13 Easy-to-Make Healthy Halloween Treats
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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
Image & How-To: Healthy Family Project
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!
Apple Monster Mouth Halloween Snack
Image & How-To: Suburban Simplicity
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.
Clementine Pumpkin Halloween Snack
Image & How-To: Kitchen Treaty
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!
Banana Ghosts
Image & How-To: Fabulessly Frugal
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!).
Spider Energy Balls
Image & How-To: Sneaky Veg
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.
Kiwi Frankensteins
Image & How-To: This Healthy Table
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!
Ghost Smoothies
Image & How-To: Veggie Desserts
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)!
Strawberry Ghosts
Image & How-To: Lil Luna
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.
Popcorn Witch Hands
Image & How-To: Crayons and Cravings
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!)
Fruit Bat Halloween Skewers
Image & How-To: Urban Bliss Life
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!
Halloween Monster Muffins
Image & How-To: Yummy Toddler Food
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!
Halloween Spider Crackers
Image & How-To: La Jolla Mom
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.
Mummy Granola Bar Halloween Snack
Image & How-To: Detoxinista
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!