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Creepy Crawlers & Healthy Halloween Tips for Easy Kids Recipes

October 2, 2024 by Holly Clegg Leave a Comment

Healthy Halloween Food to Make Nutrition Fun for Kids!

Yes, you can have easy delicious recipes and still enjoy healthy Halloween food like these super fun Creepy Crawlers!  Halloween is a fun festive holiday and kids of all ages will love these Halloween recipes. But, it can be difficult to navigate the extra candy and sweets at every turn. Moderation is key but how about a few options to substitute those high sugar treats. Here are a few healthy tips to keep your Halloween full of treats without the tricks!

Print Recipe
Creepy Crawlers
Kids will have lots of fun making these sandwiches. They will even eat the carrot strip “legs.”
Servings 1 sandwich
Ingredients
  • 2 slices bread
  • 2 teaspoons peanut butter or enough to cover bread
  • 1 carrot peeled and sliced into 8 sticks
  • 2 raisins
Servings 1 sandwich
Ingredients
  • 2 slices bread
  • 2 teaspoons peanut butter or enough to cover bread
  • 1 carrot peeled and sliced into 8 sticks
  • 2 raisins
Instructions
  1. To make a sandwich, cut circles out of 2 slices of bread with a round cookie cutter or glass. Spread the peanut butter on top of one circle.
  2. Place 8 carrot sticks for “legs” on the edge of the circle, sticking out on both sides.
  3. Top with the other circle of the bread, and put two raisins on top for the eyes.
Nutritional Info

Calories 217, Protein (g) 7, Carbohydrate (g) 32, Fat (g) 7, Calories from Fat (%) 29, Saturated Fat (g) 1, Dietary Fiber (g) 4, Cholesterol (mg) 0, Sodium (mg) 317 Diabetic Exchanges: 0.5 high-fat meat, 1.5 starch, 1.5 vegetable

Kids Halloween Recipes For Fun Healthy Halloween Food

  • Make sure there is a healthy option at the party you are attending by offering to bring the veggie platter – get creative and lay the chopped veggies in the shape of a spooky skeleton – bell pepper strips as ribs, celery stalks as limbs, sliced mushrooms has hips.
  • These days there are so many options of toys and trinkets to buy in bulk and hand out on healthy Halloween food – plastic spider rings, fun temporary tattoos – we love the idea that our neighbors growing up always gave us a roll of pennies!

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Easy Healthy Halloween Recipes for Your Kid’s Lunch

  • Bringing a snack or treat to your child’s class? Simply pick up a bag of easy-to-peel seedless, seasonal Satsuma’s and draw an easy little jack-o-lantern on the peel with a black permanent marker – also, can do the same with single serve fruit bowls.
  • Have fun with healthy Halloween food in school lunches or evening meals this month – easily turn that plain grilled cheese or quesadilla into a fun jack-o-lantern face with a few easy cuts.
  • Peanut butter, whole grain bread, carrot sticks and raisins turn into a fun kid spider sandwich snack in minutes! And go ahead and make a Slice and Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake spider web while you’re at it!

Easy Fun Halloween Party Ideas with Holly Clegg’s Rush Hour Halloween Menu

Halloween recipes

Download now for only $.99 and you’ll get Holly’s Halloween menu with shopping lists and everything you need to keep your family fed and happy for trick or treat. Make it a festive night with simple fun Halloween party ideas and easy spooky recipes!

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Filed Under: Easy Entertaining, Halloween Recipes, Kid Recipes, Seasonal Tagged With: chocolate chip cookie cake, Fun, Halloween, halloween grilled cheese sandwich, Healthy Halloween Food, Healthy Halloween Recipes, how to have a healthy halloween, jack o lantern grilled cheese sandwich, Kids, spooky spider sandwich

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