Halloween desserts for adults

Spooky sweets grown-ups will love

Halloween

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About this

A roundup of 14 Halloween dessert ideas aimed at grown-ups, ranging from easy no-bake treats to more ambitious bakes like a spiderweb cake and a Jack Skellington cherry balsamic pie. Each entry links out to the original recipe on the source blog. Suggestions are given for serving them at a Halloween date night at home, a themed dinner, or a Halloween party.

Tips

The desserts are meant to appeal to both adults and kids.
The selection mixes easy Halloween desserts with more complicated Halloween baking ideas.
The page points readers to more Halloween ideas in an 'All things Halloween for adults' collection.

The list

Brain food jello fruit salad

Jello fruit salad styled to look like a brain; recipe from kudoskitchenbyrenee.com.

Candy-stuffed rice crispy cake recipe

Easy candy-filled rice crispy cake, good for a potluck or at-home date; joyfoodsunshine.com.

Dancing ghosts chocolate coconut cake

Fudgy chocolate coconut cake with mocha coconut buttercream topped with dancing ghosts; vintagekitty.com.

Dirt pudding

Simple pudding that looks like dirt, can be served in a plastic pumpkin; neighborfoodblog.com.

Black Forest Cake

A black forest cake given a creepy Halloween twist; recipe from deliciouseveryday.com.

Halloween brownie graveyard

Brownie graveyard that doubles as a party table centrepiece and dessert; culinaryginger.com.

Halloween cream cheese swirl brownies

Cheesecake and brownie combo for a grown-up Halloween treat; persnicketyplates.com.

Halloween pumpkin pie

Traditional pumpkin pie filling with a festive spooky crust; from partylicious.net.

Hot cocoa ghosts

Marshmallow ghosts topping hot cocoa, described as too cute to eat; julieblanner.com.

Jack Skellington pie for Halloween (cherry balsamic pie)

Spooky Jack Skellington pie with sweet syrupy cherry balsamic filling; familyspice.com.

No bake bloody spider web chocolate tart

Chocolate Oreo tart disguised as a gruesome bloody spider web; kitchenmason.com.

Pumpkin spice latte cake

Fall drink turned into cake; described as gorgeous rather than ghoulish; livforcake.com.

Shrunken heads Halloween tart: apple cranberry walnut tart recipe

Apple, cranberry and walnut tart styled as shrunken heads; momfoodie.com.

Spiderweb cake

Rich black cocoa cake with orange flavoured buttercream and spiderweb decoration; livforcake.com.

The plan

Choose a dessert based on skill level: some are easy, others are more involved Halloween baking projects

Serve the dessert to round off a Halloween date night at home

Serve as the dessert course of a Halloween themed dinner

Serve at a Halloween party or potluck

Consider them as a more substantial alternative to Halloween cookies, treats, charcuterie boards or finger foods

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