It's that time of the year again when ghosts and ghouls are the highlight on the streets --- yes, it's Halloween, and it's time for trick or treats and spooky holiday food on the menu.

Here are some awesome Halloween-themed desserts to impress your guests with:

Graveyard Cupcakes - you can never go wrong with cupcakes for dessert. Besides, it is very fun to design, and as food, it can be very decorative, so it will serve as both a decoration and dessert. You could go with a simple chocolate cupcake with cookie headstones to complete the graveyard look. Or make it all evil with red frosting and devil horns. Leite's Culinaria has a great recipe for it, which is called the Devilish Devil's Food Cupcake. Check out the recipe here.

Candied Apples - another highly decorative dessert is the Candied Apple, which is not only easy to make, but a fun project for the kids to do as well. have them decorate their candy apples in frosting and chocolate and even sprinkles to make it look spooky or fun --- an you can start by buying candy apples off the supermarket.

Harvest Moon Lollipops - these treats can be another fun project. And when the party starts, you can opt to put them on a florist foam as an impressive centerpiece, of have them wrapped up individually as party favors. Learn to make your harvest moon lollies here.

Witches' Hats - for a no-fuss yet yummy dessert, the witch hats are the easiest to make. Simply buy fudge-striped shortbread cookies and dress it up by adding a chocolate kiss on top. Finish off the hat with a frosting bow and voila! Cute Halloween cookies that won't betray your actual cooking and baking skills.

Pudding Graves with Tombstones - if you do have kitchen skills to spare, the pudding graves are the best bet to impress your guests. The gravesite is going to have pudding filling, sides of cookies, and chocolate dirt to go with it, so you have to be ready to roll up your sleeves and get down with it. The recipe is available here, but if you want the gravesite without all the work, you can use store-bought pudding and your favorite cookies as well.

Halloween is only a few days away, so you should start getting ready for a spooky night. Will you be making fun treats for your children and their playmates, or are you looking for a more sophisticated-looking dessert to impress your friends?

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