From <a href="/recipes/halloween-spider-web-cake">spider web chocolate cake</a> to devilish <a href="/recipes/red-velvet-halloween-cupcakes">red velvet cupcakes</a>, these Halloween recipes are more about sharing and less about scaring. 
 
We have frightfully simple recipes, ideal for little monsters; from Halloween Cookies and Frankenstein Marshmallows to <a href="/recipes/pumpkin-halloween-vanilla-cake-pops">Pumpkin Patch Cake Pops</a>. The eeriest thing you will hear will be a ghostly ‘oooo’ when everybody tucks in to these Halloween bakes.

Halloween

Bake something truly spooky this Halloween with one of our many recipes. Forget about the trick and bake some tasty treats with Baking Mad

Halloween Recipes

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Just imagine the delight on your guests face when you take your first slice into this delicious chocolate cake, bursting with smarties - or whatever you fancy stuffing inside! Reece's pieces? M&amp;M's? Skittles? You can make this Chocolate Surprise Cake exactly how you like it!

Chocolate Surprise Cake

Our Chocolate Apples recipe makes a great alternative to Toffee Apples and are probably kinder on little teeth. We've used nice sharp Granny Smith apples for our recipe as the sourness balances nicely with the sweet chocolate.
We've also used round lolly sticks rather than the traditional flat ones as they push into the apples easier without snapping. The decoration possibilities are endless, sprinkles, chocolate chips, honeycomb or even mini marshmallows, anything goes!
If you enjoyed making our chocolate apples, give our <a data-item-id="dafee72d-9df6-5c5c-8322-e494ac2d9771" href="">toffee apples</a> a try!

Chocolate Dipped Apples

Trick or treat? These spooky Ghost&nbsp;Cake Pops are definitely a delicious treat and are really fun and simple to make for your Halloween get together. They are also a great way to refresh stale cake crumbs into something yummy, saving on waste.&nbsp;

Ghost Cake Pops

In a galaxy far, far&nbsp;away... (OK, in our Baking Mad kitchen!) we created this amazing galactic cupcake recipe.&nbsp;This cupcake recipe is a great fun one to make with the kids or to feed guests at a space themed party.
You just won't believe how easy it is to create this galaxy buttercream effect and what's more the flavour of these simple vanilla cupcakes is&nbsp;just out of this world! 
 
If you loved this recipe, give our <a data-item-id="f773543d-cb04-5ece-baac-eafbe7faf8f9" href="">ghost cake pops</a> a go!

Galaxy Cupcakes

Fun to make and share.&nbsp;Why not get creative and decorate with chocolate sprinkles or decorations to personalise your toffee apples. 
 
What are toffee apples made of? 
 
Toffee apples are the perfect treat for Guy Fawkes night, or for Halloween. Juicy apples are dipped into the sugar syrup and allowed to set. You can even add chocolate sprinkles at this stage too before your delicious toffee apple has set. 
 
If you enjoyed our toffee apples recipe, try out our <a data-item-id="7e56d5d7-9b07-5b9d-9b38-916f4bb9f7ce" href="">witches hat cupcakes</a>.

Toffee Apples

Make these homemade Halloween Cookies in the shapes of witches hats, pumpkins, cats and ghosts. Why not colour them black and orange for extra effect to make a great treat this Halloween. Our favourites are the little pumpkins and cats but you could just as easily cut out your own Halloween bat biscuits or spiders.
For a vegan friendly version of these biscuits try our <a data-item-id="9248c5bf-367c-4a73-94ec-59380b8c3db2" href="">Vegan Biscuit Dough recipe</a>.

Halloween Cookies

These fun cookies with a surprise inside are the perfect treat to make with kids this Halloween.

Halloween Piñata Cookies

These adorable vanilla ghost biscuits are more Casper the friendly ghost than one that will give you nightmares, but they are so quick and easy to make for any Halloween festivities and the kids will love them. 
 
If you enjoyed making these ghost cookies, give our <a data-item-id="7e56d5d7-9b07-5b9d-9b38-916f4bb9f7ce" href="">witches hat cupcakes</a> a try!

Halloween Ghost Biscuits

Millionaire's Shortbread is one of the top recipes on Baking Mad so we have given this classic favourite recipe a twist with the addition of a yummy Chocolate Orange topping. 
 
