Throwing a monster party? You may have the decor and invitations down, but what about the food? If you want to stick to your theme, I have 21 monster party food ideas that are almost too adorable to eat.
21 Monster Party Food Ideas that Are Almost Too Cute to Eat
Fruit Monster
Who says monster food can’t be healthy? This fruit tray takes the cuteness factor to the highest level thanks to the watermelon.
Look for a small one and carve it into a monster mouth, with lemon slices and blueberries for eyes.
Here’s a really simple tutorial on how to carve a watermelon this way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLRpwjPCCtQ
Then, just fill the tray with a mix of strawberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, grapes and watermelon. Don’t forget to put some of the fruit inside the monster’s mouth.
Monster Ham and Swiss Sliders
These sliders are absolutely adorable, and they’re so easy to make. Use Hawaiian rolls for the buns. Fill them with ham and Swiss, and then brush on a mix of mustard and melted butter.
Bake until the cheese melts.
Once your sandwiches cool down a little, add two toothpicks to each one, with googly eyes glued to the ends of each one.
Monster Apple Slices
I love monster party food ideas like this one because they’re so creative. You need just a few ingredients for this one.
Take thick wedges of Granny Smith apples. Grab two and brush jam on one and peanut butter on the other. Add a strawberry slice to the jam wedge, and smush them together to make an open mouth. Add a row of thinly sliced almonds for teeth and then add candy eyes.
Monster Dirt Cups
These cute monster dirt cups are so easy to make. Just fill the cups with layers of crushed Oreos and chocolate pudding mixed with Cool Whip. Top with gummy worms and other festive Halloween candies.
Don’t forget the half mint Oreo with candy eyes to complete the monster theme.
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Gooey Monster Cookies
These colorful cookies look too good to eat, and the recipe uses a few shortcuts that make it so easy to prepare.
You’ll use box white cake mix, along with the usual cookie ingredients, like butter, egg and vanilla extract. Cream cheese, powdered sugar, food coloring and candy eyes complete this treat. Use neon food coloring for more vibrant cookies.
Add the eyes while the cookies are still warm to help them stick better.
Halloween Truffles
These truffles look like little mummies, and they are both delicious and adorable. To make them, you’ll start by blending Oreos in a food processor until they are finely ground. Then, add cream cheese.
Use an ice cream scooper to form little balls. Then, melt white chocolate and dip each ball in the melted chocolate. Add some of the chocolate to a piping bag and add a few strips across each ball to recreate the mummy bandages. Top with some candy eyes while the chocolate is still warm.
Let them set in the fridge until the chocolate hardens.
Monster Donuts
These donuts are absolutely adorable. You can recreate these at home by making your own plain donuts.
Here’s a good recipe to try:
Then, top with glaze colored with neon food coloring. Top with candy eyes, sprinkles and other candy pieces.
Monster Burgers
If you’re feeding your guests more than just snacks, these monster burgers are perfect. And they look almost too cute to eat.
Cook your burgers as normal, but when you build them, slice your cheese to look like teeth. Add a slice of pickle so that it hangs off the side like a tongue. Then, finish the look by adding two toothpicks to the top bun with stuffed olives for eyes.
Vampire Donuts
If you’re looking for fun and simple monster party food ideas, I have the perfect one. These vampire donuts are incredibly easy to make, but they’re still cute in their own way.
Start with glazed donuts. You can grab them from the supermarket or a local bakery. Stick fake vampire teeth into the center of the donut. Insert two chocolate chip eyes.
Monster Cake Cones
These cake cones are adorable and so fun to make. Celebration Day Studio shows you how to make these cones with no-bake cake filling.
Each one is topped with green frosting, candy eyes and Halloween sprinkles.
If you can, look for colored waffle cones.
Monster Guacamole Dip Cups
If you want to add some fun appetizers to your spread, these dip cups are perfect. They’re simple to make.
Grab some disposable plastic cups and fill them halfway with guacamole. Stick some red pepper strips towards the front to make the monster’s “teeth.” Finish filling the cup with the dip and then top with slices of olives for eyes and two tortilla chips.
