Halloween is still a month away, but we're thinking ahead. It's the year's epicenter of candy, after all (and we have a thing for candy corn around here). But not all Halloween treats need to be sugar-laden — or dark and spooky, for that matter. One of my favorite cheery Halloween ideas is this one: colorful vegetables and all.
Laura at Feeding Frenzy created this colorful, healthy Halloween snack for her kids, and it's a nice change from the sugar madness of Halloween — while still being awfully cute and the tiniest bit spooky.
→ Read more: Veggie Skeleton at Feeding Frenzy
Is Halloween a holiday you gear up for in September? Or is it a little more casual for you?
Related: Spooky & Playful: The Best Halloween Treats for 2011
(Image: Laura of Feeding Frenzy)
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Aw, that's so cute! I will have to try this one.
That is adorable. I'd eat that if I were a kid!
This is insane. Halloween is about sweets. This project reeks of Martha Stewart-esque OCD, with just a dash kill-joy parenting. I would imagine the type of person who would make a veggie skeleton is also the mother who gives out toothbrushes, or raisins "they're nature's candy!," to the trick-or-treaters. Kids can get their vegetables the rest of the year, no need to sully the one holiday were sugar comas are encouraged.
Absolutely love this. As someone who used to get blinding headaches from sweets as a kid, I appreciate it. Is there a healthy way to make green or purple dip to put it in? :D
I have a neighbor who walks around chewing on Fennel bulbs...so this is entirely wonderful for those kids who like veggies!! thanks for the fun and inspired/alternative to only candy!!
@MGoodSilver I don't know about you but we celebrate the Equinox and harvest all month. Kids have to eat dinner, don't they? If I were a kid I would so appreciate my salad looking like this!
What, so vegetables aren't allowed to be cute? Talk to the people who made Play with Your Food.
I think this is awesome and I am putting this on my gkids rotation. I think holidays revolve around "sugar comas" all too often. This is great and will help keep them focused while they eat dinner so they aren't just wondering if the other kids have already started trick or treating. I wonder what else I can make with veggies. Hmmmm....
@MGoodSilver, I give out chocolate bars for Halloween, check my kids candy over before they can have any of it, limit the number of pieces they can eat before bed, freeze some of it so they can enjoy it in the months to come and even throw some of it away. I can't imagine thinking Halloween is about encouraging a sugar coma any more than I think New Year's Eve is about getting drunk.
Someone's sugar has dipped dangerously low....
That is so cute!!
Although I love vegetables and think this is a great idea, might it be possible to leave out the negative comments about sugar. I've subsisted on sugar and vegetables for 65 years and I'm thriving! Stop demonizing sugar.
This is from the Kraft Website...I did this assembly a year ago and it was a hit. I plan to do it again this year. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/skeleton-brain-dip-65180.aspx