I’ve become accustomed to all sorts of creatures coming after me whether it’s Mummies, Werewolves or even Zombies. They don’t scare me half as much as the candy being distributed out to children when they go trick or treating.
I mean they are loaded with artificial flavours, colouring, and chemical additives and not to mention have high levels of fructose corn syrup. Halloween candy really does make my skin boil… & not just because a Mummy put my head in hot boiling water a few Halloweens ago, trust me I’m not bitter at all!
The added pressure if you have kids, to let them eat candy is very high indeed of course at this time of year, and you wouldn’t want to disappoint their little faces by giving them nothing at all.
Though I do not agree that the solution is to give them a trick, I believe that if I were to have children I would want them to have a real treat… which would include real food.
But how do we distinguish between the two? Below I’ll share with you some ideas I’ve found myself, and other much more dedicated Halloween creators that are really good for you… I will also share with you some trick foods to avoid at all cost!
Oh in case you didn’t believe me about the creatures… here’s when a zombie attacked me in broad daylight!
You’d think I would have some help, even Dare Devil is in this picture, but he didn’t and the rest of the people felt it was best just to take shots of me.
Raisins: This is most definitely a treat, and I think not just for Halloween but all year round we should make a conscious effort to eat more raisins. The health benefits include relief from Constipation, Cancer, Diabetes, bone health and they are packed with lots of iron and potassium.
Mummy Apples: This is also a treat. Decorating your apple with some bandages for this holiday I think is a really cool idea, and may persuade your child to actually get one of his/her five a day which is of course is important (Click Here)The health benefits of Apples are: Helps against deadly diseases such as diabetes and cancers, reduces cholesterol and controls your weight, to name a few.
Baked Apples: No surprise here! I’m going to say this is a trick. For all the benefits that are mentioned above about apples.. if you dump a load of ice cream and sauce on top, the benefits will go to waste.
Cheese Stick Ghost Face: This is a treat and I found this on Danielly Arian site (Click Here). Again a really cool way to get kids into the spirit of Halloween, and all you need is a sharpie.
Human Remains: This was an awesome design but I’m not too sure who made this, such a shame that they went through all that effort and the meats they have used inside are all unhealthy… so with regret via the design I’m going to have to give this a trick… to think this human corpse had potential.
Gingerbread Men: This is a trick… If you’ve ever read any of my valuable content before you’ll know I really loathe poison, as it has no nutritional benefits and this is one of them.
Bloody Cake: Trickkkkkkkkk I’m sorry if that one sounded patronizing, but I’m sure there is somebody out there who believes that cake is healthy for them… If I was a betting man I would win big for sure, so no it’s not good for you, it’s’ trash, don’t eat it this Halloween.
Stuffed Peppers: This treat is from Marie Poulin… she literally invites you to come to her kitchen (Click Here) I really like this one as again it doesn’t take much apart from some care… this has brown rice in it also so I may even do this myself! Marie’s ingredients list is on her site right here (Click Here)
Banana Minions: Who doesn’t love Minions? Getting your children to love Bananas shouldn’t be much trouble. They taste really nice and have tons of health benefits such as Potassium, Vitamin C/ B6, Fibre, Protein, moderates blood sugar levels, helps with digestive health, weight loss and make you more full. This one made me laugh a lot, it could be minions or whatever your child is into just make sure the Banana is of course ripe and not rotten.
That’s It!
I really enjoyed sharing with you Halloween foods to eat & avoid
Please do let me know though…
What do you make of all this?
What do you have planned this Halloween ?
What topic would you like to me to write about next?
Of course Any other questions are always welcome just leave a comment below
Until next time Ciao
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I think I will still try the baked apple just without the ice cream.
A nice idea for kids of the right age is a Halloween party where maybe some of the food is served in carved pumpkins, they can play games. Then give them some of these.
Thank heavens something different and healthy 🙂
Yeah I saw there was a lack of healthy options, so i went hunting 🙂
I want to try these…..
oh cool! thanks for all the ideas
My two yr old will enjoy this 🙂
Awwwwww 🙂
Will this cost a lot of money ?
Not at all Nawal, go for it 🙂
Favorite is Cheese sticks. Don’t really have a least favorite.
very humorous
Smart ideas you’ve found here.
