Costumes, candy, wonderful Halloween food... and FEAR! *Insert evil cackle here.* No wonder we love Halloween so much. What other time of year can you eat gooey Jello eyeballs with gusto and not be called a freak? Or dress up at the sexy witch you truly are?

If you're hosting a spooky Halloween party or a festive Halloween dinner party, you want anything but boring Halloween food. Right? Well, you've come to the right place. Our Halloween recipes and party tips page is covered in more than digital blood... it's also covered in recipes for great Halloween dishes.

Scared that we're going to ramble on forever before getting to business? Fear not. Below, you'll find everything you're looking for to plan a Halloween dinner party, with plenty of great spooky dinner party ideas.

Halloween Food and Party Recipes

Gross Recipes for Halloween: This is some gross Halloween food! If you really want to make your Halloween party guests squeal, one of these nasty --but tasty-- recipes is bound to do it. Watch out... "Truck Stop Toilet" is particularly disgusting!

More Gross Halloween Party Food: You can never have too much nasty-looking (but great tasting) food at your Halloween party, like slimy Jello worms and slick black bat wings. This page is full of fun, gross recipes for Halloween.

Spooky Halloween Recipe Ideas: Mummies, slithering (pizza) snakes, and spooky eyes are the highlights of this fun Halloween recipe page. Enter at your own risk!

Fun Halloween Recipes: With Mummy Dogs and Mummy Pizzas, Morgue Stew, and Frankenstein's Finger Dip, these are totally kid friendly and fun to make with your children... and all of them taste wonderful

Easy Halloween Recipes: From packaged booger dip to our cute Screamin' Cheese Man, to disgusting Maggot Stew, these easy Halloween recipes are cute, scary, and oh-so gross looking. Fun!

Traditional Halloween Recipes for All Hallow's Eve: Today's incarnation of Halloween looks very little like that of yesteryear. Want to host a traditional Celtic Halloween dinner party? We've got a great Halloween menu with full of timeless Halloween dishes.

Halloween Snacks and Treats

Halloween Caramel Apple Recipe and Decorating Tips: You can't find a many Halloween snacks more traditional than caramel apples! Our page takes you through everything you need to know to make perfect caramel apples, both with homemade caramel and with packaged caramel candies. Plus plenty of decorating ideas and tips for your caramel apples!

Halloween Popcorn Ball Recipes: Nothing says Halloween quite like a crisp and chewy popcorn ball! Whether handing them out to trick or treaters or saving them for a Halloween party, we've got some great popcorn ball recipes that are always a hit.

Halloween Cookie Recipe Ideas: There's no Halloween treat quite like a cookie! On this page, you'll find four great recipes for Halloween cookies (including two kinds of eyeballs!), plus a tons of great Halloween cookie decorating ideas with photos.

Halloween Cakes and Desserts: When it comes to decorating food for Halloween, it's with cakes and cupcakes that you can really go wild! From our raspberry-lemon zombie cupcakes to our traditional graveyard cake, these recipes are made to impress. Oh, and frighten.

Halloween Drinks and Cocktails

Halloween Drinks and Recipes: Halloween isn't just fun for kids... adults love it, too. Especially with these great adults-only Halloween cocktail recipes, like the Vampire Kiss Martini and Blood Orange Mimosa.

Halloween Punch Recipes: Here you'll find some great recipes for Halloween punches-- both alocholic and non-alocholic. Plus, some great ideas and photos for turing ANY punch recipe into a Halloween treat.