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While the kids binge on candy, adults can feast on this Halloween menu, intended to evoke the spirit of this festive holiday without overdoing it. Done are the days of dining on eyeball olives, spaghetti intestines, and finger-shaped desserts. This menu is all grown-up with only a few playful nods to the orange-and-black-themed holiday.

Halloween Cocktails

If you're not planning to make a dry ice punch, then take out your cocktail shakers and martini glasses for a pumpkin pie rum cocktail or an apple cider vodka cocktail.

Spicy Kale Chips

Toast an Italian version of these kale chips by using olive oil and red wine vinegar in place of canola oil and rice wine vinegar. Then sprinkle the chips with red pepper flakes for a spicy hit.

Roasted Figs With Goat Cheese

A classic combination but done in a modernized way, roasted figs with goat cheese and balsamic reduction make an easy and elegant appetizer.

Keep reading for the rest of the menu.