Spooky Halloween Snacks and Treats

Little hands can help roll and assemble these eight-legged creepers. 

These eye-popping snacks are a protein-packed treat for little tricksters. 

These sandwiches make creepy (but healthy!) lunchbox fare. Find the Wilton cookie cutter we used at Amazon.com.

Transform your Baybel cheese wheels into mini monsters with the help of a pair of craft scissors and some candy eyes.

Make our easy guacamole, or pick up store-bought guac for even quicker prep. 

These classroom-worthy treats can be made up to 24 hours ahead.

Whipped cream forms the final layer of a tricolored treat inspired by the quintessential Halloween candy.

Serve these savory bites -- made with a kid-friendly combo of cheese and crackers -- and watch them disappear in a blink of the eye. For each, halve a mozzarella ball and place one half on a round cracker (we used melba toast). Add veins, using thinly sliced roasted red bell pepper, as shown, and a black olive slice for the pupil.

We've cleverly crafted a scene pulled right from Dorothy's famous adventure. Complete with a chocolate graham cracker roof, licorice legs, and molded taffy shoes, each sweet rendition is a whimsical nod to a (not-so-) beloved character.

Let them eat snake! Pepperoni and poppy seeds give our serpentine snacks distinctive markings.

Made with store-bought cookies and candies, these green monsters are easy for party guests to assemble in a home laboratory.

This swarm of edible insects may look too repulsive to eat, but their various parts -- nutritious goodies, such as dates, raisins, banana chips, and apricots -- make them delightfully sweet. For each bug, start with a dried fruit body as noted, then add various parts by pushing them into place. If needed, use a toothpick or paring knife to first make small holes or slits. Bug-eyed Spider Body: whole date; Legs: chow mein noodles; Eyes: white chocolate chips Tiny Flies Bodies: raisins; Wings: almond slices Monster Fly Body: whole date; Legs: chow mein noodles; Eyes: sunflower seeds; Wings: banana chips Orange Creepers Bodies: apricots; Legs: sunflower seeds; Antennae: chow mein noodles

These bootiful meringue ghosts can be quickly made by the trayful. Their button candy eyes will brighten any table.

This creepy crawler of a cupcake is popular with web slingers of all sizes.

Orange you glad to have a healthy snack to serve this Halloween season?

This frosted Halloween treat will tickle your funny bone.

These monster-headed cupcakes will be a sweet surprise for your little goblins.

Make no bones about it, partygoers will get a scream out of this playful treat.