10 Healthy Halloween Food Recipes That Are Spooktacular and Nutritious!

Halloween is a time for fun, costumes, and of course, delicious treats. However, the holiday often brings with it an overwhelming amount of sugary and processed candies. If you're looking to celebrate Halloween in a healthier way, there are plenty of savory and sweet options that are both spooky and nutritious. This article provides a collection of healthy Halloween food ideas, focusing on savory recipes and healthier sweet treats that will make your Halloween feast unforgettable.

Savory Halloween Recipes

These savory Halloween recipes are perfect for those who want to balance out the holiday sweets with some delicious and fun dishes. From appetizers to main courses, there's something for everyone.

Spooky Halloween Appetizers

Start your Halloween feast with some eerie appetizers that are both creepy and delicious.

Halloween Veggie Tray Trio

Offer three creative and creepy ways to present fresh veggies. This Halloween veggie tray appetizer trio is perfect for balancing out all the holiday sweets. It’s healthy, fun, and a hit with the kids! Who knew veggies could be this spooky?

Spooky Chips

These spooky chips are baked, not fried, making them a healthier snack choice. Shaped like ghosts or bats, they are a fun and crunchy treat to serve at your Halloween party. It’s gluten-free and vegan-friendly!

Mini Pumpkin Cheese Balls

These adorable mini pumpkin cheese balls are as tasty as they are cute. Made with creamy cheese and coated with crunchy nuts, they are perfect bite-sized appetizers.

Halloween Caprese Salad

Give your classic Caprese salad a scary twist! This Halloween Caprese salad features mozzarella eyeballs and tomato “blood” for a festive look. It’s the perfect healthy Halloween treat.

Olive Cream Cheese Spider Bites

These are made with olives, cream cheese, and gluten-free crackers. You can use orange sweet potato crackers for even more of a Halloween twist! Spread a little bit of cream cheese on each cracker. Cut the olives in half. Leave one half for the body and thinly slice the other half into 6 slices for the legs. Assemble the legs and body on the cracker.

Bell Pepper Olive Monster Eyes

These tasty little bites are really easy to make with a small circle cutter and a piping bag or Ziploc filled with softened cream cheese. Cut the bell pepper into 4 flat pieces. Using a small circle cutter, cut bell pepper circles. Place the softened cream cheese in a piping bag with a large circle tip (or in a ziploc with a hole cut in the bottom corner) and pipe a little cream cheese onto each circle. Slice the olives into 1/4-inch wide pieces. Place an olive on the cream cheese.

Peanut Butter Apple Monster Teeth

This creepy, healthy snack is made with ingredients I almost always have around. You can use any kind of nut butter (or sunflower seed butter, if you prefer). I like to use green apple for a fun pop of bright color, but yellow or red apples works great, too. Slice the apples. Put a spoonful or two of peanut butter in a small Ziploc. Cut a hole in the bottom corner of the bag. Squeeze the peanut butter onto one apple slice. Top with another apple slice and push slightly to stick together. Place sunflower seed “teeth” along the peanut butter.

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Pretzel Cheese Stick Witch Brooms

These pretzel cheese stick witch brooms are my oldest son’s favorite out of all of my healthy Halloween snack ideas. This would be a fun, spooky Halloween snack for school lunches. Cut the cheese sticks into thirds. Peel the bottom part of the cheese stick like a broom. Place the pretzel in the center of the other end of the cheese stick. Tie a chive around the broom and cut to size.

Hearty Halloween Mains

For a more substantial meal, try these hearty and savory Halloween main dishes.

Mummy Hot Dogs

A fun and easy Halloween treat you can make that the kids will love are these mummy hot dogs. Wrapped in crescent dough and baked to perfection, they’re a spooky delight.

Halloween Bean Dip

Add a Halloween twist to this hearty and savoury adult-friendly bean dip. It’s a great appetizer for any Halloween gathering.

Graveyard Taco Dip

A yummy treat to try is this graveyard taco dip. It’s a delicious way to enjoy your favourite taco flavours on Halloween, layered with all the best toppings and decorated like a graveyard.

