healthy halloween ideas 2014 nlesd & eastern health
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Turn a banana into a frightful or fun ghost!
Sweet Candy Corn
Ingredients:
Toothpicks
Pineapple chunks
Mandarin oranges
Apples
Instructions:
Cut pineapple chunks so they are shaped like
the base of the candy corn. Cut and shape
apple pieces into triangles for the top of the
candy corn. Slide pineapple onto toothpick, sliding it all the way to the bottom until only
a small part of the toothpick is showing. Slide mandarin orange piece on next, followed
by apple piece.
Adapted from: http://www.superhealthykids.com/healthy-kids-recipes/nature-s-candy-corn-and-fruit-dip.php
Ghost Banana Pops Ingredients:
1 cup dried shredded coconut
Raisins
Chocolate chips (mini)
3 Bananas
1½ cups of orange juice
6 Popsicle sticks
Instructions:
Cut the banana in half widthwise and insert a
popsicle stick into the flat end. Freeze for a few
hours. Dip in orange juice, followed by shredded
coconut. Be sure to get the dried shredded coconut; moist coconut flakes do not stick to
the banana well. Place two chocolate chips for eyes and a plump raisin for the mouth.
Adapted from http://www.nuggetmarket.com/recipes.php?id=323
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Cheesy Ghost
Ingredients: Mozzarella string cheese Currants, small pieces of raisins or other dried
fruit or black olives for eyes
Instructions:
Include string cheese on a snack plate. Kids can pull
cheese apart in shape of ghosts. To insert eyes
(currants, raisins or olives), poke two holes in the
“head” of the ghost and push the two eyes in to
adhere.
Adapted from: http://naturalnoshing.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/halloween-snacks/
Witch’s Broom
Ingredients:
Cheese Strings
Pretzel Sticks
Fresh Chives
Instructions:
Cut a cheese string into three pieces. Cut the fringes of
the broom using a pair of scissors. Stick the pretzel
stick into the cheese with the fringes looking down. Tie
a piece of chive around the top of the cheese string.
Adapted from: http://www.cocinandoconcatman.com/recetas/recetas-aperitivos/escobas-de-bruja-de-queso-
receta.html
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Monster Bites
Ingredients:
Apples
Almond Slivers
Instructions:
Core and cut the apple into quarters. Cut a wedge
out of the skin side of each quarter. Insert almond
slivers into the mouth for teeth.
Adapted from http://www.snixykitchen.com/2012/10/30/goblin-grins-and-monster-mouths/
Creepy Cute Monsters
Either make these ahead of time, or do as a fun activity with the students!
Ingredients:
Bell Peppers (different colours) Hummus or Vegetable Dip Plum Tomatoes Chick Peas Carrots
Instructions: Cut a cucumber into thick disks. Slice each disk halfway to make an opening. Slide in a bell pepper tongue. Use hummus or dip to stick veggies and chick peas for the eyes, nose, and hair. Have fun getting creative!
Adapted from http://www.fitsugar.com/Healthy-Halloween-Snacks-19428205#photo-19535660
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Franken-kiwis
Ingredient:
Kiwi
Pretzel Sticks
Currants/Raisins
Instructions:
Using a vegetable peeler, cut almost all the skin,
leaving just enough to look like his hair. Cut the
base off the kiwi. Use the pretzel sticks for the
bolts and mouth and currants for eyes.
Adapted from: http://www.twohealthykitchens.com/2014/10/14/frankenstein-kiwis-another-healthy-halloween-treat/
Veggie Finger Dippers
Ingredients: 6 ounces of plain Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon lemon juice Salt and pepper to taste Carrots Green Beans Hummus Sliced Almonds
Instructions: Dip: Mix the yogurt, dill, garlic, lemon juice and salt & pepper in a bowl and refrigerate for at least two hours. Fingers: Peel carrots, cut into finger sizes and wash green beans; stick sliced almonds onto each end of the carrot and green bean with hummus so it looks like a fingernail, . Serve with a side of veggies. Adapted from http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Snack-Attack-Nonfat-Yogurt-Dill-Dip-Veggies-3903452
Veggies never looked so creepy!
