Day of the Dead Cookies

These sugar skull cookies are classic Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) treats, but work for Halloween, too.

30 mins

Butterscotch Beer

If a trip to Hogsmeade isn't in your future, you can whip up a sweet little batch of Butterscotch Beer to tide you over. It's magical.

45 mins

Halloween Mummy Rice Krispies Treats

Creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky. But not at all ooky--they're delicious little mummy themed treats that come together in a snap. And kids can help, too.

20 mins

Spicy Bacon Caramel Corn

Addictive. That's what we're hearing about this smoky, salty, spicy, sweetly little enticing number that goes alarmingly well with beer.

1 hr

Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

These pumpkin swirl brownies are just as outrageously rich as you'd expect thanks to pumpkin spice cheesecake colliding with a pan of fudgy brownies.

1 hr 10 mins

Candy Bar S’mores

S'mores purists may scoff, but that’s cool. More for us. Leftover Halloween candy never looked so good.

10 mins

Confetti Popcorn Cake

Sorta looks like a bunch of circus treats exploded, got smothered in marshmallows, and got magically turned into cake, eh?

1 hr 20 mins

Leftover Halloween Candy Bark

One of our trusty tactics for disguising Halloween candy so it turns into something new and eminently shareable.

2 hrs 20 mins

Halloween Ghost Cupcakes

We swear these spooky sweets are so simple anyone can make them, no matter how elementary your culinary or crafting skills.

1 hr 25 mins

Graveyard Halloween Cupcakes

Graveyard hauntings are no laughing matter. Neither are these creepy Halloween cupcakes. We consider them a delicious matter.

1 hr 55 mins

Wizards’ Hats Cupcakes

These inspired Halloween wizards' hats are a simple assembly job made from cupcakes, frosting, sugar cones, sprinkles, and candy. Inspired by Dumbledore. Loved by all.

45 mins

Halloween Caramel Apples

Forget bobbing for apples. This endeavor requires less effort yet yields more caramel-cloaked gratification and a more elegant version of those sticky, red apples of our youth.

30 mins

Halloween Meringue Bones

What's spookier than a skeleton? Disembodied bones. Although these meringue bones are surprisingly and sweetly irresistible.

1 hr

Halloween Candy Cupcakes

Halloween candy still tempting, teasing, tormenting you? We divulge how to keep it outta your house—and off your hips.

15 mins

Spiced Cider Doughnuts

These doughnuts are certain to conjure memories, real or imagined, of crisp autumns, roadside farmstands, and grease-stained paper bags full of similar piping hot beauties.

1 hr 35 mins

Halloween Hot Chocolate

Halloween hot chocolate is made, quite simply, with leftover Halloween candy and milk in a saucepan. Hey, at least you're getting your dairy. And putting a dent in the Halloween stash.

5 mins

Glow in the Dark Jello

The spirits summoned for this ghostly glow-in-the-dark Jello hail from a bottle, not the supernatural. (It's just a gin and tonic under a black light. Who knew?!)

11 hrs 35 mins

Meringue Ghosts

These—eek!—meringue ghosts couldn't be any easier. Beat egg whites and sugar until satiny and stiff, create some spooky blobs, and bake. See? Not so scary after all.

2 hrs 30 mins

Spicy Pepita Brittle

When we think of brittle, we tend to think of a wallflower-like candy. This snappy little number proves that we couldn't be more wrong.

25 mins