In keeping with St. Louis Children's Hospital's commitment to helping families raise healthy children, we are happy to provide these nutritious Halloween recipes that are fun to make AND fun to eat.
RITZ Spider
Prep time: 5 min
Ingredients:
12 RITZ Crackers
1/4 cup peanut butter, divided
48 small pretzel sticks
Halloween sprinkles
12 currants or small candies
Preparation:
Spread each of 6 crackers with 1 tsp. of the peanut butter; cover with second cracker to form "spider's body."
Insert 8 pretzel sticks into the peanut butter layer of each spider for the "legs."
Spread 1 tsp. of the remaining peanut butter on top of each spider. Decorate with sprinkles, then add 2 currants to each for the "eyes."
NEWTON® Monster Pops
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients:
Wooden pop sticks
FIG NEWTONS Fruit Chewy Cookies
Decorating gels and frostings
JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
LIFE SAVERS GUMMIES
Colored sprinkles and assorted Halloween candies
Preparation:
Insert 1 pop stick into each cookie.
Decorate cookie with gels, frostings, marshmallows, candies and sprinkles to create monster faces.
Let stand to set. If desired, stand pops in a floral foam block inserted into a Halloween container to use as a centerpiece.
Spooky Gloved Munch Mix
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients:
6 cups POST ALPHA-BITS Wholesome
Sweetened Oat & Corn Cereal
4 cups popped popcorn
2 cups JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
1 cup dried mixed fruit
1 cup candy-coated milk chocolate candies
100 candy corn pieces (about 1 cup)
10 clear large plastic food handlers' gloves
10 pieces raffia, each about 8 inches long
Preparation:
Toss cereal, popcorn, marshmallows, dried fruit and chocolate candies in a large bowl or witch's toy cauldron.
Place 1-1/4 cups of the snack mix in each of 10 small plastic bags. Give one to each child along with 10 pieces of candy corn, a plastic glove and piece of raffia.
Have each child place 2 pieces of candy corn, with the white tips down, in each thumb and finger section of the plastic glove to resemble fingernails. Then, fill gloves with the snack mix and tie closed with the raffia.
Easy Boo Cups
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients:
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped
Topping, thawed, divided
1 pkg. (16 oz.) OREO Chocolate
Sandwich Cookies, crushed, divided
1 tub (22 oz.) JELL-O Ready-To-Eat
Pudding, any flavor
Preparation:
Gently stir 1/2 of the whipped topping and 1/2 of the crushed cookies into pudding.
Spoon 1 Tbsp. crushed cookies into 16 individual cups. Evenly divide pudding mixture among the cups. Top with remaining crushed cookies.
Drop remaining whipped topping by spoonfuls onto desserts to create "ghosts." Refrigerate until ready to serve. Watch the ghosts disappear! Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.
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