I would like to propose an idea: This Halloween Breakfast becomes your new tradition. Here’s why: The food is spooky and sweet, but the ease of making it is life-giving in a way that regular holiday breakfasts just can’t touch.
And while most festive meals take hours to prepare, these recipes use simple ingredients, leaving you feeling like you just won Halloween morning. Because you did.
1. Pumpkin French Toast
Okay, French toast is already a top-tier breakfast situation. It’s that rich, indulgent meal you save for special days.
Imagine the best French toast you’ve ever had, perfectly crunchy on the outside and so soft on the inside, sweet all the way through. Now, let’s add pumpkin puree, a dash of cinnamon, and some pumpkin pie spice to the party.
Go ahead and pile on the maple syrup and whipped cream. Yep. This is a divine start to any day, especially Halloween.
2. “Mummy” Breakfast Sausages
Turning food into a mummy is one of the all-time best Halloween hacks. It’s so simple! Here, we’re taking your classic sausage biscuit idea for a spin.
Instead of biscuits, you’ll wrap your sausages in puff pastry to look like mummy bandages. A few little dots of ketchup or mustard for eyes, and that’s it.
Breakfast sausage mummies are ready to go. So easy, so good.
3. Bat Doughnuts
You have a choice to make here, and both paths lead to deliciousness. You can either make some rich, fluffy chocolate doughnuts from scratch or just grab a box from the store. No judgment here!
Either way, you’ll decorate chocolate doughnuts with black and white candy melts and some black sanding sugar. They look so fantastic, but honestly, they’re a breeze to put together.
Even if you go the homemade route, you’ll have a whole flight of bats ready in about an hour.
4. Candy Corn Latte Macchiato
I get it, not everyone is a big breakfast eater. If you’re more of a grab-your-caffeine-and-go person, this candy corn latte macchiato is calling your name. It’s just espresso, milk, water, and candy corn.
The result? A sweet, sugary drink filled with that warm espresso flavor we all love. Plus, it looks so pretty!
5. Halloween Toast
This is where fun and healthy come together in a big way. Halloween toast looks super exciting, but it’s also good for you. Just start with your favorite toasted bread and let your creativity run wild.
You can use bananas, raisins, and peanut butter to make ghosts, or go for Frankenstein toast with avocado spread and olives. Mummy toast and spiderweb toast are also fantastic options that are just so yummy.
6. Ghostly Pop-Tarts
Let me tell you, these adorable ghost-tarts are not only more impressive than anything you’d buy in a box, but they taste so much better, too.
You just need refrigerated pie crust, eggs, your favorite red jam, powdered sugar, and some black decorator icing. The crust gets perfectly golden-brown and crunchy, the jam is sweet and fruity, and that ghostly glaze is just rich and decadent. These are a real treat.
7. Pumpkin Breakfast Casserole
This chewy, spiced breakfast casserole might not look as spooky as some of the other things on this list, but it absolutely tastes like the perfect fall morning.
It has a slightly crispy cinnamon sugar topping, and the inside is packed with pumpkin puree, brown sugar, vanilla, and all the best fall spices. Waking up to the smell of this baking? A total win.
8. Spooky Jack-O-Lantern Smoothie
So, what’s the secret to turning a healthy smoothie into a jack-o-lantern? It’s all about the Sharpie marker. Yep, it’s that easy.
This is really just a delicious orange smoothie made with bananas, mangoes, and carrots, with a cute face drawn right onto the glass. It tastes amazing, looks so festive, and is a super nutritious way to get the day started.
9. Nutella Banana Mummy Rolls
These banana mummy rolls are just SO GOOD. And you only need six things to make them happen: crescent rolls, bananas, Nutella, powdered sugar, milk, and candy eyes.
They’re packed with chocolate and banana goodness, and the Nutella brings in a warm nuttiness that is just so appetizing. Plus, they look like tiny mummies! Come on, how awesome is that?
10. Pumpkins, Ghosts, and Spiders, Oh My! Halloween Pancakes Recipe
It’s amazing what you can do with pancake batter when you have a squeeze bottle. It’s also a great idea to flavor some of the batter with cocoa to give you another color to play with.
It might take a little practice, but I know you’ll have a whole platter of creepy crawlies ready in no time.
11. Spider Donuts
For all my fellow donut lovers out there, here’s another fantastic option. With a simple, sticky chocolate glaze, some pretzel “legs,” and candy eyes, you can turn any store-bought donut into a spooky spider in just a few minutes.
They are almost too cute to eat, but that insanely yummy chocolate glaze means you absolutely have to.
