MINI (HALLOWEEN) BITES: FOR SNACK-TIME + LUNCH

Mummies, spiders, ghosts, witches, monsters, …. the Halloween gangs all here and ready to (be) eat!

Considering all the scary things in stores and on front porches this time of year it’s nice to do things with the kids that are cute and playful instead of dark and scary. So with the help of my mini sou chefs we put together a smorgasbord of creepy (but adorable) snack ideas. Some handmade and others store-bought as well as a free download for Halloween themed lunchbox notes and mummy paper.

Food details and FREE DOWNLOAD, below!

BOO-NANAS – You’ll Need bananas, white chocolate chips, a few dark or milk chocolate chips, cake pop sticks and wax paper. Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper, wax side up. Melt white chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave or on the stovetop over low. Peel and cut bananas in half and dip in melted chocolate. Allow extra  chocolate to drip off, lay on prepared cookie sheet, add chocolate chip eyes and a stick and place in freezer.

A couple of our bananas broke so we sliced them up and made little boo faces.

PRETZEL BROOMS – You’ll need pretzel sticks, mozzarella cheese, cheese slicer and twine (or maybe cream cheese would keep the mozzarella in place?). Use the cheese slicer or knife and cut a piece of cheese. Cut it into neat rectangle. Slice “fringe” along one long end and wrap around your pretzel about 3 times. Secure with a small piece of twine.

ORANGE IZZE – Add IZZE sparkling clementine drinks to your shopping list and add a festive straw!

DONUT DUDES – You’ll need powdered donut holes, frosting and decorative candy eye balls (I found these at Target in the baking section. You can also DIY with royal frosting). Dip eyes in frosting and stick to the donut holes.

MUMMY MILK – You’ll need a milk box, the mummy paper download (below), tape, glue stick and googly eyes. Cut the paper to size, wrap around milk box and secure with tape. Use glue to add googly eyes and your done.

CANDY CORN TRAIL MIX – Search Pinterest for a recipe that looks good or buy at the store.

SPIDER CRACKERS – You’ll need basic round crackers (we used the bigger entertainment crackers), favorite nut butter, stick pretzels and candy eyes or chocolate chips. Spread crackers with nut butter, add pretzel legs and eyes.

MUMMY BAGEL – You’ll need mini bagels, salami or other lunch meat, cream cheese and olives. Spread a thin layer of cream chess on bagel, and layer with a slice of salami and small slices of cheese. Slice olive in half and use cream cheese to stick to sandwich.

MONSTER BAGEL – You’ll need food coloring, cream cheese, mini bagels, and olives. Add a small dab of food coloring to a scoop of cream cheese and mix well. Cut olive in half and stick to bagel using a small dab of cream cheese.

MONSTERBELS – You’ll need babybel cheese rounds, cream cheese, small scissors and candy eyes. Open babybels and unwrap the one strip of wax. Use scissors to cut wax and make monster faces. Add eyeballs using cream cheese.

PUMPKIN SEEDS – Simple, festive and usually healthy! Just add to your shopping list.

OREO COOKIE CATS – You’ll need wax paper, oreos, black licorice and/or chocolate laffy taffy, chocolate chips and cake pop sticks. Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper, wax side up. Slice taffy or licorice into wiskers. Cut taffy into triangles for ears. Melt chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave or on the stovetop over low. Dip oreo in melted chocolate. Allow extra  chocolate to drip off, lay on prepared cookie sheet, add stick, whiskers and ears and place in freezer until chocolate has hardened or you are ready to eat them!

CLICK for FREE DOWNLOADS:

• HALLOWEEN LUNCH BOX NOTES, PDF
• MUMMY PAPER, PDF

One of my least favorite things about holidays is how quickly they come and go so we’ve already been adding the notes and a snack or two to their lunches. No need to wait until Halloween day!

What about you guys? Have you had a chance to get into the Halloween spirit!?

XO, Rae