Need some healthy Halloween snacks that don't break the calorie bank? These sweet treats are a fun way to celebrate without loads of sugar. A Halloween fruit platter idea is always a great solution and delicious!
Healthy Halloween treats does not mean BORING Halloween treats. These fresh fruit healthy snacks are calorie-friendly and wholesome. The ingredients are easy to find and they can be whipped up at the last minute.
They are a great option for a school snack or school parties to avoid sugar overload too. Easy Halloween treats are fun for kids and adults.
Pair this with our skinny Charcuterie Board or Halloween Veggie Tray and your Halloween party menu will be a hit. Great for guilt free class parties too.
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What you'll need!
To make these healthy Halloween recipes and fun treats you'll need the following (this list for all the treats):
- Apples (we love green apples)
- Raw sunflower seeds or slivered almonds
- Nut butter*
- Edible candy eyes. Can be found where baking supplies are sold (grocery store, kitchen or craft stores) or online.*
- Strawberries
- Clementines or tangerines
- Celery
- Bananas
- Mini Chocolate Chips*
- Regular size chocolate chips*
- Large seedless grapes
- Mini cookie cutters (optional)
- Canned lychee fruit
- Blueberries
- Mango
- Blackberries
- Halloween toothpicks
Weight Watchers Points
Currently fruit is zero points on WW (formerly Weight Watchers) making this fruit platter a great choice for a health and calorie-friendly solution. Items with an * in the list above will need to be factored into your daily points.
Halloween Fruit Tips
Fruits like apples, pears and bananas will oxidize when left sitting out, meaning they will turn brown. It's best to prepare these treats close to when you'll serve them.
Dipping the fruit in lemon juice can slow the browning but you can taste it a bit too.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator to slow the browning also.
How much to serve?
We planned one of each treat per guest in the recipe card below. The treats can be mixed and matched or just make one or two!
The amount you'll need depends on what else is being served, if this is for appetizers or part of a Halloween buffet.
Apple Monster Mouths
These apple snacks are wholesome and so funny. You'll need green apples, sunflower seeds, peanut butter (or other nut butter), strawberries and edible candy eyes.
- The apples are cut into quarters and a V cut out of the front.
- Smear a small amount of nut butter on the bottom of the inside of the mouth.
- Insert sunflower seeds in the top for teeth.
- Place a slice of strawberry on the nut butter for a tongue.
- 'Glue' the edible eyes on above the mouth with some nut butter.
All the ingredients can be found at the grocery store. The candy eyes can be purchased where baking supplies are sold or online.
You can substitute other nuts for the teeth: slivered almonds or pumpkin seeds. A sharp point helps insert the seeds or nuts to stay in place.
An alternative is to use mini marshmallows for teeth.
Mini Fruit Pumpkins
All you need for this is some clementines or tangerines and celery.
Peel the clementine and cut pieces of celery small enough to insert in the hole on top (between the segments) for a stem!
You can even cut the celery stick from the top of the stalk and include a leaf or two!
Banana Ghosts
Slice a half banana and insert mini chocolate chips for eyes and a full size chocolate chip for a mouth. Done in 30 seconds.
You can also melt chocolate to paint on a mouth and eyes but the chocolate chip method is fast and easy.
For fun add a popsicle stick in the bottom for a special treat.
Grape Googly Eyes
Select large seedless grapes and slice them in half across the middle.
- Set the grapes on their uncut end in a serving tray.
- Place a candy eye in the middle of the cut section.
- The moisture from the grape will keep them in place provided the grapes are snugly placed on the serving tray.
Spooky Celery Sticks
Fill celery sticks with nut butter and add a few edible eyes. Edible eyes on anything makes some Halloween fun!
Pro Tips: use smooth peanut butter and not natural peanut butter which separates. You can place the nut butter in a piping bag and pipe it into the celery stalk for a quick, tidy way to spread it.
Lychee Eyeballs
Lychee fruit is a sweet delicious tropical fruit available in cans. They are a plump white fruit with a natural hole in the end. Add a blueberry in the hole and you have bulbous edible eyes!
Fresh lychee can be found in Asian grocery stores and stores specializing in a broader range of fruits (like Whole Foods market). See photo below.
Fruit Skewers
Cut up pieces of mango and add with black berries for an orange and black fruit skewer. Use decorative skewers to make it more festive.
