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Showing posts with label healthy Halloween snacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy Halloween snacks. Show all posts
10/28/2013
10/16/2013
Candy Corn Popsicles [Healthy Halloween Snack]
Hi, I'm Debbie from One Little Project, and I am so excited to be guest posting on Be Different Act Normal! My blog, One Little Project, is full of tutorials for life as a mom... one mom + one house = one little project at a time.
Today I'm going to share a tutorial for making Candy Corn Popsicles. Okay, they aren't really candy corn flavored, but they have the classic candy corn shape and colors and they are actually incredibly healthy!
In order to get the colors without using food coloring I had to experiment with a few juices. Don't get me wrong, I go through lots of food coloring, but if I don't really need it, I'd prefer not to use it. I wasn't really sure what colors the juices would be, so I bought a few and hoped that they would work. Here's how they looked side by side:
The ingredients are simple - vanilla yogurt (and yes, one little container was plenty), orange carrot juice, and mango juice. I chose the mango juice over the pineapple juice because it had a brighter color. It also turns out that frozen mango juice is delicious!
Since I had to pour the yogurt into the popsicle containers, I wanted it a little bit runnier. I watered it down with 2 or 3 Tablespoons of milk until it poured easily.
Hold it up to the light to see how full it is.
I let those set in the freezer for 1 hour and then added the orange carrot juice.
Again, it was easiest to see how full they should be when I held it up to the light. You can see the fun contrast of the colors through the plastic here already!
Then I let the juice set in the freezer for an hour and 20 minutes. I'm not going to lie, I had to make these twice because the first time I only let it set for an hour and my top two colors blended together. You need to wait until the middle layer is semi-solid, which is tricky. It has to be solid enough to not mix, but not so solid that you can't get the stick in.
Once I added the mango juice on top, I pushed the stick through and let them freeze over night. Since it took two tries to get these right, I was super happy when this batch turned out well!
It turns out that frozen vanilla yogurt tastes amazing. Even if you don't have the energy to make popsicles with layers, I highly recommend making them out of vanilla yogurt, milk and mango juice mixed together. Delicious!
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Freezing time: 8 hours
I'd happy if you'd come on over to visit One Little Project to check out more fun tutorials and recipes just like this one. Thank you so much for having me Lorie!
In order to get the colors without using food coloring I had to experiment with a few juices. Don't get me wrong, I go through lots of food coloring, but if I don't really need it, I'd prefer not to use it. I wasn't really sure what colors the juices would be, so I bought a few and hoped that they would work. Here's how they looked side by side:
I bought orange carrot juice, pure mango juice, and pineapple juice. You don't have to use exactly what I'm showing here, but if you want your orange colored section to actually be orange, it's best to have something with a little bit of carrot juice in it.
The ingredients are simple - vanilla yogurt (and yes, one little container was plenty), orange carrot juice, and mango juice. I chose the mango juice over the pineapple juice because it had a brighter color. It also turns out that frozen mango juice is delicious!
I picked up these little popsicle holders from IKEA this summer for $2. They are fantastic, and almost the exact shape of candy corn, which was an added bonus.
Since I had to pour the yogurt into the popsicle containers, I wanted it a little bit runnier. I watered it down with 2 or 3 Tablespoons of milk until it poured easily.
Hold it up to the light to see how full it is.
I let those set in the freezer for 1 hour and then added the orange carrot juice.
Again, it was easiest to see how full they should be when I held it up to the light. You can see the fun contrast of the colors through the plastic here already!
Then I let the juice set in the freezer for an hour and 20 minutes. I'm not going to lie, I had to make these twice because the first time I only let it set for an hour and my top two colors blended together. You need to wait until the middle layer is semi-solid, which is tricky. It has to be solid enough to not mix, but not so solid that you can't get the stick in.
Once I added the mango juice on top, I pushed the stick through and let them freeze over night. Since it took two tries to get these right, I was super happy when this batch turned out well!
It turns out that frozen vanilla yogurt tastes amazing. Even if you don't have the energy to make popsicles with layers, I highly recommend making them out of vanilla yogurt, milk and mango juice mixed together. Delicious!
Recipe: Candy Corn Popsicles
Ingredients
- 1 small container of vanilla yogurt
- 2 - 3 Tablespoons of milk
- 1/2 cup of orange carrot juice
- 1/2 cup of mango juice
Instructions
- Mix together the vanilla yogurt and milk until it is runny enough to pour into the popsicle molds.
- Fill about 1/3 of the mold with the yogurt mixture.
- Let set in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Pull out of the freezer and pour in the orange carrot juice until the mold is 2/3 full.
- Let set in the freezer for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Pull out of the freezer and fill the rest of the mold with mango juice.
- Push the stick into the mold.
- Freeze the popsicles overnight and enjoy!
Number of servings: 6
I'd happy if you'd come on over to visit One Little Project to check out more fun tutorials and recipes just like this one. Thank you so much for having me Lorie!
10/03/2013
9/12/2013
10/26/2012
Frankenstein Veggie Tray [Healthy Halloween Snack]
Frankenstein Veggie Platter from Blue Skies Ahead
10/22/2012
9/24/2012
Witch Broom Cheese Snack [Healthy Halloween Snack]
Witch's Broom Cheese Snacks for Halloween from Cocinandocon Cat Man
Mandarin Orange Jack-o-Lanterns [Healthy Halloween Snacks
Healthy Jack-o-lantern Oranges from Pimp My Dinner
Frankenstein Fruit Snacks [Healthy Halloween Snacks]
Frankenstein Fruit Snacks from Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons
9/18/2012
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10/01/2011
10/28/2010
Healthy Halloween Snacks
Halloween is full of sugar, so it is always nice to have some festive snacks that are a little healthier than a cupcake on hand.
Kellie from Little Nummies posted some fun cracker eyeballs over at Snack Picks. My favorite are the banana and peanut butter version:
Food Junction has a lot of fun ideas, my favorite being the olive and gooseberry skewers:
Fruit salad jack-o-lanterns from Family Fun are a great pre trick or treat snack or a fun addition to the dinner table:
Banana Ghosts rolled in coconut from junimond:
These meaty fingers from Super Healthy Kids are made from pretzels, ham and an almond, but I am going to replace the pretzel with a cheese stick and serve these for lunch on Halloween:
Do you have any healthy snacks or appetizers that you plan on serving on Halloween?
Kellie from Little Nummies posted some fun cracker eyeballs over at Snack Picks. My favorite are the banana and peanut butter version:
Fruit salad jack-o-lanterns from Family Fun are a great pre trick or treat snack or a fun addition to the dinner table:
Banana Ghosts rolled in coconut from junimond:
These meaty fingers from Super Healthy Kids are made from pretzels, ham and an almond, but I am going to replace the pretzel with a cheese stick and serve these for lunch on Halloween:
Do you have any healthy snacks or appetizers that you plan on serving on Halloween?
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