28 scarily delicious vegan Halloween recipe ideas

Surprise your friends, family, and any trick-or-treaters with these scarily delicious vegan Halloween recipes this Autumn.


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Surprise your friends, family, and any trick-or-treaters with these scarily delicious vegan Halloween recipes this Autumn.

It’s nearly our favourite day of the year, Halloween. So in celebration, we’ve rounded up the most spooktacular and delicious vegan Halloween recipes to freak out your friends and family.

1. Vegan Brain Cupcakes

Despite their horrifying appearance, these vanilla-flavoured vegan cupcakes are absolutely delicious and are sure to be a hit at your Halloween party.

Vegan Brain Cupcakes

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2. ‘Poisoned’ Vegan Black Toffee Apples

With their glossy black shells, these ‘poisoned’ vegan caramel apples might look like something a witch has conjured up in her cauldron, but the taste is devilishly delicious.

A spooky take on the classic toffee apple, they are as delicious as they are dark.

‘Poisoned’ Vegan Black Toffee Apples for Halloween - vegan Halloween recipes

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3. Spooky Mummy Macarons

A delicate drizzle of white chocolate cleverly mimics the appearance of mummy bandages in these sinister mummy macarons.

With their playful design, these bite-sized treats perfectly capture the Halloween spirit and will go down a treat at your spooky soirée.

A plate of macarons decorated to look like mummies for Halloween - vegan Halloween recipes

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4. Vegan Frankenstein Krispie Treats 

How about these Frankenstein Brown Rice Krispie Treats for size? They are an extremely fun way to celebrate the season, and kids will love helping you make them! Plus, they’re refined sugar-free and packed with protein making them an ideal snack for little ones this spooky season.

Frankenstein Krispie Treats with Quinoa - vegan Halloween recipes

5. Cheesy Breadstick Bones with Marinara Dip

Filled with oozy cheese, these eerie breadstick bones with a ‘bloody’ marinara dip are a frightfully delicious party snack

Cheesy Breadstick Bones with Marinara Dip

6. Vampire Teeth Vegan Halloween Cookies

Sink your teeth into these fangtastic cookie sandwiches before they sink their teeth into you!

These toothy treats are simple to construct, but make a spooktacular addition to a Halloween party table.

Cookie sandwiches with mini marshmallow 'teeth', almond 'fangs' and strawberry jam 'blood' - vegan Halloween recipes

7. Raven-Black Ravioli with Garlic Sweet Potato Filling

This strikingly spooky ravioli conceals a deep, dark secret beneath its jet black wings – it’s delicious!

With its homemade charcoal pasta shell which hides a tender sweet potato filling, flavoured with enough garlic to scare the hardiest vampire, this meal is guaranteed to be a hit at your next frightful feast.

Jet black ravioli on striking orange and brown autumn background

8. Halloween Spider Web Cake

Get ready to cast a spell on your taste buds with our Vegan Halloween Spider Web Cake. This eerie delight combines the goodness of a moist vanilla cake, a sinfully delicious Oreo buttercream filling, and spooky fondant icing spider web decorations. It’s the ultimate show-stopper for your Halloween celebration!
Vegan Halloween Spider Web Cake

9. Spooky Cheesecake

Laced with a delicate marbled inking resembling cobwebs, this wickedly tasty vanilla-flavoured vegan cheesecake is made with just 8 easy-to-find ingredients. If you really want to up the spooky factor, serve it with a splatter of blood-red raspberry coulis.
Spooky Cheesecake

10. Toffee Apples

While it might be the season to indulge your sweet tooth with some vegan Halloween sweets, if you want to make sure your kids eat at least a little bit of fruit then toffee apples are a great compromise.

Toffee Apples

11. Mummy Pizza Toast

These blood-curdlingly delicious mummified toasts are a fun way to kick off the Halloween celebrations as they’re perfect for breakfast or a light lunch with a twist. Kids (and grown-ups!) will love having the chance to play with their food, quite literally!

Mummy Pizza Toast

12. Halloween Mint Madness Cheesecake

Resembling slime or a horrifying witches brew, this vibrantly coloured mint-flavoured cheesecake is as fresh as the crisp autumn air. Spirulina gives it its creepy green colour, so you don’t have to use nasty food colours to make it.

Halloween Mint Madness Cheesecake

13. Vegan Gingerbread Skeletons

Although gingerbread might typically be a Christmas treat, it’s so delicious why leave all the fun until then? Brush up on your anatomy and decorate yours with an intricate skeleton design – they pair perfectly with a pumpkin spice latte!

