Easy Halloween Party Food Ideas

Ingredients: Hard-boiled eggs, black olives, mayonnaise and small plastic spiders OR olives.

Instructions:

1. Peel and cut the hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise.
2. Place a small plastic spider on top of each egg half for a spooky touch.
3. OR place an olive in the middle of each egg.
4. Cut more olives into six pieces each and place them as spider legs.

Ingredients: Hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese, black olives and thin pretzel sticks.

Instructions:

1. Peel and cut the hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise.
2. Cut small triangles out of cheddar cheese to make ears.
3. Slice black olives into small circles for the eyes and nose.
4. Place cheese ears and olive eyes and nose on each egg half.
5. Stick a thin pretzel stick into the egg for a tail.
6. Cut small triangles out of cheddar cheese for ‘mouse food’.

Ingredients: Breadsticks, string cheese and chives OR herbs.

Instructions:

1. Cut the string cheese into thin strips to resemble broom bristles (make sure the end is still attached.
2. Attach the strips to one end of the breadstick.
3. Tie a piece of chive or herb around the end of the breadstick to secure the cheese and create a broomstick effect.

Ingredients: Mini pizza bases, pizza sauce, shredded cheese, pepperoni and other toppings OR ready-made mini pizzas, small plastic spiders OR olives.

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven and prepare the mini pizza bases.
2. Spread pizza sauce on each base and top with cheese and your preferred toppings.
3. Bake according to the pizza base instructions.
4. OR bake ready-made mini pizzas according to instructions.
5. Place a small plastic spider on each pizza once they are out of the oven.
6. OR place an olive in the middle of each pizza.
7. Cut out more olives into six pieces each and place them as spider legs.

Ingredients: Burger patties, buns, lettuce, tomato, cheese, gherkins, ketchup and sticks.

Instructions:

1. Cook the burger patties and toast the buns.
2. Assemble the burgers with lettuce, tomato and dripping cheese for the teeth.
3. Place the gherkin on a stick and place into the top of the bun.
4. Repeat step three once.
5. Decorate the bun with ketchup to create pupils and a blood effect from the ‘mouth’.

Ingredients: Pumpkin puree, vegetable or chicken broth, cream, onion (diced), cloves garlic (minced), ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt and pepper.

Instructions:

1. Sauté the onion and garlic in a pot until translucent.
2. Add the pumpkin puree, broth, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir well.
3. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Stir in the cream and season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve hot, optionally garnished with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Ingredients: Apples, pre-packed honey, toffee or chocolate and wooden sticks.

Instructions:

1. Insert wooden sticks into the apples.
2. In a saucepan, heat the honey, toffee or chocolate until it is hot and runny.
3. Dip each apple into the sauce and let it cool on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Ingredients: Cupcakes (store-bought or homemade), marshmallows, food colouring, and edible markers or gel icing.

Instructions:

1. Frost cupcakes as desired (we recommend black or orange).
2. Draw or pipe scary faces onto marshmallows using edible markers or gel icing.
3. Place the decorated marshmallows on top of the cupcakes.

Ingredients: Chocolate mousse (store-bought or homemade), gummy finger and jellies, a biscuit and edible markers or icing.

Instructions:

1. Prepare and chill the chocolate mousse in serving cups.
2. Place the gummy finger in the mousse.
3. Add gummy jellies as desired for a spooky touch.
4. Decorate the biscuit with icing or edible markers to resemble a gravestone. Place it in the mousse.

Ingredients: Vodka, pumpkin puree, syrup, lemon juice, ice and cinnamon.

Instructions:

1. Shake vodka, pumpkin puree, syrup and lemon juice with ice.
2. Strain into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Ingredients: Vodka, cranberry juice, lime juice and fake eyeball sweet.

Instructions:

1. Shake vodka, cranberry juice and lime juice with ice.
2. Strain into a martini glass.
3. Drop a fake eyeball sweet into the drink for a creepy effect.

Ingredients: Brewed coffee, milk, pumpkin puree, sugar, pumpkin spice, whipped cream and cinnamon stick.

Instructions:

1. Heat milk, pumpkin puree, sugar and pumpkin spice until steaming.
2. Froth the milk mixture and pour over brewed coffee.
3. Top with whipped cream, a sprinkle of cinnamon and a cinnamon stick.