These spooky cute sliders bring the party straight to your plate. Gooey cheese, crispy chicken, and a marinara mess of deliciousness plus those monster eyes? Total hit with kids and grown up goblins alike.
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A Spooky Treat Everyone Will Love
Picture this. It’s Halloween night, your living room’s filled with giggling kids, candy wrappers, and the smell of melted cheese and toasty buns. These Halloween Chicken Parmesan Sliders are exactly what October 31 needs. Fast, freaky, and full of flavor.
Where This Creepy Cute Recipe Comes From
Inspired by Halloween Madness
Halloween has always been a big deal in our house. I’m talkin’ about fake cobwebs on the stair rail, pumpkin lights in the kitchen, and a mad scramble for last minute costume fixes. Somewhere in that chaos, I needed a dinner that screamed festive but whispered I only took 15 minutes
That’s how these little monsters were born
Why I Keep Making It
Besides the fact that they taste amazing, this recipe is a total time saver. I keep frozen chicken tenders on hand year round, and I always have marinara and mozzarella hiding in my fridge. Plus, watching the kids pop on those olive eyeballs is pure October magic
What Makes These Sliders So Addictive
Flavor You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
Warm marinara hugs crispy chicken while melty mozzarella oozes out with every bite. The buns are soft, the center’s savory, and that cheesy tooth detail? It actually adds a little crunch. These are sliders with personality and a bit of monster bite
Tips That Make It Spookier
Carve your cheese with jagged edges to make creepy monster teeth
Pimento stuffed olives on toothpicks give you instant googly eyes
Use black sesame seed buns for a witchy twist
Prep everything ahead so you’re not scrambling in costume
How to Make Halloween Chicken Parmesan Sliders
What You’ll Need
8 frozen chicken tenders
8 slider buns
8 slices mozzarella cheese
¾ cup marinara sauce
16 green olives stuffed with pimento
Step by Step Instructions
- Bake the chicken tenders according to the package, usually about 20 minutes at 400°F
- While they’re baking, cut your mozzarella into jagged strips to make spooky teeth. I like using kitchen shears
- Grab toothpicks and pierce two olives per slider to create little monster eyes
- Warm your marinara sauce in a small saucepan or microwave
- Build your monsters. Bottom bun, spoonful of marinara, hot chicken tender, more sauce, slice of mozzarella with teeth facing out, then top bun
- Stick the olive eyes on top using the toothpicks and serve warm
How I Serve Them
I line them up on a wooden cutting board and let everyone grab their monster. These are great for Halloween dinner, post trick or treat snacks, or a school party platter that’ll get all the compliments
Make It Your Way
These sliders are super flexible so if you’re feeling creative try
Buffalo sauce instead of marinara
Mini meatballs for a different shape
Plant based tenders for a vegetarian twist
Pesto and provolone if you want to ditch the red sauce altogether
FAQ
Can I make these ahead
Yes. Prep your cheese teeth and olive eyeballs a day or two early. Cook the tenders last minute for best texture
What cheese works besides mozzarella
Provolone, pepper jack, or even cheddar can work. Just make sure it’s sliceable and a bit spooky
Can I bake them all together like a tray of sliders
Totally. Line them in a baking dish, cover loosely with foil, and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes to warm through
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Halloween Chicken Parmesan Sliders
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 8 sliders 1x
Description
These spooky cute sliders are packed with crispy chicken, marinara, and mozzarella cheese carved into teeth. Topped with olive eyes, they’re the perfect Halloween party bite.
Ingredients
8 frozen chicken tenders
8 slider buns
8 slices mozzarella cheese
¾ cup marinara sauce
16 green olives stuffed with pimento
Instructions
1. Bake the chicken tenders according to package instructions.
2. Cut mozzarella slices into jagged strips to resemble monster teeth.
3. Pierce two olives per toothpick to create eyes for each slider.
4. Warm marinara sauce in a saucepan or microwave.
5. Layer bottom bun with marinara, then chicken, more sauce, then mozzarella with “teeth” facing forward.
6. Top with the bun and add olive eyes on toothpicks.
7. Serve immediately.
Notes
Cheese “teeth” and olive “eyes” can be prepared up to 3 days ahead.
Store prepped ingredients separately for best texture.
Reheat assembled sliders in foil at 350°F for 10–15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slider
- Calories: 164
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 33mg