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13 Easy-to-Make Healthy Halloween Treats

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Healthy halloween snacks for toddlers and preschoolers

How’s this for a scary scenario: Your kiddo’s Halloween party is days away, and you open the sign-up sheet only to find (dun dun dun!) all of the easy items—plates, forks, napkins!—have been claimed. And now you’re on the hook to bring a special holiday themed treat, but your brain—much like a spooky abandoned house—is filled with nothing but cobwebs. EEEEEEEK!

Have no fear! We’re here to rouse you from this waking nightmare with these easy, healthy, homemade Halloween snacks for toddlers and preschoolers.

Candy Corn Yogurt Parfait

Layered like the classic Halloween candy, but way more wholesome, this sunshine-y parfait features layers of pineapple, mandarin oranges, and vanilla yogurt. Serve in clear cups for full candy corn effect!

How-To: Healthy Family Project

Apple Monster Mouth Halloween Snack

A little bit silly, a little bit spooky, and 100% snackable! These Halloween “mouths” are made with apple slices, nut or seed butter, and sunflower seed “teeth.” But you could easily mix it up with kiwi and marshmallow eyes or teeth. Bonus: Little hands can help assemble them for a monstrously good time in the kitchen.

How-To: Suburban Simplicity

Clementine Pumpkin Halloween Snack

No carving required! (In fact, Halloween snacks don’t get much easier than this!) Just peel clementines and top with a celery “stem” for a jack-o’-lantern look that’s as adorable as it is easy. They’re perfect for pint-sized partygoers—and a great way to sneak in some vitamin C!

How-To: Kitchen Treaty

Banana Ghosts

BOO! These friendly banana ghosts are made by halving bananas and adding mini chocolate chips for eyes and a mouth. Whether you stand them up on a tray or lay them flat on a plate, they’re a spirited addition to any snack table (in a good way!).

How-To: Fabulessly Frugal

Spider Energy Balls

Packed with goodness (think oats, nut/seed butter, and dates), these creepy crawly bites come to life with pretzel stick legs and raisin eyes. Great for a pre-party energy boost—and a guaranteed giggle from your little ghouls.

How-To: Sneaky Veg

Kiwi Frankensteins

Paging Dr. Frankenstein! (If you’re the one whipping up this monster Halloween snack, that’s you!) Sliced kiwi gets a spooky makeover with chocolate facial features and a or pretzel stick “neck bolt.” They're science-lab-meets-lunchbox genius!

How-To: This Healthy Table

Ghost Smoothies

These spoooooky sips combine frozen bananas and coconut milk. The finishing frightful touch? Piercing marshmallow eyes adorned with food coloring pupils (though banana slices would also work)!

How-To: Veggie Desserts

Strawberry Ghosts

Dip fresh strawberries in yogurt or white chocolate, then add mini chocolate chip faces for a snack that’s sweet and just a little spooky. Pop them in the freezer for a cool Halloween treat your kids will love sinking their teeth into.

How-To: Lil Luna

Popcorn Witch Hands

A classic Halloween snack! Fill clear gloves with popcorn (or rice puffs for toddlers) and add candy corn “fingernails” for a delightfully eerie effect. Tie them off with a ribbon and watch the kids cackle with delight. (Psst... Popcorn is best for kids 4 and up since it’s a choking risk, so opt for rice puffs if your trick-or-treater is younger!)

How-To: Crayons and Cravings

Fruit Bat Halloween Skewers

Here’s fang-tastic way to get kids to gobble up fruit: Fill up skewers with the fruits of your choice (grapes, blackberries, and melon balls all lend themselves to the theme). Then, top ‘em off with a bat-shaped pom-pom or fruit cutout, and watch them fly off the plate!

How-To: Urban Bliss Life

Halloween Monster Muffins

These not-so-scary banana muffins get their ghoulish hue from spinach…though kids would never know it. Healthy, festive, and freezer-friendly—a parent’s Halloween dream!

How-To: Yummy Toddler Food

Halloween Spider Crackers

Start with whole grain crackers, spread with nut/seed butter or cream cheese, then add pretzel stick legs and raisin eyes. These eight-legged snackers are more silly than scary—and just right for small hands to grab.

How-To: La Jolla Mom

Mummy Granola Bar Halloween Snack

Store-bought or homemade granola bars get wrapped up for Halloween with a few white coconut chip “bandages” and candy eyeballs. A yummy mummy for sure!

How-To: Detoxinista

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