Vegan Gingerbread Skeletons

14. Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Mummies

Bring the heat to Halloween with these fiery cream cheese stuffed jalapeño mummies. Your guests won’t be able to stop munching on these oh-so tasty nibbles as the balance of fiery pepper

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Mummies - vegan halloween recipes

15. Witches’ Brew Soup

‘Double double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble’! Conjure up a delicious feast this Halloween with this witchy vegan soup recipe.

Filled with greens to help you banish any beastly seasonal bugs, serving this green-coloured brew in a leftover pumpkin is a great way to get your kids to eat more veggies without a fuss.
Witches Brew Soup served in pumpkins

16. Ghost Cupcakes

Spook out your friends and family this Halloween with these vegan ghost cupcakes that are blacker than your soul!

Vegan ghost cupcakes

17. Vegan Halloween Hummus & Tortilla Graveyard

Dip and chips is always a crowd-pleaser at parties, especially when you get creative with the design like this graveyard scene!

Featuring black olive ‘soil’, hummus and tortilla chip gravestones, everyone will be excited to ‘dig in’..!

Vegan Halloween Hummus & Tortilla Graveyard - vegan Halloween recipes

18. Halloween Stuffed Peppers

We love stuffed peppers all year round, but this Halloween-themed recipe is a great way to make sure your kids have eaten their vegetables before they head out trick or treating.

Vegan Halloween Stuffed Peppers

19. Vegan Halloween Tagine with Pumpkins & Mushrooms

When the cold nights draw in, nothing is more comforting than a warming stew. Get creative with puff pastry and create your own graveyard scene to sit atop this slow-cooked Halloween tagine.

Vegan Halloween Tagine with Pumpkins & Mushrooms

20. Healthy Halloween Apples with Date Caramel

If you’re looking for a healthier alternative to the traditional toffee apple try these healthy Halloween apples instead. Smothered in date caramel and rolled in chopped nuts, they’re refined sugar-free and packed with vitamins.

Healthy Halloween Apples with Date Caramel

21. Gluten Free & Vegan Pumpkin Muffins

With their beautifully blend of spices, these vegan pumpkin muffins are a scrumptious autumnal treat.

Gluten Free & Vegan Pumpkin Muffins

22. Charcoal Protein Smoothie

Go to the dark side with this striking coloured smoothie. Made with a little charcoal powder, it’s great for breakfast the day after a Halloween party.

High-Protein Activated Charcoal Smoothie

23. Vegan Halloween Burgers

We’ll take any excuse to indulge in a vegan burger, especially when they’re Halloween-themed!

We’ve given our bun some nori eyes, vegan cheese teeth and pepper stalk to make it look like a pumpkin. A drizzle tomato ketchup is the final flourish on this spooky dinner your kids will love.

Vegan Halloween Burgers

24. Hemp Marzipan Superfood Monsters

These healthy Halloween monsters are made using raw vegan hemp marzipan!  They get their naturally vibrant colouring from plant pigments, phytonutrients which are found in raw and organic superfood powders such as acai and spirulina, so there is no need to add in any nasty artificial colours.

Hemp Marzipan Superfood Monsters

25. Vegan Roasted Pumpkins Stuffed with Quinoa and Pomegranate

This colourful dish tastes every bit as good as it looks! Stuffed with quinoa and pomegranate, this vegan stuffed pumpkin recipe is a must-make this autumn.

Vegan Roasted Pumpkins Stuffed with Quinoa and Pomegranate

26. Spooky Spirulina Smoothie 

With a colour that’s bound to get you in the festive Halloween spirit, give this spooky spirulina smoothie recipe a try this October.

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27. Vegan Pumpkin Jerky

If you’re carving up a pumpkin to decorate your home, don’t let the inside go to waste. Instead, use it to make this vegan pumpkin jerky which is rich in beta-carotene and vitamin C.

Vegan pumpkin jerky

28. Vegan Treacle Toffees

Give the kids a real treat this year and have a bowl of these homemade vegan treacle toffees waiting to hand out to any lucky trick or treaters.

Vegan Treacle Toffees

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Written by

Rachel Smith

Having launched the brand's digital presence in 2015, Rachel shares her love for animals and the planet through her work as Vegan Food & Living’s Digital Editor. As a passionate vegan for over ten years, Rachel loves creating delicious vegan dessert recipes for her award-winning blog, Rawberry Fields. Rachel's recipes and photography have been featured in numerous international print and digital publications including the Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Thrive, and Buzzfeed. You can follow Rachel at @rawberryfields

Also written by

Helen Greaves

Helen has been vegan since 2018 and has a background in vegan food marketing. She's mother to a mischief of rats and loves to spend her spare time making vegan cakes and bakes.

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