Fun Snacks For Halloween Night

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Halloween is a fun time in our family! We like to dress up, decorate and eat candy!

It's also a fun time to be creative with your food! Last year you may remember, we made Sloppy Joes with spider webs and creepy cookies shaped like gnarly fingers, complete with ragged fingernails and knuckles.

This year, we decided to go with some choices that might be a bit healthier. We gleaned the internet and Pinterest and here's what we decided to try.

SPOOKY SPIDERWEBBY EGGS Eggs are a great snack and something quick and nutritious to grab when you are crunched for time. We like Egglands Best because we are assured they are an excellent source of Vitamins D, B12, E, a good source of B2 and B5, and have 115mg of Omega3 and 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs. This is super simple! Make hardboiled eggs and then with a slotted spoon, transfer to a clean dish towel (this keeps them from rolling around).  Gently crack each egg in several places with the bowl of the spoon. The more cracks you make, the more spiderwebs you will get.  Mix some food coloring (we used Wilton black) in the pan with hot water. Transfer eggs back to pan and let cool completely. Carefully peel eggs to reveal spiderwebs!

PUMPKIN FACED PASTRIES FOR HALLOWEEN These happy faces are made with pumpkin, a tasty source of beta carotene, iron, vitamins A and E. Ingredients: 1 cup Pumpkin Puree Refrigerated Pie Crust 1 egg 1/4 cup of sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ginger 1/8 tsp cloves pinch salt  Glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 TBS milk 1/2 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 400* Mix together pumpkin, sugar, egg and spices Unroll pie crusts and cut off edges to make a square Cut into equal sized rectangles With a Paring knife, cut pumpkin faces out of one layer Spoon pumpkin mixture over the bottom layer, careful not to get too close to edges Top with Jack O'Lantern layer and gently seal edges together with a fork Bake for 15-20 minutes untill toasty brown. Mix glaze ingredients together and top poptarts when they come out of the oven Let cool on rack

CHEESY EYEBALLS FOR HALLOWEEN  Ingredients: Baby bell Cheese Food coloring Olives Ketchup Paint brush or toothpick Unwrap the cheese. Slice olives crosswise into thin slices. Draw blood shot lines on cheese. Apply olive slice with ketchup. You're done!

GRAPE EYEBALLS FOR HALLOWEEN Ingredients: Grapes Mini marshmallows Food coloring Cut grapes in half Cut marshmallows in half Stick marshmallows to grapes (again if need be, use peanut butter as glue) Draw a pupil with food coloring

VAMPIRE APPLES Ingredients: Apples, either green or red Peanut butter, nutella or jam Slivered almonds or mini marshmallows Cut apples into 4 pieces  Cut a wedge in each piece Attach teeth (marshmallows or almonds) with peanut butter, nutella, or jam

WITCH'S BROOMSTICKS Ingredients: String Cheese Pretzel Sticks Chives Cut String cheese pieces in half Carefully cut the string cheese vertically to within 3/4" of cut end Insert pretzel stick in uncut end Tie with chive

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