Macaron Cookie Monsters
If you can get your hands on blue macarons, you can make these cute little treats. Just add some candy eyes and a small chunk of chocolate chip cookie into the center of each macaron.
Any colored macaron will do if you can’t find blue.
If you have the budget, you can always have a local bakery make them especially for your party.
Ghost Pizzas
These ghost pizzas are perfect for a party, and there are so many ways you can make them. You can use mini naan bread rounds for the dough, bagels or real pizza dough.
The real trick is to use mozzarella cheese to create your “ghosts” and sliced black olives to make the eyes and mouths.
Red sauce will make a nice contrast for the ghosts, but you could potentially use pesto instead.
You could turn these pizzas into a party activity by having guests decorate their pizzas.
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Cauldron Cookies
These cookies are one of my favorite monster party food ideas. They’re so creative and cute. You’ll make your cauldrons with chocolate cookie dough, baked in a muffin tin.
Fill each cauldron with green frosting and Halloween sprinkles. Finish it off with a pretzel stick to look like the cauldron spoon.
Another option if you don’t want to bake anything is to buy mini brownie bites and hollow out the centers. Then, you can fill them with the frosting and other goodies.
Cinnamon Roll Mummy
Candied eyes are something you’re going to need to stock up on. You’ll buy basic cinnamon rolls from the store. You want to have the ones in the rolled cans so that you can bake them yourself.
Cinnamon rolls are best fresh.
You’ll place your candied eyes on the mummy along with tons of glaze that you use to wrap the mummy up in.
PB&J Spider Sandwiches
Spider sandwiches are simple to make with the help of some:
- Bread cut into circles to be the spider’s body
- Pretzel sticks that act as the eight spider legs
- Peanut butter and red jelly in the middle of the sandwich
Add two eyes on top of the sandwich. It looks like the author used chocolate chips, but make sure that you stick them into the bread so that they stay in place.
Monster Cookie Sandwiches
Monster cookies that are no bake? Sign me up. You’ll use chocolate chip cookies that you buy in the store, or you can make your own. The author recommends Chips Ahoy, which is definitely a good option.
For the candied eyes, you can cut the corner off of a zip-lock bag and put frosting in it. Squeeze the frosting out of the cut area or use a small spatula to make the eyes.
Sandwich different colors of frosting between the cookies to make a sandwich. For example, the author uses green and orange frosting (one color for each sandwich). Experiment and have fun with your creations.
Spider Donuts
Mini chocolate donuts turned into spiders are one of the easiest items on the list to make. You’ll buy these tiny donuts and then place eight pretzel rods into them, four on each side so that they resemble spider legs.
And then you’ll place two candied eyes on the top of the donuts.
That’s it. You can try to use other types of donuts for this idea, such as ones with pink frosting. Green frosted donuts would also do the trick.
Frankenstein Pretzels
Frankenstein pretzels are one of the monster party food ideas that I like the most on this list. Just look at how cute these are with their green bodies and chocolate hair. Mix green chocolate wafers together and melt them. Place pretzel snaps (like these) in the chocolate and place on a sheet of parchment paper.
Add two pretzel sticks for the Frankenstein bars.
Use melted chocolate for the hair and mouth. Add candied eyes and let the chocolate cool to hold it all neatly together.
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Spooky Halloween Pasta Salad
Assemble a general pasta salad with tomatoes, mozzarella balls, carrot slices and rotini pasta. Not so spooky, right? Cucumber slices cut into the shape of a Jack-O’ Lantern bring this idea together perfectly.
Foodies can add anything else they like into the salad, including olives, bacon bits or any other goodies.
Quick Oreo Bat Pops
Oreo bats are one of the cutest ideas on the list, and just look at those huge eyes. You’ll need plastic sticks, like these cocktail stirrers, and place them into the end of an Oreo like in the video.
Use a mini Oreo and melted chocolate to make the body.
You’ll then use white frosting to make the eyes and fangs. Add on the cute ear molds with pink frosting for the ears. Don’t forget the wings for the final touch.
