Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, so before a night of trick-or-treating, costume flaunting, and uncontrollable candy bar sugar highs, your little ones have to head off to school. Even though packing lunches is a monotonous task that a lot of parents could do without, there are a bunch of ways to make their Halloween lunchbox an exciting one for both you to prep and for them to eat (and if you're ambitious, you can feature a bunch of these treats all throughout October!).

Read through for 21 spooky snacks — some involving little to no prep, some more intricate — that will be welcome treats in your kiddo's lunch bag this Halloween.