Cheap, fun and yummy!!!!!!
Another good idea would be this
put Spaghetti posed as worms.
Eggs as eyes.
Kids will believe anything!
I love your thinking Rose Ahaha 🙂
Muuaahahahaha evil post Karim 🙂
Just spit on all their food.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Cheers for some good ideas.. I think I’m going to make a real effort this year now.
No worries Sid 🙂
Good post.
Gotta admit you don’t often see “healthy” and “Halloween” in the same sentence! I’ve always felt badly for teachers on the day after – kids went to bed too late and ate far too much sugar.
Very true Chandra this is why I made this for you guys 🙂
This Halloween I’m having a Supernatural themed party. Lucky for me it falls on my birthday 🙂 I’m thankful for your words of wisdom, because of your advice I’ve lost so much weight!
It’s no problem I’m glad I’ve had an impact in a positive way… Enjoy your birthday/Halloween party 🙂
I’ve been invited to a Batman Arkham Asylum party this year so I’m going to that. I thought this post was neat, and I love your angle of seeing things.
Cool sounds like it’s going to be fun! thanks your support means a lot to me 🙂
I’m so Jealous
I’m going to get creative with some pumpkins this is healthy right ?
Yeah of course 🙂
I’m creating a skeleton themed party. My friends do not like candy so this has been a live saver thanks.
Ditto
Inexpensive I like it.
That is helpful 😉
Wow…Some really great ideas. Thanks and keep the great post coming!
Ditto.
This has got my creative juices flowing.
I will be flying to Vegas this Halloween.
Lucky for some 🙂
Oh I wish I was going 🙁
I’m working on a pumpkin center piece which will have A Pumpkin with mayo sauce looking like vomit, cucumber, carrots, tomatoes and broccoli.
We decorate our yard full of ghouls, ghosts, witches, and tombstones–we always have the scariest house on the block. Many of the decorations are animatronics that move and talk, and we use a fog machine to make it even eerier.
That sounds amazing and lot of effort… thank you so much for sharing that 🙂
WOW
Amazing Farhad.
Great stuff.
As I’ve got older I understand now how making small changes like these can really help. I hate the idea of eating candy now a days.
I lost the bug for candy years ago.
Nicely said. I would like a vegetarian food post next.
Ditto
This your idea of Halloween eating ?
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Nice! I’ve never even considered not eating candy at Halloween before this. I’m getting fond of the idea now thanks.
Haha cool 🙂
Good finds here Karim.
Thank You Melchior 🙂
I love the concept of this, this will be great to do for my son.
I appreciate you sharing this with me.
Love the post’s here. I’ll be going to a party with friends this Halloween, to me Raisins are so underrated 🙂
Thanks Nakatani. It’s true Raisins are underrated, I love them 🙂
This was unexpected;but it gave me some creative ideas of my own thank you.
I think personally just handing out candy to children is lazy and unhealthy. I’m glad you’ve spoken out about this Karim 🙂
I love the content.
I love the support thank you Kamron 🙂
Ditto
I’ve had an Epic few months on your site. I’ve become aware of what I’m eating, I try to read the labels as often as I can, and I’ve gone off candy now. Way to much sugar.
Cool content bro.
I use to think given my children sweets was a treat, not anymore!
You got it Edvin 😉 We Look Up 大
Good ideas here Karim 🙂
I’m going to try some of these and see what my kids think.
I’ve got too much of a sweet tooth to even try this.
Very Nice
This is very different compared to other health sites promoting sweets, saying just eat a little bit. I respect you for sticking to your words.
Why thank you Nick. I’m getting that a lot about being different, and I love it because It = Authenticity… We Look Up 大
This has pushed me to make effort this Halloween to eat better; for my kids sake if not my own.
Interesting ideas shared here 🙂
I loved this because it made me think of ideas of my own to create with my family together.
Gustavo that’s Priceless now bring those ideas to life! all the best man We Look Up 大
Great post Here! I’m going to be spending time with my son, who I don’t get to see often at Halloween.
I’m going to create some healthy Halloween snacks for him, as my son’s tummy reacts badly to candy/chocolate and leaves him sick for days.
Good on you doing that for your son. I hope he enjoys it… & Thanks Felipe 🙂