Looking for some easy Halloween recipes to make for the kids' class parties at school? Or perhaps you are hosting a Halloween party and want to serve up some scary, but healthy, treats. Or maybe you just want to get into the Halloween spirit and serve your kids a scary snack that will delight their taste buds.
Whatever the reason, these crunchy spiders make the perfect Halloween snacks for kids. Ritz crackers are filled with chocolate hazelnut spread, then decorated with pretzels for spider legs and raisins or white chocolate chips for eyes and mouths.
You can find Nutella brand chocolate hazelnut spread at most large grocery stores. It is usually in the peanut butter and jelly aisle or with the specialty gourmet foods. Or you can make your own with this recipe for homemade Nutella. (It's cheaper and has no artificial ingredients, partially hydrogenated oils, or trans fats.)
If you can't find Nutella, you can always use peanut butter or dark chocolate peanut butter instead. (The dark chocolate makes it look more Halloweeny in contrast to the almost orange color of the crackers. But these spider snacks will still taste great with plain peanut butter.)
You can even go all-natural on the crackers if you like. Late July makes a buttery round cracker with all organic ingredients. So does Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.
Crunchy Spiders Snack Recipe
Ingredients:
- 8 Ritz crackers
- 4-5 Tbsp. chocolate hazelnut spread, such as Nutella
- thin pretzel sticks for decorating
- raisins or white chocolate chips for decorating
Directions:
- Spread approximately one tablespoon of the chocolate hazelnut spread on four of the Ritz crackers. Top each with another Ritz cracker to make a sandwich.
- Insert the pretzel sticks on the sides of each cracker to make the spider's legs. You will be able to fit about six pretzel sticks on each spider.
- Make the spider's eyes by dabbing a bit of Nutella on the back of two raisins or white chocolate chips and placing them on top of the cracker sandwich. Make the spider's mouth the same way, using the Nutella as glue for the white chocolate chips or raisins, and arranging them in the shape of a mouth.
- Serve and eat!
Makes 4 crunchy spiders.
If you like this recipe, be sure to check out these healthy Halloween recipes, too: black bean dip (serve this dip with sweet potato chips, orange pepper strips, or tortilla chips) and witch's brew.
Stephanie Gallagher - Stephanie Gallagher is a veteran journalist and author. In addition to writing for Suite 101, she is the Cooking for Kids columnist for ...
