7 Homemade Halloween Sweet Treats That Are Guilt-Free and Family-Approved

If you love the taste of fall—pumpkin spice, peanut butter and dark chocolate—being super healthy and keeping your family healthy, then my healthy Halloween sweet treats are for you.

I’m sharing some of my healthy tried-and-true sweets from over the past eight years so you can fill your home with guilt-free options that foster health and wellness this season. I want you and your family to experience how delicious healthy can be with my homemade gluten-free protein pumpkin muffins and oatmeal chocolate chunk protein cookies.

You’ll want to fill your belly without the bloat with my superfood keto brownies. My apples dipped in dark chocolate and chocolate peanut butter balls are go-to healthy snacks.

Yes, you can look and feel your best, keep your family healthy, reach new goals and overcome our society’s nutritionally bankrupt Halloween season. Let’s get into my recipes so you can cast a healthy spell on your life and your family’s lives.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Serves 8

The balls taste like peanut butter cups but are much healthier for you!

Ingredients

Directions

In a bowl, combine oats, peanut butter and stevia. Stir well until combined. Score the mixture into quarters and form 2 balls out of each quarter (8 balls in total). Set balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper until chocolate is ready.

In a small saucepan on low heat, melt dark chocolate, stirring until smooth and completely melted. Using a spoon, gently roll the ball around in chocolate until well-covered, using a fork, gently allow excess chocolate to drip off and place ball back on cookie sheet. Continue with remaining balls.

Place cookie sheet in the refrigerator until chocolate has hardened, about 15 minutes.

Once chocolate has hardened, transfer balls to a tupperware container and store them in the refrigerator or serve.

Dark Chocolate + Avocado Mousse

Dark Chocolate + Avocado Mousse

Serves 8

A delightful and healthy chocolate dessert, you won’t believe how good it tastes!

Ingredients

Directions

In a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water (medium-low heat), heat butter, milk, vanilla powder, chocolate and salt, stirring gently until melted, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Transfer to a blender, add avocado and puree until smooth. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat egg yolks and stevia in a medium bowl until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Next, using an electric mixer with clean beaters, beat egg whites for about 3 minutes.

Using a large spatula, gently fold egg-yolk mixture into chocolate mixture until no streaks remain. Starting in the center of the mixture and working your way toward the edges of the bowl, gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture (make sure to scrape up from the bottom), rotating bowl as you go, until no streaks remain. Divide mousse among small bowls, smooth surface and sprinkle hazelnuts as desired then chill at least 4 hours. Mousse can be made 4 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.

Chocolate-Dipped Apples

Chocolate-Dipped Apples

Serves 4

This is a fun and healthy dessert option, and it’s great to make with the family!

Ingredients

Directions

Wash and thoroughly dry apples. Insert sticks into apple cores. Melt chocolate in double boilers. One at a time, gently dip apples into chocolate and roll around, making sure bottom half of apple is covered. Place on waxed paper. Dip apple bottoms into a bowl of sliced almonds, if desired.

Place dipped apples on waxed paper and refrigerate for 15 minutes to harden. Slice and serve.

Superfood Keto Brownie Skillet

Superfood Keto Brownie Skillet

Serves 8

This dessert is a chocolate lover’s dream without the guilt!

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Grease an 8-inch skillet. Place everything in a blender except baking soda and additional chocolate and puree until smooth. Pulse in baking soda and spread batter into prepared skillet.

Top with additional chocolate, if desired, and bake 25 to 30 minutes until the edges start to pull away from sides and the middle is still just slightly undercooked.

Remove from oven and let cool before serving. Enjoy!

Vegan Cacao Hot Chocolate

Vegan Cacao Hot Chocolate

Serves 1

This sweet recipe is delicious, unrefined and a craving crusher.

Ingredients

Directions

Warm milk, cacao and cinnamon on a low-medium heat. Add stevia and serve.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Protein Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Protein Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Protein Cookies

Serves 8-12

This gluten-free, refined-sugar-free and protein-packed super cookie will leave you feeling light and energized!

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In a medium saucepan, melt butter, stevia and almond butter until smooth and creamy. Combine eggs, MCT oil and apple in a blender, mix until well-blended.

Combine oats, almond meal, vanilla, baking soda, salt and protein powder in a large bowl. Stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in dark chocolate and chopped walnuts, if using, until just combined. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 10 to 15 minutes in preheated oven, or until just light brown. Don’t over-bake. Cool and store in an airtight container.

Gluten-Free Protein Pumpkin Muffins

Gluten-Free Protein Pumpkin Muffins

Serves 6-12

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Paper-line or grease 30 muffin cups. Combine flour, protein powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, oil and water in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; stir just until moistened.

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling ¾ full. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store muffins in a covered container.

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