Halloween doesn’t have to be a time of stomach aches and sugar highs. There are plenty of fun, healthy alternatives to creating tasty Halloween treats without getting tricked. Here are a few creative and healthy options for a festive snack, dessert, or salad idea:
Banana Ghosts and Tangerine Pumpkins
This is a great idea for snacking on while handing out candy during Trick-Or-Treat. For Banana Ghosts, simply peal bananas completely, cut in half, and use mini-chocolate chips for eyes and regular size chocolate chips for the mouth. For Tangerine Pumpkins, peal tangerines completely and place a small bit of celery in the center to look like a stem.
Apple Bites
All the little goblins and monsters will love this snack. Simply cut rounded, thin slices of any apple variety. Put a thin coat of peanut butter on each slice. Place small marshmallows between the slices, and abracadabra! You have scary plate of mouths on your table.
Spooky Salad
This a festive idea to make salads a bit more interesting. Use large, thick-skinned oranges. Carve out the pulp just like carving a pumpkin. Cut jack-o-lantern faces on each orange. Stuff the orange shells with your favorite salad mix, dressing, or nuts. Toasted pumpkin seeds or Cane River Pecan Pieces are great addition to this fun dish.
Salty Bones
Great for party snacks! These bites will add a little spook to the table. All you need is refrigerated breadstick dough, coarse salt, and an oven. You’ll be collecting bones in no time.
Cheese-Finger Food
This puts an eerie spin on the term “finger food.” Simply cut Mozzarella string cheese in half and carve a small area to serve as the finger nail at the tip of the cheese. Make indentions with a knife where knuckles would be. Use any variety of bell pepper for the fingernail. Use small dabs of cream cheese to get the bell pepper to stick to the cheese.
Don’t let Halloween trick you into thinking it has to be all about the sweets. With creativity, your treats can be ghoulishly healthy.