37 Scarily Cute Halloween Sweets

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Don't let all your Halloween sugar highs come from prepackaged candy. We found 37 awesome, creative desserts, all sure to inspire you to create your own spooky cookies, cakes, and more. From the elaborate — we're loving the Dracula-esque cookie sandwich with marshmallow teeth — to the simple (you can make Nutter Butter ghosts in just a few minutes), these treats might be scary, but they're also supersweet.

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Pumpkin Macarons

Pumpkin Macarons

Williams-Sonoma's sweet pumpkin macarons ($40/dozen) will surely delight kids, but are also sophisticated to serve to adult revelers.

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Candy Corn and Ghost Nibbles

Candy Corn and Ghost Nibbles

Hallowen cookie nibbles ($21/three dozen) from Etsy's Crafted Cookies come with 30 mini ghost and 30 mini candy corn cookies, each of which are only one-inch in size for guilt-free Halloween snacking!

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Mini  Halloween Cookies

Mini Halloween Cookies

QZcookies's Skeleton cookies ($24 for two dozen) are sure to be a hit at your Halloween party.

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Trick or Treat Cookies
Not Martha

Trick or Treat Cookies

Not Martha's trick-or-treat cookies are twice the fun. Outside, they look like simple Halloween cookies shaped like pumpkins, coffins, gravestones, and ghosts, but inside they're stuffed with treats (mini chocolate candies) or tricks (small sugar ants).

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Boo Cake Pops
Bakerella

Boo Cake Pops

Bakerella always makes the cutest cake pops, and these trick-or-treating ghosts are no exception. Get the full tutorial here.

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Spider Peanut Butter Blossoms
Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

Spider Peanut Butter Blossoms

Black liquorice legs and candy eyes turn a peanut butter cup into a cute spider, made even yummier sitting on top of a peanut butter cookie. This creation from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen is guaranteed to impress your kiddos! Get the full recipe here.

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Black Velvet Halloween Trifle
Bluebonnets + Brownies

Black Velvet Halloween Trifle

Bluebonnets + Brownies's black velvet Halloween trifle uses red velvet cake turned black, candy corn, butterscotch pudding turned orange, and whipped cream. Delicious!

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Gooey Monster Eye Cookies
Lil' Luna

Gooey Monster Eye Cookies

Lil' Luna's gooey monster eye cookies are with delicious butter cookies laced with green food coloring and candy eyes. Creepy, but delicious!

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Candy Corn Rice Krispies Treats
Martha Stewart

Candy Corn Rice Krispies Treats

Martha Stewart's candy corn Rice Krispies Treats are spiked with citrus zest to add some bright, unexpected flavor.

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Monster Munch
Eighteen 25

Monster Munch

Eighteen 25's monster munch mixes popcorn, orange and black candy melts, candy corn M&M's, candy corn, and edible monster eyes to create an addictive Halloween treat.

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Haunted Owl Pretzels
Better Homes and Gardens

Haunted Owl Pretzels

Better Homes and Gardens' haunted hooting owl pretzels aren't that hard to make (they do require quite a few ingredients), but the results are utterly owl-tastic!

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Candy Corn Pudding Pops
Eighteen 25

Candy Corn Pudding Pops

If Fall weather hasn't hit your area, these candy corn pudding pops from Eighteen 25 will cool your little trick-or-treaters right off.

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Boo Cups
Meet the Dubiens

Boo Cups

Orange gelatin, Cool Whip, and chocolate chips are the only ingredients you need to make these sweet and simple boo cups.

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Pumpkin Pie Bites
Bakerella

Pumpkin Pie Bites

What could be cuter than a mini pumpkin pie with a jack-o'-lantern face? Bakerella's pumpkin pie bites are a unique, bite-size Halloween treat.

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Scaredy-Cat Brownies
Martha Stewart

Scaredy-Cat Brownies

More cute than creepy, Martha Stewart's scaredy-cat brownies have a peppermint surprise!

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Painted Pumpkin Cookies
Glorious Treats

Painted Pumpkin Cookies

Glory from Glorious Treats created these almost-too-pretty-to-eat pumpkin cookies using sugar cookies, royal icing, and a lot of creativity. Get the instructions here.

