Halloween Party Appetizers

Are you throwing a Halloween party and need a few appetizers to help feed the crowd? We’ve compiled this list of our favorite seasonal, spooky apps.

Stuffed cockroaches, puking pumpkins, and plenty of skeleton bones will keep all the ghouls and goblins at your party well-fed! There’s also plenty of cute, kid-friendly bites, like Babybel cheese monsters.

You’ll find make-ahead recipes you can prep days in advance, so that you’re free to enjoy your party. There’s also plenty of easy to put together Halloween appetizers that deliver on the theme without requiring you to complete complicated steps.

A six photo collage of Halloween recipes like a spiderweb taco dip, a skeleton veggie tray, Babybel monster cheese, witch fingers, olive dip, and spider deviled eggs. Text in the middle reads "halloween appetizers".

If you’re in need of more than just starters, check out these colorful and creepy Halloween shots or easy, no-bake Halloween desserts that kids can help make.

1. Mummified Garlic Bread

A piece of garlic bread that has strips of white cheese melted to make it look like a money. Black olives are used for eyes.

This quick and easy Halloween appetizer uses string cheese to “mummify” garlic bread. Perfect for picky eaters.

2. Skeleton Veggie Tray

A skeleton made of veggies using celery for the arms, bell pepper slices for the ribs, mushrooms for the guts, and broccoli and cauliflower as hands. Is face is made of a small bowl of ranch with olives for eyes.

Since Halloween tends to turn into a celebration of candy, it’s nice to have healthy things like this skeleton veggie tray to even out the sugar intake.

3. Graveyard Taco Dip

A glass 16x9 dish is filled with a red sauce and baked tortilla chips that have been cut into the shapes of headstones. "RIP" is written on a few.

Who knew taco dip could be so spooky? The graveyard tree and tombstones are easily made using baked tortillas.

4. Stuffed “Roaches”

Dates have been sliced open and stuffed with a white filling and placed next to toy cock roaches on a serving plate. Text at the top reads "Halloween stuffed roaches".

Looking for a unique Halloween appetizer that will gross out your guests? These stuffed dates that look like cockroaches are an excellent choice!

5. Guacamole Puking Pumpkin

A jack-o-latern has been carved to look like the pumpkin is puking guacamole on to tortilla chips.

Who doesn’t want to celebrate Halloween with a guacamole puking pumpkin? This festive appetizer steals the show at every Halloween party.

6. Skeleton Bone Dip

A block of cream cheese has been cut into a bone shape and covered in red pepper jelly.

I grew up eating pepper jelly cream cheese at almost every holiday so I love this creative Halloween spin on it! Definitely a great option for a Halloween appetizer when you are short on time.

7. Witch’s Broomstick Snacks

Cheese sticks have been cut and frayed to look like broomsticks. Pretzel sticks are used as handles.

This simple appetizer only uses three ingredients to make broomsticks: pretzel sticks, cheese sticks, and chives. Younger kids love these!

8. Buffalo Meatball Pumpkins

A meatball resembling a pumpkin is covered in orange sauce and a pretzel rod sticking out of the top to look like a stem. A piece of cilantro is placed on the side to look like a leaf.

Have you ever seen a meatball so adorable?!? We’d eat a whole patch of these Buffalo Meatball Pumpkins! Make party prep easy by cooking them in the crockpot.

9. IT Pennywise Clown Vegetable Tray

cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, red pepper slices, and ribbons of zucchini and cucumber are arranged to look like the clown from IT.

Want to bring a truly scary appetizer to a Halloween party? Look no further than this terrifying Pennywise the clown vegetable tray.

10. Meatball Mummies

A meatball is covered in puff pastry to look like a mummy and has eyes made of black olives and red sauce.

Meatballs are a classic appetizer and this mummified Halloween version is adorably spooky! The little olive eyes are just so cute!