Cookie Cutter shapes
Mini Halloween cookie cutters can also be used to cut out fruit in spooky shapes. Like little jack o lantern faces! Cut thick slices of kiwi fruit (cut across the fruit) or pineapple to cut out shapes.
Recipe
Halloween Fruit Platter
Ingredients
Apple Monster Mouths
- 2 green apples
- 3 tablespoons nut butter
- 16 edible candy eyes
- 1 package slivered almonds or shelled sunflower seeds
- 3-4 strawberries stems removed, cut into ⅛-thick slices lengthwise
Clementine pumpkins
- 8 tangerines or clementines peeled
- 1 stalk celery
Banana Ghosts
- 4 bananas cut in half across the middle
- 16 mini chocolate chips
- 8 regular size chocolate chips
Grape Eyes
- 4 large seedless grapes cut in half across the middle
- 8 candy edible eyes
Spooky Celery Sticks
- 2 large celery stalks rinses, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces per stalk
- 2.5 tablespoons nut butter
- 24 candy eyes
Lychee Eyeballs
- 8 lychee fruit fresh and peeled or canned and drained
- 8 blueberries
Orange and Black Skewers
- 24 fresh blackberries rinsed and patted dry with paper towels
- 24 bite-size pieces of mango
Instructions
Apple Monster Mouths
- Cut the apples into quarters. Cut out the seeds. Cut a wedge out of the skin side of the apple for the mouth.
- Divide 2 ½ tablespoons of the nut butter between the apples and spread inside the cut out wedge.
- Insert slivered almonds or sunflower seeds into the top of the mouth. Place a slice of strawberry on the nut butter on the bottom of the mouth for a tongue.
- Dip the back of two candy eyes in the remaining nut butter and stick to the apple above the mouth.
Clementine pumpkins
- Cut the celery stalks into pieces that will fit into the center top of the tangerine or clementine. Option: cut from the top of the stalk to include some leaves.Insert into the top of the fruit.
Banana Ghosts
- Insert two mini chocolate chips for eyes and one regular size for a mouth.
Grape Eyes
- Place the grapes uncut side down on a serving platter. Place a candy eye on the cut side of the grape.
Spooky Celery Sticks
- Spread the nut butter evenly between the cut celery pieces (aproximately 1 teaspoon per celery piece). Add 3 candy eyes on the nut butter.
Lychee Eyeballs
- Insert one blueberry into the hole at the end of the lychee fruit.
Orange and Black Skewers
- Thread each skewer with 3 blackberries alternating with 3 pieces of mango.
Jen says
I love everything on this platter!!
Sue says
Such a great combination of healthy treats. They were easy to make. I served some at my book club and also took them to my kids school for their Halloween party. A hit both times.
Courtney says
Who would ever have imagined fruit could transform into a set of treats like this?! They were easy to make and my crew loved them.
Debbie says
I made this for a girls book club meeting today and oh my goodness everyone love it!! So many adorable treats and they are all healthy too. Just awesome.
Katherine says
I love this! A fun, pretty halloween board without all the sugar!
suzanne says
I made this platter to take to my kids Halloween class party and everyone LOVED it! The teachers were grateful for a festive non-sugar treat platter too. Thank you!
A Nice Human says
Your site is so wonderful. You have no idea how much you have helped me rethink how to make my decisions with my health in mind! I cant wait to make this one for my family
Toni Dash says
I'm so happy to hear this, thank you!
Nora says
What an adorable Halloween platter! The first time I see a healthy one! I find it wonderful!!!!
Kemi says
It'll be fun making these with my daughters. Thanks for sharing.
Natalie says
That platter looks delicious and fun! Perfect for Halloween party. Thank you for this idea. I'm definitely making this!
Jyoti Behrani says
Wow!! This is such a healthy and fun recipe to serve at the Halloween party. I am definitely making it this year. Thanks for the recipe!
Linda says
These are adorable and love how there's just enough 'decadent' additions to make the kids think they're being bad. lol! I love how you cut the bottoms of the ghosts...I never would have thought of that!
Kay says
A fantastic idea for a Halloween party, really creative 🙂
We will be making this over the weekend for our kids Halloween party!
Thanks for sharing 😉
Amanda Wren-Grimwood says
I love these ideas! Halloween snacks always seem to be full of sugar so it's great to have some healthier ideas that are so cute too.
Alisa Infanti says
What a great idea for a party!
Gloria says
We will be celebrating Halloween with the grandkids. This will be a fun platter of food while we do some crafts.