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Halloween Spider Cookies

These spider cookies are one of those gross recipes for Hallowee that kids really enjoy making and eating. These Halloween spider cookies are made with raisins, peanut butter, crispy brown rice cereal and cocoa. Licorice makes the spider legs for this gross Halloween spider cookie recipe.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This pumpkin bread recipe is sweet and tasty. Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and mace add wonderful flavor and aroma to this easy pumpkin bread.

Witch Hat Cookies

These witches hat cookies are made with fudge striped cookies and Hershey kisses. Orange gel icing and sprinkles are the finishing touches for these easy Halloween treats.

Halloween Monster Face Pizzas

These Halloween monster face pizzas are made using English muffins as the pizza crust. Pesto makes the monster brains, black olives make the eyes and a red pepper strip makes the nose on these English muffin Halloween pizzas.

Halloween Rice Crispy Treats

This Halloween rice krispie treats recipe is made with Rice Krispies, peanut butter, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Orange frosting and jack-o-lantern decorating adds a festive touch to this Halloween rice crispy treats recipe.

Halloween Mummy Pizza Recipe

These Halloween mummy pizzas are made with refrigerated pizza dough, string cheese for the mummy's bandages and black olive slices for the mummy's eyes. You can substitute homemade pizza dough, English muffins or small pizza shells for the refrigerated pizza dough in this Halloween pizza recipe if you prefer.

Mummy Dogs

These mummy dogs make a perfect Halloween recipe. Make these mummy hot dogs with crescent dough and hot dogs. Kids love making these mummy dogs!

Monster Meatballs and Spaghetti for Halloween Dinner

These monster meatballs and spaghetti make a terrific Halloween dinner idea because you can make the whole thing in advance in the Crockpot. Add the sliced olive eyes just before serving. Kids will love this gross Halloween dinner recipe.

Brain Jello Mold Recipe

This brain Jello mold recipe shows you how to make a brain out of Jello mixed with Cool Whip for your Halloween party. This Halloween Jello recipe is perfect for scaring and delighting kids.

Halloween Dinner Recipes: Cheesy Pumpkin Face Tortillas

Looking for fun and easy Halloween dinner ideas? This stacked tortilla recipe is the perfect Halloween food when the kids have trick or treating on their minds.

Graveyard Cake Recipe

This Halloween graveyard cake recipe is as fun to make as it is to eat. As you can see in the picture, this Halloween graveyard cake recipe uses crushed Oreos for the dirt and Milano cookies for the tombstones. You can start with any type of cake as the base for this recipe, but I think chocolate makes it more festive.

Kitty Litter Cake Recipe

This kitty litter cake recipe makes a terrific Halloween party food. Kids love being grossed out by this kitty litter cake. You will need a yellow cake mix, a German chocolate cake mix, vanilla pudding, green food coloring and vanilla sandwich cookies to make this gross Halloween recipe.

Halloween Pretzel Snacks

These Halloween pretzel snacks are ideal for school Halloween parties. Pretzel rods are dipped in white chocolate, then rolled in orange and black sprinkles, making this one of the easiest, most festive Halloween party recipes around. Kids love making these Halloween party recipes. Look for white chocolate candy melts at craft stores, such as Michaels. Or simply use white chocolate chips for these Halloween party snacks.

Fruit Pizza Recipe

Fruit pizza recipes are as fun to make as they are to eat. This dessert pizza is made with a peanut butter cookie crust and a sweetened cream cheese topping. Mandarin oranges, chocolate chips and chocolate sauce make this recipe for fruit pizza a perfect Halloween dessert recipe.

Ghost Halloween Rice Krispie Treats

These rice krispie treats make a great Halloween treat for the kids. These rice krispie treats are made with Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows, butter, coconut, canned frosting and M&Ms candies.

Candy Sushi

These candy sushi rice crispy treats are perfect for Halloween parties. Sushi candy is made with rice crispy treats wrapped around candy corn and chocolate wafer candy. Kids will adore these Halloween rice crispy treats.

Dirt Cake Recipe

This dirt cake recipe is made with crushed Oreo cookies, chocolate pudding, cream cheese and milk. Gummy worms top off this recipe for dirt cake. Kids love making this Oreo dirt cake as much as eating it.

Rice Krispie Treat Recipe for Halloween

This Rice Krispie treat recipe looks like adorable Halloween pumpkins. You don't need any special molds to make this pumpkin Rice Krispie treat recipe.

Halloween Punch Recipe With a Floating Brain

This Halloween punch recipe is perfect for kids. This non-alcoholic Halloween punch recipe is made with pineapple juice, lime Jello and orange juice concentrate. What makes this Halloween punch recipe especially fun for kids is the floating brain in the middle of it!

Halloween Kiss Cookies

These Halloween cookies are easy to make because they start with a cake mix. Cookies like these are ideal for baking with kids. These easy Halloween cookies take less than 30 minutes to prepare.

Halloween Cookies

These Halloween cookies are an ideal treat for kids' Halloween parties. Soft and chewy, these Halloween sugar cookies are easy to make, too. You will need butter, sugar, flour and eggs to make these Halloween cookies.

Pigs in a Blanket Recipe

This pigs in a blanket recipe couldn't be easier because it's made with refrigerated crescent rolls. When I make this recipe for Halloween, I call it mummy dogs instead of pigs in a blanket.

Halloween Punch Recipe

This Halloween punch recipe is made with cranberry raspberry juice, orange juice, seltzer water and sugar. This Halloween party punch recipe is dark red, so you can call it vampire blood and really freak the kids out!

Monster Brains: Guacamole Dip

This Halloween-themed recipe for guacamole dip shows kids how to make guacamole.

S'mores Caramel Apples

These caramel apples have all the flavors of s'mores on top of the candy apples. Once you learn how to make caramel apples with this easy recipe, you can vary the toppings to suit your tastes. Chopped nuts, toasted coconut and peanut butter chips also make great toppings for caramel apples.

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