An apple a day Keeps the ghouls away! Halloween is coming up and we have some healthy spook-tacular sweet treats for parties that are fun and easy to make.
Here are 3 Spooky Halloween Apple Recipes that’ll make this time of year fun and exciting.
Apple Mummies
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An apple a day Keeps the ghouls away! Halloween is coming up and we have some healthy spook-tacular sweet treats for parties that are fun and easy to make. Here are 3 different ways to turn your apples into Halloween inspired creatures- Apple Mummies- that’ll make this time of year fun and exciting.
Author: Terry Chhour, Dietetic Intern
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 4 mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Using a vegetable peeler, start to peel the apple in strips all the way around the apple.
- Cut the apple in half vertically. Remove the core.
- For the eyes, take the mini chocolate chips and press them into the apple using the pointy end. Place them where the peel has been removed. (TIP: if the chocolate chips do not go as deep in as you would like, use the tip of a paring knife to make a small hole in the apple for the eyes).
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ½ an apple Calories: 42.8 Fat: 0.5 Saturated fat: 0.3 Carbohydrates: 10.5 Sugar: 8 Sodium: 0.8 Fiber: 1.4 Protein: 0.2 Cholesterol: 0
Apple Marshmallow Teeth
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These Apple Marshmallow Teeth are fast and easy to make. They'll be a great on-the-go snack or a small bite to eat at your Halloween party.
Author: Terry Chhour, Dietetic Intern
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter
- 20 mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Cut each apple into ⅛ slices. Spread peanut butter on one side of each apple slice. Line 5-6 mini marshmallows on the peanut butter side of one apple slice, then cover using another apple slice.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 apple teeth Calories: 79.5 Fat: 0.5 Saturated fat: 0.5 Carbohydrates: 10.4 Sugar: 6.3 Sodium: 4.8 Fiber: 1.3 Protein: 2.0 Cholesterol: 0
Apple Monsters
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These Apple Monsters are cute and easy to make. They’ll be a fun and nutritious treat at your Halloween party.
Author: Terry Chhour, Dietetic Intern
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter
- Sunflower seeds
- 2 strawberries
- 2 mini marshmallows
- 8 mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Cut each apple into quarters and remove the core.- In each quarter of the apple, cut a “V” shaped wedge out for the mouths of the monster. Cover the inside of the space with peanut butter.
For the teeth, take sunflower seeds and place them on the top and bottom.- For the tongue, cut the strawberry vertically making slits and insert them into the “mouth” of the apple.
- For the eyes, take a mini marshmallow and cut them into thirds horizontally. Take one chocolate chip and pierce the center of the marshmallow, then push the chocolate chip point into the apple; where the eye(s) would be.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 apple monster Calories: 96.7 Fat: 6.3 Saturated fat: 1 Carbohydrates: 9.1 Sugar: 5.3 Sodium: 1.9 Fiber: 1.8 Protein: 2.8 Cholesterol: 0
Enjoy more spooky Halloween-themed recipes with these past posts:
Jack-O-Lantern Fruit Cups and Spooky Spider Halloween Recipes
5 Fun and Easy Halloween Treats Using String Cheese
Spooky Halloween Meal Ideas
5 Fun Halloween Treats
Jack-O-Lantern Pita and Date Bugs
We enjoy the “Kids in the Kitchen” along with the spooky Haloween treats. Thank you for your many ideas.
You’re welcome! Happy Halloween!