I’m just not good at getting creative with my food. Oh, flavors and ingredients, sure that I can do. But as far as making it look like something else—like those cute spider cookies or graveyard pudding cups—that’s not my area of expertise. Now as a parent, I want to be able to celebrate holidays with extra-special meals. I guess I blame Pinterest for this inclination to dress up dinner. I mean, I think when I was a kid, for Halloween, my mom just cooked up some hot dogs or macaroni and cheese (and didn’t try to make them look like fingers or brains) because all I wanted to do was eat quickly and get to the candy. You have to admit though, there is something about trying to freak out your kids by telling them they are having rats and snakes for dinner!
What to Make for Halloween Dinner:
For some ghoulishly good grub, you can check out lots of great ideas in this collection of 30 fun and creepy Halloween dinner recipes, like these:
Crescent rolls wrap up your dishes into mummies and snakes.Orange bell peppers can be carved into a Jack O’Lantern stuffed with Shepherd’s Pie or chili.Olives are a great way to add eyeballs and spiders to pizza, dips, soups and more.Classics like snack mixes, popcorn balls, charcuterie boards and cereal treats are easy to make spooky and seasonal.Halloween cupcakes are easy to decorate to turn into bats, mummies and bubbly cauldrons.
Best Halloween Dinner Ideas for Kids
Get the recipe: Mini Mummy Pizzas Get the recipe: Halloween Charcuterie Board Get the recipe: Carrot Rice Jack O’ Lanterns Get the recipe: Spooky Spaghetti with Ghoul Eyes Get the recipe: Jack O’ Lantern Shepherd’s Pie Stuffed Peppers Get the recipe: Halloween Popcorn Balls Get the recipe: Mummy Cupcakes Get the recipe: Creepy Crawler Halloween Punch Get the recipe: Scarecrow Crunch Get the recipe: Steak Bites with Bloody Maria Dipping Sauce Get the recipe: Worms In Dirt Dessert Get the recipe: Mini Spider Pizzas Get the recipe: Bat Cupcakes Get the recipe: Ghost Pops Get the recipe: Frozen Twinkie Pop Mummies Get the recipe: Witches Cauldron Cupcakes Get the recipe: Halloween GuacaMonsters Get the recipe: Count Chocula Peanut Butter Marshmallow Treats Get the recipe: Worms and Dirt Cookie Cups Get the recipe: Rattlesnake Bite Hot Dogs Get the recipe: Pumpkin Mexican Pizza Get the recipe: Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole Get the recipe: Deviled Egg Eyeballs Get the recipe: Halloween Veggie Tray Get the recipe: Bloody Rats Meatloaf and Bones Breadsticks Get the recipe: Spooky Halloween Monster Mash Soup Get the recipe: Bandaged Fingers Halloween Hot Dogs Get the recipe: Mummy Calzone Get the recipe: Chicken Sandwich Monsters Get the recipe: Scary Spicy Chili Stuffed Jack-O-Peppers
