Halloween is always filled with chocolate, sugar, and sweets for young kids. There’s really no way to say no to all of it. However, we can try our best to still make this fall season as festive and tasty as possible for them, while still providing healthy treats.
If you need some fun-to-make and healthy Halloween snacks for your kids this season, don’t get spooked! It’s not as hard as you think to come up with some creative, tasty, yet healthy snacks and treats that your little ones will love!
I’ve split them up into festive treats that you can make and at the bottom are ready-made snacks that are packaged and perfect for a quick on-the-go snack or trick-or-treating giveaways.
Healthy Halloween Snacks
Take a look at all of these great ideas for healthy Halloween treats. There are simple recipes and some that are a little more complex. Some are vegan, gluten, and allergy-free, and others simply contain fruit for a sweet snack for little ones.
Banana Ghosts
The simplest, healthy Halloween treat! Banana ghosts are an easy, two ingredient, healthy Halloween treat without any tricks. It doesn’t get much easier than this.
Candy Corn Fruit Parfait
Need a healthy Halloween dessert that you can feel good about giving the kids? Or low calorie Halloween recipes you can indulge in without guilt? This candy corn fruit parfait is the perfect choice! Made simply with pineapples, mandarins, and homemade whipped cream, and don’t forget the candy corn on top.
Your little one won’t even mind that they’re not having a bowl full of candy corn because this snack looks and tastes delicious as it is! You can also choose to use fresh or canned fruit depending what you have on hand and how simplistic you want to make this snack.
Mummy Rice Krispies Treats
How stinkin adorable are these Mummy Rice Krispies Treats? Wait… they are gluten free and vegan? AND easy to make? Yes, my friends, it IS possible! All you have to do is know how to substitute your old favorites with your new favorites.
There are some specific ingredients you may have to pick up at the store, but they’re so much healthier than your average marshmallows, cereal, and frosting. These treats are the perfect healthy Halloween snack for kids of all ages.
Bat Fruit Skewers
How cute are these Bat fruit skewers? So simple and easy to make with some of your kid’s favorite fruit! These Halloween colors look great on the skewer as well as with the bat at top. Just make sure your child doesn’t try to eat the bat!
Pumpkin Spice Granola Cups with Yogurt
These granola and yogurt cups are a healthy and fun snack for Halloween! These have a cozy pumpkin spice flavor and are topped with our favorite yogurt. Let kiddos help make spooky faces on them to enjoy.
Apple Mummies
These adorable Apple Mummies are such an easy, healthy Halloween treat! A perfect fruit snack for Halloween parties, spook-tacular fruit trays, or a fun October after-school nibble!
Halloween Tortilla Pumpkin
Super cute and healthy Halloween snacks don’t have to be difficult to make. This Halloween tortilla appetizer looks like a pumpkin or Jack O’ Lantern. It’s gluten free, grain free, and you can have either a regular dairy or dairy free or vegan option. Using vegan cheese, gluten free tortilla, celery, and olives, you can’t go wrong!
Frankenstein Halloween Treat Cups
Looking for a school Halloween snack that fits the criteria? With ingredients as simple as green grapes, these School Approved Frankenstein Halloween treat cups are the perfect Halloween Snack to win over the kids and Mom!
Orange Pumpkins
Making orange “pumpkins” is one of the easiest and healthiest snacks to serve kids this fall. Substitute clementines for oranges for smaller fingers! It doesn’t get much
Ghost and Spider Banana Pops
These Halloween ghost and spider banana pops are fruit based, with a banana serving as the body. The body is dipped in or drizzled with melted chocolate, making a perfect healthy Halloween snack with just a little sweetness.
Pumpkin Apple Pops
Made simply with apples, greek yogurt, and caramel popcorn, these adorable Pumpkin Apple Pops are a healthy Halloween snack that your kids will gobble up!
Fruit Spiders
Who knew spiders could taste so good? Kids will love making these cute fruit spiders as much as they love eating them.
