Halloween Apple Monsters - Real Recipes from Mums

Halloween party treats aren’t known for being low in sugar, but there’s no reason they can’t be.

Making great tasting, nutritious treats together using peanut butter as the main ingredient also means that kids receive a slower release of energy from the treats, instead of the impending sugar-high that they can often experience from other lollies and chocolates.

So if you’re looking to create some spooky snacks with the kids this Halloween, this recipe from Mayver’s is super simple, tastes great and is healthy to boot!

Happy haunting!

Ingredients (serves 6 | makes 6 Apple Monsters)

1 green apple
Mayver's Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
6 cashew nuts
Candy eyes (for decoration)

Method

Slice apple into 12 wedges (6 pairs), and split cashew nuts in half, lengthways.
Spread Mayver’s peanut butter on bottom wedges of each pair and arrange split cashew nuts on top to look like fangs. Spread peanut butter on top wedge and place onto bottom wedge to look like a mouth.
Use a very small amount of peanut butter to stick candy eyes onto top wedge.

Notes

Mayver's tip: if you can't find candy eyes, it's easy to make your own. Use white chocolate drops and dip the centre points in some melted dark chocolate!

26 Comments

- - mom160270 said
  - 30 May 2024
    8:25 pm
What a very creative idea.

- - mom486197 said
  - 29 Jul 2023
    9:50 am
Love these, perfect for Halloween. Might give these a try this year. They are super cute

- - mom486197 said
  - 27 Oct 2022
    12:12 pm
These look so cool, the kids would love them. What a great idea

- - Frankiielot said
  - 10 Oct 2021
    10:05 pm
I love apples with peanut butter!
Kraft used to do one cakes whipped which was the best for this but unfortunately it didn’t last.

- - Ellen said
  - 09 Oct 2021
    7:05 am
They look cute and except for the candy eyes all beautiful ingredients !

- - mom93030 said
  - 27 Jul 2021
    10:22 am
Great idea!

- - smart_ass said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    4:12 pm
Oh these look cute!

- - mom363826 said
  - 28 Jan 2021
    1:16 pm
Cute and rather healthy!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 13 Jan 2021
    2:04 pm
The kids will love these!

- - mom112217 said
  - 09 Jan 2021
    3:11 pm
The monsters are awesome!

- - mom111059 said
  - 05 Jan 2021
    10:07 pm
so cute and healthy too.

- - mom101628 said
  - 19 Dec 2020
    11:47 pm
These look wonderful and such a great idea instead of chocolate and lollies for the children. Thanks for sharing this idea, and it’s easy to make as well.

- - mom62624 said
  - 16 Dec 2020
    9:57 am
A fun and creative idea.

- - mom462038 said
  - 03 Nov 2020
    12:22 pm
These look so cool. Not sure how many would be eaten tho, especially by kids

- - tessie said
  - 22 Oct 2020
    10:35 am
What a clever but healthy idea. They look too cute to be scary though. Love them

- - mom103778 said
  - 21 Oct 2020
    4:26 pm
These Halloween Apple Monsters look so good. What a great idea, love the candy eyes.

- - rovermum said
  - 21 Oct 2020
    11:20 am
Cute and funny. Those spiders are freaking me out though.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Oct 2020
    2:38 pm
I LOVE these, they look amazing and delicious

- - mom268263 said
  - 20 Oct 2020
    1:50 pm
Healthy – and easy. Winning combination.

- - mummabear said
  - 20 Oct 2020
    9:29 am
These are too cute and a creative way to be healthy ish and celebrate halloween