4 Spooky (and Healthy) Banana Halloween Treats

Learn the way to make these four banana Halloween treats filled with gut-loving vitamins that gained’t throw your digestion completely out of whack—and take not more than 5 minutes to make—forward. *Spooky scary cooking faculty* is now in session.

Halloween treats which are really good for digestion

Spooky treats, however make them microbiome-friendly? Straightforward sufficient, says Jawad. The star ingredient in all 4 of those recipes are bananas, that are great for digestion and have about three grams of fiber per serving.

Bananas also contain loads of potassium, a key ingredient for sustaining electrolyte balance. “Bananas are additionally excessive in potassium which is among the electrolytes that’s important for bodily features corresponding to pH stability, water stability in our our bodies, blood stress, digestion, and even muscle contraction,” Jennifer Maeng, MS, RD, a NYC-based dietitian, beforehand shared with Properly+Good.

Associated Tales

After all, it wouldn’t be Halloween treats with out a little spooky flare, which Jawad does ever so effortlessly with the assistance of some additional tasty components right here and there—assume mini chocolate chips for ghost eyes and a few thinly-cut celery for tangerine “pumpkin” stems. Learn to make these, and different scrumptious banana treats forward.

4 wholesome banana Halloween treats 

Frozen boo-nana pops

Yields 4 servings

Components
1 banana
1 cup of white chocolate chips
8 mini chocolate chips
4 wood sticks

1. Minimize the banana in half lengthwise after which slice in half to make 4 quarters. Insert popsicle sticks into the lower finish of the bananas, and freeze the bananas on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper for as much as two hours.
2. When the bananas are frozen, place the white chocolate chips in a cup and soften within the microwave, stirring each 30 seconds.
3. Dip the bananas, one after the other, into the chocolate, scraping off the surplus chocolate from the again of the banana, and place it on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
4. Shortly add the chocolate chips for the eyes earlier than the chocolate hardens.

Monster banana bites

Yields 6 servings 

Components
1 banana
6 lollipop sticks
1 cup white and/or darkish chocolate
1 Tsp coconut oil

1. Warmth the white chocolate chips in a single bowl (you’ll be able to add half a teaspoon of coconut oil to the combo), till melted. Warmth the semi candy chocolate in one other bowl, till melted. In the meantime, lower the banana into half-inch slices.
2. Use a fork to dip every banana slice within the melted chocolate, permitting any extra chocolate to drip off. Place the chocolate-coated bananas on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
3. Place some sweet eyes and a popsicle and place the baking sheet within the freezer to set, about three hours.

Monster eye roll-ups

Yields 4 servings

Components
1 tortilla
1 banana
Peanut butter, as wanted
Jelly, as wanted
Sweet eyes, as wanted
Appetizer toothpicks, as wanted

1. Warmth the tortilla within the microwave till mushy and pliable. It will assist it roll up simpler.
2. Unfold peanut butter on the tortilla after which unfold the jelly on high. Place peeled banana within the center.
3. Roll the banana and tortilla collectively. Slice into quarters. Place two of the roll-ups on a small toothpick. Use sweet eye as garnish. Jawad’s professional tip: It’s okay if these get messy and also you get blood–aka jelly–in all places!

Ghost bananas and tangerine pumpkins

Yields 4 servings

Components
2 bananas
Chocolate chips, as wanted
6 tangerines
1 celery stick, lower into skinny batonnets

1. For the ghosts: Minimize the bananas lengthwise. (You can too slice them in half to make 4 quarters for those who’d wish to make them smaller.) Place two chocolate chips in direction of the highest of the bananas to set the eyes.
2. For the pumpkins: Peel the tangerines and take away as a lot white pith as attainable. Insert the lower celery into the highest of the peeled tangerines.

Bananas to spare? Time for banana bread: