10 Must-Try Halloween Sweets in Tokyo 2024

Looking to get into the creepy holiday spirit with sweets this October?

Halloween is right around the corner, and Japan loves seasonal cuisine. This year, a wide variety of spooky-themed Halloween sweets, from bite-sized treats to full-blown meals, will be offered in Tokyo. Using fall favorites like kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) and kuri (chestnuts), the sweets below immerse you in all things seasonal and Halloween.

Here’s our list of must-try Halloween sweets in Tokyo. And, if this is your first Halloween in Japan, check out our article on how to celebrate Halloween in Tokyo!

Halloween Afternoon Teas

Some of the capital’s most glamorous—and ghoul-iest—sweets are in afternoon tea sets. Why not set aside an afternoon for some Halloween-themed luxury sweets?

1. ANA InterContinental Tokyo’s Halloween Afternoon Tea

© Photo by ANA InterContinental Tokyo

The ANA InterContinental Tokyo’s Halloween Afternoon Tea won’t disappoint with its spooky and original goods, including its light-hearted monster and jack-o-lantern tea tower. Alongside the hotel’s array of delectable orange and pumpkin-themed sweets and savories that use orange-colored favorites like apricots, persimmons and carrots, quench your thirst with special Halloween drinks. Add on and try the tarantula pumpkin latte or the Halloween cocktails, if you dare!

• Price: Starting from ¥8,623 per person
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: ANA InterContinental Tokyo

2. Tokyo Grand Hyatt’s Halloween Noir Afternoon Tea

© Photo by Grand Hyatt Tokyo

At the Grand Hyatt Tokyo, the French Kitchen is staging a unique “noir” themed afternoon tea to help you escape your everyday life into their fantastical Halloween world. Nibble on a “coffin sandwich,” take a bite of a juicy black pumpkin burger and savor the black pumpkin roll cake. And don’t miss the creepy yet delicious “eyeball” mousse!

• Price: Starting from ¥5,940 per person
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: Grand Hyatt Tokyo

Halloween Cafe Treats

For a slightly more casual treat that you can sit down with—or take away—head out to a cafe with spooky limited-time specials.

3. Nana’s Green Tea’s Kabocha Mont Blanc Parfait

© Photo by Nana’s Green Tea

From top to bottom, this Kabocha Mont Blanc Parfait combines Japanese and Western traditions into a single Halloween-inspired dessert. Packed with kabocha in a variety of forms, including a mont blanc and honey-soaked chunks of pumpkin, you’ll taste the seasonal vegetable at every layer. Add in red bean paste and small round dumplings, both staples of Japanese sweets, and you’ll have a thoroughly satisfying snack at every turn.

• Price: Starting from ¥680
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: Nana’s Green Tea (locations nationwide)

4. St. Marc Cafe’s Premium Chococro Orange Sweet Potato Jack-o-Lantern

© Photo by St. Marc Cafe

St. Marc’s Cafe has revamped its usual freshly baked chocolate croissants for this year’s Halloween season. By adding annou imo (orange sweet potato) and black chocolate powder to the dough, this croissant has been thoroughly Halloween-ified. Stuffed with a mix of orange sweet potato paste and chocolate, and with cute chocolate eyes decorating the outside, this spooky jack-o-lantern-inspired treat is a steal.

• Price: ¥380
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: St. Marc Cafe (locations nationwide)

Halloween Specials At Your Favorite Chains

Maybe you need a taste of Halloween on your way home from work or on the weekend with the family. Check out these special sweets at a chain near you.

5. Misdo Halloween

© Photo by Mister Donut

Mister Donut is known for its seasonal selection and this Halloween is no different. Teaming up with the Black Thunder Japanese chocolate bar brand, Mister Donut is releasing three new donuts and two dressed-up versions of old classics. Black Thunder Chocolate adds a crunchy chocolate icing on top of the shop’s signature chocolate donut. Old-fashioned and pon de ring also get the Halloween treatment with strawberry and chocolate infusions.

• Price: Starts at ¥194
• Availability: While supplies last.
• Where: Mister Donut (locations nationwide) 

6. Baskin-Robbins Halloween Ice Cream

© Photo by Baskin-Robbins

Japan’s favorite ice cream shop is bringing its A-game this October with several Halloween-inspired offerings. First, there are four special ice cream flavors. Funky Franken combines chocolate, caramel, pistachio and cookie chunks, while the Witch’s Trick is a reddish-purple concoction featuring apple and grape flavors. Enjoy your scoops in a cup decorated with ghouls and vampires and topped with even more sweets, like chocolate pretzels and cookies.

