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Treats belong to Halloween as turkey belongs to Thanksgiving. it does not matter if you are throwing a party, have created a haunted house or if you are expecting a lot of trick or treaters at your door step, you need Halloween treats. In this article we will show you how to make some of the most tasty but easy treats you can imagine.
Healthy Treats for Halloween?
In this time where a lot of our youngsters are already struggling with weight problems we also need to think about healthy snacking. Halloween is a holiday in particular where treats, snacks and food is important but there really are ways to reduce the amount of sugar and fats we give our children as a treat.
A few yummy ideas for reasonably healthy Halloween treats are:
#1 Caramel Apples
Although caramel apples contain a lot of sugar we can also create a 'light' variation. And because it is one of those Halloween treats most children love you are still giving something they want. Caramel apples are easy to make, just place a Popsicle stick in the center of the apple and melt some squares of caramel in a sauce pan and dip the apple half in the caramels and let the caramel drip around the other half. You can roll the apple in nuts or raisins to create a bit of a chunky feeling. because you only dip half of the apple you use less sugar and create a scary looking apple in the same time.
#2 Halloween Goo
Most people like Jell-O and when you add some small pieces of fruit in the shape of body parts you have created a mystery Halloween Goo that the kids will love. Just cut some fruits in to shape and make the Jell-O according the package. Refrigerate the Jell-O with the fruit for at least two hours. Children will love to pick the body parts out of the Jell-O.
#3 Cut off fingers
Something simple and very spooky are cut off finger treats, you can use some cans of small hot-dogs and create, with ketchup, a nail on the end of the finger. You also need to tear the end of the hot-dog as if the finger was torn off. You can place it in a small box or on top of a bowl of spaghetti to make it more scary to pick out the finger.
As you can see there are many different Halloween ideas for treats, that are easy, fun, tasty and healthy. And you probably will think of many more if you stop and think about it. Look at vegetables, fruits, cheese and other foods and think about what kind of scary stuff you can create with it. Halloween is not about collecting as much junk food as you can, it is about the fun and the scare. Ask your children and they will think the same as they see and taste what kind of scary Halloween treats you have created.
The author of this article, Kristin King, is a real Halloween lover, at here website Ahead Of Halloween.com she likes to write about Halloween recipe ideas but also about, Slipknot Halloween masks and much more.
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