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Healthy Halloween Dessert Recipes You Will Actually Want To Eat

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Fall is here, which of course means Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are all right around the corner!

 

Now, if you’re someone like us who loves sweet treats, but also wants to stay on track with their nutrition… the holidays can certainly be a  bit of a challenge..

There are so many temptations being put in front of our face – especially around Halloween!

 

This entire holiday is essentially dedicated to dressing up and eating candy. We love candy probably just as much as you, but we’d prefer if there was a healthier alternative.

Guess what…there are plenty of healthier alternatives… most of which are definitely not all that fun and exciting. That’s why we came together to create some fun, and much healthier, alternative recipes for the spooky season!

 

Here are 4 sweet, delicious, and healthier Halloween recipes that you will want to try this week!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Ball Spiders

 

We love protein balls in our house because they’re packed with protein, they give you energy that lasts so much longer, and won’t cause you to crash later.

We saw these cute chocolate peanut butter spider cookies on Pinterest last week, and immediately thought that we could make a similarly cute but healthy Halloween treat with our chocolate peanut butter protein ball recipe.

 

These are SO ridiculously easy to make, and really fast. Seriously!

 

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup natural peanut butter, crunchy or creamy

  • 1/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup

  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 2 scoops heaping Millecor Peanut Butter Chocolate protein powder

  • 1/2 cup sugar free chocolate chips

  • 80 pretzel sticks

OPTIONAL TOPPINGS:

  • 40 small candy eyes (for looks)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Mix the nut butter, honey or maple syrup, cocoa powder, protein powder, and chocolate chips together until it forms a smooth dough.
  2. Roll pieces of dough into 24 balls which should be a little smaller than an inch in diameter.
  3. Place two candy eyes onto each chocolate peanut butter protein ball (if you’d like).
  4. Break 4 pretzel sticks in half to create 8 legs per ball.
  5. Refrigerate at least 10 minutes before eating. These can keep in the fridge for up to a week.

Apple Monster Teeth

This easy and fun treat will sure woo your kids!

 

Ingredients

  • Apples (makes 4 per apple)
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Creamy or Crunchy Peanut Butter

Directions

  1. Cut the apples using an apple cutter and apply peanut butter on one side of the sliced apple.
  2. Assembly: grab two apple slices and place marshmallows along the peanut butter on only one of the two slices.
  3. Grab the apple slice with no marshmallows and set it on top to create your Apple Monster Teeth!

 

Franken-Kiwi's

Get into the holiday spirit with these hilarious Frankenstein Kiwi's

 

Ingredients

  • 4 Kiwi's
  • 2 oz. of dark chocolate melted
  • Pretzels
  • Googly eye sprinkles

Directions

       1. Use a small, sharp knife or vegetable peeler to remove the fuzzy outer skin from the bottom ⅔ of each kiwi. Slice in half and lay on a plate.

  1. 2. Pat the kiwi with a paper towel, then use melted dark chocolate to pipe a scar and a line for a mouth. Pipe two dots of chocolate, then stick googly eye sprinkles on to the face. Break apart pretzel sticks and stick them into either side of the kiwi for bolts.
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Pretzel Broomsticks

Every witch needs her broom! Don't miss out on this simple recipe.

Ingredients

  • Pretzels
  • Mozzarella cheese sticks

Directions

    1. Peel open the mozzarella cheese sticks and cut them into thirds. Use a clean, sharp scissors or a small knife to snip the bottom half of each piece several times        to form bristles. Stick a pretzel stick into the top for a broom handle. 

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Jen

My progress since I joined Recoup Personal Training… Down 29 pounds, lost 13.5% body fat and over 21 inches total!

What a difference proper nutrition and exercise will have on the body.

Never did I think I’d change the way I eat or exercise on a daily basis. I still eat the foods I love, just in a modified version.

My workouts are challenging but the payoff is how much I thrive from them, how good I feel, how strong I am getting and how much energy I have for the rest of the day.

I have learned a lot with the right training and guidance, and I could not have done this without the support of the Recoup family.

I see these results not only on myself but with others who have joined the program. Matt, Stevie and Bo make showing up to the gym easy and comfortable and give me the encouragement and accountability I need to keep me going.

They have been a huge contribution to my success and definitely deserve some recognition! Thank you" - Jen

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Bridget

“Reaching my goal would mean that I will not be put into the box of old people.”⠀

A big shout out to Bridget who shows that making changes to your body and your health is absolutely possible at any stage of life.⠀

In 10 weeks she:⠀

  • lost 20lbs, 12% bodyfat and a total of 17 inches⠀
  • is running 5K under 24 minutes again⠀
  • AND is feeling more energized than ever!⠀

We are super proud of Bridget for her commitment to living her best life at 60 years. She is an amazing example of the power of nutrition combined with fitness and the right mindset. ⠀

Keep scrolling if you want to read more about what Bridget has to say about her transformation journey:⠀

“Just before Halloween I reached out to Bo for help with my nutrition. In addition to setting a goal weight by the end of 2020 I set myself a 5k time goal by end of March 2021. Even though the time is about 2 minutes slower than the best time I raced in my 40’s many of my running friends tell me it’s not going to happen.⠀⠀

In addition to creating a nutrition plan Bo reminded me of the importance of getting enough sleep and giving my body time to recover. With Bo’s coaching, I switched my priorities from cardio, strength training and nutrition to nutrition, strength training and cardio.Just by switching that mindset has generated amazing results.⠀

Since starting the Balanced Habits LIFE program my energy level has increased, my running pace has increased, and I reached my goal weight.⠀

Training with Matt, Bo and Stevie have made me stronger than I was 20 years ago.⠀

I’m so grateful for the coaching, expertise, professionalism from RECOUP team!” - Bridget

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Angie

This woman is incredible!

Angie lost 15 lbs of body fat, 13.5 inches and down a total of 8.2% body fat! What an amazing transformation for her 60th birthday!

Here is what Angie had to say about her experience :

“2020 what year! The year of life changing events we had so little control over thanks to COVID 19.

We do, however, to a certain extent have control over our health and well-being, so I seized the opportunity to do exactly just that. I took control of my health and well-being.

Reaching a milestone birthday made me want to start a new decade as a better version of myself. I didn’t know what to do and I knew that I couldn’t do it alone. Tried and failed many times before.I decided to join the Balanced Habits Life Program with the knowledge and support of Bo and Matt.

Bo, my nutrition coach, guided me through my nutrition changes, and also included tips on how to manage through social events and a home environment that is not conducive to my goals. And Matt, my training coach, with his creative and challenging workouts helped me build strength, stamina, and endurance.

I learned how important the mind body connection is. It’s not just about the body, the mind needs to be engaged as well. Balanced Habits provides tools to work through the mental aspect of the transformation journey.

My biggest take-aways were: be patient with myself, be disciplined about nutrition and be consistent-consistency over time is where the results are. And to forgive myself when slipping up. A slip up doesn’t mean give up!

I’m so happy I made the decision to do the Program and highly recommend it. I’m so grateful to Bo and Matt for their guidance and support.

I feel so accomplished, so happy, I feel like I’m thirty again!” - Angie

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