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Halloween is hands down the most challenging family-food holiday of the year. With the seemingly endless amounts of sugar and chocolate finding its way from trick or treat bags into our kids’ tummies, many parents resign themselves, figuring Halloween is only one day or assuming it’s impossible to get kids to eat anything healthy with so much junk around.
One strategy that has worked for me so far is a festive pre-trick or treating dinner at our friend’s house complete with Halloween-themed dishes like Mummy Dogs and Pizza Mummies. We always make a great big salad to accompany them and this year I’ll be introducing a new spooky take on fruit, these Banana Ghosts and Orange Pumpkins. Not only are they totally adorable, but they’re actually good for you. Now that’s a crazy thought on Halloween, isn’t it?!
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Tangerine Pumpkins + Banana Ghosts
Instructions
- Peel the bananas and cut them in half. Place the cut side down so the banana halves stand up.
- Use small chocolate chips to make ghost eyes and large chocolate chips to make ghost mouths.
- Peel the tangerines.
- Cut the celery lengthwise into thirds and then across into 1/2 inch pieces. Insert the celery pieces into the tops of the peeled tangerines to resemble pumpkins.
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Hi Alison
I plan to make these for the Halloween treat tomorrow. I will substitute a pretzel stick for the celery(stringy celery scares me with kids). Just wondering if chocolate chips for the ghost eyes/mouthwould be okay for Lexi. If not, do you have any
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Well said Nicole— You internet police guys need to relax! Who cares where it came from I’m glad I can go to one site to get all the latest and coolest ideas. Who has time to sit on the computer for hours looking at every website known to man….. Wow there are way too many people with too much time on there hands that could be better spent on much more life affirming ventures.. Seriously how would another link to another website make a difference for the reader even if the idea was in twenty other places? Or does it makes ourselves feel important to try and shine negativity on others or get them with a “Gotcha” moment— honestly I don’t get it. So you assume Catherine tried to pass this off as an original idea that no one ever thought of……. She never came across that way just a new idea for Weelicious. If you follow her then you know she would not present herself that way intentionally. She always promotes other bloggers, cookbooks and sites. If you don’t like Weelicious and come here to find things to gripe about please keep it to yourselves. Remember you are making a choice when you visit a website or blog. I normally never comment but this was way too much. Catherine thank you so much for all your hard work and inspiration. Your response below was very classy and professional I’m sorry you are not always afforded with the same courtesy.
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omg ppl chill the heck out this is such a well known recipe that she probably didnt know where to give credit..u know what we are all lucky that she posts up cute ideas on here for all of us to see id really appriciate it if u keep your rude assumptions to yourselfs. A lot of her recipes are her own but when she finds something cool im glad she shares that with us too on no where does it say she came up with this and yes it does frippin say the word “new” but it doesnt say new recipe I made so what if she just meant here ia somethin I newly tried or something new to u to try why do yall have to hate if u dont like theb dont click on it ppl can be so childish like I said ur lucky she does this for us and id truly appriciate if ud mind your own stinking business and stop assuming so this isnt ruined for everyone else take ur bashfest elsewhere
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