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Spiderweb Taco Dip

A terrifying tasty dish to serve is this layered taco dip decorated to look like a spiderweb. It’s a festive and delicious addition to your Halloween party.

Eerie Soups and Stews

Warm up with these eerie soups and stews that are perfect for a Halloween dinner.

Green Soup with Edible Eyeballs

A great addition to your Halloween menu is this green soup topped with edible eyeballs for a fun and creepy meal. Kids will love the spooky presentation!

Witches Brew Stew

If you want an easy and comforting meal for Halloween, try this hearty witches brew stew made in a slow cooker. It’s packed with flavour and eerie charm.

Pumpkin Beef Stew

When you want to make a unique and hearty meal, you can’t go wrong with beef stew. This dish is infused with pumpkin and is perfect for warming up on a chilly evening.

Toe Chili

This toe chili is packed with flavour and a Halloween touch. It’s a great Halloween meal that will delight and creep out your guests.

Ghoulash Stew

Add a scary twist to a classic dish with this ghoulash stew recipe. It’s filled with hearty ingredients and perfect for a Halloween feast.

Creepy Meatloaf Creations

For a spooky and delicious main course, try these meatloaf recipes with a Halloween twist.

Mummy Meatloaf

If your family loves meatloaf, then you should try this mummy meatloaf wrapped in dough for a chilling and delicious Halloween dinner.

Feet Loaf

Want a sure way to spook out your guests? This feet loaf is a creepy and fun twist on meatloaf, perfect for a Halloween dinner that’s both delicious and eerie.

Mummy Pot Pies

Add a scary twist to this classic dish by making mummy pot pies. Wrapped in dough and filled with savoury ingredients, they’re perfect for Halloween.

Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

Halloween wouldn’t be complete without a jack-o’-lantern. If you don’t have time to carve a pumpkin, you can do so with peppers. These stuffed peppers will make a fun and festive Halloween meal. Celebrate Halloween with these spooktacular healthy stuffed peppers. They're perfect for a Halloween buffet or a family dinner ahead of trick-or-treating

Spooky Pasta Dishes

These pasta dishes are perfect for a Halloween dinner, with eerie colors and shapes that will be a hit with the kids.

Eyeball Pasta

Another fun and eerie Halloween dinner idea is this eyeball pasta. It’s easy to make and will be a hit with the kids.

Witches Hair Pasta

If you like black squid ink noodles, then this recipe is perfect for you. The witches hair pasta features black noodles that will make a unique and festive Halloween dish.

Healthy Halloween Snacks

These healthy Halloween snacks are easy enough for kids to put together themselves and can double as party activities for fall parties and Trunk or Treat events. Any of these would make a perfect afternoon snack or even a healthy treat when you’re watching a Halloween movie together as a family.

Boo-nanas

It doesn’t get easier than this fun Halloween snack! My kids are obsessed with bananas and this is a fun, easy way to make them special for Halloween. Assemble just before serving so they don’t turn brown! Cut the bananas in half. Place two mini chocolate chips for the eyes and one large chocolate chip for the mouth.

