Two Healthy Halloween Treats

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Halloween treats tend to be loaded with sugar and dozens of unnecessary ingredients, so this year I’m sharing two of my favorite (healthy) halloween treats!

Bonus… your little ones will love making these with you!

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 that 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.

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!

How to Get Back on Track After Halloween

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The day after Halloween can be as painful as New Years Day for some.

A sugar hangover can be as intense as an actual hangover.

Okay, so maybe you’re thinking you didn’t go trick or treating this doesn’t apply to me…but chances are you either handed out candy and swiped a few for yourself OR you helped your kids out by “organizing” their candy after they went to bed. No judgement for either way, but chances are you probably consumed more sugar last night than your body is used to and you’re likely not feeling 100% today.

Brain fog, fatigue, headaches, irritable?? Any of these sound familiar?

The best thing you can do after too much sugar is hydrate! Aim for your 100 oz of clean water today to help flush out the sugar and other toxins from the candy.

Focus your meals today on protein and fiber. Sugar is a drug, so when we consume sugar our body just wants more and more. Focusing your diet on protein and fiber today will help to balance out your blood sugar levels and fight cravings.

Perhaps your trick or treating looked more like cocktails with friends… same rules apply!

Hydrate and focus on protein & fiber!

You’ll be back on track in no time.

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!