Top 10 Halloween Themed Treats to Make Snack Time Spookier

Okay, okay, I know…not what you had in mind to start with. But hear me out. Some people just can’t physically have the sugary goodness that some desserts contain, and others want to be *scoffs*…healthy. Listen, just because we’re all a bunch of adults now with adult jobs doesn’t mean you can lie to me and tell me you don’t grab a pack of fruit snacks when it’s up for grabs.

Welch’s Halloween Fruit Snacks offer the same delicious real fruit flavor, but now with sweet, spooky designs, like ghosts, haunted houses, bats, witches, and jack-o-lanterns.

For our snackists who enjoy a more savory touch, these are one of the only chip brands that decided to actually have some fun during the Halloween season. Sure, the ghosts look a little more like Patrick the starfish from Spongebob Squarepants, and the bats look like Golbat from Pokemon, but it’s the thought that counts, right?!

These Halloween treats also belong on the healthier side of snacks, as they’re gluten-free and baked. That’s enough of the healthy food.

Little Debbie goes hard in the paint every Halloween. They’ve got Bat Brownies, vanilla & chocolate Party Cakes, Pumpkin Spice Rolls, and my personal favorite, Pumpkin Delights. These gooey little treats are soft jack-o-lantern-shaped cookies filled with spiced pumpkin jam and molasses.

Yeah, sometimes the smiles come out looking like tortured souls of the pumpkin underworld, but just close your eyes and scarf.

If you’re like me, then you snack on cereal more than you eat it for breakfast. General Mills has some of the most popular Halloween treats, with Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry. Unfortunately, the less-popular Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy cereals were discontinued on their own but pop up in the new 50th Anniversary Monster Mash Cereal, which takes the most delicious parts of each one and is perfect for monster munchies.

If you have a chance to pick this up, you should because the box art rocks!

First of all, if you haven’t tried Dairy Queen’s Frosted Animal Cookie Blizzard, you are missing out on one of life’s great opportunities. Secondly, you can get Halloween-themed versions of those cookies right now! Instead of sprinkle-topped hippos and camels, this new limited bag contains bats and cats, in white and orange colors.

This opens a whole new option for making a homemade Halloween version of the DQ treat.

Most of the baked treats around this time are “pumpkin spice’ flavored, so these seasonal Pop-tarts change things up a bit by actually using pumpkin pie filling inside. Be careful not to toast for too long, and you’ll get the delicious taste of actual pumpkin pie without having to do all the work. The top is frosted with Fall colored sprinkles.

Sorry to disappoint all you savages out there who prefer unfrosted Pop-Tarts; this one’s not for you.

These are a little more work than the Halloween treats above, but so worth it. These limited-edition cinnamon rolls come out of the oven soft, warm, fluffy and offer the perfect snack to go with your morning coffee or to eat eight of at three in the morning.

Plus, they’re made with Cinnabon cinnamon and pumpkin spice-flavored icing that melts into the bun as soon as it leaves the oven. Yum.

An instant classic. I’m a sucker for Oreos of all varieties, but this festive version of the OG is one of my favorites. You still get the classic chocolate cookie and well-proportioned cream, but now it’s bright orange with Halloween prints in true spooky fashion.

Be sure to bring your milk to the Halloween party.

Is there any debate out there that this is the universal most-loved Halloween treat? The smooth chocolate to peanut butter ratio is much better than regular Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and even better than the other Holiday-themed versions, considering those are just smaller versions of these.

I know I gave individually wrapped candy a hard time in the intro, but these are absolutely the exception.

*Maniacally laughs* That’s right, folks. I know you’re thinking I’m on the level of some chaotic villain like Game of Thrones Littlefinger or Lex Luthor for this, but I don’t care. Peeps are the best. The delicious sugar-covered stretchy marshmallow treats are my favorite seasonal snack. You can expand them in the microwave, swallow them without chewing, or even put them on your sweet potatoes in the oven for dinner (I’ve done it).

The Halloween versions are even better because you get ghosts, Frankenstein, black cats, pumpkins, and more, all in the same flavor, so you don’t even have to choose between regular and weird flavors like Fruit Punch.