Kids Halloween recipes will come in handy this weekend!
Several years ago, I made a failed attempt to feed my children veggie burgers before they set out to trick or treat. After all, they were going to get pretty sugared up by the time the evening was over – so why precede the event with healthy meals?
Big Mistake.
The kids complained – I told them to just finish up. The following October 31, the kids took a walk down memory lane saying “Remember when Mom made us eat veggie burgers – we threw them out when she wasn’t looking!”
So I have since replaced the nutritious route with an easier one – pizza.
But this year, I have summoned up the courage to try something new. Fright night is on a weekend so I have a little more time for meal preparation – time to get creative.
My plan is to keep things simple. If I get too fancy, nobody will eat what I make – again. Here is what I have put together:
- Apple cider – plain. Would love to spice it up, but won’t have any takers.
- Blood and guts pasta with eyeballs – basically spinach pasta, sauce, and stuffed olives (this one is from Clarissa who has a whole list of ghoulish pumpkin recipes and other October themed meals to try out)
- Tombstone cupcakes – my favorite – which I have made for years – make regular cupcakes, frost them, dip them in Oreo cookie crumbs, take a Pepperidge Farm Milano cookie broken in half, stick it in the cupcake like a tombstone, and write RIP or something spooky on it with frosting.
Easy. Fast. A holiday meal kids love!
Because I found so many great options in my search for kids Halloween recipes – and I cannot possibly make them all – I will share one other favorite here:
- RecipeGirl.com has an awesome Trick or Eat post – I especially like the Chocolate Dipped Worm pretzels. The witches fingers are quite realistic as well but given my cooking skills, I am not sure that they would turn out quite as well!
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