FOOD FRIDAYS: Healthy Halloween Snacks
Happy Halloween! Spooky season is here and trick-or-treating is upon us! Life is all about balance – and if you’re looking for some healthier alternatives to all of the chocolate, chips and candy coming your way, try out this Healthy Halloween Snack Tray!
This snack tray is full of fun ideas that are equally delicious and nutritious, serving as a great way to sneak in some extra fruits and veggies during this sugar-filled weekend. These snacks are full of whole-food ingredients and are a great way to still join in on all the Halloween fun while sticking to your health goals. You can still enjoy the classic Halloween treats, but having a satisfying snack will help moderate the rich candies, bars and treats. These snacks would be great to serve as an after-school or pre-trick-or-treating snack, or even pack some away in your kids’ lunchboxes for an extra festive and fun surprise this Monday! Get the kids involved and have them help prep some of the treats – a great way to get into the Halloween spirit this weekend.
This tray includes everyday snacks that are transformed to celebrate Halloween – including Apple Monster Mouths, Cutie Clementine Pumpkins, Banana ghosts, Grape Googly Eyes, Spooky Celery Sticks, Black and Orange Skewers and more! Serve with plain or vanilla greek yogurt for dipping and you have an ultra-fun and satisfying snack plate! These treats are also easily customizable and can be made to accommodate allergies – try swapping out nut butter for sunflower seed or WowButter and swap out coconut yogurt for a dairy-free dipping sauce!
Ingredients
Apple Monster Mouths
- 2 green apples
- 3 tablespoons nut butter
- 16 edible candy eyes
- 1 package of slivered almonds or shelled sunflower seeds
- 3-4 strawberries, stems removed, cut into ⅛-thick slices lengthwise
Clementine Pumpkins
- 8 tangerines or clementines peeled
- 1 stalk celery
Banana Ghosts
- 4 bananas cut in half across the middle
- 16 mini chocolate chips
- 8 regular-size chocolate chips
Grape Eyes
- 4 large seedless grapes cut in half across the middle
- 8 candy edible eyes
Spooky Celery Sticks
- 2 large celery stalks rinsed, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces per stalk
- 2.5 tablespoons nut butter
- 24 candy eyes
Lychee Eyeballs
- 8 lychee fruit fresh and peeled or canned and drained
- 8 blueberries
Orange and Black Skewers
- 24 fresh blackberries rinsed and patted dry with paper towels
- 24 bite-size pieces of mango
Instructions
Apple Monster Mouths
- Cut the apples into quarters. Cut out the seeds. Cut a wedge out of the skin side of the apple for the mouth.
- Divide 2 ½ tablespoons of the nut butter between the apples and spread inside the cut-out wedge.
- Insert slivered almonds or sunflower seeds into the top of the mouth. Place a slice of strawberry on the nut butter on the bottom of the mouth for a tongue.
- Dip the back of two candy eyes in the remaining nut butter and stick to the apple above the mouth.
Clementine pumpkins
- Cut the celery stalks into pieces that will fit into the center top of the tangerine or clementine. Option: cut from the top of the stalk to include some leaves.
- Insert into the top of the fruit.
Banana Ghosts
- Insert two mini chocolate chips for the eyes and one regular size for the mouth.
Grape Eyes
- Place the grapes uncut side down on a serving platter. Place a candy eye on the cut side of the grape.
Spooky Celery Sticks
- Spread the nut butter evenly between the cut celery pieces (approximately 1 teaspoon per celery piece). Add 3 candy eyes on the nut butter.
Lychee Eyeballs
- Insert one blueberry into the hole at the end of the lychee fruit.
Orange and Black Skewers
- Thread each skewer with 3 blackberries alternating with 3 pieces of mango.
Recipe from Make It Skinny Please.
