Funky Apple Slice Monsters
Scare hunger away with funky apple slice monsters! These easy-to-make snacks are perfect for kids (and kids at heart!) this Halloween and can even add a healthy ‘boo’-st to your blood sugar.
The following is an excerpt from The Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free Family Cookbook by Leah Webb. It has been adapted for the web.
RECIPE: Funky Apple Slice Monsters
These fun and healthy snacks are made from 100 percent whole-food ingredients.
It’s the perfect recipe for a Halloween gathering, as a unique school project, or on days when you’re feeling like putting a bit of creativity into your child’s snack. The ingredients only list what you’ll need to make eight monsters.
You’ll likely want extra blueberries and strawberries if kids are helping, because they’ll likely munch on these ingredients as you build. You can use any nut or seed butter to attach the tongue and eyes, but SunButter keeps the flavor consistent with the sunflower seed teeth.
Assembling Apple Slice Monsters in a school setting would be a fun and manageable project to do with a large group of children, but be sure to avoid any SunButter that was processed on shared equipment with nuts or peanuts, if any students in the classroom have nut allergies.
Ingredients
- 2 green apples
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds 3 strawberries
- 2 tablespoons SunButter 10–16 blueberries
Procedure
- Quarter the apples and carefully remove the seeds, leaving as much of the apple flesh as possible. Cut a wedge out of the peel side of the apple, keeping the wedge slightly off center. This leaves more room for the eyes on the top, and less space for the mouth on the bottom.
- Place approximately 10 sunflower seeds into the top of each mouth, poking the pointed side of the seed into the apple flesh.
- Remove the tops of the strawberries and cut them into thin slices. Use a small dab of SunButter to adhere the strawberry into the mouth as a tongue. Adhere the blueberry eyes with a small dab of SunButter. Each monster can have one, two, or even three eyes.
- Repeat with the remaining apple quarters and enjoy.
Funky Apple Slice Monsters: Batch Cooking and Leftovers
If stored in the fridge, apples will start to brown over time. Better to prep 4–6 hours in advance and they won’t lose any of their color. Spritz them with a lemon water mixture if you’re trying to prevent them from browning.
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