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Toronto’s Best Halloween Treats for Adult Tastes
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Toronto’s Best Halloween Treats for Adult Tastes
Being too old to trick-or-treat isn't a death knell for Halloween fun. Embrace the spooky, scary and strange knowing that Toronto's best Halloween treats for adult tastes guarantee a devilishly good time. From sophisticated sweets made for mature palates to savoury bites, cocktails, and more, the city has plenty of inspiring Halloween indulgences for those looking beyond ho-hum handouts.
Unlike the bitty bars lurking at the bottom of kids' candy bags, these goodies are sure to satisfy. This Halloween, act your age and revel in your most wickedly delicious celebration yet.
Midtown
130 Eglinton Ave E
The Social Blend
Inspired by Netflix's runaway hit Squid Game, The Social Blend's Halloween Theme Box includes nine macarons in flavours ranging from pumpkin and taro milk tea to goguma and matcha Kit Kat. Available for preorder pickup or delivery on the company's website, each $40 box is the perfect accompaniment to binge-watching the hair-raising series on Halloween night.
The Social Blend
Midtown
130 Eglinton Ave E
Inspired by Netflix's runaway hit Squid Game, The Social Blend's Halloween Theme Box includes nine macarons in flavours ranging from pumpkin and taro milk tea to goguma and matcha Kit Kat. Available for preorder pickup or delivery on the company's website, each $40 box is the perfect accompaniment to binge-watching the hair-raising series on Halloween night.
The Black Lagoon
Fuel the ghoul within with a Descent to Darkness cocktail at this year's Black Lagoon pop-up. With Cointreau, aloe, lime, black salt and fizz, this is just the thing to sip as the living dead close in.
The Black Lagoon
Fuel the ghoul within with a Descent to Darkness cocktail at this year's Black Lagoon pop-up. With Cointreau, aloe, lime, black salt and fizz, this is just the thing to sip as the living dead close in.
Downtown
5 St Joseph St
The Alley
Available for a limited time, The Alley's Spooky Banana Smoothie combines a chocolate smoothie with Oreo crumbs and a tombstone cookie. It may not wake the living dead but it's guaranteed to bewitch kids. Drink this one before the little monsters hunt you down.
The Alley
Downtown
5 St Joseph St
Available for a limited time, The Alley's Spooky Banana Smoothie combines a chocolate smoothie with Oreo crumbs and a tombstone cookie. It may not wake the living dead but it's guaranteed to bewitch kids. Drink this one before the little monsters hunt you down.
The Annex
653 Dupont St
Stubbe Chocolates
It doesn't get much more fright-night fitting than Stubbe's brightly-hued, truffle-filled chocolate jack-o'-lantern. Still, with truffles ranging in flavour from blood orange to balsamic vinegar -- each one as sleek and elegant as Count Dracula himself -- this luxury is decidedly mature.
Stubbe Chocolates
The Annex
653 Dupont St
It doesn't get much more fright-night fitting than Stubbe's brightly-hued, truffle-filled chocolate jack-o'-lantern. Still, with truffles ranging in flavour from blood orange to balsamic vinegar -- each one as sleek and elegant as Count Dracula himself -- this luxury is decidedly mature.
Church and Wellesley
580 Church St
Storm Crow Manor
New this year, Storm Crow Manor's Deadly Nightshade cocktail combines vanilla whiskey, cherry cassis, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a perfectly haunting Halloween sip.
Storm Crow Manor
Church and Wellesley
580 Church St
New this year, Storm Crow Manor's Deadly Nightshade cocktail combines vanilla whiskey, cherry cassis, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a perfectly haunting Halloween sip.
West Queen West
1162 Queen St W
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
Bakery
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets' new Friday the 13th cake -- perfect alongside blood splatter cookies -- brings nightmares to life. Still, if your tastes lean more festive than fearsome, choose from a thrilling assortment of licensed goodies (from Star Trek cookies and DC Comic cakes to Beetlejuice chocolates and more) sure to expertly capture your Halloween vibe.
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
West Queen West
1162 Queen St W
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets' new Friday the 13th cake -- perfect alongside blood splatter cookies -- brings nightmares to life. Still, if your tastes lean more festive than fearsome, choose from a thrilling assortment of licensed goodies (from Star Trek cookies and DC Comic cakes to Beetlejuice chocolates and more) sure to expertly capture your Halloween vibe.
Bakery
Good Behaviour Ice Cream
Halloween isn't the time for good behaviour, unless it's in the form of Witch's Brew ice cream from Toronto's Good Behaviour creamery. With a mint chocolate base, charcoal chocolate ice cream swirl and a flourish of candy toppings, this frozen treat is everything that's delicious about Halloween all rolled into one.
Good Behaviour Ice Cream
Halloween isn't the time for good behaviour, unless it's in the form of Witch's Brew ice cream from Toronto's Good Behaviour creamery. With a mint chocolate base, charcoal chocolate ice cream swirl and a flourish of candy toppings, this frozen treat is everything that's delicious about Halloween all rolled into one.