Other Healthy Halloween Snack Ideas

Freaky Fruit Platter: Tuck into ghoulish grape snakes, apple fangs, lychee eyeballs and more with this freaky fruit platter, sure to tickle and terrify Halloween guests!
Healthy Halloween Nachos: Serve these healthy nachos with homemade sweetcorn salsa and fresh guacamole at a Halloween party - kids (and grown-ups!) will love the spooky bat shapes.
Healthy Halloween Pizzas: Let little witches and wizards make their own healthy Halloween dinner with this pizza. You can add extra toppings, using whatever meat and veggies they like
Healthy Pumpkin Pancakes: Make the most of the sweet flavours of butternut squash to rustle up these healthy pancakes. Use a really good non-stick pan and you won't need any butter
Creamy Pumpkin & Lentil Soup: Whether you're carving a Halloween pumpkin or have picked up a squash from the supermarket, use the plentiful flesh and seeds in this soup
Pumpkin Hummus: Throw a Halloween party and use a carved out pumpkin to make this creamy hummus. At other times of the year use butternut squash or a blue-skinned pumpkin
Butter Bean & Squash Crumble: High in fibre, a good source of iron and counts as 4 of your 5-a-day, this is the ideal healthy and warming winter dish
Devilled Tofu Kebabs: A low fat vegetarian kebab to bring out the devil in you
Stuffed Pumpkin: Throwing a vegan dinner party in the autumn or winter months? Bake a pumpkin with a gorgeous stuffing of rice, fennel, apple, pomegranate seeds and pecans
Creamy Tomato Soup: A low-fat, vegetarian soup that everyone will love - passata and whole milk give a silky smooth finish
Pumpkin, Spinach & Black Bean Dopiaza: Fancy a bit of spice, but without the grease of a takeaway? Try this healthy seasonal curry with crispy onions
Creamy Barley & Squash Risotto: Barley is cheaper and lighter than Italian risotto rice, you can add all the liquid at once and it's really hard to overcook
Butternut Biryani with Cucumber Raita: Cook our healthy veggie curry using dried mushrooms, spices and butternut squash. It contains three of your 5-a-day along with calcium, iron and fibre
Vegan Pumpkin Soup: Make the most of pumpkin season in early autumn with this healthy vegan pumpkin soup.
Spiderweb Soup: This great idea transforms any blended soup, dip, or dessert into a Halloween-themed dish. Create a web design using plant-based sour cream for savory dishes and vanilla bean whip for sweet ones.
Ghostly Bananas & Pumpkin Patch Clementines: On a night where processed junk food reigns supreme, showcase nature’s candy with these clever and tasty fruit treats that will delight All Hallow’s Eve revelers.
Caramel Apple Monster Mouths: This frightfully fun twist on the classic candy apple features a wicked-good Raw Chocolate Caramel Dip.
Spooky Watermelon: This fruity fiend works perfectly as a show-stopping centerpiece for your Halloween party table.
Celery Stick Frankensteins & Carrot Witch Fingers: For the Celery Sticks, fill each stick with nut butter or hummus and top with a sliced black olive for the hair. Add raisins, chocolate chips, or dollops of black bean dip for the eyes. For the Witch Fingers, slice a horizontal sliver off the top of a baby carrot and use nut butter to attach a slivered almond as the fingernail. You can also carve lines into the carrot to make it look like knuckles!
Stuffed Mushroom Eyeballs: These haunting stuffed mushrooms are the perfect canapé to serve during a rewatch of the classic family Halloween film Hocus Pocus.
Jack-o’-Lantern Crudités: Hosting a Halloween party? Place a festive jack-o’-lantern crudités arrangement at the center of the table with a side of Vegan Ranch Dressing to delight your ghoulish guests.
Batty Bento Box: To decorate sushi rolls, use a sharp knife to cut bats and cats out of nori or mini orange bell peppers.
Pasta Brain Peppers: Neatly cut off the very top of bell peppers and seed and core each one. Using a sharp knife, cut out the jack-o’-lantern face. Fill with pasta and sauce of your choice, and bake at 350℉ for 25 to 30 minutes until the peppers are tender and the stuffing is slightly oozing out of the faces.
All Hail the Pumpkin King: Ditch those sugar-filled pumpkin spice lattes and celebrate the flavor of this special squash with a whole-food, plant-based recipe!
Frankenstein Green Smoothie: Use a black marker to draw a Frankenstein face on your glass! Use a dry-erase marker to draw on a dry, clean glass, or a black permanent marker if you want it to last a little longer. I topped my smoothies with an easy 3-ingredient vegan chocolate sauce for Frankenstein’s “hair,” but that’s totally optional.
Banana Ghosts: This is a perfect after-school snack because it takes just 5 minutes to assemble. Stick a few mini chocolate chips into half of a banana, and it looks like a ghost! I stick mine on popsicle sticks for an easy, handheld snack. You can freeze the bananas for a frozen treat on a stick, if you like.
Mandarin Pumpkins: Draw a cute little jack-o-lantern face on your mandarin oranges for a fun lunchbox treat, too.
Candy Apple "Teeth": Instead of attempting to stick the sunflower seeds (or pumpkin seeds) physically into the apple to look like real teeth, just lay them into the nut butter or caramel sauce. Add a sliced strawberry for a “tongue” if you’d like to, and use a mix of red and green apples on a serving dish for a fun look.
Spider Web Dip: Use Greek yogurt or vegan sour cream to drizzle a “spider web” on your favorite savory dip recipe.
Date Caramel Dip with Apples and Pretzels: If you want to host a healthy Halloween party, serve this naturally sweet date caramel dip with sliced apples and crunchy pretzels.
Dirt Cups: You can also use a crumbled brownie bite (which is date-sweetened), a crumbled brownie, or chocolate cookies to make the dirt layer on top.
Frankenstein Cookies: Take mint matcha cookies (which are naturally green!) and give them a Frankenstein makeover. You can’t taste the matcha flavor at all, thanks to the addition of peppermint. Dip the cookies in melted dark chocolate for Frankenstein’s hair, then transfer the melted chocolate to a piping bag to finish adding a scar on his forehead, eyes, and a smile.
Witch Finger Cookies: Matcha cookies make great Witch Fingers, too!
Homemade Candy Bars While popular recipes call for melted candy corn, these homemade candy bars are made with just 5 all-natural ingredients.
Vegan Snickers Bars: Yes, you can make vegan Snickers bars at home!
Sweet Potato Frosting: Sweet potatoes come in two colors that are perfect for Halloween- orange and purple! You can use the same frosting recipe using either variety of potato.
Peanut Butter Cups: Make your own delicious peanut butter cup candy at home! These mini peanut butter cups can be assembled in just a few minutes.

