Halloween Dinners to Enjoy before Trick-or-Treat

September 18, 2024 2 Minute Read

After a full day at work or school, Halloween night can get busy, especially if you’ve got little trick-or-treaters at home. After getting everyone dressed up in their costumes, there’s not much time left over to think about dinner. While it’s tempting to skip the meal entirely and fill up on candy instead, it’s important to make sure the whole family is fueled up for a night of trick-or-treating around the neighborhood or passing out candy. That’s why our favorite Halloween recipes combine convenience with a few fun elements to make the holiday flow seamlessly and feel extra magical.

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When planning your Halloween dinner, we suggest using plenty of meal shortcuts like premade pasta sauces, precut veggies and more time-savers to help you pull together a full meal. Doing this also leaves time to add Halloween-themed finishing touches to your dish, which helps the holiday feel extra special. For example, in our Spaghetti Stuffed Jack-o’-lantern recipe, jarred pasta sauce and noodles make for a quick and easy dinner, leaving extra time to carve orange bell peppers into jack-o’-lanterns.

Below, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite fun and frightful recipes to help you get into the holiday spirit and get dinner done on Halloween night.