Amidst all the sugar, it’s nice to mix in some healthy treats.  Whether you’re planning for a class party or just want to make a fun after-school snack with your kids, you’re gonna love these!  They’re simple, festive and quick to throw together.

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Witches Brooms

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Ingredients

• Pretzel rods
• String cheese
• Fresh chives

Instructions

• Cut the pieces of string cheese into thirds.
• Take one piece of the cut cheese. Slice is a few times about 2/3 of the way up. Turn the cheese and slice cross-wise a few more times about 2/3 of the way up.
• Press the pretzel rod down into the top of the cheese.
• Tie a piece of chive around the cheese.

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Clementine Pumpkins

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Ingredients

• Clementines
• Celery (or cucumbers, parsley, cilantro, etc)
• Black sharpie

Instructions

• Use the black sharpie to draw a jack-o-lantern face on the skin of the clementines.
• Cut a small hole in the top of the elementine.
• Insert a small piece of the celery (or other greenery) as the stem.

Notes

You can also peel the clementines and stick the stem in for easier eating.

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Creepy Apple Faces

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Ingredients

• Apples
• Peanut butter (or other nut butter)
• Shelled sunflower seeds, almond slices, or white chocolate chips
• Strawberry slices
• Edible googly eyes

Instructions

• Slice the apples.
• Scoop some of the peanut butter into a sandwich bag and clip off a corner. Pipe on the peanut butter to an apple slice and place the second slice on top of it, creating an open mouth.
• Add sunflower seeds, nuts, or chocolate chips into the peanut butter as teeth.
• Or add a slice of strawberry to look like a tongue.
• Pipe a dot fo peanut butter onto the back of the googly eyes and place them on the top apple for eyes.

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