TikTok's Creepy Cooking Videos Are Hard to Look Away From

Remember when Halloween snacks were all about fun, not fear? Caramel apples, cookies covered in orange and black sprinkles, or those classic almond-tipped “witch fingers” were about as spooky as it got. Maybe you even went a step further with a cauldron of foggy dry ice punch—but it was playful, not petrifying. Scary treats were something you saw on a movie screen, not on your snack table.

Enter creepy cooking on TikTok—a trend turning the kitchen into a playground for nightmares. These videos take Halloween food from “fun and festive” to “wait, should I be eating this?” in seconds.

Some creators keep it on the edible-but-unsettling side: meatball mice with pomegranate eyeballs floating in soup, or cherry pies carved with sinister faces that seem to bleed from their crusty mouths. It’s still snackable…just slightly horrifying.

Then there’s the horror movie level: fast edits, special effects makeup, and chaotic movements transform creators into nightmare chefs. Leading the pack is Naomi Rose, aka @medusaslittleangel, whose character Helga looks like a haunted doll come to life—white, bulging eyes, jagged teeth, popping up from corners, hunched over as she “cooks.” Even a crispy chicken caesar salad sandwich looks terrifying in Helga’s hands.

The draw isn’t the recipes—it’s the vibe. Fans are hooked, commenting things like “What is this genre, and can we have more?” or “I love this subgenre of cooking content.” For horror lovers with a taste for the uncanny, creepy cooking TikTok is a perfect, spine-tingling snack of a trend. Just maybe keep a nightlight on.