Halloween Party Food on a Budget: 15 Simple Recipes for Your Party

It's time to think of meals that will satisfy your desires and make you feel spooky as Halloween draws near.

We've put together a list of Halloween party food on a budget that are simple to prepare and certain to provide plenty of tricks and treats!

Best food for Halloween party

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

If you're looking for adult autumn party ideas for this year, try some of the unique fall flavors. Macaroni and cheese is one of your favorite comfort foods; think of it as thick, creamy butternut squash.

This dish is perfect for when the weather cools off as it will keep you warm from the inside out. 

Butternut squash mac & cheese is undoubtedly a show-stopper for an adult Halloween dinner party or a smart potluck alternative. You can count on your guests to come back for more.

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Pumpkin Patch Brownies

These brownies are great for anyone looking for a low-effort, low-cost party food option that is high in flavor and strongly themed. 

Just prepare a batch of your preferred boxed brownies, decorate with candy corn pumpkins on top, then drizzle with green frosting to create vines.

Find out more easy Halloween dessert ideas in MySpeed!

Pumpkin Patch Brownies

Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs

Serve an appetizer with a Jekyll and Hyde-themed appetizer inspired by mad scientist-inspired for the ideal spooky Halloween or horror snack. The flavor of these mozzarella balls is so authentic that your visitors will be blown away. 

Your guests will be asking for more of this delectable dish, which is created with fresh Italian herbs and spices like garlic and red pepper.

Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs

Peculiar Pizzas 

Although pizza is a year-round favorite, you'll fall head over heels for these white pizza flatbreads with an autumnal motif. This easy-to-make Halloween dish recipe will make your celebration unique. 

Provide a pizza-making station so that your guests may assemble their own flatbread pizzas.

They may add their own toppings to their pizza, such as hot sausage and butternut squash. Or add walnuts, apples, and cinnamon to the flatbread to make it more of a dessert.

Peculiar Pizzas

Air-Fried Beet Chips

At the supermarket store, specialty root chips might run you $5 to $6 per bag. Alternatively, save a ton of money by making several batches in your air fryer.

Slicing the beets very thinly is the secret to crispy beet chips. Using a mandolin, you can get wafer-thin slices even if you're not a Top Chef. Don't pack the basket too full with chips if you want them to be lovely and crispy.

Air-Fried Beet Chips

Candy Corn Cookies

Which sweets are in style for Halloween? Candy corn is a traditional Halloween delicacy that a lot of people look forward to every year. Try making candy corn cookies this year to add a little contemporary touch to this traditional Halloween dish.

Before baking, thoroughly mix the candy corn and white chocolate chips into the cookie batter. They'll come out gorgeous, soft, and sweet—perfect for a Halloween gathering.

Candy Corn Cookies

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• Candy Corn by Medley hills farm

• Brach's Mellowcreme Autumn Mix Candy Corn Bag

• Shark Teeth Strawberry Flavored Candy Corn

• Sarahs Candy Factory Candy Corn in Jar

Jack O’ Lantern Quesadillas

Is there a more cost-effective recipe that only calls for two ingredients, cheese and tortillas? Quesadillas are delicious any time of year, but they would look fantastic dressed like jack-o'-lanterns.

Jack O’ Lantern Quesadillas

Cheese Tart

Stuff a tart with tasty fall ingredients for an adult Halloween party dessert. Mix together the ricotta and parmesan cheese to make the crust of the tart filling.

Layer lots of fall vegetables, like sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, and mushrooms, for a tasty and filling meal to serve at a party.

Even better, your visitors may add their favorite fall toppings to create bespoke tarts. After around 30 minutes, these bake up delightfully crispy and golden brown.

Cheese Tart

Black Magic Cocktail

The black magic drink resembles a whirling tumbler of sorcery. This is one of the best adult Halloween dinner ideas you'll ever serve at a party.

Combine edible pearl dust, black vodka (or clear vodka with a black tinge), lime juice, and simple syrup to create a delicious and eerie potion cocktail. You may also use orange juice, real cherry juice, and maraschino cherry syrup.

Discover more cocktail ideas in our guide to the “best Halloween cocktails”!

Black Magic Cocktail

Vegan Mini Pumpkin Spice Bites

These cute tiny vegan pumpkin spice snacks are the ideal guilt-free snack to help you embrace fall. 

The key to this falltime treat is the silken tofu inside, which is encased in a simple walnut-pecan-date shell. Additionally, because it has a creamy smoothness without compromising flavor, it is the best-kept vegan dessert secret.

Vegan Mini Pumpkin Spice Bites

Spider Cookies

Spider cookies are a spooky Halloween treat idea that will make your guests think twice before taking them. Make your favorite cookies, such as sugar, peanut butter, or chocolate chips.

When they're finished, make the spider's body out of a chocolate kiss or peanut butter cup. Next, use black icing to sketch the legs of the candy onto the side of the biscuit.

You might even get creative and decorate your spiders with eerie designs made from icing or sprinkles.

Spider Cookies

Spooky Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Make a variety of eerie Halloween treats with delectable chocolate-dipped strawberries!

Strawberries may be readily dipped in white or black chocolate, and the effect of blood flowing down the sides can be created using crimson frosting or strawberry jam.

This budget-friendly Halloween food ffor a party not only adds a little spookiness to a classic delicacy but also makes excellent Halloween gifts for friends and family.

Spooky Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Skeleton Crudite

Are you trying to think of a unique way to serve some vegetables? 

Arrange your lettuce, peppers, carrots, cauliflower, radishes, tomatoes, filled olives, broccoli, mushrooms, and any other raw vegetables you'd like on a crudité plate in the shape of a skeleton. 

Don't forget to pair it with a side of onion dip!

Skeleton Crudite

Candy Corn Popcorn Balls

Popcorn is another common thing should be in your trick-or-treating bag, and you can incorporate some candy corn into this classic delicacy to make it suit the Halloween theme. 

Melt the marshmallows and use them to form a ball out of the popcorn and candy corn. Once they are cold, serve this Halloween dessert. These would go over well as creepy yet delicious gifts or during a Halloween get-together.

Read more: What to do with leftover Halloween candy?

Candy Corn Popcorn Balls

Pumpkin Juice

Inspired by the enchanted dinner table, or rather the magical world of Harry Potter, this easy pumpkin juice recipe is ideal to create in large quantities.

You may even make the sweet drink in advance and refrigerate it; just keep the pumpkin juice in the blender until you're ready to serve. To re-incorporate the ingredients, simply mix rapidly and serve into party goblets.

Pumpkin Juice