Our guide to Spooktacular Hotel Chocolat Halloween Treats

Let cacao excellence shine this spooky season with Halloween chocolate gifts from our very own collection.

Some call it cosy season and dream of pumpkin spice and everything nice. But with Halloween just around the corner, it’s the spooky season that gets our vote. With its roots in the old Celtic festival of Samhain, we’re happy to ward off evil spirits with seasonal treats from the Hotel Chocolat Halloween range.

Whatever you’re planning to make this Halloween special, we have treat ideas to match. From seasonal hot chocolate flavours to charmingly spooky decorations and more, our range will elevate everything from a monster movie marathon to a ghastly goulash with friends into a spine-chilling celebration to remember.

Here are some Halloween chocolate ideas to help you eat, drink, and get scary, with cacao-rich gifts that satisfy all tastes. 

Trick or treating with Hotel Chocolat

Chocolate is the perfect vehicle for autumnal flavours of spice and smoke, from warming cinnamon to fiery ginger, opulent caramel and everyone’s favourite: pumpkin spice. It’s this versatility that makes Halloween treat ideas so universally loved.

The tradition of trick-or-treating is part ancient ritual and part marketing strategy. Ancient Celts believed the veil between the world grew thin on the last day of October and spirits walked the earth. Bonfires, elaborate disguises and offerings of food were used to appease unhappy souls.

Now fast forward to the 1920s. Trick or treating has become an established pastime that just happens to coincide with Candy Day, a holiday dreamed up by confectioners to boost autumn sales figures. Today, chocolate is a Halloween heavyweight, with over £1 billion in sales annually. But if you want your treat bowl to stand out, then our Halloween chocolate is brimming with spooktacular crowd-pleasing delights.  

Spooky chocolate treats for the kids

Halloween is now firmly established as a tradition in the UK. But as your kids don their costumes and head out trick-or-treating, avoid the sugar rush with our melt-in-the-mouth treats.

By prioritising the best cacao, we’ve elevated Halloween chocolates into giftable luxuries. Try The Yumpkin, our meltingly smooth take on the traditional pumpkin. You might not be able to carve him, but everyone will love nibbling his 40% milk chocolate shell — which is more than you can say for the real thing.

You can’t go wrong with our trio of Halloween monsters, each laden with delectable treats and not a trick in sight. Cryptopher the Vampire, Carvin the Pumpkin, and Wingston the Bat are the perfect Halloween chocolate gifts.

Fill your treat bowl to the brim with luscious milk, dark, and caramel-milk chocolates. Then decorate your windows with these loveably spooky decorations. Best of all, with a selection of bats, cats and ghouls to choose from, you can match your treats to your trick-or-treaters’ costumes.    

Statement Halloween chocolate for grown-ups

Make sure the kids don’t have all the fun with our sophisticated Halloween chocolate treat ideas for grown-up palates.

The Grim Treaters are a chilling quartet of fearsome chocolate skulls, fully loaded with crisp and crunchy goodness. These playfully spooky treats feature meltingly tender hazelnut and pecan praline, paired with a caramel and feuillantine crunch for textural contrast. They make the ideal gift for a grown-up Halloween ball.

It wouldn’t be Halloween without an H-Box, and our Halloween H-Box is a flavour bomb. Featuring 14 cacao-rich chocolates with a terrifying twist, it’s a selection that doesn’t disappoint. Bite into an Oozy Eye and feast on blood-red caramel. Ghastly Ghouls overflow with dreamy ganache, and the Petrifying Pumpkin is really a softy with its salted caramel filling.

Need a quick and easy dessert that’s wickedly delicious? Our Nice Slice – Halloween Edition combines sinfully smooth praline with a tantalising crunch in one irresistibly sinful slice. Be tempted by the textures and evocative flavours of this grown-up spin on a teatime treat. Will you dare to share, or keep this special edition to yourself? It is Halloween, after all, and the Nice Slice – Halloween Edition is the ultimate treat.

Celebrate spooky season in style with chocolate party favours

No matter if you’re hosting a kids’ trick-or-treat party or a spooky ball, our Halloween chocolate ideas make fantastic party favours.

It goes without saying that you can use our Grim Treaters or Yumpkins to decorate your showstopping Devil’s Food Cake. And our adorable pumpkin-shaped treat is the perfect prize for apple bobbing or the best scary ghost story.

Chocolate favours are a fantastic addition to any Halloween party. Empty out the chocolates from a Cryptopher, Carvin or Wingston and use the silky smooth contents to fill small cellophane bags. Tie with orange and black ribbons and decorate with spooky stickers for a Halloween treat that’s sure to meet with shudders of appreciation.

Want more shivers with your nibbles? Place your treat bags in a hollow ‘log’ (use a cardboard tube decorated appropriately), garnished with snakes, spiders and other creepy-crawlies. Then tempt partygoers to grab a bag… if they dare.

Other quick tips to spookify your home include (fake) bats swarming out of your fireplace, candles dripping with blood (red wax) and a ‘poisonous’ vine wreath for your table or door. Let your imagination run riot with simple ideas that are sure to please all the monsters, including Halloween chocolate gifts from Hotel Chocolat for the perfectly deadly finishing touch.

Enjoy cosy film nights with drinking chocolate

This Halloween, tuck into a night of scary movies with your besties and our essential viewing kit. From a Halloween marathon to watching Hocus Pocus for the twentieth time, make sure you have plenty of cacao treats, cosy blankets, drinking chocolate, popcorn and pillows to lean into.

It’s the season for pumpkin spice, and our limited edition Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate Sachets are everything we love about autumn in a mug. With hints of cinnamon, ginger and caramel, it’s spicy and warming. Just add a Halloween H-Box or Nice Slice for the ultimate movie night nibble.

It goes without saying that using the ALL-NEW VelvetiserⓇ gives the creamiest, most decadent finish. Every sip is barista-style chocolate heaven, plus you can choose between hot and cold. Add The Mellow Baton Library to your order and use each chocolate morsel to stir your cup for added decadence.

Embrace the cosy season with a little of everything

If you find Halloween is overhyped (perish the thought!), why not relax into the cosy side of the season with some cacao indulgence?

It’s the season for layering, so start with our lusciously festive Salted Caramel and Clementine Hot Chocolate Sachets. Add an Orange Macaron, where a Valencia orange whip nestles between two orange-infused chocolate discs, then finish with a Mini Chocolate Dipping Adventure.

If cosy firesides, candlelight and chunky knitted blankets give your autumn vibes, make the most of the season with a Hot Chocolate Selection Box. You can even subscribe to your favourite drinking chocolate flavour for heavenly year-round pleasure.

Forget the tricks and enjoy the treats with Hotel Chocolat

Spooky season or cosy season? Whatever your vibe, there’s a Hotel Chocolat treat to match. From dreamy Velvetised hot chocolate to our spooky chocolate treats, your senses will be well and truly engaged.

Our seasonal chocolates are a terrifying treat, offering personalised gift options or instant gifts by text so that everyone can enjoy our Halloween chocolate treats (no tricks).