Halloween Sweets 2018
21 Halloween Sweets So Good, Even Adults Will Want Them
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There's nothing quite like the sugar rush of Halloween, and this year's sweet options don't disappoint. Forget leaving the spooky sweets to the kids — these offerings will tempt even the most sophisticated adult palate. We've selected the best sweet treats with a Halloween theme, from special editions of favourites to boozy chocs and ghoulish candies perfect for trick or treaters and unusual finds from chocolatiers that make ideal party centrepieces. Scroll through our picks, and while you're busy salivating over terrifyingly tasty treats, sort the rest of your spooky spread with our Halloween food hacks — plus the best of the season's cakes and desserts.
Cocoa-Cabana Chocolate Skull
You can use the solid Cocoa-Cabana Chocolate Skull (£30) decorated in edible bronzing as a Halloween table centrepiece.
Retro Sweet Trick-or-Treat Sweet Bag Bundle
The Retro Sweet Trick-or-Treat Sweet Bag Bundle (£15) is perfect for party bags or for handing out to trick or treaters, with 20 spooky sweet bags including Dracula teeth, Ghostbusters popping candy, severed fingers, jelly eye balls, skulls, snakes, spiders, and more.
Charbonnel et Walker Spooky Truffles
Charbonnel et Walker Spooky Truffles (£14) have a subtle Halloween-themed decoration in a pumpkin box, made by manufacturers of chocolate to Her Majesty the Queen.
Choc on Choc Spooky Chocolate Teeth
Choc on Choc Spooky Chocolate Teeth (£8) are made from white Belgian chocolate and filled with gooey strawberry sauce.
Maynards Bassetts Creepy Chews
Maynards Bassetts Creepy Chews (£3) are fruit flavoured chews with orange and strawberry flavoured liquid centres. They're individually wrapped, so you can easily hand them out to trick-or-treaters.
Sophia Victoria Joy Giant Swirly Halloween Lollipops
The Sophia Victoria Joy Giant Swirly Halloween Lollipops (£4 for one) are vegetarian and have a fruit flavour. They come in classic Halloween colours and measure 11.4 cm.
Hotel Chocolat Choose Your Poison
A box of Hotel Chocolat Choose Your Poison (£10) chocolates includes 16 Halloween cocktails in four flavours: Black Cat Martini (Grey Goose vodka, blackcurrant, and liquorice); Corpse Reviver (gin, triple sec, vermouth, and blood orange); Green Fairy (absinthe softened in milk); and Zombie (rum, passion fruit, and orange).
Halloween Chocolate Witches
These foil wrapped milk chocolate Halloween Chocolate Witches (£3 for 4) have the wow factor for trick or treaters.
Cadbury Goo Heads Eggs
Cadbury Goo Heads Eggs (£1) are 2018's Halloween version of the milk chocolate Creme Egg — with a fondant centre — in suitably scary wrappers.
Garlic Joke Sweets
If you want to go for the "trick" side of trick or treat, then Garlic Joke Sweets (£2 for 250g) will do the job, as these hard boiled sweets taste like raw garlic — gross!
So Sweet Couture Chocolate Boutique Dairy Free Milk Chocolate Halloween Shapes
Cater for different dietary requirements with these So Sweet Couture Chocolate Boutique Dairy Free Milk Chocolate Halloween Shapes (£10), which are vegan and gluten free, too.
Fortnum & Mason Milk Chocolate Coffin With White Chocolate Bones
The Fortnum & Mason Milk Chocolate Coffin With White Chocolate Bones (£18) is presented in a 15cm black coffin-shaped box.
Maple Molly's Halloween Mixed Bag 10 Lollipops
You'll get ghosts, pumpkins, and witches in milk, white, orange, and green strawberry Belgian chocolate flavours with the Maple Molly's Halloween Mixed Bag 10 Lollipops (£8).
Fortnum & Mason Handpainted Dragon Eye Stick Pack
Ideal for Game of Thrones dragon obsessives, the Fortnum & Mason Handpainted Dragon Eye Stick Pack (£13) is made from white Belgium chocolate and filled with freeze dried raspberries.
Halloween Solid Chocolate Figures
Foil-wrapped chocs like the Halloween Solid Chocolate Figures (£4 for 20) are ideal for dishing out to trick-or-treaters, as they're protected from getting anything on them while they tote them around the neighbourhood.
Creepy Jelly Insects
These Creepy Jelly Insects (£1 for 6) come individually wrapped, making them perfect for trick-or-treaters, or anyone wanting to play I'm a Celebrity bush tucker trials without the real bugs.
Fortnum & Mason Halloween Skull Rock Candy
This Fortnum & Mason Halloween Skull Rock Candy (£6) are handmade skull-shaped sweets dipped and flavoured in salted caramel.
Handy Candy Body Parts Sweet Jar
Get a selection of gruesome sweets with a Handy Candy Body Parts Sweet Jar (£3), filled with brains, bones, skulls, and teeth.
Fortnum & Mason Haunted House Chocolate Lollipop
The 8cm diameter Fortnum & Mason Haunted House Chocolate Lollipop (£13) is made from dark and milk Belgian chocolate and decorated by hand.
Maple Molly's Solid Chocolate Skull Gift Box
The Maple Molly's Solid Chocolate Skull Gift Box (£7) in pastel shades comes in lemon, raspberry, and strawberry flavours.
Choc on Choc Chocolate Eyeballs
This set of four Choc on Choc Chocolate Eyeballs (£9) is made from milk and white Belgian chocolate with a "blood-like" strawberry sauce oozing out.
