This document provides three healthy Halloween treat ideas: olive snake snacks made from olives, cheese, and carrots; spooky apple bites made from apples, strawberries, sunflower seeds, and sunflower butter; and spooky spider deviled eggs made from hard boiled eggs, olives, mayonnaise, and mustard. Directions are given for making each treat, which are meant to provide festive yet healthy options for Halloween parties and gatherings.

1. Healthy
Halloween Treat
Ideas
by Ayla Choudhery

2. Halloween is almost here! As
excited as many of us might be for
costumes and Halloween parties,
there is what some would consider
a downside -treats.

3. To some, Halloween might in fact be
close to the top of their list of “least
healthy holidays”. The reason why is
because the day is filled with
chocolate delight and a
combination of every other treat
one could possibly imagine. But it
doesn’t have to be that way for you!

4. Here are some fun and healthy
ideas and recipes for you to
recreate for your next Halloween
party or take to work to help put
everyone in a festive mood.

5. Healthy Halloween Recipes:

6. In order to make make this
deliciously spooky treat you’ll need
are a few cans of California Ripe
Olives (depending on the quantity
of olive snakes you wish to make),
cheese slices, and carrots.
Olive Snake

7. Directions: Place the olives in the
shape of an “S”. Use the cheese to
create eyes and the piece of the
carrot for the tongue.

8. Serve your olive snakes to the side
of a salad or place the snake on top
of your favorite cream cheese or
hummus dip and serve with veggie
sticks or crackers.

9. Spooky apple bites are comprised
of green apples, sliced
strawberries, sunflower seeds,
sunflower butter, and 1-2 googly
eyes per apple bite (googly eyes
can be homemade).
Spooky
Apple Bites

10. Directions: First you’ll need to cut
out the middle of each of the
quarters of the apples to create the
shape of a mouth. Spread the inside
of the mouth gap with sunflower
butter. Make teeth by placing 4
sunflower seeds on tip of the
mouth.

11. Next, put one sliced strawberry
inside of the mouth to replicate a
tongue and glue 1 -2 eyes above
the mouth using the sunbutter.

12. These festive deviled eggs can
easily be made using peeled, hard-
cooked eggs, whole black olives,
salad dressing or mayonnaise,
ground mustard, pepper, and salt.
Spooky
Spider
Deviled Eggs

13. Directions: Cut the eggs in half
(lengthwise), take the yolk out and
mash the yolks with a fork. Next,
stir in the mustard, mayonnaise, and
salt and pepper. Fill the whites using
the egg yolk mixture and and cover
for refrigeration.

14. Your spooky spider deviled eggs
should be refrigerated no longer
than 24 hours. After the eggs have
been properly cooled, use the olives
to decorate the deviled eggs to
resemble a spider.