Witch Fingers
These Witch Finger Cookies are naturally gluten free and paleo – so while they look scary, they are made with very non-scary ingredients! Made with almond flour, coconut flour, honey, and more, they just need a little creativity to make them look like these creepy witch fingers.
Franken-Kiwis
These Franken-kiwis are an easy, really cute, healthy Halloween treat! They’re so fun to make – like yummy little Halloween craft projects! Just add some chocolate chips and pretzel sticks and these adorable treats will be gobbled up so quickly.
Jack O Lantern Orange Bowls
These adorable Jack-O-Lantern orange bowls are filled with delicious berries! The process of making the bowl is similar to that of carving a real pumpkin, just on a miniature scale. Packed with only fruit, these are healthy Halloween treats that you won’t feel guilty indulging in.
Easy-to-Eat Candy Apples
These dark chocolate covered apple slices are such a fun, kid-friendly, easy snack or light dessert! SO much easier to make (and eat) than caramel apples, and you can customize with your favorite toppings. Perfect for an after-school (or work) healthy Halloween snack!
Pumpkin Fruit Tray
This super simple Candy Corn Fruit Parfait made with mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, and coconut whipped cream is a healthy and festive candy free Halloween dessert!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Spider Balls
These chocolate peanut butter protein ball spiders are packed with protein and a fun healthy Halloween snack for kids.
Monster Halloween Popcorn
This Monster Halloween Popcorn is one of those easy Halloween treats that require only 5 ingredients and a few minutes to whip up.
Spooky Spider Rice Cakes
For little ones who love a food fright – why not try these spooky Halloween rice cakes? Decorated with blackberries & grapes to look like spiders on a spider’s web, they’re the perfect healthy Halloween snack for kids.
Spooky Vegan Rice Krispy Treats
These homemade vegan chocolate peanut butter rice krispie treats are just in time for Halloween. Topped with dark chocolate, salted caramel, gluten free pretzels, peanuts, and candy eyeballs, they’re the perfect kid-friendly recipe.
Vegan Halloween Cupcakes (Ghosts, Monsters, and Bats)
These adorable vegan Halloween cupcakes require only one recipe, with three creative ways to decorate! Create a spooky ghost, a Frankenstein inspired monster, or a bat!
Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
These cute and spooky Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes are perfect for Halloween! These super easy cupcakes are vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for kids! Made with a simple black chocolate cupcake base and dairy-free vanilla buttercream frosting. Whether you need a unique Halloween party treat or a simple non-candy dessert, these are a must!
Pumpkin Hummus
This Pumpkin Hummus is full of flavour, sweet and fragrant, and an easy make-ahead healthy snack! Naturally vegan and gluten-free, your kids will love the bright colors and fall flavor.
Vegan Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies
These super easy and fun all natural Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies are sure to be everyone’s favorite Halloween dessert! With completely vegan ingredients, these Halloween brownies are fit for a Sanderson sister!
Homemade Little Debbie Pumpkin Delight Cookies
This Homemade Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights recipe is a copycat version of the seasonal treat you know and love! A healthier gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free recipe for the soft pumpkin spiced cookies with a spooky carved face and stuffed with pumpkin butter filling!
A dessert that tastes like pumpkin pie but you don’t have to wait for its limited-edition arrival!
Pumpkin Veggie Tray
This super easy and festive Pumpkin Veggie Tray is a healthy Halloween party platter that’s fun to make with the kids! It uses carrots for the bright orange color, cucumber slices for the mouth, celery sticks for the stem, a pepper for the nose, and small bowls filled with hummus dip for the eyes!
Silly Apple Monsters
By cutting apples creatively and using peanut butter and edible decorations, you can create a snack that is both adorable and tasty. These silly apple monsters are a great healthy snack for your little ones.
Phantom Pierogi Pizza Pockets
These healthy Halloween Phantom Pierogi Pizza Pockets are baked and not fried, easy to make and you can even make them ahead and freeze. They are a unique Halloween finger food to make for your own party or take along to a Halloween party.
