Healthy Halloween treats

These healthy Halloween treats give you a break from the sugar! But they are cute and spooky enough for any kid.

Healthy Halloween treats

What!? Me, healthy? Yes, I can go there sometimes. I’m breaking from your usual programming to bring you the latest in a less-sweet Halloween. Here are some healthy alternatives to whip up last minute for your Halloween party. Yes, indeed, you CAN have a fun Halloween with healthy Halloween treats.

more healthy Halloween food 

Fun, healthy treats are great for kids and classroom Halloween parties. So before you learn to make everything you see here, check out:

• vampire apples 
• mummy fruit 
• veggie monsters

how to make witch vegetable fingers

veggie fingers, you will need

• sliced almonds
• long vegetables (asparagus or carrot and celery slices)
• cream cheese 
• dip

Attach an almond slice to the end of a veggie stick, such as carrots, celery or asparagus, with a dab of cream cheese to make a “finger.” Serve the fingers reaching out of a bowl of dip.

how to make orange Jack O’ Lanterns

Halloween oranges, you will need

• Oranges
• green pepper or green fruit roll-up
• black edible marker (available in the craft store)

Insert a piece of green pepper into the top of a peeled orange to make “pumpkins.”

Draw a Jack O’ Lantern face on an unpeeled orange. Let the marker dry and draw a second coat to make the face darker. Make a hole at the top of the orange with a knife and insert a piece of green candy for the stem, such as a rolled up piece of fruit leather.

how to make apple bites

apple monsters, you will need

• apples
• peanut butter and/or jelly (or any nut butter)
• almond slices

Sandwich peanut butter or jelly and almond slivers or apple pieces between two slices of apple to make a silly grin.

how to make healthy apple monsters

not-so-candy apples, you will need:

• lollipop sticks
• peanut butter (or any nut or seed butter)
• edible eyes 

Instead of dipping apples in sugary caramel, insert a lollipop stick into the apple and spread sesame seed butter over the surface. You can then roll in bits of dried fruit, nuts, or coconut. But to make them much creepier, stick a bunch of candy eyes to the nut or sesame seed butter.

how to make cracker spiders

spider snacks, you will need

• round crackers
• cream cheese (or favorite spread)
• pretzel sticks 

Make a cracker sandwich with cream cheese or any other favorite spread and use pretzel stick pieces for spider legs.

how to make Halloween pizza

freaky pizzas, you will need

• tube of store-bought pizza crust 
• pizza sauce
• mozzarella cheesse
• olives
• pepperoni

Separate store-bought pizza crust into four individual pizzas, and decorate for Halloween. Olives and olive pieces can make spiders. For mummies, place pieces of mozzarella cheese sticks across the dough and use olive slices for eyes. Olive eyes and pepperoni cut into triangle teeth make monsters.

Bake according to package directions. 

how to make monster snack containers

paper cup monster, you will need

• paper cups
• Sharpie markers
• snack mix 

Decorate paper cups to look like Frankenstein, zombie, vampire, mummy or ghost faces, and fill with a healthy snack mix. Have the kids help draw the faces before the party.

how to make mummy drinks

mummy juice, you will need

juice boxes

• water bottles
• gauze
• non-toxic glue
• google-eyes

Wrap bananas, oranges, apples, juice boxes, water bottles or anything else you can think of with gauze. Use non-toxic glue to stick googly-eyes on the front to complete the mummy look. (Just be sure to serve to kids old enough to understand the gauze and eyes are not edible.) 

How to make popcorn ball monsters

to make healthy popcorn balls, you will need

• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup sesame seed butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups popped popcorn

Place honey, cup sesame seed butter, and teaspoon salt in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds or until bubbling. Whisk until smooth.

Pour over a bowl filled with 6 cups of popcorn and gently mix. When the popcorn cools to the touch, shape into 2-inch balls. (Tip: Wet hands with cold water to prevent sticking).

Attach candy eyes.