make them instantly spooky.
Many recipes like Salsa, Pizza, Pigs in a Blanket, Pumpkin Seeds and more can all be easily added to to turn them into perfect Halloween Appetizers!
How Much to Make + TEMP
Here’s a good rule of thumb to follow:
- If you are planning to serve dinner, plan about 3-5 appetizers per person.
- If you do not plan to serve dinner, increase the amount per person according to how long your event lasts. For a 2-4 hour event serve 8-12 appetizers per person. For an event lasting longer than 4 hours plan to serve 12-15 appetizers.
Keep them warm. Use chafing dishes & crock pots to keep things like creamy dip and meatballs warm.
Keep them cold. Place out only what can be eaten within 30 minutes, and then refill as needed. Add ice to a bowl or platter, and place the appetizer on top to keep it cold longer.
Appetizer Tips
- Make ahead of time. If you plan to make a lot of different foods for a party, it may be handy to incorporate appetizers that can be made ahead of time.
- Be creative. A fun trick to turn an average appetizer into a Halloween one is to make labels! Here are some examples:
- “Witch Fingers” for Fried Green Beans
- “Toxic Sludge” for Cream Cheese Green Chili Dip
- “Spider Eggs” for Fried Mac and Cheese
- “Spider” for Cheese Ball (just add legs)
- Make it festive. Use a cauldron, and other Halloween-themed platters and bowls to serve the food. Add to the Halloween theme with jack-o-lanterns, spider webs, mummies, a spider web, ghosts, and other Halloween Party Must-Haves.
- Use Ingredients. Black olives, green olives, fresh herbs, chives, peppers and more can be used to decorate foods to make them more spooky.
Top Halloween Appetizer Ideas
These bite-sized and savory apps are sure to be a treat for any of your guests or your family!
1 Halloween Deviled Eggs Recipe
2 Halloween Charcuterie Board Recipe
3 Halloween Flatbread Pizza Recipe
4 Pumpkin Quesadilla Recipe
5 Puking Pumpkin Recipe
6 Breadstick Bones Recipe
7 Mummy Hot Dogs Recipe
8 Mini Deep Dish Pizza Recipe
9 Jalapeno Poppers Recipe
10 Cream Cheese Green Chili Dip Recipe
Halloween Finger Foods
Who doesn’t love food that you can eat with your fingers?! We know you’ll love the flavors and snackability (yes, it’s a word) of these appetizers.
Dress them up on a fun Halloween platter or with spiders in the dip or sauce!
11 Fried Zucchini Recipe
12 Fried Green Beans Recipe
13 Pizza Muffin Recipe
14 Buffalo Wings Recipe
15 Bacon Wrapped Smokies Recipes
16 Spinach Puffs Recipe
17 Mozzarella Sticks Recipe
18 Spinach Dip Bites Recipe
19 Taquitos Recipe
20 Buffalo Chicken Bites Recipe
Easy Halloween Appetizers
Delicious and easy? Yep, that’s the best way to describe these appetizers that will be sure to please even the pickiest of eaters!
21 Grape Jelly Meatball Recipe
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Get the recipe22 Baked Buffalo Wings Recipe
23 Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites Recipe
24 Original Chex Mix Recipe
25 Ham and Cheese Sliders Recipe
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Get the recipe26 Baked Potato Rounds Recipe
27 Chicken Parmesan Sliders Recipe
28 Pull Apart Bread Recipe
29 Cream Cheese Wontons Recipe
30 BBQ Meatballs Recipe
Halloween Dip Ideas
Dips are a classic for any party, and always a hit with guests. Warm or cold, they’re a go-to for most get-togethers. Just make sure to have plenty of Tortilla Chips or other chips, crackers, and veggies for all the dipping.
31 Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
32 Bean Dip Recipe
33 Queso Blanco Recipe
34 Pizza Dip Recipe
35 Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe
36 Dill Veggie Dip Recipe
37 BLT Dip Recipe
38 Sausage Cream Cheese Dip Recipe
39 Velveeta Spinach Dip Recipe
40 7 Layer Bean Dip Recipe
Halloween Guacamole
Last, but not least, we have a fun and festive Halloween version of our classic Guacamole recipe.
Make the guac from scratch or buy it from the store and jazz it up with some sour cream to make a fun spider web (both taste great!)
Check out the recipe card below for all the instructions.
35+ Halloween Appetizers
Ingredients
- 5 avocados halved, peeled and pitted
- 2 tablespoons lime juice plus more for topping
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
- ½ onion chopped (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon chopped and seeded jalapeño pepper
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- sour cream
- plastic spider
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine avocado and lime juice and mix until coated.
- Add salt, cumin and cayenne and mash avocado mixture using a potato masher or the back of a spoon.
- Fold in tomatoes, onions, cilantro, jalapeño and garlic.
- Add additional lime juice over the top to help keep guacamole from browning Serve with tortilla chips.
- Place the guacamole in a new round container if desired or leave it in the container it came in if using store-bought.
- Place about 2 Tablespoons of sour cream into a sandwich-size resealable plastic bag. With scissors, snip off just a little bit at one of the corners, the smaller the snip the thinner the spider web line will be.
- To make the web, pipe out a cross shape onto the guacamole. Next, make diagonals across the cross shape. Next pipe small curves between the lines leaving some space as you move out toward the edge of the bowl.
- Top with plastic spider and serve with Tortilla chips, veggies or crackers.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Get Your Spook On!
With so many easy and mouth-watering recipes to choose from – your Halloween festivities will be kicked off right to keep all ghouls and goblins content.
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These are my go to Halloween recipes for a quick meal before the grands go out Trick-Or-Treating
I love your Halloween charcuterie board!! These recipes make me so excited & hungry!! We make quite a few of these every year for our Halloween party. They are always a hit!!
Totally doing either the pumpkin guacamole or the spider web guacamole….or both! They are so cute!
I’m totally using your label ideas- “spider eggs” and “witch finger” easy way to turn a regular dish into a spooky one.
When we’re planning our Halloween party this is the way to go! All appetizers. All these ideas will help you plan your next ghoulish party.
Planning a Halloween party and I’ve found so many yummy party foods to make from this awesome list of recipes! Thank you!
Such easy and kid friendly appetizers! My 10 year old loves to make deviled egg or the jalepeno poppers.
These are so fun! We loved the flatbread pizza
I get so excited for Halloween, just so I can serve all your fun appetizers!! They are always a hit with family & friends!