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15 Spooky Halloween Treats (Allergy Friendly)

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Halloween is nearly upon us! This collection of 15 allergy-friendly spooky Halloween treats has options for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free and nut-free, so you are guaranteed to find something everyone can enjoy!

pinterest image for spooky halloween treats.

It can be unnerving if your child has food allergies and attends a party where food is going to be served, although my 6 top tips to manage your child's allergies at a birthday party can help alleviate this anxiety.

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Why not take the worry away and host your own! That way, you can pick the food you're going to serve and you can also be sure that everything will be safe for anyone who has a food allergy.

Halloween tea parties are becoming really popular! The kids will love to help you decorate the house and prepare these fun food ideas for their family and friends to enjoy.

You can buy Halloween decorations or make your own if you are feeling crafty, put together a Spotify playlist of creepy, spooky tunes, play some games like apple bobbing and seeing who can wrap up a person the fastest in toilet paper like a mummy (remember that one!?).

If you are going to celebrate Halloween with a meal out, check out my guide to the 7 Best Chain Restaurants For Children With Food Allergies.

In this collection, there are sweet, savoury and healthy options, with gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free and nut-free options, so you will be sure to find something that is suitable for the most common food allergies.

So pop on your witches hat, turn up the spooky tunes and get prepping for your Halloween Soirée!

Selection of halloween cookies including ghosts, pumpkins and black cats, with a hand picking up the ghost cookie.
1. Halloween Spooky Sausage Mummies
These Halloween Spooky Sausage Mummies are a great treat for the kids, either as a snack or for a Halloween tea party. Super quick to make and easily adaptable to be gluten free, dairy free and egg free!
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frankfurter mummies (puff pastry wrapped sausages) with edible eyes on a plate with a dip of ketchup
2. Gluten Free Halloween Cookies
Spooky Halloween cookies with an icing decoration that are totally gluten free! This super easy recipe is great fun to make with the kids for a tasty Halloween treat!
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Selection of halloween cookies including ghosts, pumpkins and black cats, with a hand picking up the ghost cookie.
3. Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights
This Homemade Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights recipe is a copycat version of the seasonal treat you know and love! A healthier gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free recipe for the soft pumpkin spiced cookies with a spooky carved face and stuffed with pumpkin butter filling!
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6 pumpkin biscuits
4. Halloween Spiders
Are you looking for fun, spooky, edible Halloween spiders, to serve either as appetizers on their own, or to use to decorate other Halloween appetizers and Halloween dishes? These edible spiders make the perfect decoration for Halloween food for Halloween parties!
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Edible spiders made from black olives
5. Gluten Free Mummy Brownies
Gluten Free Mummy Brownies are one of the easiest Halloween desserts to make for your Halloween party buffet table! They're spookily sweet Halloween treats!
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Brownies with a halloween mummy design on top.
6. Gluten Free Ghost Cupcakes
Try these cute and spooky Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcake ! These super easy cupcakes are vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for kids! Made with a simple black chocolate cupcake base and dairy-free vanilla buttercream frosting. Whether you need a unique Halloween party treat or a simple non-candy dessert, these are a must!
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Chocolate cupcakes decorated with vanilla frosting and edible eyes to look like ghosts.
7. Halloween Dirt Cups
Healthy Halloween Dirt Cups that are perfect for a Halloween party! Filled with layers of coconut milk mousse and crushed sandwich cookies, this lightened-up spooky treat is gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan.
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Chocolate dessert in a glass topped with gummy worms with pumpkin decorations in the background.
8. Gluten Free Tequila Rose Skull Cake
This gluten-free Tequila Rose skull cake is made of three layers of soft gluten-free white chocolate sponge, with a gorgeous Tequila Rose buttercream and a black chocolate ganache drip. A solid white chocolate skull on top adds that fun gothic twist. 
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halloween cake with pink icing and chocolate dripping on the top and down the sides. Topped with edible pink roses and a white chocolate skull.
sausage mummies (frankfurters wrapped in puff pastry strips) being dipped in a pot of ketchup
9. Vegan Spider Cupcakes
Soft, tender chocolate cupcakes topped with vegan vanilla buttercream and Oreos to create a spooky spider cupcake!
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cupcakes decorated with oreos, edible eyes and icing to look like spiders.
10. Halloween Fruit Salad
Get the kids involved with making this super cute and fun buffet-style Halloween Fruit Salad.
Full of lots of different fruits including melons & pineapple cut into cat, ghost, bat and pumpkin shaped treats using cookie cutters.
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Halloween themed fruit salad with fruit including apple and melon cut into shapes with Halloween cookie cutters.
11. Halloween Pumpkin Orange Gummy
Made from orange juice, this 3 ingredient gummy recipe for orange pumpkin treats are perfect for Halloween parties or just as a fun, healthier alternative to candy.
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halloween pumpkin gummies on a stick with decorated faces.
12. Vampire Bite Cupcakes
These spooky gluten-free and dairy-free vampire bite cupcakes consist of triple chocolate cupcakes filled with strawberry jam topped with blood-bitten vanilla buttercream. Perfect for a Halloween celebration!
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chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting and red icing to make them look like vampires.
13. Mini Vegan Halloween Pizzas
These mini vegan halloween pizzas are fun and festive! They're quick to make, easily customisable, and kid-friendly.
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mini pizzas with strips of cheese laid over and black olive eyes to make them look like ghosts and mummies.
14. Strawberry Halloween Monsters
Try these healthy Halloween Strawberry Monsters! These fruit monsters are made from ripe strawberries, candy eyes, and fondant icing. They are easy to make and perfect as festive party food, and are healthy enough to enjoy as a snack, but sweet enough to be a treat!
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strawberries decorated with faces to look like monsters.
15. Fruit Bat Skewers
Healthy Halloween snack which is fun and delicious, too! Fruit threaded onto a skewer with a spooky bat decoration at the top!
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Fruit on a skewer with a bat decoration at the top being held by a child.

What's your favourite? Let me know in the comments below!

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About Lauren Woodger

I’m Lauren, the creator of The Scatty Mum. As a mum to two kids with a history of food allergies and intolerances, I know how tough it can be to cook meals that are both safe and delicious.

That’s why I share easy, allergy-friendly recipes to help families enjoy stress-free mealtimes.

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  1. Kay says

    I love all these allergy-friendly ideas, perfect for my Halloween Party!

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    • Lauren Woodger says

      Glad you like them! Good luck with the Halloween party, let me know what you decide to make! 🙂

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    • Kimberly Ning says

      Thank you for making this awesome post! It’s so helpful bc there are many kids with allergies in my son class. We’ll use the olive spider idea, and the gluten free mummy hot dogs. I noticed some of your dinner recipes and I can tell you care about nutrition.

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      • Lauren Woodger says

        Thank you for the lovely comment! The olives are a great healthy idea aren't they. Hope you try out some of the dinner recipes too! Happy Halloween! 🙂

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