12. Frankenstein Smoothie Bowl
For this one, you’ll whip up an eerie green smoothie with spinach, a frozen banana, and mangoes. Then, you’ll draw a Frankenstein face onto the glass.
Just add a handful of blueberries on top to complete his signature look. It’s another nutritious, antioxidant-packed breakfast to get your Halloween started right.
13. Halloween Breakfast Pizza Sandwich Recipe
These 10-minute breakfast pizzas have all your morning favorites: cheese, ham, eggs, and English muffins. There’s also some pizza sauce, black olives, and parmesan in the mix.
They are so hearty and flavorful, and they’re shaped like jack-o-lanterns. What more could you want from a Halloween breakfast pizza? It’s a masterpiece.
14. Halloween Baked Egg Eyeballs
These baked egg eyeballs might look a little gross and weird, but trust me, they are tasty and pretty healthy. The base is a simple toasted English muffin, which you’ll top with avocado spread, spinach, tomatoes, and a fried egg.
To get that ghostly look, you’ll decorate it with orange bell peppers, ketchup, and a black olive. It looks like one big, bloodshot eye, and the kids will absolutely love it.
15. Halloween Smoothie Bowl
Here’s another super fun smoothie for your Halloween morning, and this one has more than just a drawn-on face. For the smoothie itself, you’ll use frozen blueberries, bananas, strawberries, and Greek yogurt.
This gives it that rich, fruity flavor and a ghoulish purple color. You’ll use more yogurt and a toothpick to create the spiderweb. This breakfast bowl may look devilish, but it tastes heavenly.
16. Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls
Okay, let’s just be honest with each other. These things look incredibly disgusting. But for a fun and festive Halloween breakfast? I am SO here for it!
They taste just like your classic cinnamon rolls, so if you’re a fan, you’ll love these. The only difference is that they look like something out of a horror movie.
That’s just because you’ll unroll the cinnamon rolls to give them that stringy look. The red food coloring in the glaze really brings it home.
17. Super Easy Pumpkin Shaped Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls are always a good idea, but they usually take hours to make from scratch. So if you can whip up a batch in just 30 minutes AND have them look like cute little pumpkins? That’s a major win.
These have all the sweet, gooey deliciousness of the classic breakfast pastry, but with a little green and orange food coloring, they become something super fun for Halloween.
18. Halloween Pumpkin Pie Waffles for Kids
Waffles are such an exciting way to start the day. But when the waffles taste like pumpkin pie and have colorful Halloween decorations, they’re even better.
With this recipe, you can make five big waffles in just 35 minutes. The kids will go nuts for them, and so will you. Serve them with a bunch of yummy toppings for a truly decadent breakfast.
19. Halloween Ghost Pancakes
If you don’t want to mess around with different batters and shapes, you can stick with this super simple design. You’ll still use a squeeze bottle to help get the shapes right, but you’ll use melted chocolate for the eyes and faces.
They’re still light, fluffy, and so delectable. They just look a little spookier than your everyday round pancakes.
20. Colorful Halloween Pancakes
I know we’ve already seen a few funny-shaped pancakes, but here’s one more Halloween recipe for you. This time, you won’t be changing their shape, just their color.
You’ll add pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar to make sure they’re super fluffy and full of fall flavor. Then, add some green, orange, or purple food coloring to give them that Halloweeny feel.
Just pop a plastic spider on top and serve with strawberry syrup for a creepy, bloody look.
21. English Muffin Mummies
If you want something a little healthier, these English muffins might be just what you’re looking for.
They’re still sweet, with peanut butter, jelly, and sweetened cream cheese, but they are so much simpler to make when you’re in a hurry.
22. Coffin Pop-Tarts
If ghosts aren’t really your vibe, you can make these coffin pop-tarts instead. Any other time of year, they might seem a little morbid, but for Halloween, they are kind of perfect.
The recipes are pretty much the same as the ghost pop-tarts; the only thing that changes is the shape.
23. Halloween Pumpkin Deviled Eggs
How about making a classic batch of deviled eggs a little more festive? With some creative knife work and diced chives for the pumpkin stems, you can do just that.
You can use this recipe or your own favorite recipe for deviled eggs. This one is really all about the presentation, so you can easily change it up to fit your tastes.
24. Halloween Candy Corn Waffles
These simple, 20-minute waffles are everything you hope for in a waffle. They’re crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, with a lovely sweetness all the way through.
With a little orange and yellow food coloring and some white candy melts, you can make them look just like candy corn! They have that same exceptional waffle flavor, though.
