Fun Halloween popcorn bar ideas for Halloween party snacks. Get sweet and savory popcorn topping ideas, how to make popcorn balls, a festival kettle corn popcorn recipe and easy recipes using popcorn. Add these easy party foods for your Halloween bash, Halloween sleepover parties, October party or Halloween movie night party!
Fun Halloween Popcorn Bar Ideas For A Halloween Theme Party
For your Halloween party or Halloween themed birthday party, provide these “recipe” cards on the Halloween popcorn table so kids can make their own Halloween popcorn mix! (It’s like DIY trail mix for Halloween!)
(Don’t miss our special popcorn recipes after the setup section!)
Vampire’s Bite Popcorn Mix
- 1 scoop red popcorn
- 1 scoop black popcorn
- Add in white chocolate chips
- Top with red candy eyes
PARTY TIP: Learn how to color popcorn here.
Monster Mash Mix
- 1 scoop caramel popcorn
- 1 scoop cheddar popcorn
- Add gummy worms and candy eyes
- Top with crushed Oreos
Spooktacular S’mores Popcorn Mix
- 1 scoop butter popcorn
- Add mini marshmallows
- Sprinkle with crushed graham crackers
- Add in chocolate chips
Witch’s Brew Crunch Popcorn Mix
- 1 scoop purple popcorn
- 1 scoop green popcorn
- Mix in pretzel pieces
- Add Halloween sprinkles
Pumpkin Patch Popcorn Mix
- 1 scoop orange popcorn
- Add cinnamon sugar topping
- Toss in candy pumpkins
- Top with candy corn
Zombie Brains Popcorn Mix
- 1 scoop green popcorn
- Add mini marshmallows
- Mix in gummy brain like these
- Add in red chocolate chips
Creepy Caramel Apple Popcorn Mix
- 1 Scoop caramel popcorn
- Add dried apple pieces
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar
How To Set Up A Popcorn Bar
Popcorn tables are fun party food bars for Halloween festivals, Halloween movie night snacks, or an afternoon snack on Halloween with kids. Popcorn bars are also great for for backyard Halloween party ideas or fall bonfire party / bonfire birthday for Halloween!
If you need last minute Halloween snacks that don’t cost a lot for a frugal party on a budget or party food for a crowd, add a popcorn bar and a few toppings!
HALLOWEEN POPCORN BAR TIP: Pull white cotton candy and place it over popcorn and stringing across the table for edible spider webs.
Heres how to set up a Halloween food bar…
Steps for Setting Up Popcorn Bars:
1. Stock Your Popcorn Station Area
- Choose a location with enough space for guests to move around the table and customize their popcorn.
- Use large Halloween themed bowls like these, clear containers, or witch cauldrons like these for different flavors of popcorn.
- Provide small paper bags, Halloween party cups, or popcorn paper cones like this for guests to fill with their customized popcorn. (Although, I much prefer popcorn boxes like this to cones because guests can easily take their uneaten popcorn home!)
PARTY TIP: We used plain brown paper lunch bags and rolled down the tops. They were a cheap container for popcorn. I like using popcorn bags because it’s easy for party guests to close the bag and take home what they don’t eat like a popcorn party favor!
2. Choose a Variety of Popcorn Flavors
Decide if you’re going to pop popcorn yourself or buy store bought pre-popped popcorn in bags. (Nothing wrong with either way!)
You can also use an air popcorn popper like this to make a lot of popcorn in batches in a short amount of time.
- Base Options: Plain, Butter, Kettle Corn, and Caramel.
- Savory Options: Cheese, Garlic Parmesan, Ranch, BBQ.
- Sweet Options: Chocolate Drizzle, Cinnamon Sugar, Candy-coated (like caramel corn or coated colored popcorn).
3. Provide Fun Popcorn Toppings and Popcorn Mix-Ins
- Savory Toppings: Bacon bits, grated cheese, dried herbs, taco seasoning, sea salt.
- Sweet Toppings: Mini marshmallows, sprinkles, M&M’s, crushed cookies, gummy bears.
- Seasoning Shakers: Offer a variety of popcorn seasoning shakers like ranch, nacho cheese, white cheddar, or cinnamon sugar.
- Halloween Popcorn Toppings: Candy Corn, Crushed Oreos, Gummy Worms, Halloween Sprinkles, M&M’s (Halloween Colors), Mini Halloween Marshmallows, or gross gummy body parts like this
PARTY TIP: Get ideas with these 11 Simple Homemade Popcorn Seasoning Recipes
4. Don’t Forget Serving Scoops and Labels
- Use large scoops for each popcorn flavor and each topping.
- Use shakers like these for popcorn seasonings.
- Make a popcorn bar sign for each of the types of popcorns and toppings. Label each container and topping so guests know what they’re choosing.
- Add a cute signs like Popcorn Bar or Pop ‘Til You Drop! or Pop It Like It’s Hot!
