How to Serve Halloween Party Food

When serving food at a Halloween party, presentation is one of the most essential elements of success. Guests would much rather see creative Halloween food displays rather than simple, everyday, mundane plates and trays of sandwiches. Serve Halloween food appropriately with scary, spooky and gross displays that immediately convey the theme of your Halloween party and entice your guests to sample your tasty treats.

Things You'll Need

• Halloween plates, trays, cups, bowls, spoons, forks and napkins
• Ice cube trays
• Green food coloring
• Edible candy eyeballs
• Skeleton props
• Jack-o-lanterns
• Halloween candles

Instructions

1. Begin by purchasing Halloween plates, trays, cups, bowls, spoons, forks and napkins themed with ghosts, black cats, bats, monsters and more. Put away your usual serving trays in favor of spider web trays and pumpkin trays.

2. Create green ice cubes for drinks by filling up ice cube trays with water and then squirting one drop of green food coloring into each ice cube component. Allow the ice cubes to freeze into green ice cubes. The abnormal color is sure to delight guests.

3. Place several edible candy eyeballs in your punch bowl to float around and offer a decorative punch to the punch bowl.

4. Set up human-sized skeleton props behind your serving table above your dishes to give the impression that skeletons prepared and are serving the food.

5. Adorn your serving area with lit-up jack-o-lanterns and Halloween candles to portray a dimly lit, spooky atmosphere.

Tips & Warnings

• Play Halloween music in the background while you serve guests to further convey the mood of the party.

• Beware of placing candles in places where they may be knocked over and start a fire.

References

• Halloween Online Magazine: Candy Eyeballs

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Darkside Displays: Halloween Decorations
• Disney Family Fun: Halloween Food and Treats
• eHow Halloween Directory