11. Halloween Tortilla Chips

A small pumpkin serving dish is filled with guacamole and topped with a homemade pumpkin shaped tortilla chip.

Use cookie cutters to make these baked Halloween tortilla chips. With three different flavors, they are a crowd-pleaser at any Halloween party!

12. Shrimp Brain Dip

Shrimp dip has been molded into a white brain and topped with a red sauce. A knife sticks out of the top.

This shrimp dip molded into a brain then topped with “bloody” cocktail sauce is so unique and creative! Simply serve to your guests with crackers and watch them get grossed out!

13. Spooky Chorizo Hand Pies

Hand pies have been cut into jack-o-lanterns and filled with a chorizo mixture.

Use empanada dough and chorizo to make these amazing “spooky” hand pies. The two types of cheese inside will please any ghoul or goblin.

14. Sweet & Sour “Bat Wings”

A whole chicken wing that has been dyed black to look like a bat wings on a small gray plate. More wings are out of focus in the background.

These sweet and sour “bat wings” are marinated then baked in the oven. A little bit of food coloring gives them their freaky look.

15. Monster Halloween Popcorn

Green colored popcorn coated with halloween sprinkles and garnished with green and yellow candied eyes.

You can’t have a monster mash without some monster snacks! Make this monster Halloween popcorn ahead of time. You can even let the kids help!

16. Halloween Charcuterie Board

A black, coffin shaped cheese board is filled with two meat roses, chopped various Halloween candies, small jars of jam & honey, several cheeses, grapes, and nuts.

Your favorite Halloween candies are paired with complementary cheeses and savory meats to make a spooky charcuterie board. The mind-blowingly good candy and cheese combinations will be the talk of your party, guaranteed!

17. Spiderweb Halloween Taco Dip

Guacamole is spread on a plate then coated with sour cream to look like a spiderweb. A spider is made in the middle out of black olives.

A spooky spider web turns this taco dip into the perfect Halloween appetizer. Serve with veggies to keep it light & healthy.

18. Babybel Cheese Monsters

Babble cheese have been cut to look like monsters with teeth and garnished with googly eyes.

I giggled with joy the first time I saw these little cheese monsters! They’re a fun, yummy and healthy party snack without any artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.

19. Spooky Spinach Dip in Bread Bowl Cauldron

Brown bread is shaped into a cauldron and filled with a green, chunky spinach dip. Pumpkin tortilla chips are arranged around the cauldron.

Impress guests with this crafty Halloween appetizer, which cleverly transforms pumpernickel bread, breadsticks, and cream cheese into a basket, then fills it with a super-simple creamy spinach dip.

20. Cheetos Monster

Cheeto puffs have been arranged to look like a 3D monster. Paper eyes are affixed to the top of its head with purple pipe cleaner antennas.

Need an appetizer that’s not too scary for the little ones? Make this cute Cheetos monster! Very easy to put together.

21. Witch Calzone Hats

Calzones have been shaped into witch hats and are served next to a bowl of marinara sauce.

Fill these crescent roll witch hat calzones with your favorite pizza ingredients and watch them get gobbled up at your Halloween party!

22. Tangerine Pumpkins & Ghost Bananas

Peeled mandarin oranges have celery sticks sticking out of the top to look like pumpkins, and bananas have been peeled and adorned with two chocolate chip eyes each to resemble ghosts.

Pumpkin tangerines and ghost bananas are one of the most simple Halloween appetizers you could make. They are a great option to have on the table so that kids can make a healthy choice.

23. Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are topped with black olives arranged to look like spiders and adorned with red candy eyes.

Deviled egg spiders are a cute Halloween appetizer that both kids and adults will love. The candy eyes really help bring them to life!

24. Bloody Witch Fingers

Crackers are cooked in the shape of crooked witch fingers and nuts are attached with a red sauce to look like fingernails.

These creepy “witch fingers” are surprisingly healthy! The crispy finger is made with wheat flour and jam is used to attach the bloody almond fingernail.