Image Source: Halloween Bat Biscuits [Vegan]

How cute are these Halloween treats? These decadent little Raw Halloween Ghostie Brownies from Heidi Turunen are made from walnuts and gooey dates — delicious, but that’s not all. Each brownie is topped with a frozen banana slice, then coated in white chocolate to make adorable little ghosties. When you bite into the brownie, you get a hidden piece of melting frozen banana beneath a sweet white chocolate shell.

8. Mini Pumpkin Rice Cakes [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

These Mini Pumpkin Rice Cakes from Joyce Gan make great decorative treats for Thanksgiving as well something everyone will want to try. They are made of sweet rice flour, and pumpkin puree, and stuffed with adzuki bean paste. There’s no need to limit how many of these healthy treats you or your kids eat.

The classic Witch Finger Cookies With Strawberry Jam from Taylor Kiser get a healthy, gluten-free, and paleo vegan makeover! They’re easy to make and always a hit at Halloween parties! Besides the fact that these cookies are scary and spooktacular these gruesome, gory fingers for your cookie-munchin’-mouths are super easy. And, for those of you that are concerned, they taste nothing like a severed finger. They’re kind of like shortbread in the sense that they’re more of a dry cookie — the kind that goes perfectly with coffee or warm apple cider.

The assembly process for these Halloween Cupcake Cats With Chocolate Avocado Frosting by Jasmine Briones is a lot of fun, and great for kids, too! It does take a bit of effort, but well worth it in the end, just look at the adorable results! This deliciously sweet dessert is the perfect way to celebrate Halloween this year.

These Halloween Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing by Gretchen Price are egg-free, meringue powder-free, and dairy-free — and so easy to make! They taste perfectly sweet and buttery with a hint of lemon. The royal icing does not harden like traditional royal icing, so it stays soft, creamy, and decadent. As simple as they are, these will be a show-stopper at your Halloween party.

These egg-free Meringue Ghosts by Fabio Gallo are super cute and delicious, and perfect for any Halloween party. They’re made from aquafaba, or the liquid from a can of chickpeas, which acts as a flawless stand-in for egg whites. Once your meringues are set, just melt some vegan chocolate and decorate to your heart’s content!

Serve up some Frankenstein faces, mummies, and friendly ghosts at your Halloween party … in pizza form! These Spooky Scary Mini Halloween Pizzas from Olivia Lin are adorable, easy to make, and taste ghoulishly good, to boot. Try using this method and ingredients to make your own edible Halloween designs!

These fluffyJack o’ Lantern Butternut Squash Muffins by Nele Liivlaid are gluten-free, but you would never know it! They’re made from a blend of buckwheat groats blended with oat bran. Then, grated butternut squash (grating the squash prevents them from being too moist) is folded in, along with warm fall spices. Yum!

This Homemade Candy Corn from Gabrielle St. Claire involves minimal ingredients, it’s quick, fun to make, great for kids, gifts, entertaining, nonvegan approved, and screams Halloween!

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