Forego the store-bought sweets and make your own Halloween treats!

Recipes: Make your own Halloween treats
Make these tasty - and elegantly spooky - Halloween treats at home. 

Recipe: I'Scream cake
This Halloween cake recipe calls for an unexpected but delicious filling of vanilla ice cream.

Recipe: Friendly ghosts
Enshrouded in meringue, these chewy date and nut treats are oh-so-sweet.

Recipe: Great pumpkin cookies
Embellished with orange glaze, cinnamon stick stems, and green sugar vines, these pumpkins appear to be freshly plucked from the patch.

Recipe: Spiderweb sugar cookies
These frightfully delicious sugar cookies are so easy to make and decorate, the kids can lend a helping hand.

Recipe: Screaming red punch with a hand
Cranberry juice, apple juice and ginger ale mix together to create this tasty Halloween punch.

Lead image by Jennifer Bartoli.