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Dracula Dentures
The Girl Who Ate Everything

Dracula Dentures

These Dracula dentures look elaborate, but they only take a few ingredients: chocolate chip cookies, tinted vanilla frosting, miniature marshmallows, and slivered almonds for those scary fangs. Get the full instructions here.

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Frankenstein Fruit Snacks
Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

Frankenstein Fruit Snacks

If you prefer to keep your Halloween treats on the healthy side, try this Frankenstein fruit snack, created by Jill of Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons with green apples, black grapes, and mini marshmallows.

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Candy Corn Cake
Created by Diane

Candy Corn Cake

Created by Diane's candy corn cake is an homage to Halloween's most classic candy. Get the recipe here.

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Spider Web Cake Pops
Bakerella

Spider Web Cake Pops

These spider web cake pops from Bakerella have candy-coating webs, making these pops sweet from top to bottom.

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Candy Corn Jell-O
Jelly Shot Test Kitchen

Candy Corn Jell-O

We recently discovered Jelly Shot Test Kitchen, and while there are quite a few grown-up recipes on the site we'd like to try, these Candy Corn Jell-O bites are nonalcoholic and perfect for a pre-trick-or-treating snack.

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Sparky Cake Pops
Bakerella

Sparky Cake Pops

Frankenweenie's Sparky gets his own cake pop with these amazing Bakerella creations.

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Bat and Cobweb Cookies
Martha Stewart

Bat and Cobweb Cookies

Martha Stewart's bat and cobweb cookies are made with gingerbread and lemony royal icing. Spooky and sweet!

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Candy Corn Cupcakes
Treats SF

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Treats SF added a little food coloring to a white cake mix to make a cupcake reminiscent of the classic Halloween candy corn.

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Frankenstein Marshmallows
Love the Day

Frankenstein Marshmallows

Love the Day's Spooktacular Halloween party has lots of cute treats, but we are especially partial to these adorable (and easy-to-re-create) Frankenstein marshmallows. Love the sprinkle hair!

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Mummy Chocolate Pretzel Rods
The Idea Room

Mummy Chocolate Pretzel Rods

Amy Huntley of The Idea Room threw a mummy-inspired birthday party with tons of creative ideas you can use for Halloween, but these mummy pretzel rods — dip pretzel rods in chocolate, add eyes once they harden, then drizzle them with white chocolate — are the perfect sweet-and-salty addition to your Halloween sweet supply.

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Creepy Cupcake Cones
Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

Creepy Cupcake Cones

Colored ice cream cones, cake mix, frosting, and assorted candies turn a simple cupcake cone into the Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man. Get the full instructions here.

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Owl Cupcakes
One Charming Party

Owl Cupcakes

One Charming Party turned simple chocolate cupcakes, Oreo cookies, and Reese's Pieces into the cutest owl cupcakes ever.

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Bat Cake
Country Living

Bat Cake

A simple white cake wrapped in fondant and topped with cookie-cutter fondant bats makes a big impact. Get the instructions for this graphic cake here.

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Spiderweb Cupcakes
Country Living

Spiderweb Cupcakes

Country Living's chocolate cupcakes have white-chocolate spiderwebs floating on top.

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Low-Fat Mummy Cupcakes
Skinny Taste

Low-Fat Mummy Cupcakes

Not only are these chocolate mummy cupcakes from Skinny Taste supercute, but they only have 165 calories and less than four grams of fat each.

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Nutter Butter Ghosts
Our Best Bites

Nutter Butter Ghosts

Nutter Butters are naturally ghost-shaped, so dip them in white chocolate, add some mini chocolate chips for eyes, and you're done. The only thing to be scared of: how addictive these can be!

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Bat and Spider Pops
The Decorated Cookie

Bat and Spider Pops

Meaghan Mountford of The Decorated Cookie claims these Oreo Cakester bat and spider pops are way too easy to make. Little work — big payoff? That's the kind of Halloween dessert we like!

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Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies
Martha Stewart

Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies

Think of Martha Stewart's bat cookie — crisp chocolate cookies sandwich a caramel center — as the grown-up, scary version of an Oreo. Get the recipe here.

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