The Annex
454 Bloor St W
Eva's Original Chimneys
Dessert
Made with cream cheese icing, vanilla soft serve, berry compote, chocolate sauce, raspberry coulis, brownie and a sugar cookie finger, the Scream Cone from Eva's is every bit as delicious as it is gruesome. Available at the company's Bloor Street and Port Credit locations, this treat is a hand-held Halloween delight.
Eva's Original Chimneys
The Annex
454 Bloor St W
Made with cream cheese icing, vanilla soft serve, berry compote, chocolate sauce, raspberry coulis, brownie and a sugar cookie finger, the Scream Cone from Eva's is every bit as delicious as it is gruesome. Available at the company's Bloor Street and Port Credit locations, this treat is a hand-held Halloween delight.
Dessert
East Street Cider Co
Aged on sour cherry candy, East Street Cider Co.'s Scary Cherry cider is tart, semi-dry and infused with nostalgic cherry flavour. This Halloween, you can have your candy -- and drink it too.
East Street Cider Co
Aged on sour cherry candy, East Street Cider Co.'s Scary Cherry cider is tart, semi-dry and infused with nostalgic cherry flavour. This Halloween, you can have your candy -- and drink it too.
Crystal Head Vodka
With a bottle that doubles as devilish decor, Crystal Head Onyx is the spirit of choice for spooky Halloween soirees.
Crystal Head Vodka
With a bottle that doubles as devilish decor, Crystal Head Onyx is the spirit of choice for spooky Halloween soirees.
Downtown
111 Richmond St W
Colibri
Mexican
Though chef Elia Herrera's pan de muerto isn't technically a Halloween treat, thanks to a Nutella filling and generous sugar coating, it's an appropriately over-the-top sweet for your celebration. Order a kit that includes pan de muerto along with traditional Mexican hot chocolate from ChefDrop until November 2.
Colibri
Downtown
111 Richmond St W
Though chef Elia Herrera's pan de muerto isn't technically a Halloween treat, thanks to a Nutella filling and generous sugar coating, it's an appropriately over-the-top sweet for your celebration. Order a kit that includes pan de muerto along with traditional Mexican hot chocolate from ChefDrop until November 2.
Mexican
Financial District
161 Bay St
Chotto Matte
Japanese-Peruvian
Tap into Halloween's ghostly side with a La Catrina Rosa cocktail from Chotto Matte. Sure, it was created for the restaurant's Day of the Dead celebration, but there's something about the blend of Código 1530 Rosa Tequila, hierba Luisa, raspberry, chili and lime topped with a melting skull that just brings All Hallow's Eve to mind.
Chotto Matte
Financial District
161 Bay St
Tap into Halloween's ghostly side with a La Catrina Rosa cocktail from Chotto Matte. Sure, it was created for the restaurant's Day of the Dead celebration, but there's something about the blend of Código 1530 Rosa Tequila, hierba Luisa, raspberry, chili and lime topped with a melting skull that just brings All Hallow's Eve to mind.
Japanese-Peruvian
Chocolat De Kat
Each Creep It Real treat pack from Chocolat De Kat includes a bevy of impressive bites too gorgeous to waste on the kids. With a box of bonbons, in flavours from Sour Eyeball to Blood Orange Moon, 3 cookie butter crunchkins and the shop's signature hot chocolate for two, each kit delivers everything you need for a shockingly delicious Halloween night.
Chocolat De Kat
Each Creep It Real treat pack from Chocolat De Kat includes a bevy of impressive bites too gorgeous to waste on the kids. With a box of bonbons, in flavours from Sour Eyeball to Blood Orange Moon, 3 cookie butter crunchkins and the shop's signature hot chocolate for two, each kit delivers everything you need for a shockingly delicious Halloween night.
Bloor West Village
45 Ripley Ave
Cheese Boutique
Cheese
Marbled with black garlic from Iles D'Orléans, Laiterie de Charlevoix's aged cheddar is fantastic on pizza, wonderful in grilled cheese and is the cheese you'll want close at hand when darkness falls and blood-sucking vampires roam.
Cheese Boutique
Bloor West Village
45 Ripley Ave
Marbled with black garlic from Iles D'Orléans, Laiterie de Charlevoix's aged cheddar is fantastic on pizza, wonderful in grilled cheese and is the cheese you'll want close at hand when darkness falls and blood-sucking vampires roam.
Cheese
Downtown
132 Dundas St W
Chatime - Dundas
Bubble Tea
Prep for marathon haunting with Chatime's limited edition Legend of Peachy Hollow. Made from peach and blood orange green tea mixed with peach edition Red Bull and activated charcoal, this drink is equal parts eerie and energizing and perfect for the year's spookiest season.
Chatime - Dundas
Downtown
132 Dundas St W
Prep for marathon haunting with Chatime's limited edition Legend of Peachy Hollow. Made from peach and blood orange green tea mixed with peach edition Red Bull and activated charcoal, this drink is equal parts eerie and energizing and perfect for the year's spookiest season.
Bubble Tea
Bomou Artisanal Bakery
Made of dark chocolate and filled with salted caramel, Bomou's Halloween eyeballs are the bloodied bonbons your Halloween needs.
Bomou Artisanal Bakery
Made of dark chocolate and filled with salted caramel, Bomou's Halloween eyeballs are the bloodied bonbons your Halloween needs.