How to DIY Halloween Candy That's Just Naughty Enough

Tess Panzer

Halloween can do a number on your kids! All those artificial preservatives, the corn syrup and overwhelming amounts of sugar can leave them bouncing off the ceiling for days to come. And after the high? The cranky crash. 

Though we don’t suggest depriving anyone of their Halloween sugar fix, we do have a few sweet ideas, especially for the little ones, that’ll keep ‘em from going into a serious sugar-coma.

You’ll thank us on November 1st.

Grape Marshmallow Worms

These grape worms are creepy-crawly sweetness. Alternating grapes with marshmallows is a slightly healthier compromise with your little ones. For every bite of sweet, they get a bite of fruit too!

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Ingredients:

  • Grapes

  • Mini Marshmallows

  • Skewers

  • White Decorating Frosting

  • Mini Chocolate Chips

Tools:

  • Wooden Skewers

Instructions:

1. Alternate skewering grapes and marshmallows, starting and ending with a grape on each end of the skewer.

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2. Make two little eyes with dots of frosting on the last grape at one end of the skewer.

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3. Finish by adding a mini chocolate chip to the frosting dots, to serve as pupils.

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Mini Candy Apples

Nobody needs a huge candy apple! It’s way to too much for any kid to handle. Make a smaller rendition - that way they get their fix, without a crazy overload of sugar. And who said it had to be caramel? With colorful Candy Melts, Halloween just got a whole lot brighter.

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Ingredients:

  • Apples

  • Candy Melt Chocolate, any color you like

  • Sprinkles

Tools:

  • Mellon Baller

  • Wooden Skewers

Instructions:

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1. Scoop balls of apple out of large apples with a melon baller.

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2. Skewer each ball of apple with a wooden skewer.

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3. Melt your Candy Melt chocolate in whatever color you choose.

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4. Dip the apple balls in the melted chocolate.

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5. Dip the bottoms of the apples in sprinkles and let them dry on a piece of parchment.

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Boo Pops

A ghostly treat full of nutrition with enough sweetness to keep everyone happy.

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Ingredients:

  • Bananas

  • Candy Melt Chocolate, white

  • Decorating Frosting, black

Tools:

  • Popsicle Sticks

Instructions:

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1. Slice your bananas in half.

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2. Skewer them on popsicle sticks, gently.

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3. Freeze the bananas until firm.

4. Melt white Candy Melt chocolate in a deep cup.

5. Dip the bananas in the candy melt to coat completely and freeze them. 

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6. Draw on eyes and a mouth with black decorating frosting.

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