15 Spooky “Hocus Pocus” Food Ideas For Your Next Halloween (2024)

Whether you’re planning a general Halloween party and want to bring in elements of the 1993 cult classic, or you’re planning an entirely “Hocus Pocus-themed Halloween party, serving the right Hocus Pocus food ideas is extremely important.

Before we get to that, however, here’s a quick reminder that the right party location is also essential. To find amazing Halloween party venues near you, check out what’s available for rent in your area via Peerspace. For example, our friends in Connecticut can book this historic 1750 colonial home in Warren that looks like Alison’s mansion!

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Now that you’re prepared to find the perfect Halloween party venue, here are our top 15 suggestions for delicious and spooky “Hocus Pocus” food ideas.

1. Treat your guests to the sisters’ favorite: dead man’s toes

All you need are some sausages and a spooky label to serve “Dead Man’s Toes” at your party! We love this easy and slightly gross idea, but this one is probably more suitable for a kid’s party than a more mature Halloween affair.

2. Concoct your own spooky 7-layer taco dip

Not only is this “Hocus Pocus” food idea delicious and healthy, packed with plenty of beneficial fats in the form of avocado, but it’s also fun and festive with its spiderweb design. Not to mention it’s also easy to make in 15 minutes or less.

3. Uplevel your potions by serving lucky rat tails

Every witch needs a supply of rat tails for concocting powerful potions! Another easy one, this “Hocus Pocus” food idea involves nothing more than a jar, a convincingly creepy label, and a pack of purple Twizzlers to serve your guests what you’re calling “lucky rat tails.”

4. Awe your guests with a Sanderson sisters’ spellbook cake

Remember the spellbook (most often referred to by the Sanderson sisters as “Booooooooook!”) that features prominently in “Hocus Pocus”? Following this detailed tutorial from Caketastic Cakes, you can make your own cake that looks just like the Sanderson sisters’ spellbook to serve as the centerpiece for your snack table!

5. Or create individual spellbook brownies

Maybe you’d like to make sure that the famous spellbook from “Hocus Pocus” is featured prominently at your party, but you’re not up for baking and decorating an entire cake. If so, these brownies decorated to look like spellbooks (each with a big round eyeball) are a great alternative!

Now that you’re perfecting your menu, perfect your party space using our spooky Halloween party decoration ideas as your guide!

6. Get creative with a scrummy “Hocus Pocus” charcuterie board

Charcuterie boards are all the rage right now, especially for parties, where they’ll provide your guests with an array of different flavors, textures, and colors to snack on!

That’s why our next “Hocus Pocus” food idea is simply to make a charcuterie board that looks like the three Sanderson sisters, using small wheels of brie for their faces, rolls of salami for Winnie’s bright red hair, blackberries for Mary’s black updo, and so on… the only limit here is your creativity!

7. Whip up a sweet snack with chocolate pretzel spiderwebs

Sweet and salty is already a powerful flavor combination, and when you add a spooky spiderweb to the mix, you have an unbeatable snack for any Halloween party. These delicious spiderwebs will bring to mind the cobwebs throughout the Sanderson sisters’ cottage after they’d been gone for hundreds of years.

8. And don’t forget the chocolate pretzel tarantulas!

If you’re making the chocolate pretzel spiderwebs, why not complete the creepy tableau by making some chocolate pretzel tarantulas to go with them?

9. Go gourmand with spooky chorizo hand pies

Next up, serve your guests these cute and yummy chorizo hand pies. Not only are these easy and fun to make, but they’re also an excellent, compact vehicle for tons of flavor thanks to their use of delicious ground chorizo in the filling.

10. Let’s not forget the spooky “Hocus Pocus” cocktails

If you’re serving alcohol, why not serve them in the form of bright green cocktails that look like magical potions brewed by the Sanderson sisters themselves?

Keep the themed fun going by checking out our wickedly fun “Hocus Pocus” party ideas to plan every aspect of your gathering!

11. Or throw down some Sanderson Sisters Jell-o shots

You can also provide your guests with alcohol by serving these brightly colored Jell-o shots made in the color schemes of the Sanderson sisters themselves! Hocus Pocus food ideas like these are so easy and so fun.

12. Clark bars: or the chocolate-covered fingers of a man named Clark!

They’re not super common to find these days, but Clark bars are tasty milk chocolate and peanut butter crunch bars that also happen to feature in “Hocus Pocus”. Remember when the confused Winnie Sanderson sees the candies and comments, “Sisters, look. ‘Tis the chocolate-covered finger of a man named Clark!”

13. Thackery Binx donuts are a true crowd-pleaser

Thackery Binx is the human boy that the Sanderson sisters cruelly transformed into a black cat. Since he plays a central role in the movie, why not feature his likeness with these easy black cat-inspired donuts?  

14. Go all-ages with these “Hocus Pocus” mocktails

In case any of your guests would prefer not to partake in alcohol, it’s a great idea to provide them with a festive non-alcoholic alternative so they don’t feel left out of the fun! These super sweet pumpkin ale floats contain orange sherbet, Sprite, and sprinkles, so it’s safe to say that the majority of kids will love them, too.

15. Go old-school spooky with some graveyard dirt cups

As you may recall, a graveyard also features prominently in the film. Therefore, these cups of delicious “graveyard dirt” (made with chocolate pudding, Oreos, and other sweet ingredients) would be perfectly on theme.

Hocus Pocus food ideas: conclusion

How awesome are these Hocus Pocus food ideas? We applaud you for picking a Hocus Pocus theme for your next gathering, be it Halloween, your birthday, or just an excuse to get people together. And remember, you can find the perfect venue to match your menu courtesy of Peerspace.

For example, check out this scenic home with a widow’s walk that looks exactly like the Dennison family house! It’s in Marblehead, MA, just around the bay from where the actual Dennison house resides in Salem, MA! You can book this massive, stylish home and invite up to 20 of your friends for an amazing Hocus Pocus-themed party. You have the venue, you have the menu, now all you have to do is start sending your invites!

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