It's the perfect way to use up any leftover Chocolate Orange at Christmas (if you have any left that is!)

Chocolate Orange Millionaire Shortbread

The handsome Cranberry and Pumpkin Seed Cobb bakes with a beautiful golden crust and is bursting with great flavours and textures.

Cranberry & Pumpkin Seed Cob

What is a Poke Cake we hear you ask? Well, pretty much as it sounds. This poke cake recipe&nbsp;is a delicious apple traybake with holes poked in it and gooey caramel poured over the top allowing the yummy sauce to soak into the cake and infuse&nbsp;every bite. This is Caramel Apple Poke Cake&nbsp;is a great bake for Halloween parties, afternoon tea with friends or simply an comforting&nbsp;Autumnal treat on a cold day.&nbsp;

Caramel Apple Poke Cake

What's Halloween without a carved pumpkin? We have made a whole pumpkin patch of fun vanilla&nbsp;cake pops&nbsp;which we are sure&nbsp;your little ghosts and ghouls will love making (and eating)&nbsp;this Halloween. Cake pops are a great way to use up stale cake to avoid wastage and are a great alternative to sweets for Trick or Treaters or Halloween centrepiece at a party.&nbsp;

Pumpkin Halloween Vanilla Cake Pops

We have the best simple buttercream recipe that will give your cakes and cupcakes a delicious twist with the subtle inclusion of maple syrup. Perfect for autumnal Halloween or Bonfire Night party treats.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Maple Buttercream

These spider cupcakes are great to bake with the kids for a Halloween party or as a trick or treat gift. We've used Oreos as the base for our spider bodies, who would have thought Oreo's could be so versatile?&nbsp;
Disclosure: No spiders were harmed in the baking of these cupcakes!&nbsp;
If you enjoyed this recipe, try out <a data-item-id="796d9824-fab3-5374-a3a3-f8be2b4db7b9" href="">red velvet halloween cupcakes</a>!

Spider Cupcakes

These pumpkin &amp; molasses cookies are a perfect treat for Halloween and the Autumn season. The combination of pumpkin with the toffee and treacly flavours from the light brown muscovado and molasses sugars with a hint of warmth from the spices make these a great treat.

Pumpkin & Molasses Cookies

These adorable mini pumpkin pies are a great way to take advantage of the delicious seasonal fruits available in Autumn. They also make wonderful after-dinner treats if you are celebrating Thanksgiving, bonfire night or even just a Sunday roast dinner with the family. 
 
If you fancy making just one big pie, try our <a data-item-id="1770e602-0318-5313-8aa1-b964f4e46c38" href="">pumpkin pie</a> recipe.

Mini Pumpkin Pies

This is the dreamiest 'smores cookie sandwich recipe, crafted by our friend Juliet Sear. Taking a traditional American campfire treat to a whole new level. Toasted squidgy marshmallows sandwiched between two homemade cookies and a layer of melted Nutella. These 'smores are sure to leave you wanting more.&nbsp;
For a festive twist, make these into indulgent Chocolate Orange Cookies. Simply replace the Nutella in the recipe with a layer of melted Chocolate Orange segments. You will get messy fingers but it's totally worth it!

Smores Sandwich Cookies

An upside-down cake is pretty much a staple of British home comfort. John Whaite shares with us his version flavoured with clementine and cardamom. The refreshing sour clementine flavour is lovely against the bittersweet caramel. The cardamom is there in the background of every mouthful making this cake a really mouth-watering recipe. This recipe features in Comfort by John Whaite, published by Kyle Books. Photography by Nassima Rothacker.

Clementine & Cardamom Upside Down Cake

This sweet potato and pecan traybake is a certain crowd pleaser. It's just the right balance of sweet and savoury to tempt most people. Billington's sugar brings the depth of flavour to the bake. Perfect with a cup of tea!

Sweet Potato & Pecan Traybake

We've put together this really simple cupcake recipe for Spider Web Cupcakes in time for Halloween. The cupcake mixture is made from a chocolate flavoured vanilla sponge with added chocolate chips. The topping is made from simple chocolate flavoured glace icing and white chocolate for the cobweb design.