Elegant Black Halloween Dinner Party

If you’re part of a monthly supper club this Halloween themed dinner party is just the thing for you! Make this a girls-only affair, a mix of friends, or couples night, and gather ’round the table!

Halloween Dinner Party Ideas 

Happy October, friends! It’s time to think about celebrating Halloween, even if you don’t have kids who are trick-or-treating age. One way to do that is to host a black themed Halloween party for adults.

I’ve created a chic black tablescape to inspire you to have fun with this classic children’s holiday. While I still love a grown up costume party, I also enjoy a more intimate gathering of friends over a delicious meal.

Create the easy menu below, and serve up some tasty Halloween cocktails.

Black Halloween Tablescape

Get maximum impact with minimum effort by setting the table in all black. Use a black tablecloth and black spooky fabric as a foundation. If you don’t have a black tablecloth, a black sheet will work just fine.

Use black dishes to create a monochromatic table. This matte black set serves 8 and is super stylish. 

This table gave me a great excuse to buy some new tabletop items like black wine glasses, and this set of black flatware. I love how modern and stylized this set is! And the black will coordinate with SO MANY other colors and holidays. 

To give the table the “creepy” factor use small decorative skeletons and skulls at each place setting. It adds just the right amount of “spook” to this adult dinner party.

Guests can take home a simple party favor that doubles as a place card holder. Fill large test tubes with black M&M’s and attach a name card to it.

Rather than using flowers in a centerpiece, filled small vases with seeded eucalyptus. It just seems more Halloween-appropriate, plus it allows the food to be the focal point.

Halloween Menu

I have to say, the black background of this table certainly makes the food pop! The meal is purposely coordinated to the party with earthy colors and delicious flavors.

Welcome guests as soon as they arrive, with a black widow martini or a batch of green Halloween punch. Bonus points if you add dry ice to make is “smoky.”

Speaking of food, this is a great time to put together a gorgeous cheese & charcuterie board. In this case it becomes an integral part of the meal rather than an appetizer. 

Another great addition to the meal is this Halloween spinach dip in coffin bread bowl. So festive and delicious.

Serve it with a main course of black pasta and slow cooker beef tips.

Round things out with a butternut squash baby kale salad.

For dessert make these chocolate lava cakes in a jar, and dress them for Halloween by adding a spider ring on top. Or you can serve these Halloween dirt pudding cups.

Or, add some of these witch finger cookies in a cellophane bag or small pail, at each guest’s place setting.

Serve a dry red wine like a Bordeaux, Cabernet or Merlot, to complement the meat and the chocolate dessert.

Activities

• Turn this into a costume party and give a prize to the best one voted on by the guests.
• To really bring home the theme you could have a fun activity like playing with a Ouija board or reading Tarot cards.
• Turn the dinner party into a murder mystery party. and encourage guests to dress in their character.
• Play a good old fashioned game of Clue after the meal.