Add some drama to your treat table with our Halloween slash cake. Stark red stripes on white fondant, covering a rich chocolatey sponge make for an eye-catching and delicious centrepiece. Mix up some speedy fake blood and get creative.
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The perfect rich chocolate cake to get Halloween going! This easy spook cake is sandwiched together with a dark chocolate buttercream and topped with shop-bought mini meringues decorated however you’d like. For a spooky fake blood effect, use berry syrup and drizzle over.
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Wow Halloween party guests with our autumnal spiced pumpkin cake. The deep orange buttercream pairs beautifully with the spooky white chocolate ghost topping. It serves up to 15, so it’s perfect for feeding to a crowd over the spooky season.
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Create spider webs on these chocolate doughnuts using melted dark and white chocolate. Serving up to 12, these chocolate-flavoured morsels make a spooktacular treat for a Halloween party for kids and grown ups alike.
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Get the kids in the kitchen helping to make these spooky skeleton biscuits. With just 10 minutes of prep required, they’re perfect if you’re looking for a low-effort bake to keep little ones occupied. Serve as part of a Halloween party spread.
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Kick-start Halloween festivities with these spooky bat and spider cookies. A fun baking project for kids, they’ll love decorating the cookies with Maltesers, sandwich cookies, icing sugar and caramel-filled chocolates.
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Throw a Halloween party and serve these fearsome pumpkin and feta pies for a spooky savoury nibble. Perfect for little hands, kids will enjoy helping to make them in the kitchen. They’re a fun way to use up pumpkin, however you could also use butternut squash.
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Make these kiwi pies for a Halloween party, and they’ll go down a treat with kids and grown-ups alike. Green jelly and custard make a delicious ‘slime’ filling, and the individual pies mean there’s no need for sharing!
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Delicate buttery biscuits, sandwiched with icing and hiding a popping candy filling are bound to make your party go with a bang. Our ghostly Halloween biscuits are a fun twist on your standard treat, try filling them with rainbow sprinkles for a colourful surprise for young children and adults alike.
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Peanut butter and chocolate is a well established match made in heaven. Indulge your sweet tooth and get the kids mixing and decorating our simple spider biscuits. With a few simple spooky touches, you can transform an everyday cookie into a Halloween feast.
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Feline fans will be head over heels for our black cat cake. Serve up this cute chocolate cake with minimal decoration for a delectable, family-friendly dessert. No one will be able to turn down a slice of this squidgy sponge with chocolatey frosting. Kids will love arranging the whiskers and bringing your cat creation to life.
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What could be better than a squidgy chocolate treat, topped with a spooky surprise? Our spooky Halloween brownies are simple to make and will disappear in a flash. Slice and serve these eerie eyeball desserts to your lucky party guests.
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Get the kids involved in making this masterpiece! With a chocolate biscuit base and a creamy, sweet filling, you won’t be able to resist it. The meringue ghosts are easy to make and decorate too and sit nicely on top. This spooky halloween marshmallow cheesecake is the perfect Halloween party treat.
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Go crazy for these colourful mini meringues, made into little characters to keep everyone entertained! These meringue monsters are fun and customisable, making them the perfect addition to a Halloween party food table. You can find more Halloween dessert recipes in our collection.
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Add a dash of seasonal flavour to your afternoon tea spread with our pumpkin spice scones. Enjoy one still warm from the oven, split and slathered with butter or cream cheese for a filling snack. Whip up a batch in under 30 minutes and watch them disappear from the tin.
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Add a chilling twist to the innocent gingerbread man with these halloween gingerbread. This easy recipe has the classic gingerbread biscuit base, flavoured with black treacle, ginger, cinnamon and mixed spice to really pack an autumnal punch. Make a simple glace icing and draw on ghosts and mummies for an added scare!
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Who’d have thought that banana bread, traditional and comforting, could get such a spooky makeover? Our recipe not only uses a whole ripened banana, peel and all, to reduce waste, but everything can be blitzed in a food processor for ultimate ease. Then you’ve got more time for the fun part, decorating your cake with your favourite treats!
Simple vanilla cupcakes are creatively transformed into these ghoulish halloween cupcakes. Great for an afternoon activity inside or served at a party, they’ll impress kids and adults alike! These Halloween cupcakes are also a good choice for a gathering and just as impressively decorated.
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Enjoy these pumpkin spice sandwich cookies, which can be prepared in only 30 minutes if using shop-bought pumpkin puree. If you’ve been pumpkin carving and don’t want to let any go to waste, why not make your own homemade pumpkin puree?
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Indulgent chocolate cakes, lathered with delicious Swiss meringue buttercream and lavishly decorated to make a spider’s web cake. This would make a great birthday cake for a Halloween lover or a centrepiece dessert for a Halloween party.
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