Halloween Treats

     Being a Family and Consumer Sciences Education major and hoping to have my own family some day, it is important to know how to provide kids with healthy foods that are fun to eat so kids get the fruits and vegetables they need in a day. Here are just a couple ideas for fun and easy treats which are perfect to feed kids instead of Halloween candy, and they still look intriguing to kids!

    Cutie Pumpkins:
12 cuties
4 stalks of celery

These are so easy to make! Just peel the cuties and stick a short piece of celery in the middle.... and tada! Pumpkins!


Monster Apples- (Yields 30 monsters)
3 granny smith apples
2 cups of Peanut Butter
Mini Marshmallows
60 Toothpicks
1 cup Almond Slices
Black food dye (or frosting)

   Slice each apple into 20 slices (a Pampered Chef apple slicer makes 10 slices so just cut each of those in half and it is super easy!) Put about 1 tbsp on an apple slice, then put another apple slice on top of it with green sides facing the same direction. Repeat until all of the slices are used.

   Next, for the teeth... place the almond slices skinny (pointy side) down onto the peanut butter to create the teeth of the monsters. Then, place two toothpicks into each with marshmallows on the end for the eyes. To put dots on each eyes, either black food dye or a small amount of black frosting can be used. When all of these steps have been repeated for each monster, you are done! How cute are those?!?!