Halloween Dessert

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Halloween is such a sweet time! I love seeing everyone dress up and have fun with the holiday. 

What I’m not crazy about is all the sugar. Sugar is a drug, and has a very strong chemical response in our brains. I’m sure you have all seen this as soon as you (or your kids) have a sweet treat; there’s the sugar rush ad intense energy, followed by a drastic and often sudden sugar crash. 

There tends to be so much sugar surrounding Halloween, so I’m here to offer you a few healthy alternatives!

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Tangerine Pumpkins

Ingredients:

  • 5 organic tangerines

  • 2 sticks of organic celery (with leaves)

Directions:

  1. Peel the tangerine, and remove all of the white inner membrane of the peel as you can.

  2. Wash an dry the celery, then cut into 2 inch narrow pieces.

  3. Place celery inside the peeled tangerines.

  4. Use the celery tops as decor, arrange them on the tangerine to look like pumpkin leaves.

Monster Teeth

Ingredients:

  • 4 medium size organic granny smith apples

  • 1 cup creamy organic peanut butter

  • 1 cup yogurt covered goji berries

  • 1 TBSP lemon juice

Directions:

  1. Cut the apples into 8 sections each.

  2. Sprinkle the lemon juice onto each apple slice (prevents it from turning brown).

  3. Spread approx. 1 TBSP of peanut butter on beach apple slice.

  4. Add approx. 5 goji berries (at an angle) on top of the peanut butter.

  5. Place a second peanut butter coated apple on top of the goji berries.

  6. Option to secure the apple slices with a tooth pick. 

  7. Place in the refrigerator for one hour before serving. 

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Banana Ghosts

Ingredients:

  • 3 bananas

  • 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt

  • 12 mini chocolate kisses

  • 6 wood popsicle sticks

Directions:

  1. Place wax paper over a baking pan. 

  2. Peel bananas and cut them in half lengthwise.

  3. Insert a popsicle stick into the cut end of each banana, pushing it halfway up.

  4. Place the vanilla yogurt in a bowl. 

  5. Hold the pops by the wooden stick, and roll each banana in the yogurt to fully coat the outside. 

  6. Allow excess to drip back into the bowl.

  7. Add 2 mini chocolate kisses to the top of your ghost (push pointy end of kisses into banana) - this will make the eyes of the ghost.

  8. Lay all bananas on baking pan, and place in the freezer for 3 hours to allow them to fully firm up.

  9. Remove the pops from the freezer, and use a butter knife to remove from the wax paper if needed. 

  10. Serve right away!