• Price: Starts at ¥510
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: Baskin Robbins (locations nationwide) 

Special Halloween Items

Need something small to amuse your friends and coworkers? Try these quick and easy bites this October.

7. Kaldi Coffee Farm’s Eyeball Marshmallows

© Photo by Kaldi Coffee Farm

Import grocery store Kaldi Coffee Farm stands out on our list for offering a gruesome Halloween treat. While the bloodshot exterior of these eyeball marshmallows is creepy, the yogurt jelly inside ups the gross factor. Although its looks may be unappealing (but very Halloween), the explosion of flavor makes for a tasty bite.

• Price: ¥581
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: Kaldi Coffee Farm (locations nationwide)

8. Colombin’s Ghost Shortcake

© Photo by Colombin

Colombin is a long-running sweets shop whose main store and cafe are now in Harajuku. Don’t miss their seasonal ghost shortcake, which pairs their always-requested strawberry shortcake with the shape of a cute and iconic Halloween ghost. The ideal pairing of the sponge with the mellow sweetness of the strawberries will please your taste buds while indulging in a little spooky fun on the outside.

• Price: ¥1,053
• Availability: Oct. 25- Oct.31 
• Where: Colombin (locations in Kanto, Kansai and Tohoku)

Hotel Pastry Shops With Halloween Sweets

When it comes to Halloween, hotel restaurants and cafes aren’t only about afternoon teas. Pop into these hotels for some festive treats.

9. Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hill’s Halloween Macarons and Lollipops

© Photo by Andaz Tokyo

With pumpkin and nuts front and center, The Pastry Shop is celebrating autumn and Halloween. First, the Halloween macarons come in sets of three or six, and they draw on the pumpkin as a motif. If you’re searching for Halloween’s signature creatures, look no further than the limited edition lollipops. The mummy, ghost or jack-o-lantern make for great treats come the end of October.

• Price: Macarons: ¥1,900 (3 pack), ¥3,300 (6 pack); Lollipops: ¥1,700 (3 pack)
• Availability: Oct. 15-Nov. 5, 2024
• Where: Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hill’s The Pastry Shop

10. The Capitol Hotel Tokyu’s Jack-O-Lantern Cookies

© Photo by The Capitol Hotel Tokyu

This sweet treat packs multiple layers of Halloween fun! First, the nutty cookie base allows this cute jack-o-lantern to stand on its own. Next, the pumpkin’s smooth orange exterior conceals the white chocolate underneath. Continue deeper, and you’ll find almonds and macadamia nuts covered in chocolate and more caramel. And, yes, you can eat the (chocolate) hat, too!

• Price: ¥1,836
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu, 3F Origami Lounge

Bonus: Halloween Cocktails 

For some people, Halloween is about the nightlife as much as the sweets. Enjoy a night on the town with these creepy cocktails!

Torrent Bar’s Halloween Cocktails

© Photo by Torrent Bar

Located in the heart of Shibuya, Torrent Bar has been showcasing its frightening artistry for years in its Halloween cocktails line-up. This year, they’ve come up with two alcoholic choices. Dead Fog brings together Cointreau and black vodka, obscured in a creepy dome that covers the top of your glass. Bloody Eye does away with the suspense and gives you a skewered eyeball atop a gin-based beverage with hints of lychee and cranberry. Torrent Bar is also serving The Hunter, a citrusy mocktail spotlighting lemon and orange.

• Price: Starts from ¥1,100
• Availability: Now through Oct. 30, 2024
• Where: Shibuya Stream Hotel’s Torrent Bar

Intercontinental Tokyo Bay’s Halloween Cocktails

© Photo by Intercontinental Tokyo Bay

The Intercontinental Tokyo Bay is going all out this year with extravagant and electric Halloween drinks. Why not sample, for example, the Elixir of Dracula, made with Aphrodite Black, a pearly curaçao with hints of rose and bitter orange shaken with lime syrup? The spooky dried apple bats add to the Halloween magic of this complex drink. Or, if you’re in the mood for a more low-key party, try their Ghost Parade mocktail, concocted of strawberry blue curaçao, sprite, lime and tropical juices and syrups with an adorable ghost on top.

• Price: Starts from ¥2,640
• Availability: Now through Oct. 31, 2024
• Where: Intercontinental Tokyo Bay

What Halloween sweets do you want to try in Tokyo this year? Let us know in the comments below!

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