Healthy Halloween Recipes for Kids & Families

Although Halloween is traditionally the sworn enemy of both your scale and your dentist, it is absolutely not necessary to overindulge in sweets to have a great time. We've located the very best healthy recipes for Halloween snacks this year to ensure your treats don't turn into foul tricks.

Healthy Halloween Snacks
This article addresses a primary concern of parents around Halloween--how do I reduce the sugar my children eat without ruining their holiday? With a host of suggestions and substitutions which include cookies & fruit-sweetened treats, this article is one of the best we've seen on the subject.

Healthy Halloween Snacks for Toddlers: Faux Chocolate Balls from Grapes
We love this clever recipe for chocolate syrup flavored grapes which aims to satisfy both the sweet tooth of yourself or your little one with less calories and far less saturated fat. They can be time consuming to create as the grapes need to be peeled, but if your little one likes them its well worth the effort.

Barbara's Original Healthy Halloween Honey & Cinnamon Popcorn Balls
A simple original recipe passed down from a Great-Grandmother uses part honey & part sugar for a healthy treat. Since cinnamon has been shown to lower blood sugar, this makes this old fashioned treat even more healthy.

Easy and Healthy Halloween Snack for Your Toddlers
This is among the most clever articles we've seen about tricking your kids into eating healthy food by using food coloring to camouflage muffins into cupcakes. The author's subtitle explains it best "Children Especially Toddlers Don't Have a Clue of What is Healthy or Not. If it is Sweet, Taste Good, and Looks like It's Not Good for You, Then They Will Eat It."

Ways to Make Healthy Halloween Pumpkin Treats
Since pumpkin is the symbol of the season, we love this guide which includes full recipes including low fat Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Pie made with Tofu and even Tofu Pumpkin Mousse.

5 Simple, Healthy Halloween Candy Alternatives
If you're hoping to save the neighbor's teeth as well as your own children's, this guide for healthy snacks to pass out to trick or treaters should not be missed.

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Who Wants Healthy Treats?
We love this guide as it contain full recipes for some fantastic treats including Carmel Honey Apples, Dough Pretzels & Fruity Ghouls and Goblins .

Fun and Tasty Alternatives to Halloween Candy
With cleverly themed ideas such as Haunted Nut Mix & Witches' Cereal, these home made, hidden goodie recipes are perfect for healthy Halloween parties but not recommended for passing out to unknown Trick or Treaters who would probably prefer sealed items.

Fun and Unique Halloween Dessert Recipes with Healthy Options
Each of these Halloween themed recipes has a healthy option at the end if you'd like to make it a little bit easier on your belt. With names like Walking Halloween Cat Cakes, Jello Swamp Cups, Grave Yard Cup Cakes, these cute recipes are perfect for a Halloween party at home or school.

No Trick in These Treats
With recipes for Halloween trail mix and home made energy bars, this guide is perfect for healthy snacks for parties and friends. It even includes a list of healthy treats you can purchase to hand out to Trick or Treaters that you don't know.

Halloween doesn't have to be a celebration of excess. You an create a fun, spooky and healthy holiday for your family and friends with a little forethought and a lot of great recipes!