On Halloween you’re bound to see a friendly phantom or two hanging around—especially in your kitchen! Whether you’re cooking up a themed breakfast, serving a fun Halloween dinner before trick-or-treating or baking a batch of haunted cookies and cupcakes, there’s no better way to add a festive touch than with a ghost or two. If you’re worried that your decorating skills aren’t up to par, we’re here to tell you that, with the help of these recipes, you can boo it! There’s a little something for everyone in this roundup (including some cakes for more advanced bakers) but there are plenty of easy-peasy options for anyone who’s short on time or ingredients, too. No matter what you decide to conjure up, these sugar cookies are a must. We’ve added pumpkin pie spice to give them a hint of seasonal flavor—and kept the decorating process simple enough that your little ones can help out. After you frost the cookies with royal icing, let your kids place the jelly bean eyes and licorice lace mouths.

Make this creepy-cute sprinkle cake for a fun Halloween party centerpiece. Ghost candy bark adds an extra-scary dimension.

These mini floating ghosts are a perfect treat for mochi lovers and a fun and easy Halloween party dessert. The center of these treats is a sweet black sesame filling that’s formed into cones and placed on top of miniature chocolate peanut butter cups. The soft, chewy mochi dough topper comes together with just rice flour, milk and sugar and draping rounds of the dough over the filling creates adorable little ghosts with ruffled hems that appear to float in the air. Using peanut butter cups as the bases gives the ghosts height and a deliciously original flavor that’s perfect for Halloween celebrations.

Put your favorite spooky cookie cutter to work for one of the cutest Halloween appetizers around. We combined the iconic caprese salad flavors of tomato, mozzarella and basil on these loaded toasts that are heavy on Halloween spirit but light and refreshing to eat. For the best result, bring your ghost cookie cutter along when you’re shopping so you can select a hunk of mozzarella that’s large enough for stamping your cutter. All the cheese trimmings are used on more traditionally arranged crostini to serve alongside the ghoulish ones so nothing goes to waste.

A couple of easy piping techniques transform a simple meringue into ghosts, pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween. You’ll need some orange and green food coloring; make sure they’re not oil based, since fat can make a meringue deflate.

These Halloween-themed brownies provide a scary-good backdrop for spooky white chocolate ghosts. The ghosts are super easy to make with melted white chocolate and dabs of store-bought black icing for the eyes and mouth. Somewhere between fudgy and cakey, the brownies are spread with a salty-sweet chocolate glaze, which really makes the ghosts pop.

These charming ghost cupcakes are decorated with the social media-famous flat frosting method, a technique that produces a smooth, expert-looking finish that’s super easy once you learn the secret. We start with rich chocolate cupcakes that get their spooky black-as-night color from black cocoa powder, then pipe a simple ghost shape on top with homemade vanilla buttercream. Gently flipping the cupcakes over and letting them chill creates a flat, even surface for decorating. When turned right-side up, just add eyes and a mouth to turn each into a classic Halloween ghost.

This adorable Halloween dessert is incredibly simple to make — all you need is one square cake, one round cake and a couple of easy knife cuts. Top the whole cake with a quick homemade vanilla frosting, then pipe on eyes and a mouth, for the friendliest ghost your little goblins will love.

Cute little monsters share the stage with pumpkins and ghosts on this Halloween dessert platter. For variety, you can create monsters with different colors of sanding sugar — just make sure to match the candy melting wafers to the sugar. You can make these treats several hours ahead and refrigerate them, but don’t refrigerate the monsters for longer than an hour as the moisture in the refrigerator will cause the candy eyes to run.

Ghoulishly cute, and totally tender and delicious! These ghost-shaped steamed dumplings are wrapped with an easy hot water dough that’s commonly used for the popular Chinese dim sum dish called har gow. Traditionally these kinds of dumplings feature a shrimp filling, but here we use ground chicken to keep them as close to ghostly white as possible. When shopping, look for ground chicken with a high percentage of dark meat to ensure the filling stays juicy and moist. Although the dough is a bit fragile to work with, you can use a thin scrap of excess dough to patch any holes as you work; once steamed, any patching will mostly disappear and the ghostly treats will be no less delicious. While the dumplings can certainly be enjoyed on their own, soy sauce and a touch of chili crisp makes for a particularly tasty dip.

This cocktail will give you chills but in a good way. Sweet, frosty and just a little boozy, this is a fun start — or ending — to a Halloween gathering. You can omit the vodka for younger ones and double or triple the recipe for a larger group.

These ghost pancakes are perfect for a weekend Halloween breakfast! An assortment of ghost cookie cutters and sprinkles lets kids get creative with their scary designs. Little kids can keep it simple with mini chocolate chips and blueberries, while big kids can experiment with piping tasty fudge sauce.

Nutty Phyllo Ghosts are spooky-sweet treats made with layers of crispy phyllo dough, a rich nut filling and a drizzle of honey. These ghost-shaped pastries are perfect for a Halloween dessert that's both festive and delicious.

The classic white pizza takes a ghostly turn with this recipe. Using prepared pizza dough makes this easy recipe even easier, and no sauce to simmer makes it simpler still.

Stretching sticky, melted marshmallows into webs might be the best Halloween trick yet. Finish this scary cake with ghosts made out of piped buttercream frosting.

For an easy Halloween treat, try these adorable ghosts made from crispy rice cereal. All you need is a handful of ingredients and a ghost-shaped cookie cutter. Stamping out and decorating the ghosts can be a fun activity with kids. The treats are dusted with white sanding sugar, which gives them a nice crunch and beautiful sparkle.

These frozen banana ghosts are a fun Halloween snack that’s also super easy. They’re great with the sweet and creamy peanut butter dip made extra creepy with a spider web piped from melted chocolate. Feel free to add apple and pear slices as well as graham crackers to round out the platter with more dipping options. The ghosts and dip can be made ahead but the dip will firm up when chilled, so be sure remove it from the fridge about 30 minutes before serving.

Need a fun, festive treat that’s not loaded with sugar? Molly has got you covered with her cheesy, onion hand pies. They’re savory and delicious as is, but her homemade honey Dijon dipping sauce really takes them to the next level.

Scare your guests with these "boo-tiful" cupcakes topped with chocolate ghosts. For the design, you simply glaze plain cupcakes with melted dark and white chocolate. You can use the cake recipe here, or try the technique on your favorite red velvet, peanut butter or chocolate cupcakes instead.

You can use any oval or peanut-shaped cookies you like to make these happy little ghosts. We like peanut butter- or chocolate-filled sandwich cookies or crisp ladyfingers, also known as savoiardi. You can even mix them up and do some of each. Simply dip them in melted white chocolate then pipe on eyes and a mouth with melted chocolate chips.

Although it looks almost like a cake, this graveyard is made up of individual cupcakes, making it a self-serve party option. Just grab your cupcake and go — no knives necessary.

You only need 4 ingredients (all of which are probably in your kitchen right now) and 20 minutes of prep work to make these cute Halloween treats. Just be sure to budget extra time for baking and cooling; the meringues need at least an hour in the oven, plus time to cool completely before you pipe the chocolate eyes.

Creamy, homemade pumpkin pudding is dressed for the occasion with a simple meringue topping — that looks just like a creepy-cute ghost.