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Mummy Apples
Ingredients: Green apples Gauze Tape Mini Marshmallows Edible Ink/Currants
Instructions: Wash apples then wrap them in mummy fashion with gauze. Secure the end with a piece of tape. Make sure to leave space for the eyes. Cut mini marshmallows in half. Attach the sticky cut side to the apple for eyes. Add edible ink or currants to the eyes.
Adapted from: http://www.marcicoombs.com/2012/10/halloween-leadership-treats.html
Jack-O’Lanterns
Turn fruit cups into fun Halloween snacks!
Just use a marker and your creativity to draw
a fun jack-o’-lantern face on fruit cups!
Adapted from http://www.armelleblog.com/2012/10/halloween-play-date.html
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Spooky Spider Snack
Ingredients:
Plum
Pretzel Sticks
Canned Pitted Black Olives
Mini Marshmallows Edible Ink/Currants
Instructions:
Carefully use a knife to poke 3 holes on each side of the plum. Take 6 pretzel sticks and push them into the holes. Slide the olives
onto the pretzel sticks leaving just a bit of the pretzel showing. Fill up the other pretzel sticks with olives. Press the olive onto the end of the pretzel that is showing. Cut mini marshmallows in half. Attach the sticky cut side to the plum for eyes. Add edible ink or currants to the eyes.
Adapted from: http://www.kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/2011/09/spooky-spider-snack.html
Jack-o'-Lantern Hummus Plate
Ingredients: Roasted red pepper hummus Raisins Pretzel Stick Chips/Crackers/Veggies
Instructions: Spread hummus on a salad plate. Using raisins make a jack-o'-lantern face. Use a pretzel stick for the stem. Serve with chips, crackers, or veggies.
Adapted from http://www.fitsugar.com/Healthy-Halloween-Snacks-19428205#photo-19527895
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Fruit-O’Lantern
Ingredients:
Mandarin Oranges or Clementines
Fresh Strawberries
Fresh Blueberries
Red Grapes
Celery
Instructions:
Peel the mandarin oranges or clementines.
Wash strawberries, blueberries, grapes
and celery. On a round plate (preferably
orange in colour), arrange oranges as the body of the jack-o-lantern, strawberries for
the mouth, blueberries as the nose and grapes for the eyes. Cut celery into small strips
and use as stem for the jack-o-lantern.
Adapted from http://wholesomedinnertonight.blogspot.ca/2011/10/jack-o-lantern-fruit-plate-halloween.html
Veg-eleton
Ingredients:
Lettuce Leaf
Ranch Dressing
Veggies
Instructions:
Take a small bowl for the ranch dressing and line
half of it with lettuce (for the skeleton’s hair), then fill
the bowl with ranch dressing and place it at the
head of a large tray or baking sheet. Arrange your
veggies on the tray to resemble a skeleton.
Adapted from: http://www.biosanes.com/recipes/veggie-
skeleton
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Watermelon Brain
Ingredients: Watermelon Vegetable peeler Paring knife
Instructions:
Slice bottom of watermelon to create a flat
surface so that watermelon does not roll
around. Peel green skin off with vegetable
peeler keeping some green lines in white
flesh. With a sharp paring knife carve brain
channels into watermelon to look like lines in a
brain. Include large cut down the middle of
watermelon to look like right and left
hemispheres.
Adapted from: http://www.instructables.com/id/Halloween-Melon-Brain/
Fruity Pumpkin
Ingredients: Pumpkin Wooden skewers Various fruit
Instructions:
Wash fruit and cut into bite size pieces. Slide fruit pieces onto wooden skewers. Push fruit skewers into top of pumpkin as shown in picture. Draw face onto pumpkin.
Adapted from: http://www.listotic.com/64-non-candy-halloween-snack-ideas/62/
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For more information or to share your Healthy Celebrations Ideas
please contact:
Last updated: October 2014
Mariel Parcon
School Health Promotion Liaison Consultant Eastern Health & NLESD
Avalon East
Peggy Orbasli
School Health Promotion Liaison Consultant Eastern Health & NLESD
Avalon West, Burin & Vista
Christina Tucker
Regional Nutritionist Eastern Health
Avalon East
Melissa Caravan
Regional Nutritionist Eastern Health
Avalon West, Burin & Vista