Making healthy Halloween treats with or for the kids is a fun and easy way to celebrate the holiday—in the days leading up to it or throughout the day on the holiday itself. These Halloween snacks are easy, quick, and SO cute! (And not too scary for the littles.)
Admittedly, turning food into art is not something I have much patience for—but doing a super easy Halloween treat in a fun design is something I actually love doing with my kids.
The key? Keep the idea really simple and easy to execute with a few simple methods that work across a range of foods. And to not worry (at all!) about perfection.
The goal is to do an activity together that the kids can eat—or to make them a fun snack!—and enjoy the process.
Table of Contents
- 1. Silly Face Smoothie
- 2. Halloween Toast
- 3. Side Eye Snack Bar
- 4. Halloween Pizza
- 5. Mummy Crackers
- 6. Spooky Energy Bite Spiders
- 7. Green Muffins
- 8. Chocolate Avocado Pudding Bites
- 9. Cheese Brooms and Clementine Pumpkins
- 10. Pumpkin Donuts
- 11. Chocolate Covered Apple Slices
- 12. Boo-nana Pops
- Best Tips for Success
- Favorite Healthy Halloween Treats and Snacks Recipe
1. Silly Face Smoothie
Make a green smoothie for kids. top with granola for hair, dried fruit (like cranberries or raisins) for eyes, and mini marshmallows for funny teeth. The kids will need to eat the face with a spoon (it would get stuck in a straw!), but it’s a really fun idea to do together.
You could also do this on a bowl of yogurt to make it even faster.
2. Halloween Toast
These have been in a classic in my house for years and my girls love them each time we make them. These are such a fun breakfast, but they also work as a special snacks.
3. Side Eye Snack Bar
Add funny eyes to a homemade granola bar, Chocolate Protein Muffin, or any other food you want! Roll cream cheese into two small balls and place on the food. Press a mini chocolate chip into each.
(You can also use candy eyes if you prefer too.)
4. Halloween Pizza
This is great as a Halloween lunch or Halloween dinner and also works as a satisfying snack.
5. Mummy Crackers
Here’s a savory Halloween treat for snack time: Top whole grain round crackers with shredded cheese. You can even add slices of black olives for eyes if you want to! Easy peasy!
6. Spooky Energy Bite Spiders
Adding pretzel legs and raisin eyes to energy bites and turn them into instant spiders. So fun!
7. Green Muffins
My Spinach Banana muffins are fun for Halloween, no matter how you serve them, but they are a little extra when you top them with frosting and sprinkles!
8. Chocolate Avocado Pudding Bites
Prep the pudding, place into a Halloween themed ice cube tray, freeze, then serve.
9. Cheese Brooms and Clementine Pumpkins
To make the pumpkins, peel a clementine but leave it whole. Add a little piece of cucumber to make the stem. To make the brooms, cut a mozzarella cheese stick in thirds and stick a mini pretzel stick in. Peel up the base of the cheese to make the broom.
10. Pumpkin Donuts
With an easy combo of ingredients and a simple method that uses a donut pan, these donuts are a fun Halloween snack for sure.
11. Chocolate Covered Apple Slices
In just minutes, you can make a toddler-friendly candy apple with this easy method.
12. Boo-nana Pops
Make quick banana pops for a fun ghost-like treat. Or, make them chocolate. Both are yummy!
Best Tips for Success
- You can also make fruit and yogurt candy corn by placing Greek yogurt into a bowl. Top with diced yellow fruit (yellow kiwi or pineapple), orange fruit (clementines or cantaloupe) and white (banana, melon, or coconut).
- Try my Chocolate Yogurt for another fun option.
More Halloween Ideas
I’d love to hear your feedback if you try any of these ideas with your kids. Please comment below—I love hearing how ideas and recipes go in your homes!
Favorite Healthy Halloween Treats and Snacks
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk (I prefer unsweetened nondairy milk in smoothies)
- 1 small banana
- 1 cup frozen mango (or pineapple)
- 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach
- 2 tablespoons granola
- 2 dried cranberries
- 4 mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Add the milk, banana, mango or pineapple, and spinach to a blender. Blend, starting on low and working up to high.
- Pour into a cup or bowl. Add granola for hair, cranberries for eyes, and marshmallows for teeth.
Equipment
Notes
- Snack Bar with Eyes: Roll cream cheese into two small balls and place on the food. Press a mini chocolate chip into each.
- Halloween Pizza: Check out the easy recipe.
- Mummy Crackers: Top whole grain round crackers (I like the ones in the brown box from Trader Joe’s but Breton crackers work too) with shredded cheese. Add slices of black olives for eyes if desired.
- Energy Bite Spiders: Make a batch of energy bites. Break mini pretzels into pieces and use as legs. Add raisin eyes.
- Spinach Banana Cupcakes: Add chocolate frosting to Spinach Banana Muffins. Top with sprinkles if desired. (I separated out the orange and white ones to make it with mostly Halloween colors.)
- Green lunch: Serve up an assortment of green foods for a festive Halloween treat lunch. We like to include Banana Spinach Muffins, Snap Pea Crisps, kiwi, edamame, and cucumbers.
- Strawberry Ghosts: Trim the stems off of strawberries. Dip in Greek yogurt and place onto a pie plate. Add mini chocolate chip eyes. Freeze briefly and serve.
- See the post for more ideas.
Nutrition
This post was first posted October 2019.
Love these! I did the spider energy bites – they were a hit for my toddler and my 15 month old!
Yay!