If you’re in search of recipes for a perfect vegan Halloween party, or just looking for fun vegan or vegetarian Halloween food ideas, you’ve come to the right place! Today I’m sharing a collection of 26 spooktacular vegan Halloween treats and snacks, both savory and sweet, that will delight adults and kids alike. Bring on the fun!
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The countdown to the spookiest holiday of the year has officially started! It’s always fun for me to see Halloween recipes from so many vegan bloggers this time of the year.
We didn’t celebrate Halloween when I was growing up in Russia, but my friends and I were fascinated watching kids in American movies dressing up, going trick-or-treating, and of course feasting on all that delicious candy.
Our English teachers at school told us that to get candy while trick-or-treating, the kids in English-speaking countries had to do something for their neighbors, like read them a poem or do a little dance.
Needless to say, I was surprised to find out that wasn’t a requirement after I moved to the US. Clearly, our teachers didn’t exactly know much themselves 🙂
To this day, I find Halloween fascinating like no other holiday. Even though to this day I dressed properly only once (I was a fantastic Lady Gaga in 2009, having taken two months to plan out my costume in every little detail), I’m still amazed to see what other people come up with, both in costumes and in food.
For my list of vegan Halloween treats and snacks below, I searched the blogosphere to find the perfectly spooky vegan and vegetarian-friendly finger foods, both savory and sweet, that would have a striking visual appeal, and would be easy to make.
Bring on the spiders and zombie brains!
Please note that this vegan Halloween food roundup includes some recipes from blogs that aren’t 100% vegan, but all of the recipes below are vegan.
For more vegan holiday fun, check out my other recipe roundups:
50+ Recipes for the Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving
21 show-stopping vegan main course recipe for an epic Christmas dinner
25 Recipes for a Perfect Vegan Valentine’s Dinner
25 Vegan Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes
36 Vegan Summertime Cookout Recipes (perfect for Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day parties)
26 Spooktacular Vegan Halloween Party Recipes
Bring on the fun to your Halloween party with these fantastically spooky vegan treats! These vegetarian and vegan-friendly Halloween recipes call for everyday ingredients, are easy to make, and are guaranteed to impress even the most discerning Halloween party goers.
With so many vegan Halloween snacks to choose from, which one are you going to eat first?
Witchy Guacamole Dip
The Witchy Guacamole Dip is a fun way to celebrate this candy-obsessed holiday with good-for-you ingredients like avocado, carrots, olives, and organic blue corn. Serve with additional fresh veggies for an extra punch of nutrition.
Halloween Quesadillas
These savory mummy faces are as adorable as they are easy to make! A store-bought sleeve of polenta makes a perfect base. Vegan cheese strips and black bean eyes complete the fun look. A great recipe to make with kids!
Black Bean Hummus Monster Halloween Appetizers
Another easy and fun vegetarian Halloween food idea - adorable googly-eyed monsters with black bean hummus faces and chopped parsley hair! Make them in small ramekins for a single-serving treat.
Carrot Rice Ball Jack O’ Lantern Bites
These cute little Jack O'Lanterns are full of personality! Carrot juice is used to give the rice a vibrant orange color. Get creative with the facial expressions by using differently shaped bits of black olives.
Halloween Roasted Veggies
Roasted veggies never looked spookier! Cut fun Halloween-inspired shapes out of a variety of veggies like white and sweet potatoes, beets, etc. either with a paring knife or cookie cutter shapes.
Pizza Pepper Jacks
You wouldn't believe that these fun Pepper Jacks are actually healthy! The pizza-flavored stuffing is made with polenta, quinoa, and a few additional plant-based ingredients. Bake them in the oven, and serve as a deliciously spooky vegan Halloween appetizer or entree.
Spooky Raw Cucumber Coffins
Another eerie-looking stuffed veggie idea for a vegan Halloween party - raw cucumber coffins! The red filling gets its color from beets, and the mummy-like bandages are made from pea sprouts.
Vegan Deviled Potatoes
A vegan Halloween twist on a classic comfort food appetizer. Cooked purple potatoes are stuffed with tofu salad, and topped with pimento olives to complete the look of a spooky eyeball.
Easy Fun Bread Shapes
Making these fun bread shapes from a simple dough can be a fun activity to do with kids. Spiders, worms, snails - let your imagination soar!
Healthy Halloween Monster Mouths
Get your spooky on with these cute monster mouths! They are made with wholesome ingredients (apples, peanut butter, slivered almonds), and are sure to become the star of your vegan Halloween party.
Mummied Bananas
These dramatic vegetarian Halloween mummies are made with only 3 ingredients, and are surprisingly easy to make! Bring these to a Halloween gathering, and impress everyone with your creativity.
