There are fang-tastic food-based activities you can include: Who said treasure hunts were just for Easter? Plan one for kids, but with spooky Halloween cookies instead of chocolate eggs.

As a food-bank volunteer, I saw an almost constant parade of people dropping off bags of unwanted trick-or-treat candy in the days after Halloween. We only had enough space for two milk crates ...

Super simple cheese straws are also perfect for Halloween, says food blogger Megan d’Ardenne, who suggests turning them into puff-pastry snakes. To make 15, unroll a pack of readymade puff ...