I came across these super cute Halloween treat ideas on familyfun.go.com, and I just had to share!  If you have big fans of Halloween in your house, these treats will be quite the hit.  Or great ideas for Halloween party treats!  These are “healthier” options that you can make and serve.   Below are just a few of my favorite ideas!  Here is a link for these tasty treats!  I can’t wait to try these out with Mr. Toddler!

Flavorful Phantoms

Ingredients

• White Bread (1 slice per ghost)
• Whipped cream cheese

• Currants

Instructions

1. For each, toast a slice of white bread and then cut a ghost shape from it. You can do this freehand using a knife, or you can use a gingerbread-girl cookie cutter.
2. When the cutouts have cooled, spread on a generous coating of whipped cream cheese.
3. For eyes and mouths, add currants. (I am going to substitute cut raisins for the this part!)

   Pizza Mummies

   

   Ingredients

   • English muffins
   • Pizza sauce
   • Black olives

   • Scallions
   • Red or green pepper
   • Cheese sticks or slices

   Instructions

   1. Heat the oven to 350º F. For each mummy, spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce onto half of an English muffin (toast it first, if you like).
   2. Set olive slices in place for eyes and add round slices of green onion or bits of red or green pepper for pupils.
   3. Lay strips of cheese (we used a pulled-apart cheese stick) across the muffin for the mummy?s wrappings.
   4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin is toasty.

      Banana Ghosts

      

      Here’s a Halloween trick your child will have no trouble pulling off–turning a ripe banana into a Halloween treat.

      Remove any stringy fibers from the peeled banana, then cut it in half widthwise. Push a Popsicle stick into each half through the cut end, then cover each pop with plastic wrap and freeze until firm (about 3 hours).

      Next, place a 1.5-ounce piece of white chocolate candy in a microwave-safe bowl and cook on high until melted (it generally takes about 1 minute). With a butter knife, spread the melted white chocolate on the frozen banana halves.

      Set the pops on a waxed-paper-covered dish. Press on candies or currants for eyes and mouths and return the pops to the freezer until ready to serve. Makes 2

      Snack O Lantern

      

      1. To make one lantern, use a small knife to slice the top off a navel orange and cut around its interior to hollow it out. Scoop out the orange segments, chop them, and mix them with canned or fresh fruit salad.
      2. Carve small facial features in one side of the orange, then cut a slit in the lid to accommodate the handle of a green plastic spoon. Fill the lantern with fruit salad. Insert the spoon and set the lid in place.