Description
Discover healthy Halloween snacks for kids! Fun, school-approved treats that are easy to make and vanish fast. Perfect for parties or lunchboxes.
Ingredients
- Fruit & Veggie Stars:
- Bananas
- Clementines or Oranges
- Celery Stalks
- Apple Slices
- Creamy & Crunchy Bases:
- Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
- Plain Greek Yogurt
- Pretzel Sticks
- Cheese Slices
- Spooky Details:
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Blackberries or Blueberries
- Raisins or Dried Cranberries
- Sunflower seeds or slivered almonds (for monster teeth)
Instructions
- Crafting Banana Ghosts:: First things first, peel those bananas. I usually cut them in half crosswise, then slice each half lengthwise if they’re particularly large, aiming for a ghost-like shape. Place them on a plate or parchment-lined tray. Now for the fun part: grab those mini chocolate chips. Gently press two chips into the banana for eyes. Sometimes they want to roll off, so a gentle hand is key here. I always make a few extra because, well, someone usually ‘tests’ one before they’re all done!
- Assembling Clementine Pumpkins:: Peel your clementines or oranges carefully, trying to keep them whole. This is a great task for little hands, honestly, even if some peels get a bit torn. Once peeled, take a tiny piece of celery stick – I usually snap off a small, thin piece from a larger stalk – and gently insert it into the top center of the clementine. It’s supposed to look like a pumpkin stem! If it doesn’t quite stick, a tiny dab of peanut butter can help, I didn’t expect that to work but it kinda does.
- Designing Celery Witches’ Fingers:: Wash your celery stalks and cut them into about 3-4 inch long pieces. Now, spread a thin layer of peanut butter or almond butter into the hollow side of each celery piece. This is where those raisins or dried cranberries come in. Press one onto the end of each celery stick as a ‘fingernail.’ You want it to look a bit gnarly, so don’t worry about perfection. It’s supposed to be spooky, not pristine!
- Building Apple Monster Mouths:: Slice your apples into thin wedges; this is where I always try to get them even. Spread a thin layer of peanut butter or almond butter on one side of an apple wedge. Take another apple wedge and press it onto the first, creating a ‘mouth’ shape. For the ‘teeth,’ gently press small sunflower seeds or slivered almonds along the edge of the ‘mouth.’ This is where a little mess happens, but it’s fine, it’s part of the charm.
- Layering Graveyard Parfaits:: Grab some clear cups or small jars. First, spoon a layer of plain Greek yogurt into the bottom. Next, crumble some graham crackers or a few dark chocolate cookies over the yogurt for the ‘dirt.’ Then, add a layer of blackberries or blueberries. Repeat the layers: yogurt, ‘dirt,’ fruit. For the ‘gravestones,’ you can stick a small piece of a graham cracker or a cookie upright in the top layer of yogurt. A few mini chocolate chips can be scattered on top as ‘bats’ or ‘pebbles’.
- Crafting Pretzel Broomsticks:: Take a pretzel stick. Cut a slice of cheese into a small rectangle, then make small fringe cuts along one long edge, stopping before you cut all the way through. Wrap the uncut edge of the cheese slice around one end of the pretzel stick, pressing gently to secure it. It should look like a little broom! These Halloween snacks for kids are so simple but always a hit, they look so cute standing up on a platter.