Ah, Halloween. Once a low-stakes excuse for a sugar high and a questionable corset, it’s now firmly cemented as a serious date in the social calendar.
No longer simply about finding an excuse to wear your raunchiest outfit with a splattering of fake blood here and a pair of vaguely mammalian ears there, Halloween has become quite the high-brow affair.
Lavish parties are held from Soho to Stockwell and Stanmore alike, with gloriously ghoulish decorations from floor to ceiling and hearty yet suitably harrowing food offerings to feast upon.
Come All Hallows' Eve 2025, you can forget sad bowls of jelly with floating eyeballs or the aggressively orange supermarket cupcakes dusted with sour sherbet; this year’s Halloween party food is surprisingly chic, borderline sinister, and often deeply photogenic.
London’s chefs, bakers, and ambitious crafters are sinking their teeth into spooky season with unprecedented gusto. You’ll find themed cupcakes, ultra-realistic gory chocolates, graveyard grazing boards and brownie bites both in store and online from Clapton to Clapham.
Vegan treats shaped like severed fingers? Of course. A skull-shaped white chocolate centrepiece that looks too horrifying to eat, but is absolutely delicious? It's 2025, what did you expect?
But this isn’t just style over substance. The best Halloween food this season isn’t just about looking grotesquely gorgeous under moody candlelight – it’s about bold flavours, creative textures, and a sense of play.
Because if you’re going to host a Halloween bash, the stakes are high (pun intended). Your guests will expect drama, decadence, and at least one dish that makes them question what’s edible and what’s décor.
Whether you’re planning a dinner party for witches or a standing-room-only spooktacular, here’s your guide to the very best Halloween party food in London this season. Prepare to eat, drink, and be scary.
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F&M The Haunted Hamper
A bewitching blend of luxury and lore, this limited-edition Haunted Hamper from Fortnum’s is everything you'd expect from the storied store — with a sinister twist. Inside: pumpkin patch marzipan, ghastly ghosts iced biscuits, milk chocolate and butterscotch popcorn, cursed coffee, and a host of other haunting delights. All housed in their iconic wicker basket, naturally – this time in orange and black. For ghouls with good taste.
Buy now £90.00, F&M
Cutter & Squidge Eyeball Brownie Truffles
A gruesomely good treat from cult bakery Cutter & Squidge, these Eyeball Brownie Truffles are a devilishly delicious spin on spooky snacking. Each bloodshot bite is handcrafted from rich chocolate brownie, dipped in white chocolate and decorated to silly and spooky — perfect for your Halloween dessert table or a sinister party platter. Comes boxed and ready to gift (or hoard).
Buy now £12.99, Cutter & Squidge
Crumbs & Doilies Halloween Vintage Cake
Channel your inner goth with this gloriously kitsch Halloween Vintage Cake from Soho’s coolest bakery. A towering retro dream in jet black buttercream, this cake is piped to perfection with delicate flourishes and vintage flair. Choose between 6, 8 or 10 inches in diameter.
Buy now £73.00, Crumbs & Doilies
The Edible Museum Gory Halloween Bundle
Disturbingly realistic, wildly fun and 100 per cent edible, this spine-tingling bundle from The Edible Museum is what nightmares (and showstoppers) are made of. Expect a hyper-realistic chocolate anatomical heart, gnarly skull and oozing brains, all handmade and packed to perfection. A high-impact pick for Halloween parties or horror-obsessed foodies with strong stomachs.
Buy now £140.00, Holly & Co
Biscuiteers Day Of The Dead Biscuit Tin
Spectacularly clad in traditional Day of the Dead sugar skull designs, this artisanal biscuit selection from the experts over on Portobello features nine chocolate biscuits presented in a reusable keepsake tin.
Buy now £39.95, Biscuiteers
M&S Mini Pumpkin Colin the Caterpillar
Colin’s had a seasonal makeover, and he’s never looked spookier. M&S’s much-loved caterpillar cake is back in mini form and dressed up as a pumpkin, just in time for Halloween. Expect the same chocolatey sponge and signature swirl of buttercream, with a few spooky twists. Perfect for parties or a mischievous solo indulgence. Serves five (but who’s counting?).
Buy now £3.90, Ocado
Lola’s Halloween Regular Cupcake Box
Lola’s has summoned a frightfully delicious selection in this Halloween-ready cupcake box. Think rich chocolate and vanilla sponges, topped with swirls of ghoulishly good icing and hand-piped characters from creepy ghosts to grinning pumpkins. Each bite is as beautifully crafted as it is tasty — ideal for impressing trick-or-treaters or elevating your spooky soirée spread.
Buy now £23.70, Lola’s
Halloween Pasta
Proof that spooky season doesn’t stop at sugar, Lidl’s Halloween pasta brings the fright to your weeknight supper. Shaped like bats, ghosts, and pumpkins, these tricolour morsels are a playful twist on your typical fusilli. Just add a rich tomato sauce and perhaps some eyeball mozzarella for a dinner that's both creepy and comforting. A bargain at under £2.
Buy now £1.99, Lidl
Baked by Steph Haunted House Halloween DIY Cookie Icing Kit
Calling all budding bakers and little monsters alike, for Baked by Steph’s DIY Haunted House Cookie Kit is as stylish as it is spooky. Inside the box you’ll find nine pre-baked sugar cookies, plus pastel-hued royal icing and everything needed to decorate your own edible haunted mansion. It’s Instagram-ready, sugar-fuelled fun for all ages.
Buy now £24.95, Baked by Steph
