9 Spookily Easy Halloween Treats for Kids

It’s nearing the time of year when witches and warlocks come out of the shadows and excited kids (like mine) hit the streets for annual trick-or-treating. Our school has canceled the Halloween parade; I hope the trick-or-treating won’t be too, like in some communities. Everyone knows Halloween and candy go together like PB&J, but before your mini ghosts and goblins load up on sugar, give them some spooktacular Halloween treats for kids to fill up on first.

By Janine Clements, 21st Century Mama

Whether you want to wow young guests with festive party food or you’re keeping it small and celebrating as a family, check out these top crowd-pleasing edible delights for kids of all ages (and parents too). This list includes banana ghosts, fish stick mummies, and wriggling worm ice cubes. Best of all, they’re easy and quick to make. 

Healthy Halloween Treats for Kids

Banana Ghosts and Pumpkin Tangerines  

Tangerine Pumpkins & Banana Ghosts

For healthy Halloween food for kids, these fun banana ghosts and pumpkin tangerines are ideal, and you can whip them up in an instant. 

Ingredients  

• 4 bananas
• 8 tangerines
• 1 cup of chocolate chips
• Celery

Here’s How:  

Banana Ghosts

• Chop the bananas in half and put the flat side down
• Add mini choc chips for the eyes and bigger ones for the mouth

Tangerine Pumpkins

• Peel the tangerines
• Add a small piece of celery to the top of each pumpkin

Jack-O-’Lantern Veggie-Style

Veggie Jack O’ Lantern and 6 other festive Halloween treats!

Make sure your kids get their five-a-day even on Halloween with this scary jack-o’-lantern. Made from carrots, black raisins and cucumber, it’s the perfect healthy Halloween treat for kids.

Ingredients  

• 2lb mini carrots
• Raisins
• Cucumber

Here’s How:   

• Line a platter with carrots for the face
• Make holes and add black raisins for the eyes, nose, and mouth
• Use the end of a cucumber for the stalk. 

Fruity Ghost Kabobs

Halloween Ghost Fruit Kabobs

You need marshmallows, fruit such as strawberries and grapes, a black food coloring pen, and skewers for these scarily simple and scarily tasty Halloween treats for kids. 

Ingredients  

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• 1lb grapes, strawberries, or melon cubes
• Black food coloring pen

Here’s How:  

• Use the food coloring pen to draw a spooky face on each marshmallow
• Stick one on each skewer along with a few pieces of the fruit. 

Savory Halloween Treats for Kids

Creepy Crawly Sandwiches

Halloween WORM Sandwich

There are plenty more worms on the menu this Halloween. These creepy Halloween treats for kids will make them shudder.

Ingredients

• 8 hotdogs
• 8 buns
• Barbecue sauce

Here’s How:  

• Cut each hotdog lengthwise into 6 
• Fry them until they curl up
• Put them in the buns and add barbecue sauce. 

Frightening Fish Stick Mummies  

Serve Fish Stick Mummies This Halloween

Fish stick mummies are the tastiest Halloween treats for toddlers. All you need are a box of fish sticks, cheese slices, and mustard for the scariest mummies on the block.

Ingredients  

• 1 box of fish sticks
• Cheese slices
• Mustard 

Here’s How:  

• Bake the fish sticks in the oven. 
• When done, take them out and layer over thin strips of cheese. 
• Dot on some mustard to make the eyes and you’re done!

Ghost Pizza Bagels  

For Halloween treats for kids that your little monsters will go crazy for, serve up delicious bagels made with mozzarella slices, marinara sauce, and capers.

Ingredients:

• 8 bagels (mini or regular)
• 1 packet of mozzarella slices
• Marinara sauce
• Capers

Here’s How:

• Slice bagels in half
• Spread marinara sauce over the top
• Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes in the mozzarella
• Place on top of each bagel
• Bake until cheese melts (about 10 minutes)
• Add capers for the eyes
• Makes 16

Snacking Halloween Treats for Kids

Ghoulish Marshmallow Ghosts  

Making these super easy, kid-friendly Halloween treats is a fun activity to do with your crew. 

Ingredients

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Skewers
• Food coloring pens. 

Here’s How:  

• Put the marshmallows on skewers (or popsicle sticks if you have little ones and you are worried about the sharp ends)
• Use food coloring pens (or edible eyeballs) to make the faces. 

Spooky Spiders  

Easy Oreo Spider Cookies

All you need for these wicked Halloween snacks for kids are Oreos for the body, pretzel sticks for the legs, candy corn for the teeth, and a packet of edible eyeballs.

Ingredients

• 1 packet of Oreos,
• 1 bag of pretzel sticks
• Candy corn
• Edible eyeballs

Here’s How:  

• Chop the pretzel sticks in half and stick four halves into the Oreo filling to make the legs
• Cut the white tops off the candy corn and stick them into the filling to make the teeth
• Stick edible eyeballs onto the top of the Oreos.

Fun Halloween Treats for Kids

Wriggling Worm Ice Cubes  

Watch little faces light up when you bring some wriggling worm ice cubes out of the freezer and drop them in cups of Halloween punch. These Halloween treats for kids are so simple, it’s scary!

Ingredients  

• 1 bag of gummy worms
• Water or juice

Here’s How:   

• Stick a gummy worm in each square of an ice tray
• Fill it with water or juice and freeze. 

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