15 Fun Halloween Desserts for Kids and Adults
Get recipe: Ghosts in the Graveyard
Halloween is almost here! Is your Halloween party menu ready? You’re probably on the look-out for some tasty, spooky and fun Halloween desserts. When planning for such a monstrous occasion, you’ll want to plan out your full menu, too. Check out some seasonal JELL-O recipes for the rest of the fall season, or explore other delicious Halloween dessert recipes! Halloween fans of all ages will find something to love among these 15 fun Halloween desserts. Prepare these Halloween dessert recipes and your own little monsters may even forget all about that pillowcase they just filled up with candy.
1. Great Pumpkin Cake
They say that on Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin Cake will visit whichever kitchen table is the most sincere. Make sure it’s yours, by heating up the oven and making this delicious and colorful pumpkin-shaped cake.
2. Boo Cups
They’ll be cheering for these Boo Cups, creamy chocolate-y pudding parfaits topped with cute little COOL WHIP ghosts. Maybe the best thing about Boo Cups is how easy they are to make.
3. Hootin’ Halloween Fudge
Before you put out the Halloween candy, be sure to grab some of your favorite fun-size candy bars to sprinkle in this fun Hootin’ Halloween Fudge! The owls will be hootin’ and the kids will be hollerin’ for this delicious white chocolate fudge.
4. Make-Your-Own JELL-O® Monsters
Set the table for this fun DIY Halloween dessert. Everyone will love incorporating their own scary style when they’re making their own monsters on cut-out JELL-O. Make-Your-Own JELL-O® Monsters are the perfect Halloween activity for the little ghouls and goblins in your own family.
5. The Great JELL-O® Pumpkin Patch Dessert
Turn JELL-O, pretzels and pudding mix into The Great Pumpkin Patch! This fun Halloween dessert is another great kid-friendly option. Let the kids help with cutting out the JELL-O!
6. One-Eyed Monster Cupcakes Recipe
Who’s looking at whom? If you don’t grab one of these One-Eyed Monster Cupcakes off the Halloween dessert table, you’ll probably have your eye on them all night.
7. PHILADELPHIA Pumpkin Dessert Dip
This simple dessert dip is perfect if you’re looking for Halloween dessert recipes that are a cinch to make. Made with cream cheese, marshmallow crème and canned pumpkin, this cinnamon and nutmeg-flavored dip takes 5 minutes to prep.
8. Halloween Monster Cookie Balls
This video shows you how to make a super fun Halloween dessert, featuring a whole cast of characters! Even you may want your mummy when you see these Halloween Monster Cookie Balls.
9. Layered Pumpkin Brownies
When they’re not stealing the show as Jack-o’-Lanterns, pumpkins can play another role this Halloween – starring in these delicious brownies! Made with canned pumpkin, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and fall’s favorite flavor, pumpkin spice, these Layered Pumpkin Brownies are sure to please.
10. Wormy Brain Recipe
Start crafting this fun Halloween desserts with a JELL-O brain mold! Our Wormy Brain features strawberry flavor gelatin and creepy crawly gummy worms.
11. Ghosts in the Graveyard Recipe
There’s nothing to fear in this graveyard; just fluffy COOL WHIP ghosts, sandwich cookie tombstones and candy pumpkins decorating a dirt cemetery made of cookie crumbs and chocolate pudding.
12. Candy Corn Marshmallow RICE KRISPIES® TREATS™
It’s easy to turn your favorite everyday treat into a fun Halloween dessert: just add candy corn! These Candy Corn Marshmallow RICE KRISPIES® TREATS™ will turn heads and may even award you applause.
13. Pumpkin Fluff Dip
Watch now to find out how to make a fluffy pumpkin dip that pairs perfectly with graham crackers or fruit! You’ll want to be eating this Pumpkin Fluff Dip all season long.
14. Mini Pumpkin Chiffon Pies
For a more gourmet touch on the holiday, enjoy some pumpkin chiffon delicately placed inside mini pie crusts. Don’t forget to top them with chopped pecans!
15. Moist Caramel Apple Cake
For another fun Halloween dessert that the adults will love, make this caramel apple cake. The moist cake features freshly chopped apples with a scrumptious caramel drizzle.