*SEE HALLOWEEN THEMED NAMES FOR POPCORN AND TOPPINGS BELOW
5. Fun Add-ons
- Include small trays or containers for guests to carry their popcorn and other snacks.
- Offer pre-mixed popcorn combinations as inspiration, like S’mores Popcorn (marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham cracker bits). (Scroll up to see our pre-made recipe recommendations mixes for popcorn.)
PARTY TIP: Place rolls of paper towels and wet wipes around the popcorn table for sticky hands.
Recipes For Halloween Popcorn Bar Parties Or Halloween Movie Night Snacks
Purple People Eater Monster Halloween Popcorn Balls
This easy recipe for popcorn balls is fun for Halloween treats or for a monster party.
We made marshmallow popcorn balls for Halloween decorated like Purple People Eaters, but you can leave this recipe as plain popcorn or decorate it to match your theme party in any popcorn colors (we used purple popcorn to match).
You can even leave them white and just add eyes for ghost Halloween popcorn balls!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE HALLOWEEN POPCORN BALLS
Toffee Popcorn Recipe
This is one of those party recipes that everyone loves! If you have time to make toffee popcorn, definitely add this to your popcorn bar offerings. (It’s way better than caramel popcorn!)
This homemade toffee popcorn recipe is a buttery caramel toasted popcorn and tastes like a Fiddle Faddle butter toffee popcorn or a little like Crunch and Munch, if you remember those.
Colored Candy Popcorn
This white chocolate popcorn recipe (or candy popcorn) is such an easy recipe for parties.
And, it’s easy to color popcorn in any color you want!
Just change up the color of the white chocolate melts to match your Halloween party theme.
(Yes, even black popcorn, green popcorn, orange popcorn, or purple popcorn for Halloween!)
Get the Colored Coated Popcorn Recipe
Bloody Halloween Popcorn
Want spooky movie night snacks or gross Halloween foods? Make “bloody” red popcorn!
This is such an easy party food ideas and great for gross food games for Halloween parties for teens and tweens or Halloween party snacks. This candy popcorn is fun for Halloween movie night parties or holiday popcorn bars, too!
Learn How To Make Bloody Halloween Popcorn
Kettle Corn Recipe
That crispy, sweet kettle corn flavor you love at festivals, fairs, and carnivals comes from oil, salt, and sugar.
The kettlecorn is popped in oil with sugar, which gives it that kettle corn glaze on each popped kernel.
Print The Kettle Corn Recipe Here
Old-Fashioned Stovetop Popcorn Recipe
If you want old school popcorn for your popcorn party or movie night popcorn, make it the old school way! (This is the popcorn recipe I remember from childhood.)
It’s super simple to make a vintage popcorn recipe. All you need is oil, popcorn, and a heavy bottom pot or pan with a lid.
It’s how they made popcorn before microwaves and how to pop popcorn on stove top.
Learn How To Make Stovetop Popcorn
MORE HALLOWEEN FUN: Easily Transform Store-Bought Halloween Treats Into Fun Party Foods!
Popcorn Bar Sign Ideas
Popcorn Bar Signs
- Pick Your Poison Popcorn Bar
- Witch’s Brew Popcorn Station
- Monster Munch Popcorn Buffet
- Cauldron Crunch Popcorn Bar
- Ghoul’s Gourmet Popcorn
- Bewitched Popcorn Bar
- Trick or Treat Crunch
- Mummy’s Munchies Popcorn Station
- Haunted Popcorn Shack
- Spooktacular Popcorn Bar
Popcorn Flavorings & Seasoning Signs
- Bloodcurdling Butter (Butter Popcorn)
- Zombie Zest (Cheddar Popcorn)
- Creepy Caramel Corn (Caramel Popcorn)
- Vampire Bites (Kettle Corn)
- Witches’ Cheddar Cauldron (Cheddar & Jalapeño Popcorn)
- Goblin’s Gold (Buttery Caramel Popcorn)
- Cinnamon Screams (Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn)
- Candy Corn Carnage (Candy-coated Popcorn)
- Choco-boo Crunch (Chocolate Drizzle Popcorn)
- Pumpkin Spice Fright (Pumpkin Spice Popcorn)
Topping Bar Signs for Popcorn Add-Ins and Mixes
- Eye of Newt Toppings (Candy Toppings)
- Creepy Crunch Add-Ins (Pretzels, Nuts)
- Wicked Web Sprinkles (Sprinkles and Drizzles)
- Boo-tiful Bites (Mini Marshmallows, M&M’s)
- Hocus Pocus Sprinkles (Various Candy Toppings)
- Graveyard Grub (Crushed Cookies, Brownie Bits)
- Frightful Flavors (Popcorn Seasoning Shakers)
- Cauldron Crumbles (Crushed Oreos, Chocolate Chips)
- Ghastly Goodies (Mixed Nuts, Candy Corn)
- Monster Morsels (Mini Candies, Gummies)
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Happy Halloween! Have fun with your Halloween popcorn bar!
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