Orange Fruit Jack-O-Lanterns
Another fun and wholesome Jack-O-Lantern idea: carved oranges are filled with a variety of fresh berries. A great single-serving vegan Halloween appetizer.
Peanut Butter Spider Cookies (Gluten Free)
The combination of peanut butter and chocolate can't be beat in the dessert department, and these spooktacular vegan spider cookies prove that this statement is also true for Halloween. The cookies are made with only four ingredients, and then topped with vegan peanut butter cup 'spiders'.
Creepy Crawly Halloween Sugar Cookies (Gluten Free)
The spider cookie theme is strong during Halloween season! Simple gluten-free vegan sugar cookies are covered with royal icing, and decorated with a dramatic chocolate spiderweb.
Vegan Halloween Cookies
If spiders aren't your vibe but Halloween cookies are, you can't go wrong with these simple vegan cookies speckled with sprinkles in traditional Halloween colors of black and orange. Tasty doesn't always have to be scary, even for Halloween!
Jack Skellington Mounds Cups
No Halloween party is going to be complete without Jack Skellington showing up! In case you aren't sure if any of your guests is dressing up like this famous character from The Nightmare Before Christmas, you can always delight everyone with his face in chocolate-coconut form.
Easy Raspberry Halloween Mummy Pies
These googly-eyed Halloween Mummy hand pies are easy and fun to make! Store-bought puff pastry and raspberry jam make the whole process a breeze, but if you'd like to go fancier and make your own raspberry sauce, the author provides a recipe for it in the recipe card.
Vegan Mummy Cupcakes
The mummy theme is strong with Halloween! No one can resist a delicious vegan chocolate cupcake decorated with vegan buttercream that looks like mummy bandages. The recipe author gives lots of tips for making these cupcake mummies absolutely perfect.
Vegan Zombie Brain Halloween Cupcakes
Another spooky delight for Halloween cupcake lovers - vegan zombie brain cupcakes! Lemon-flavored cupcakes are filled with raspberry jam, then topped with frosting, and glazed with more jam. An eye-catching (no pun intended) dessert for your vegan Halloween party!
Double Chocolate Halloween Cheesecake
This vegan double chocolate cheesecake will make a stunning centerpiece of any Halloween dessert spread. The dramatic black color is achieved by adding food-grade activated charcoal to the top and the bottom layers. I bet this cheesecake would look even spookier with an orange layer (pumpkin?) in place of white.
Raw “Candy Corn” Cheesecake
Another yummy vegan cheesecake recipe for Halloween: this raw "Candy Corn" cheesecake gets its bright colors from fruit and turmeric. Much healthier than its namesake candy cousin!
Vegan Ice Cream Batwiches
These spooktacular ice cream batwiches will get you in the mood for Halloween in no time! Black cocoa powder gives the bat cookies a dramatic color, and pumpkin-flavored ice cream completes the fall theme. Feel free to use other flavors of ice cream if you'd like - just make sure they don't have any chunky mix-ins.
Bloody Cups for Halloween
Another simple but dramatic-looking sweet treat for Halloween - 3-ingredient chocolate cups filled with raspberry sauce. A perfect last-minute recipe for a Halloween party.
Halloween Pumpkin Smoothie Bowl
Smoothies may not be our go-to Halloween food, but this colorful smoothie bowl with a fun pumpkin design can make a perfect healthy breakfast on the big day! A variety of fruits and veggies give this smoothie bowl its vibrant colors. Healthy fats from pumpkin seeds ensure that the important fat-soluble nutrients are absorbed by our bodies.
Creepy Halloween Candy Creatures Made from Marzipan
These marzipan creepy crawlies will be the talk of your Halloween party! The author of this recipe provides instructions for making slugs, maggots, woodworms, and earthworms - you know, the good stuff 🙂
Halloween Popcorn Hands + More Plant-Based Halloween Treat Ideas
The Halloween popcorn hands make a fun project to do with kids! The author also offers lots of other ideas for spooky plant-based treats.
If any of these vegan treats make an appearance at your Halloween party this year, please let me know! Tag me on Instagram @vegan_runner_eats, or leave a comment below.
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Your teachers weren’t entirely wrong! In Scotland and Ireland, where trick or treating originated and is called ‘guising’ children do indeed perform a little song or party trick in return for their sweets.
That’s so sweet, Emily! Makes more sense in my opinion than just getting candy for showing up.
Loving all these spooky ideas, especially the creepy marzipan! Thank you for including my Smoothie bowl ?
You’re very welcome Camilla, and thank you! 🙂