Recipe
3 Healthier Versions of Your Favorite Halloween Candies
The weather is just beginning to cool down, and by this point in October, you’re starting to forget about those summer beach days. Still, you’ve been keeping up your healthier diet and Soulcycle routine because you know on Halloween night you’ve got to fit into a skin-tight spandex cat outfit.
Halloween has become almost a ceremonious night—it’s the last time you’ll need to put in effort until next summer. Winter sweaters are just around the corner, so why not start the season of indulging with a bang, right? But maybe this year you’ve decided not to let up on your new healthy lifestyle during the cold season, just to have to start over in the spring.
Below are three recipes that will help you stay on track Halloween night and through the winter, without feeling like you’re missing out on all the fun.
Peanut Butter Cups
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
- Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
- Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1/4 cacao
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 peanut butter + more for the filling
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
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Chocolate Crunch Bars
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hr
- Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
- Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown rice cereal puffed quinoa or toasted buckwheat
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
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Pumpkin Cashew Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Servings: 14
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashew butter
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 pinch cinnamon nutmeg ginger and allspice optional
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips optional