Served with a delicious easy dip made of your favorite pizza sauce and sour cream, they’re sure to be a crowd pleaser. So, if you are looking for Healthy Halloween snacks for kids, then give this a try!
Pumpkin Spice Roasted Chickpeas
A perfect healthy, crunchy, pumpkin snack! Satisfy your sweet snack craving with pumpkin spice roasted chickpeas. Gluten-free and allergy-friendly, you and your kids won’t be able to keep your hands off them!
Zombie Pops
Kids can’t resist this healthy Halloween snack recipe of kiwi pineapple zombie pops. These tasty autumn treats are packed with refreshing fruit and creamy coconut milk.
Are you looking to cut back on sugar before Halloween? You are in luck with this dessert, because these zombies have no added sugar. You can grab the molds like this or similar on Amazon.
Pumpkin Smoothie
This pumpkin smoothie for kids is both spooky and tasty. Made with almond milk, banana, and pumpkin puree, there’s no added sugar either!
Boo Berry and Vanilla Banana Ghosts
These BooBerry and Vanilla Banana Ghosts can easily be made gluten-free and vegan for a perfect, healthy Halloween recipe for class parties and kids snacks.
Ready-Made Healthy Halloween Snacks
When you’re on-the-go and need a quick snack for your child, here are a few snacks that are great for both Halloween and all year round. Also feeling guilty about giving out so much sugar to the neighborhood kids on Halloween? These products make perfect trick-or-treat goodies.
CubPantry
This subscription box snack kit sends healthy kid’s snacks right to your door when you need them. For Halloween, they’ve made this additional candy kit as an alternative to trick-or-treating. The kit is filled with all natural, lower sugar candy options.
CubPantry has kits for babies, toddlers, and older kids to simplify snack time while you know that your child is still eating healthy. Get 20% off when you grab your first box with code MARISSALABUZ.
Made Good Granola Mini Bars
These delicious Halloween mini bars are made in a dedicated facility free from the eight common allergens: peanut, tree nuts, wheat, dairy, egg, soy, sesame, fish and shellfish. They are also gluten-free, organic and non-GMO. To top it off, with every purchase, a percentage of the sales of these will go to support Children’s Miracle Network for a minimum $75,000 donation. Have some fun this season while supporting a great cause!
CHUM Fruit Bites
For Trick-or-Treating, give kids a real treat with CHUM Fruit Bites, a sweet-tasting, soft-biting snack that contains no artificial ingredients, nor added sugars, nor colorants. NO FAKE STUFF! They are made with fresh fruits that are picked in-season.
High in fiber, each CHUM Fruit Bites package contains the equivalent fruit of two small apples and all the natural goodness, fibers, plant proteins, and vitamins from fruit. CHUM Fruit Bites are low in calories (around 50 calories or less per package), are vegan, gluten-free, NON-GMO, and Kosher. CHUM Fruit Bites donate 15% of their profits to WildAid.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving endangered species.
Popcorners Halloween Edition Bags
PopCorners’ first ever special edition Halloween packaging is now available at Target stores nationwide for $10.99 per multi-pack. These air-popped, never-fried, gluten-free, and insanely delicious chips are the perfect treat for families who are looking for a better-for-you, better-tasting snack on Halloween.
These healthy snacks are inspired by PopCorners’ mantra, Do One Better™, which is found at the top of every brightly colored bag. This mantra demonstrates the brand’s commitment to providing high-quality products made with the best ingredients that help their fans take small steps toward living their best life – whether that’s running a little farther, laughing a little louder, or snacking a little healthier.
Chocolate Dippers
The decadent Keto Dippers are made with no added sugars and are satisfyingly delicious since they took the a high protein, low carb puff and smothered each one with sugar-free, rich, dark chocolate.
I hope you enjoyed these healthy Halloween snacks for both yourself and your little ones. They will sure to be a hit at any Halloween party, school gathering, or just as an after school snack.
During the fall season, there’s nothing better than a healthy Halloween treat so get cooking!
