Halloween Dessert Table

Today we’re telling you our deepest darkest secrets for creating this chocolate buffet for an elegantly creepy Halloween party. Ours was geared toward the adult crowd, but you could certainly make it a family affair.

Deep Dark Halloween Dessert Table secret #1:

Choose a color palette of two to three colors. We used the Autumn Nights collection of Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers as our inspiration. We kept the colors consistent with black, ivory, and a bit of olive green.

Deep Dark Halloween Dessert Table secret #2:

Create heights and levels on the table, taking care to balance the look. The items don’t need to be the same, but notice the wire bird cage on the left is balanced with the double basket of pine cones on the right.

Deep Dark Halloween Dessert Table secret #3:

No need to go out and spend a fortune on cake plates and platters. We used a mix of dinner plates, upside down vases, and serving platters, all in ivory.

Deep Dark Halloween Dessert Table secret #4:

Don’t underestimate the power of candlelight. We used a large lantern in the center of our table with a candle to cast creepy shadows against the wall. We also placed a candle inside the birdcage.

Deep Dark Halloween Dessert Table secret #5:

Find items with texture and interesting shapes to add personality to your Halloween desert table. The texture on the ivory vases that we flipped over to create our cupcake platters mimics the tone-on-tone pattern in the olive fabric.

Dark swirls from the metal elements are found in several places on our Halloween dessert table for a cohesive, coordinated look. The metal scroll designs play off the trees in the cupcake wrappers.

Now that we’ve given your all of our deepest darkest dessert table secrets for your Halloween dessert table, cook up some spooky eats and invite your creepy crew!

Stop by again for ideas for filling your dessert table with Halloween desserts your crowd will love!

Shauna Younge feature: Little Witch dessert table

We are thrilled to have our Little Witch’s Wardrobe dessert table featured on Shauna Younge’s blog, Sweet Tooth! She has the most impeccable style, and we are so honored that she chose to include our Halloween party dessert table.

Shuana has amazing ideas for really special treats, stunning event photos, and incredible dessert displays. Be sure to check out her blog!

Halloween Dessert Table

This Halloween Dessert table is colorful and fun, but to keep it cohesive and coordinated, we used silver platters for all of the goodies.

The squares in the front keep orderly and organized treats in rows. The platters in the back are elevated to bring height to the table. In the center, our pièce de résistance is an adorable Halloween cupcake tower embellished with black marabou feathers.

The square platters along the front of the dessert table show off these incredibly simple Halloween treats. These Frankenstein pops are so easy to make.

Next, bundle two Oreo cookies together with some orange ribbon, and line them up neatly on the second platter.

The purple foil on dark chocolate Kisses goes perfectly on the table. Again, we lined them up in orderly rows.

For the last square platter, just wrap some candy bars in Halloween scrapbooking paper, secured with some glue dots, and embellish them with a tag.

On the left side of the table, we elevated a large silver bowl of gumballs in orange and purple.

On the right side… caramel apples. Microwave the caramels until they are just melted, and dip the apples. They fit beautifully in the Little Goblins Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers. The tiered dessert stand gives them extra height.

Visit us tomorrow for a tutorial on the Halloween cupcake tower centerpiece!

Do you have a Halloween treat or dessert table to share? We’d love to hear from you!