Eat, Drink, and Be Scary: Halloween Treats in the French Quarter

🎃 A Ghoulish Guide to Themed Bites, Wicked Cocktails & Haunted Happy Hours in NOLA

In most places, Halloween means candy corn and cheap beer. In the French Quarter? It’s absinthe-soaked cocktails, blackened gator bites, and vampire-approved truffle fries served under candlelight in a haunted mansion.

October in New Orleans isn’t just about costumes and parades—it’s a culinary séance where the food is flavorful, the drinks are deadly (in the best way), and happy hour comes with a side of hauntings.

Here’s your spooktacular guide to eating, drinking, and being VERY scary in the French Quarter this Halloween season.

🧁Sinfully Sweet: Spooky Treats You Have to Try

1. Café Beignet’s Haunted Beignets Decatur Street

Fluffy pillows of powdered sugar goodness with a seasonal twist—think pumpkin spice, chocolate drizzle, or even bloody raspberry sauce. Eat them hot while ghosts lurk nearby.

2. Loretta’s Praline Skulls French Market

Local legend Loretta whips up pralines so good they’ll make you scream. Around Halloween, you can score skull-shaped pralines and spooky gift boxes—perfect for treating (or tricking) your friends.

3. Antoine’s Pumpkin Bread Pudding St. Louis Street

A decadent fall twist on a New Orleans classic, this dessert is sinfully rich and rumored to summon spirits if eaten after midnight. (Okay, maybe just heartburn.)

🍸Wicked Libations: Halloween Cocktails to Die For

4. The “Witch Doctor” at The Potions Lounge Bourbon Street’s secret speakeasy inside the Pharmacy Museum

Absinthe, blackberry liqueur, and a mist of dry ice. Served in a bubbling cauldron with a chant from your bartender. Sip if you dare.

5. The “Bloody Vieux Carré” at Hotel Monteleone’s Carousel Bar Royal Street

A blood-red take on the classic cocktail—subbing cherry liqueur and spiced bitters—while the bar slowly spins like a haunted carousel.

6. The “Zombie” at Cane & Table Decatur Street

This tiki-style cocktail is a NOLA Halloween staple. Strong, rum-heavy, and garnished with a flaming lime—just the thing to wake the undead.

7. “Vampire’s Kiss” at Bar Tonique Rampart Street

A mix of gin, elderflower, and pomegranate that’s dangerously smooth—and pairs perfectly with your fangs.

🍽️Frighteningly Good Food Stops

8. Coop’s Place Blackened Rabbit Jambalaya Decatur Street

You want Halloween vibes? Try this dark, smoky jambalaya made with rabbit (yes, real rabbit)—spicy enough to ward off evil spirits.

9. Muriel’s Séance Lounge Bites Jackson Square

Located in one of the Quarter’s most haunted buildings, Muriel’s offers bar bites like crawfish cakes and ghost stories told with your drink.

10. Killer Po’boys at Erin Rose Inside the bar—yes, it’s a thing

Get your spooky snack fix with rum-glazed pork belly or miso sweet potato po’boys wrapped in wax paper and devoured street-side with a frozen Irish coffee. Bonus points if you’re in costume.

🍷Haunted Happy Hours & Paranormal Pairings

11. Pirate’s Alley Café & Absinthe House Pirate’s Alley (duh)

Step into this eerie little gem for absinthe tastings and candlelit mystery. It’s like drinking with ghosts—and they might even join you.

12. Spirits on Bourbon Bourbon Street

Home of the glowing Resurrection cocktail and a barber chair haunted by... well, you’ll see. Drinks are strong, stories are stronger.

13. Tableau’s Twilight Hour St. Peter Street

Sip $7 wines and snack on gougères while the sun sets behind Jackson Square. Sophisticated, scenic, and possibly supernaturally charged.

🕯 Final Bite: Come Hungry… and a Little Cursed

Whether you’re chasing down ghost peppers, haunted hot toddies, or chocolate skulls, the French Quarter delivers flavor with flair and a pinch of phantasm.

So this Halloween season, ditch the candy bucket. Grab your mask (the spooky kind, not the surgical kind) and head into the cobblestone shadows of New Orleans to eat, drink, and be scary—like a true creature of the Crescent City.

🎃 Bonus Tip: Many spots offer special Halloween weekend menus during Krewe of BOO!—so make those reservations before the werewolves beat you to it.