Fun Halloween treats you can bake at home — no fancy moulds required!

It’s the season of pumpkins, ghost stories… and a little kitchen mischief. But Halloween baking doesn’t have to mean expensive tools or obscure ingredients. With what’s already in your pantry, you can whip up surprisingly spooky treats that are playful, easy, and just the right amount of creepy.

Here are 10 bakes to try — each one using simple ingredients you likely already have at home. And if you’re ever unsure what to make with what’s in your pantry, give SuperBaker a spin to generate ideas instantly.

👻 1. Ghost Meringues

Just egg whites, sugar, and a pinch of salt.

Whip the egg whites into stiff glossy peaks, spoon or pipe into ghost shapes, and bake at a low temperature until crisp. Use mini chocolate chips or melted chocolate to dot eyes. Ghoulishly cute — and gluten-free.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Egg whites, sugar, chocolate chips (optional)

Tips:

Set your oven temperature to 90–100°C (195–210°F) if your oven runs low and steady, or 110–120°C (230–250°F) if you’re short on time but still want them to dry and not brown. Bake for 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on the size. The lower the temperature, the longer they can bake without colouration — this helps your ghosts stay pale and matte.

To dry the meringues after baking, turn off the oven and leave the meringues inside for 1-2 hours with the oven door slightly ajar (use a wooden spoon to keep it open).

🕸️ 2. Spiderweb Brownies

Bake your favourite brownie recipe or use a boxed mix. Once cooled slightly, drizzle white chocolate or icing in concentric circles on top, then drag a toothpick outward from the centre to form a spooky web.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Brownie mix or homemade batter, white chocolate or icing sugar

🧻 3. Mummy Sausage Rolls

Wrap strips of puff pastry around cocktail sausages like bandages, leaving a gap for “eyes.” Bake until golden, then dot mustard or ketchup eyes using a toothpick.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Ready-rolled puff pastry, hotdogs or sausages, mustard or ketchup

🧁 4. Blood-Red Velvet Cupcakes

Mix a simple red velvet or chocolate cupcake batter and add red food colouring (or beetroot powder). Once frosted with cream cheese icing, swirl in a spoon of raspberry jam or sauce for a dramatic “bleed”.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Flour, cocoa powder, eggs, sugar, red colouring, cream cheese, raspberry jam

🎃 5. Pumpkin Patch Cookies

Shape basic sugar cookie dough into rounds, bake, and ice with orange and green icing to create pumpkin tops. Use a toothpick to add lines or texture. No cutters needed — just imagination!

Ingredients you’ll need:

Flour, butter, sugar, food colouring, icing sugar

🕷️ 6. Creepy Banana Muffins

Mash overripe bananas into a simple muffin batter. Add chocolate chips, then decorate cooled muffins with a spider made from melted chocolate or liquorice strands. Use chocolate buttons for the spider body.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Bananas, flour, eggs, sugar, chocolate chips

💀 7. Cinnamon Apple Skulls

Slice apples into thick rings, then use a piping tip or knife to carve skull eyes and a nose. Toss in cinnamon sugar and bake or air-fry until dried and slightly shrivelled. These look hauntingly real!

Ingredients you’ll need:

Apples, cinnamon, sugar

🪦 8. Chocolate Dirt Pots

Layer crushed cookies (like Oreos) over chocolate mousse or pudding. Top with gummy worms or pipe little tombstones and skulls from white chocolate or icing.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Chocolate pudding, chocolate cookies, gummy worms

🧛 9. Witch Finger Biscuits

Shape a shortbread-style dough into fingers. Score lines for knuckles, and press an almond at the tip for a nail. After baking, add jam under the almond for a gory twist.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Butter, flour, sugar, almonds, strawberry jam

👻 10. Haunted Loaf Cake

Bake a chocolate or spiced loaf cake. Before baking, you can freeze and slice a light-coloured sponge (e.g., vanilla) into ghost shapes, then embed them upright in the middle of your batter. Once baked and sliced, a ghost appears in each piece.

Ingredients you’ll need:

Two cake batters — chocolate and vanilla (or use cake mix), loaf tin

🧠 Tip: Let SuperBaker Decide

If you’re not sure what to bake based on your pantry, try our AI baking assistant — just type in what you’ve got at home, and SuperBaker will suggest a spooky bake you can pull off without heading to the store.