It’s fall here (although it already feels like winter 🥶) and the holidays are just around the corner. I can’t believe how quickly time is passing this year, even with all the crazy COVID stuff.
Holidays can be a rough time to be on any sort of diet, am I right??? It can be especially hard for our little ones. Last year Rosie didn’t really care about not getting candy on Halloween. Unfortunately now that she’s bigger she does care. A lot. My two big kids were chatting excitedly about the candy my husband ordered for our family Halloween party and Rosie came up to me and said “I want to eat candy!”. 😬 Uh oh. I knew this was coming, so I told her about the fun treats I’m preparing for her. Even though we can’t eat the same things as everyone else, there are still exciting treats we can eat. It’s all about the presentation with holidays (and taste too).
Below are my own recipes as well as ideas I’ve found on Pinterest that are low histamine. Some ideas are simple, some are more intense, but hopefully you find at least one thing to help make your Halloween festive and tasty!
My Recipes
Click on the photos for the recipes and enjoy!
1. Donuts
My favorite childhood Halloween treat is my mom’s homemade spudnuts. Spudnuts are donuts made with mashed potatoes and let me tell you they are DELICIOUS! So when I converted them to GF, DF, and low histamine, I was ecstatic that they turned out so yummy. We’ll be making these on Halloween day.
2. Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookie cut-outs are so fun for the holidays, because the kids always have a blast making them (even if I don’t haha). I’ve got two low histamine, gluten free recipes for you and neither of them require chill time, woot!
3. Fruit Ideas
Download the treat toppers for free for your goodies! After you download the image just copy and paste it into a document where you can resize it to fit your bag size.
Pinterest Ideas:
Popcorn Treat Bags from 100 directions blog
Pumpkin Carrots from Little Dairy on the Prairie
Mummy Applesauce from See Vanessa Craft
Pumpkin Veggie Tray from Keeping the Peas
Frankenstein Grape Cups from Sparkles to Sprinkles
Spooky Baked Halloween Chips from One Lovely Life
Blackberry Lollipops from Hedgecombers
Have a Happy Halloween and Stay Safe!
P.S. We had an outdoor extended family halloween party tonight with a trunk or treat and it was SO fun. I was able to give every car a treat to hand to Rosie when she came by to trick or treat. It was a great way for her to be a part of the fun and have safe food to eat. Below is what I prepared for her with help from her older siblings: