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Last Updated January 19, 2021. Published October 31, 2014 Danielle Fahrenkrug | This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

Halloween Snacks: Mandarin Pumpkins

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Healthy Halloween snacks made with only 3 ingredients! Mini fruit mandarin pumpkins drizzled with chocolate and poked in the center with pretzel sticks for pumpkin stems.

healthy Halloween snacks
Need a last minute healthy Halloween snack? I was not sure about adding more chocolate on this candy filled day, but salty pretzels go so well with chocolate and so do fruity mandarins! Only 3 ingredients and takes about 10 minutes to create this festive party food!

We were just planning on heading to a friends party and the day got away with me. Among errands, laundry, grocery shopping, dishes and caring for the littles there needed to be some quick thinking happening here.

But I didn't want to bring any processed food to the party and there will be enough unhealthy sweets going around to enjoy. So how about enjoying these HEALTHY sweets?

healthy snacks for Halloween

These healthy Halloween snacks can be prepared a day in advance. Peel the fruit and set aside. Then melt and drizzle rich chocolate on top starting from the core and down the sides. Place the pretzel sticks in the mandarins right before you are ready to take to the party or serve.

Halloween food ideas
These healthy pumpkin snacks are packed with natural energy boosting sugar and vitamin C. Oranges or other citrus fruits can be used like tangerines or oranges. Grab your favorite gluten-free pretzel sticks (although I did use Trader-Joe's honey wheat sticks for this round), fresh fruit, chocolate morsels and you are ready to go!

Mandarin Pumpkins Healthy Halloween Snacks

Healthy Halloween snacks - mandarin pumpkins shaped like mini pumpkins! Mandarin pumpkins drizzled with chocolate and pocked with pretzel ticks for pumpkin stems.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 11 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Danielle Fahrenkrug

Ingredients

  • 12 mandarins peeled
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips melted
  • 6 pretzel sticks broken in half (gluten-free)

Instructions

  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Drizzle chocolate over mandarins. Dip tips of pretzel sticks in chocolate and let cool on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Stuff each mandarin with pretzel stick for stems.
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About Danielle Fahrenkrug

Danielle Fahrenkrug is the writer and photographer behind Delightful Mom Food. She is also a homeschooling mama who loves food, family, friends, and Jesus with a passion for wine, coffee, and cauliflower bbq pizza. Danielle is also the author for Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Baking Cookbook and Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cookbook and founder of Delightful Mom Health, a line of high quality health supplements.

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  1. Sharon @ savormania says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Such a cool idea! Beautiful photos, as always!

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    • admin says

      December 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm

      Thank you Sharon!

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Danielle Fahrenkrug | Recipe Developer
Hi, and welcome to Delightful Mom Food! I'm Danielle, the creator of these simple, healthy, gluten-free recipes that are family friendly. Because eating healthy should be delicious and mean you can still enjoy your favorite foods! I am also the founder of Delightful Mom Health, a line of high quality natural health supplements, 3x cookbook author, and certified health and nutrition life coach.
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