These Halloween Brownies are an easy, fun and festive treat. Serve these spooky sweets at a Halloween party, class party or wrap them up individually and hand out to friends and neighbours! 

Easy Halloween Brownies

It’s time to get spooky. I have quite a few terrifyingly tasty treats to share that would make the perfect addition to your Halloween snacks table. Starting with these Halloween Brownies! 

I just love themed desserts, especially ones that are simple enough to make with kids! These Halloween Brownies would make the perfect decorating activity for your kids and their friends to do on Halloween day. 

Remember, the brownies you see below are just my decoration ideas. You could totally customize them however you want with different colours, decorations and cookie cutters of your choice! 

To make the brownies, I used a boxed mix because I wanted this recipe to be as easy as possible. You could use your favourite brownie recipe if you want, but that will require a lot more ingredients and effort. 

NOTE: I’m gonna share a separate recipe for each brownie decoration, which will use 1 box of brownie mix. 

The amount of brownies you get for each design depends entirely on the size of your cookie cutter and the size of your brownies. It took 2 boxes of brownies made in a 9x9-inch square pan to get one of each Halloween brownie, so you may need a few boxes if you want enough to serve to a crowd. 

Ghost Brownies 

First up, the Ghost Brownies! These are the easiest brownies, so I decided to write about them first. 

To make these ghoulish brownies, I used a ghost shaped cookie cutter and gently cut ghost shapes out of the cooled baked brownie. 

I then spread some softened canned white frosting on top and used a black tube of frosting to create a simple ghost face. It’s that easy! 

If you can’t find any Ghost Cookie Cutters or Black Frosting Tubes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Jack-O-Lantern Brownies 

These were originally gonna be pumpkin brownies, but Jack-O-Lanterns are way spookier and Halloween themed so I went with that. 

These are just as easy as the ghost brownies, except we use a pumpkin cookie cutter and orange gel food colouring.

With it being Halloween time, these Halloween themed cookie cutters should be pretty easy to find. If you can’t find any though, you can use a simple round cookie cutter or just cut the brownies into individual rectangles. 

If you can’t find any Pumpkin Cookie Cutters or Black Frosting Tubes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Mummy Brownies 

How could I not include the classic mummy dessert? They’re super easy to make because it’s literally just bandages and eyes. 

For the mummy brownies, I originally planned on using a Gingerbread man cookie cutter to give them a full body, but I didn’t have enough brownie to cut it out so I had to settle for a simple circle. 

Again, these can also be cut into simple rectangle bars instead of fancy shapes, they’ll still look like mummy’s when you’re done!

If you can’t find any edible candy eyes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Monster Brownies

These Monster Brownies are definitely my favourite out of them all! They’re inspired by the character Celia Mae from Monsters Inc. 

Celia Mae is Mike Wazowski’s girlfriend in the movie. She’s sort of a blend between an octopus, cyclops and Medusa because she has tentacle arms and legs, one eye and snake hair. Despite all of that, she’s pretty gorgeous, as is the brownie version of her.

To create Celia, I simply tinted come canned vanilla frosting with violet gel food colouring and spread it over a circle brownie. Then I put a large candy eye in the centre and pushed it down slightly so it can push up the frosting a bit to create a lid. Then for her hair, I just used purple sprinkles because it was way easier than piping out snakes. 

If you can’t find any edible candy eyes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Frankenstein Brownies

When I think of Halloween, one of the first things that comes to mind is Frankenstein. Or, you know, Frankenstein’s Monster. Frankenstein’s monster is definitely one of the most popular Halloween characters of all time, so I had to make a brownie version of him too. 

The decoration for these Frankenstein Brownies were inspired by these adorable rice krispie treats. I love the idea of giving him two different sized eyes because it makes him look more monster-y. That’s the best way I could describe it. 

You won’t need a cookie cutter for these brownies because Frankenstein’s (monsters) head is rectangular, so simply cut your brownies into rectangle bars using a sharp knife. 

For his hair, I used black liquorice lace, but you could use the black frosting tube to draw it in instead. I also used silver ball sprinkle for the screws on his face, but this was only because I had them on hand. They were pretty expensive where I got them, so you could substitute that with stick pretzels and insert them into the sides of the brownies. 

If you can’t find any of these items in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Bloodshot Eyeball Brownies

These Bloodshot Eyeball Brownies are a bit more on the gory side. I found some bloodshot versions of the normal candy eyes I’d been using, so I decided to make a larger version with the brownies. 

These brownies are covered in white frosting with a bloodshot candy eye in the centre. If you can’t find bloodshot candy eyes, you can use normal candy eyes. 

I had some red candy melts on hand, so I melted them down to pipe out the red veins. You can definitely tint the vanilla frosting red and use that to pipe the bloodshot veins. This may be the better option especially for consuming because the candy melts harden up and detach from the frosting. 

If you can’t find bloodshot candy eyes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Skull Brownies

I’m pretty impressed with how these skull brownies turned out. It’s a bit more detailed than the other brownie designs, but it’s still really easy. 

I used a skull cookie cutter to cut out the brownies, but once I spread on the frosting, they started to lose their skull shape. To fix this, I used my black frosting tube to pipe the outline of a skull so it could look a bit more realistic. 

I went for the basic white skeleton, but you could totally customize these however you want. Tint the frosting red to make spooky red and black skeletons, or you could go with the gorgeous and traditional sugar skulls! The decoration process is supposed to be fun, so be creative! 

If you can’t find any Skull Cookie Cutters or Black Frosting Tubes in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Witch Hat Brownies 

I came up with these at the very last minute so they’re very rushed, but they’re still super adorable and easy to make. Again, you don’t need a cookie cutter for this. Just use a knife to cut a triangle out of your brownies. 

To make it look like a witches hat, I simply smothered it in black frosting and black sanding sugar. Then I took some extra purple frosting from the Monster Brownies and piped a horizontal line to separate the top and bottom of the hat. I then took some more black liquorice lace and cut it into tiny pieces to create the hat buckle in the centre of the witches hat. 

If you can’t find any black sanding sugar or black liquorice lace in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

Spider Brownies

These brownies are a bit more difficult than the rest simply because there’s a few more steps. 

This was supposed to be a simple circle shaped brownie, but I had enough brownie left to cut out a smaller circle so I decided to make a full-bodied spider. 

I used a toothpick to attach the small brownie circle onto the larger circle to create the head and body of the spider. For the legs, I snipped off some black liquorice lace and pushed it into the sides of both circles, 4 on each side. 

Then I spread on some chocolate frosting and decorated with chocolate sprinkles to make the spider furry (cringe) and some candy eyes on the head. My brownie broke off in the front, but it worked out because it made the perfect area for eyes! 

If you can’t find candy eyes or black liquorice laces in store, I’ve included amazon links at the bottom of the recipe if you’d like to purchase them. 

Here’s the printable recipe:

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