13 Spooktacular Halloween Baking Recipes

1. Mini Pumpkin Cakes

These not-so-scary mini pumpkin cakes are a sweet way to celebrate spooky season! Enjoy flavours of pumpkin spice, rich caramel and creamy white chocolate in each bite.

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2. Witches Cauldron Cupcakes

Heat your cauldron and brew up a batch of these wickedly indulgent Witches Cauldron Cupcakes! Coupling flavours of chocolate and vanilla, these Halloween cupcakes will have your friends and family cackling with delight. Find the full recipe in the Instagram reel caption (link below).

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3. Spell Book Shortbreads

Put a spell on your friends and family with these frightfully delicious Spell Book Shortbreads! Inspired by the iconic Halloween movie ‘Hocus Pocus’ these easy shortbreads come together in less than an hour – let’s bake witches!

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4. Spooky Millionaires Shortbread

A gooey layer of miso caramel is encased between the crumbly shortbread base and spooky chocolate topping – each bite of these millionaires shortbreads is sweet, salty, rich and irresistibly delicious!

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5. Graveyard Cheesecake

In need of a truly spine-tingling sharing dessert for Halloween? Give this quick and easy Graveyard Cheesecake a try! Dig in to enjoy creamy vanilla cheesecake, a blood-red raspberry coulis and crunchy Oreo biscuit crumbs. Find the full recipe in the Instagram reel caption (link below).

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6. Ghost Cupcakes

Get ready to bake some spooky sweetness this Halloween with these adorable Triple Chocolate Ghost Cupcakes! Using the tinfoil shaping hack, these cupcakes are easy to make and perfect for Halloween parties.

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7. Monster Cookies

Perfect for Halloween parties, baking with kids or as a homemade trick-or-treat. These cookies are quick, easy and fun to make, using food colouring and white chocolate buttons to turn them into googly-eyed monsters. Find the full recipe in the Instagram reel caption (link below).

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8. Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake

Get your PSL fix with every bite of this cosy Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake! It’s decorated with coffee cream cheese frosting, Biscoff crumbs and pumpkin meringues for a touch of spooky cuteness. Did someone say Halloween party cake?

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9. Chocolate Bat Cupakes

These Chocolate Bat Cupcakes will fly away in no time! All you need is Oreos and edible eyes to give plain chocolate cupcakes the spooky treatment. Either use shop-bought cupcakes for a super quick dessert, or give my Galaxy Chocolate Cupcake recipe a go for a made-from-scratch dessert!

10. Mini Spooky Berry Pies

These Spooky Berry Pies are scarily easy! Just use ready-rolled shortcrust pastry to cut out your pies, fill with your favourite berry compote or jam, then add your spooky shapes on top. Brush with egg wash, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top and bake for 20 mins at 180C fan.

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11. Spiderweb Chocolate Slab

I had to include one recipe from my seasonable baking book: Chocolate Overload! This Spiderweb Chocolate Slab is one of many easy Halloween bakes that feature in my book. It’s the perfect no-bake recipe to make use of your leftover trick-or-treat chocolates!

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12. Pumpkin Coffee Loaf Cake

Made with freshly brewed pumpkin spice coffee and canned pumpkin puree, this recipe delivers the cosy and comforting flavours of a pumpkin spice latte. It’s topped with buttercream pumpkins for an easy and adorable decoration!

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13. Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes

These Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes will put your piping skills to the test and add some spooky cuteness to your Halloween celebrations! To make them you will need chocolate cupcakes, orange and green buttercream, and pretzel sticks.

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