After all, Halloween is all about fun. Ok, and it’s about candy too!. And given how every holiday seems to have a life that expands far beyond the day it’s celebrated, Halloween can present some serious dietary challenges.
This year, try some of these spooky Halloween dinner recipes for kids. They’re easy to make and, unlike what will end up in the trick or treat bags, contain ingredients you can actually pronounce!
In addition to trick-or-treating on the big night, your kids will likely be having Halloween parties at school and after-school events, which means more candy. To help curb the sugar overload, you need to serve up healthier choices that are as equally fun and appealing as the sweets with which they’re smitten.
Many of these recipes are actually quite good for you, too. And even the sweeter ones are still made with better ingredients than your average store-bought treat, so you can feel good about what you’re feeding your family.
Monster Wraps
Halloween in Australia is all about having fun and eating good food. So here’s our first pick.
For eyes, lay 2 small slices of cucumber on each wrap half and top each. For the nose cut a triangular shape out of cheese lay below the eyes. For the hair, cut zigzag pieces out of the cheese lay at the top of each wrap. For the mouth, lay a strip of red pepper below the nose.
And, your monster junior is ready!
Harry Potter Inspired Pumpkin Pasties Recipe
Harry Potter fans will recognize pumpkin pasties as hand pies filled with a pumpkin that Harry buys off the trolley cart. And even if you don’t recognize pumpkin pasties, you’ll still love them!
Pumpkin season is in full swing and we can’t get enough! And what could be better than combining pumpkin with literature-inspired food?
Mummy Hot Dogs
There are a lot of mummy hot dogs in the world, but ours is the best for a couple of big reasons. Halloween dinner recipes for kids are incomplete without a spooky hot dog. First, they’re stuffed with cheese! We like using strips of cheese (not too much though) for an ultra-creamy and melty bite. But feel free to swap in something sharper like cheddar.
Graveyard Chicken Enchilada Dip
This is an easy Halloween food to make. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take a large bowl, combine pepper jack, enchilada sauce, rotisserie chicken, cream cheese, green chilis, and taco seasoning. Transfer dip to a cast-iron skillet and bake until warmed through and bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.
Make tortilla graves, cut tortillas into grave shapes, and place them on a baking sheet. Bake until sturdy, 5 to 7 minutes. Top dip with shredded lettuce and insert graves. Serve with tortilla chips. And it’s ready!
Ghost Pizza Bagels
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Split the bagels open and arrange cut-sides up on a large baking sheet. Divide the pizza sauce among the bagels.
Bake bagels for 5 min., until golden. With a small ghost- or bat-shaped cookie cutter, cut shapes from the provolone slices. Place 1 on each bagel. Cut the olives and red peppers into little specks and place on cheese for the eyes.
Bake for 3 min., until the cheese just begins to melt.
Pulled Pork Menehune Sliders
Stir together condensed soup, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and garlic powder in a 6-quart slow cooker. Add pork roast and toss to cover with sauce.
Cover and cook on low until pork is fork-tender and slightly pink in the center, 8 to 9 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees, F. Spoon, off any fat and discard.
Transfer pork to a cutting board and shred the meat with 2 forks. Return meat to the slow cooker and toss in sauce to coat, adding tomato sauce if it needs more sauce.
Divide pork among slider rolls and serve with hot pepper sauce.
Jack-O’-Lantern Stuffed Peppers
If your kid is a dessert fan, give them this healthy food Halloween recipe. They’ll love it.
Jack-O’-Lantern Stuffed Peppers are so much more satisfying than carving pumpkins! These easy stuffed peppers take your Halloween dinner to new heights and are extremely delish. Complete the meal with one of our fun Halloween desserts!
Chicken Pot Pie with Crawling Hands
Put on a Halloween spin on your fall dinners with this Chicken Pot Pie with Crawling Hands Recipe from WomansDay.com. Our list has a wide variety of Halloween dinner recipes, but this one, the Chicken Potpie with Crawling Hands Recipe, is sure to make it!
Mummy Meat Loaves
Sweet cherry tomatoes are hidden in the center of these mini-meat loaves, offering a welcome burst of juicy flavor when you take a bite. Post-Halloween, keep the recipe in rotation by piping the mashed potatoes as you would cupcake frosting.
Jack ‘O Lantern Quesadillas
These jack-o-lantern cheese quesadillas are such a fun idea for Halloween! They’re super easy and I mean easy to make, and you can make them so fun! You can even get the kids to help carve faces into their tortillas. Kids love eating things they get to help with!
All the above recipes are super easy, healthy, and the best Halloween food ideas for kids. Do you have other ideas in mind? Of course, you do! Leave them in the comment section for others to see!