Healthier Halloween Treats

For those with a sweet tooth, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy Halloween treats without all the sugar.

Mummy Granola Bars

These homemade granola bars are a great option for a healthier Halloween treat. To make a "mummy" look, melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler, or you can use the microwave, stirring after 30-second intervals. Spread the melted chocolate on one of the bars, and while the chocolate is still wet, add a few coconut chips on top to look like a mummy wrapping. Leave space toward the top to add eyes. (Candy eyes are too hard to bite into, but they make a cute mummy bar. Sometimes we use blueberries instead, or dried fruit.) Repeat the process until all of the bars look like mummies. Let them cool completely, and once the chocolate is firm they are ready to eat. Store homemade granola bars in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Other Healthier Halloween Treat Ideas

Pumpkin Bark: Unlike store-bought bark desserts, this homemade bark uses simple, nutritious ingredients including coconut oil, pumpkin puree, almond butter and warm spices for the perfect fall treat!
Green Deviled Eggs: Deviled eggs are always a crowd-pleasing appetizer that never disappoints, and the green hue of this recipe makes it perfect for Halloween.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Fudge: This recipe for chocolate peanut butter protein fudge is a rich and creamy chocolaty sweet treat made with peanut butter, cocoa powder, coconut oil, maple syrup and chocolate protein powder.
Apple Bites: Snacks don’t get much cuter than these apple bites! They’re a kid-friendly treat sure to make little ones smile and use apple slices that are stacked on top of each other and given faces with sunflower seeds, strawberries, and candy eyes.
Chocolate Energy Bites: Loaded with rich chocolate flavor, these decadent energy bites are so delicious no one will ever believe they’re healthy! They’re refined sugar-free and full of vitamins, nutrients, fiber, and healthy fats but taste like dessert.
Coconut Cashews: The perfect poppable snack, this recipe elevates plain cashews with coconut oil, cinnamon, and shredded coconut.
Spider Cupcakes: If you’re looking to make a festive sweet treat to bring to a Halloween party, these spider cupcakes are an easy way to add a little fun to the spooky holiday!
Oatmeal Bars: Lower in refined sugar than most dessert recipes out there, these bars are loaded with sweet, nutty flavors but still provide a little boost of fiber and healthy fats thanks to almond butter and oats.
Spider Bites: Your little ones will love eating these crunchy little “spider” bites! All you need to make them are chocolate chips, peanut butter (or a nut butter or choice) and pretzels.
Halloween Snack Mix: A sweet and salty treat, this homemade snack mix offers a nice break from all things pumpkin and provides the perfect combination of sweet, spiced flavors.
Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Cupcakes: These pumpkin spice cake mix cupcakes are made with only two ingredients and come together in no time at all.

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