Hauntingly Healthy Halloween Treats
Grave Yard Sandwiches
2 slices Meijer whole wheat bread
3 slices deli smoked ham
1 slice 2% cheese slices
Light mayo
Lettuce leaf
Directions: Cover 1 of the bread slices with ham and cheese. Spread with mayo; top with lettuce. Cut sandwich into coffin shape.
Trick-or-Treat Trail Mix
1 cup Meijer pretzel sticks or mini pretzel twists
1 cup reduced-fat cheese crackers
1 cup Meijer lightly salted peanuts
1 cup orange and black dried fruit (raisins, dried apricots or peaches)
1/c cup Halloween candy (optional)
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a big bowl and toss to mix well. Use ½ cup measuring spoon to scoop out servings into goodie bags. Tie the ends closed with orange and black ribbon if desired.
Skeleton and Brain Dip
Lettuce leaves
1 cup light ranch dressing
2 cups assorted cut-up fresh vegetables, such as bell pepper strips, cucumber slices, snow peas, mushroom slices, celery sticks, carrots sticks, cherry tomatoes, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets
Directions: Line small bowl with lettuce leaves; fill with dressing. Place near one end of a large serving platter. Arrange vegetables in a skeleton shape on platter, using the bowl as the head of the skeleton.
Creepy Crawler Pudding Cups
2 cups lowfat milk
1 small package chocolate instant pudding
Reduced fat chocolate cookies
Gummy bugs and worms
Clear plastic cups
Directions: Prepare pudding according to package directions and spoon evenly into 4 plastic cups. Sprinkle crushed chocolate cookies over pudding; add gummy bugs and worms.
I’ve been a part of the WOOD TV8 team since 2005. As a producer, I work side by side with Maranda making things happen behind the scenes. I coordinate Maranda’s Park Parties each summer and work on various station projects through out the year. I also serve as the producer of Maranda’s weekly half-hour show, Where You Live. My blog inspirations come from stories on the job and my life as a busy mom of a three year old daughter.