Every October 31 we celebrate Halloween. The charm of the holiday makes us wait the whole year to be able to “trick or treat” and wear originally and uncommon Halloween costumes. The story of Halloween tells that in this day the spirits of people who died last year return to earth in search of living bodies to possess them during the next year, which is the only hope they have of life after death. Celts believed that all laws of space and time are suspended on this day, allowing them to interact with the living spirits. The living did not wanted to be possessed, so on the night of October 31, villagers fighting fires in their homes, in order to be becoming cold and so unwanted. They were dressed in all kinds of funny costumes and were participating in noisy parades in their neighborhood, trying to be as destructive as possible to scare away the spirits that came in search for livings.



Today, the holiday has a total different perception. Kids just love to dress up on Halloween as ghosts, skeleton, wizards or witches, monsters, vampires or other dark creatures and go trick or treat. But what about giving them some healthy Halloween treats? Although you can not give on Halloween fruits because for kids the whole concept of the holiday is about candies, you can try to be creative in cooking some healthy treats without ruining the spirit of the holiday.



However, here are some healthy Halloween treats ideas that you can use. Caramel honey apples, spooky honey popcorn bars, hermits, spicy roasted soybeans or spice pretzels are some treats that will be appreciated by children. Hot apple cider consists of apple juice, a few spices and orange peel, and takes just a few minutes to make. You can also try to bake some special Halloween cookies using the traditional pumpkin, such as pumpkin pie.

Let’s see how we can make some healthy apples. First you have to remove stem and insert a stick into the top of apple. Than melt white chocolate chips or candies and dip apples into melted candy or chocolate until they are completely covered. You can decorate them with chocolate chips. For kids you can make “Monster Apples”, meaning caramel apples with marshmallow eyes, raisin nose, a carrot pieces for mouth and nuts slices for hair. They will surly love that.



Maybe as an adult you don’t love Halloween anymore, but as a kid you surly did. Today, because of the many recipes existent, you can enjoy the holiday whiteout sugar abuse, and so you shouldn’t worry at all about you diet. In the same time you won’t kill the kid’s idea of the holiday as a sugar treat.