Halloween-themed banner featuring an orange background with black silhouettes of haunted houses, bats, and a full moon. In the foreground, a glowing blue ghost decoration stands beside two orange tabby cat figurines wearing witch hats. Black decorative fence posts frame the scene, creating a festive Halloween display with warm orange lighting and spooky accents.

alloween-themed chocolate pudding cups topped with crushed cookie "dirt," white ghost-shaped whipped cream decorations with candy eyes, and small tombstone cookies labeled "RIP." Several dessert cups are arranged on a light-colored surface, creating a playful spooky cemetery effect. Here we are. It’s almost Halloween!

Are you going to a party? Are you hosting one? Do you need a special dessert for this spooky time of year?

Here’s one last ghostly recipe. You might say I saved the best for last. It’s one of my favorites, and the nice thing is that you can make individual servings in plastic cups or one large dessert in a 13 × 9-inch baking dish.

So, without further ado, I give you…

Ghosts in a Graveyard

Ingredients

2 packages (3.9 oz. each) instant chocolate pudding
3 cups cold milk
1 tub (12 oz.) Cool Whip topping, thawed and divided
15 Oreo cookies, crushed (about 1½ cups)
Assorted decorations: 3 cream sandwich cookies, decorating gel, candy pumpkins, candy corn, gummy worms, ghost peeps and any other spooky candies you can think of

Directions

Beat the pudding mix and milk in a large bowl for 2 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes.
Stir in 3 cups of the Cool Whip and half of the cookie crumbs. Spread in a 13 × 9-inch baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining cookie crumbs.For individual servings, divide the pudding mixture among plastic cups and top with the cookie crumbs.
Refrigerate for 1 hour. Meanwhile, decorate the cream sandwich cookies with decorating gel to resemble tombstones.
Insert the decorated cookies into the pudding. Add candies as desired. Use the remaining Cool Whip to make ghosts by dropping spoonfuls on top.