24 Terrifyingly Tasty No-Bake Halloween Treats
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This Halloween, we're all about oh-so-spooky recipes that require zero oven time. These goodies look seriously impressive, but they’re actually super easy to whip up, making them ideal for your scary shindig, a fun family activity or even last-minute trick-or-treaters. Here, 24 yummy, no-bake Halloween treats to devour this spooky season. Bone appétit! (Oh come on, we had to.)
1. Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow
Basically, a PSL in snack form. Use candy corn if you can’t find pumpkins.
2. Halloween Bark
The ideal excuse to raid your candy stash before beggar’s night. Bonus, kiddos can help make it.
3. Silly Apple Bites
The only creepy crawlies we’re glad to encounter. The googly eyes are homemade, but you can use store-bought too.
4. Vampire Bat Marshmallow Pops
We’re batty for these cuties, since they’re made with just four ingredients.
5. Pumpkin Pie Rice Krispie Treats
Two of our favorite things in one. Use pumpkin spice mix to cut down on ingredients.
6. Monster Popcorn Balls
We bet these Halloween treats would survive the zombie apocalypse. They’re ready in less than 20 minutes.
7. Halloween Banana Popsicles
Totally counts as one of your five-a-day. Kids will love ’em even without the cloying sweetness.
8. Marshmallow Monsters
Complete with wonky, spooky candy eyes. Use any candy melt color your heart desires.
9. Halloween Popcorn Snack Mix
A salty and sweet (trick or) treat. This one is a kid and adult fave.
10. Halloween Chocolate Bark
If you ask us, the more googly eyes, the better. Seasonal colored candies up the ante here.
11. 11. Spooky Halloween Pretzels
Halloween party? These will be a hoot. (Heh.) Embrace the imperfections and these will look even spookier.
12. Oreo Dirt Cups
Need to quickly whip up a dessert? These make-ahead, four-ingredient, creepy-crawly dirt cups should do the trick…er, treat.
13. Halloween Totoro Rice Krispie Treats
Just look at those whiskers. Totoro is ideal when ghosts and goblins are too scary, you know?
14. Halloween Mummy Nutter Butter Cookies
They’re to die for (not to mention four ingredients and ready in 20).
15. Boo! Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Nothing scary about this Halloween favorite flavor combo. The base is made without refined sugar, a win-win.
16. Pumpkin Spice Truffles
They’re like little bites of fall, and just the thing for your classy Halloween cocktail party.
17. Halloween Oreo Balls
Spiders and ghosts and pumpkins, oh my! Sans decorations, these are three ingredients.
18. Halloween Ghost Bark
It’s totally boo-tiful. (Last pun, promise.) Let your kids go wild with the decorations.
19. No-bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
Skipping the oven means there’s no risk of cracking. (And less time to wait before eating.)
20. No-cook Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu
Make this elegant dessert for your totally-non-kitschy adult Halloween party.
21. No-bake Pumpkin Balls
Proof that not all Halloween treats need to be candy-coated to be tasty.
22. Halloween Spider Cookies
These will be a hit at your kid’s class party (and they’re so easy to put together).
23. Monster Mash Cookies
Skip the homemade cookies and use store-bought to make them no-bake.
24. Giant Peanut Butter Cup
What’s more Halloweenie than a giant version of your fave candy?