How to Give Healthy Halloween Treats to Trick or Treaters
Many parents agree that children receive too much candy while trick or treating. One night of knocking on doors leaves children with more candy than they should consume in an entire month. But there are many healthy alternatives to sugary Halloween candies. Get creative, plan ahead and give out healthier Halloween treats this holiday season.
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Things You'll Need
- Assortment of dried fruits
- Halloween-themed treat bags
- Juice boxes, low sugar
- Packaged peanuts
- Raisins
- Pretzels
- Sunflower seeds
- Peanuts
- Marshamallows
- Halloween pencils, stickers, toys
Instructions
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Make dried fruit trick or treat bags. Dried fruit is a sweet treat that children enjoy and it still has some nutritional value. Purchase several packages of dried fruit such as banana chips, dried apples, raisins, dried apricots and dried cherries. Pour each package into a bowl and mix them together. Repackage them in Halloween-themed bags. Find Halloween-themed bags at your local hobby store or buy them online at Mobi.
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Give out fruit juice boxes. Children love fruit juice and it is full of healthy vitamins. Purchase an assortment of juice boxes from your local grocery store and hand them out as Halloween treats. There are many low-sugar varieties, such as Mott's Tots, that has 40 percent less sugar than other brands. If you want to make this healthy treat a little healthier, purchase low-sugar, organic juice boxes online at Delicious Organics (see Resources).
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Hand out packages of peanuts. Peanuts make tasty Halloween treats and are packed full of protein. Individually packaged peanuts are sold at most grocery stores and are reasonably priced. Be sure and prepare an alternative treat for children that may have peanut allergies. Ask each child's parent if it is all right if their child has peanuts before you hand them out.
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Mix your own trail mix. Children enjoy picking through this hearty Halloween treat. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to making it. Choose healthy items that children enjoy such as raisins, pretzels, sunflower seeds, peanuts and even a few marshmallows. Mix the items together and put them in cute Halloween-themed bags. If you do include nuts in the trail mix, be sure and let parents know before you hand them out.
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Choose inedible Halloween treats. There are so many options when it comes to inedible treats and children are not difficult to please. Halloween pencils, erasers, stickers and toys are all excellent choices. Shop online at places like Oriental Trading or print your own Halloween stickers online at Family Fun (see Resources).
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Tips & Warnings
If you want give out healthier candy, try organic fair trade candy that is widely available online. Lollipops, chocolate coins, caramels, chocolates and gummy candies are all available in organic fair trade varieties.
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Oct 27, 2010
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suzettew
Oct 25, 2010
The juice boxes are a good idea. The rest is well, questionable but good luck anyhow.
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vagolfdad
Oct 25, 2010
This is exactly what creepy people do. These are the warning packages that almost all parents throw away when the sifting through their candy....open package, food touched by other = danger, don't eat!!!
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yomamasgf
Oct 24, 2010
Shame on parents, why ruin candy? parents agree, PFFFFT. common sense agrees that if kids wanted to eat apples or better snacks they wouldn't have gone out asking around for candy,
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Louise Stimson
Oct 24, 2010
I know some parents want to give out healthier alternatives, but don't make things and then package them yourselves. In my town we don't eat anything we get on Halloween that wasn't in its original packaging from the company since there were some drug dealers who gave 1st graders meth that looked, and smelled like candy.
