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Gross Recipes for Halloween

Gross Halloween Food for Parties and Family Fun

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Gross Halloween Recipes

These gross Halloween recipes are deliciously disgusting. From kitty litter cake to spider cookies to bloody eyeballs (cocktail meatballs), these gross recipes for Halloween are as fun to make as they are tasty to eat.

Eyeball Cupcakes

Eyeball CupcakesStephanie Gallagher
These eyeball cupcakes look fancy and complicated to make, but actually, they're quite simple. Just follow the step-by-step directions for these gross Halloween cupcakes.

Kitty Litter Cake

Kitty Litter CakeStephanie Gallagher
This kitty litter cake looks remarkably like the real thing, but don't let the grossly realistic appearance of this Halloween party food fool you. This kitty litter cake is actually quite tasty.

Halloween Monster Face Pizzas

halloween pizzas recipeStephanie Gallagher
Pesto serves as the background for the face of these Halloween monster face pizzas. Black olives are the eyes and a red pepper makes the nose. These Halloween pizzas are so easy, the kids can make them all by themselves.

Worms Dirt Dessert

Dirt Dessert RecipeStephanie Gallagher
What could be more fun than eating dirt? Making it! These dirt dessert cups make a fun cooking activity for kids. Try them at home or in the classroom.

Spider Cookies

Spider CookiesCalifornia Raisins
These delightfully gross Halloween cookies are really just chocolate and peanut butter rice crispy treats mixed with raisins. The spider legs are licorice, and the eyes are mini M&Ms.

Spider Cupcakes

Spider CupcakesStephanie Gallagher
There's nothing like eating spiders on Halloween to make a party special, and these spider cupcakes do, indeed, make a delectably gross recipe for Halloween. Follow the step-by-step directions for these fun spider cupcakes.

Bloody Eyeballs (Cocktail Meatballs)

cocktail meatballsStephanie Gallagher
These cocktail meatballs make the ideal gross Halloween party food: They're simple to make, you can keep them warm in the slow cooker during the party, and when you tell everyone they are "bloody eyeballs," your guests will be delightfully grossed out!

Tombstone Cupcakes

Tombstone CupcakesStephanie Gallagher
The graveyard never tasted so good! These tombstone cupcakes are easy to decorate. Milano cookies make the headstones, black icing is used for the writing and black sprinkles make the dirt on these gross and fun Halloween party cupcakes.

Halloween Vampire Blood Punch

halloween punchStephanie Gallagher
The blood red color of this punch makes it ideal for Halloween. Kids love it when you serve this punch in sugar-crusted glasses, too!

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