Fruity Ghosts on a Stick

It just turns out that pears are just the right shape for making spooky ghost treats! These are an interesting alternative to the traditional candy apples.

Ingredients:

Wooden craft sticks, like for a popsicle
6 medium sized pears
10 – 12 squares of almond bark (2 ounce squares)
Handful of mini chocolate chips for ghostly eyes
Halloween cupcake papers

Instructions:

Line a cookie sheet or other flat serving tray with waxed paper, we aren’t actually putting in the oven so any moveable flat surface is good for this treat. Line up the cupcake papers across the sheet. Melt almond bark following the package directions. Poke craft sticks firmly into the pears. Dip each pear into the melted bark, you can use a spoon to help evenly coat the entire pear. Place each one in a cupcake paper, standing up as much as you can get it to. Place mini chocolate candies for face decoration. You can use any leftover almond bark to spoon ghost tails into the paper cups. Refrigerate until ready to eat.

Halloween Banana Bites

What You Need:

4 bananas, peeled and cut into bite size chunks
2 t Halloween sprinkles
2/3 C semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 C milk chocolate frosting

How to Make It:

Cover a serving plate with wax paper.
Place the banana chunks, cut side down onto the wax paper.
Place a toothpick into each banana chunk.
Place the banana chunks into the freezer for 20 minutes or until hard.
Place the Halloween sprinkles into a small cup and set aside.
Dump the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
Microwave the chips on high for 60 seconds.
Remove the melted chips and stir until smooth.
Place the frosting into the bowl with the melted chip.
Stir the mixture until blended together well.
Place in the microwave on high for 15 seconds.
Remove and stir until the mixture becomes a dip consistency.
Remove the bananas from the freezer.
Dip each banana into the melted chocolate mixture until completely covered.
Sprinkle each dipped banana with the Halloween sprinkles.
Place the banana chunks back onto the wax paper.
Put the all the dipped banana chunks back into the freezer for 1 hour or until the chocolate has completely hardened.

If the chocolate frosting mixture begins to harden before you have all the bananas coated place it back into them microwave and heat on high for 10 to 15 seconds or until soft. Be sure to stir the mixture before you resume the dipping process.

Makes 10 servings

Preparation Time: approximately 15 minutes
Freezing Time: approximately 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time: approximately 1 hour 35 minutes

Nutritional Information (approximate values per 2 chunks)
Calories 190; fat 8g; sodium 0 mg; carbohydrates 30g; sugars 23g; protein 1g

Flying Broomstick Ghosts

What You Need:

1 (3 ft.) roll of chewy fruit snack
14 (3 inch long) pretzel sticks
2/3 C white baking chips
1 t miniature semisweet chocolate chips

How to Make It:

Cover a cookie sheet completely with wax paper.
Unroll the fruit snack and cut the long end of the snack from end to end into 1/2 inch fringe.
Cut the roll into 2 inch segments.
Wrap a piece of the fringed fruit snack around one end of each pretzel stick.
Use your fingers to press the fruit snack onto the pretzel to make it stick well.
Place the pretzel sticks onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Place the white baking ships into a saucepan placed over low heat.
Stirring almost constantly with a wooden spoon heat the chips for 5 minutes or until completely melted.
Remove the pan from the stove.
Measure out 1/2 t of the melted chips and pour into a ghost shape over the middle of a pretzel stick to form a ghost.
Continue until you have made all 14 ghosts.
Press 3 of the chocolate chips onto each ghost head for the eyes and a nose.
Allow the ghosts to set at room temperature for 45 minutes or until they have hardened.

If you are strapped for time you can melt the white baking chips in the microwave instead of on the stove. Place the chips into small microwaveable dish and microwave on high for 30 seconds then stir until the chips have completely melted. Place the completed ghosts in the freezer for 5 minutes to harden.

Makes 14 candies

Preparation Time: approximately 20 minutes
Cooking Time: approximately 5 minutes
Hardening Time: approximately 45 minutes
Total Time: approximately 1 hour 10 minutes

Nutritional Information (approximate values per candy)
Calories 50; fat 3g; sodium 20 mg; carbohydrates 7g; sugar 6g; protein 0g

Mystery Halloween Cookie Pops

What You Need:

1 (12 oz.) pkg. vanilla baking chips
2 T solid shortening, divided
Orange food coloring
1 (16 oz.) pkg. cream filled chocolate cookies
32 Popsicle sticks
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semisweet chocolate chips

How to Make It:

Place the vanilla baking chips and 1 T of shortening together in a microwave safe bowl.
Place in the microwave on high for 1 minute.
Remove th bowl from the microwave and stir until smooth.
If the chips haven’t melted enough return the bowl to the microwave for 30 seconds then stir again until smooth.
Add the food coloring and stir until you reach the desired color of orange.
Remove the tops off all the cookies.
Dip each Popsicle stick in the melted chip mixture and place one on each cookie half.
Return the tops to the cookies and place them on a sheet of waxed paper.
Place the cookies in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Reheat the chip mixture for 15 seconds in the microwave if it has hardened.
Dip each of the cookie pops into the melted chocolate covering the cooking well and allowing any excess to drip back into the bowl.
Return the cookies to the wax paper and freeze for 30 minutes or until set.
Place the chocolate chips and remaining shortening into a microwave safe bowl.
Microwave on high for 1 minute then stir until smooth.
Drizzle the mixture over each of the cookie pops.

These lollipops are a little different than the norm but the kids will love them. Wrap individual cookies and hand out to all your trick or treaters or give each party guest their own special Halloween treat.

Makes 32 lollipops

Glitter Popcorn Snack

What You Need:

1 (1.75 oz.) bag microwave popcorn
1 C of fruit flavored cereal
1 C of chocolate flavored cereal
1 T of edible glitter

How to Make It:

Microwave the popcorn as directed on the package.
Dump the popcorn into a large mixing bowl.
Add the cereal and toss to combine with the popcorn.
Sprinkle the glitter of the top and toss again to coat well.

Edible glitter can be found in the cake decorating department of your local craft store. If you cannot find it use colored sugars instead. Place this fun snack in a plastic pumpkin for the kids to munch on during the party or fill small Halloween bags and give out to those cute trick or treaters instead of candy.

Makes 8 servings

Total Time: approximately 10 minutes

Nutritional Information (approximate values per 1 C serving):
Calories 70; fat 1 1/2 g; sodium 100 mg; carbohydrates 11 g; sugar 5 g; protein 0g

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