Well folks, one week and counting till Halloween. Which means come November 1st, stores are going to be going Christmas crazy. Can you handle that? Hmmm, I think I’d rather just focus on one month at a time.
Like this month…. I’m excited for Halloween because it means we will officially be in OFF SEASON. One more race this weekend, although we are not sure if the kiwi is racing. Anyway, we have other athletes in town and we will be feeding them and cheering them on. Then it’s time to recoup! Light training, and no more travel till 2015. Goodness we need the rest. It’s been a long season, but more on that later.
Okay, so Halloween. Let’s talk about it. It can be tricky, yes? Haha, pun intended. But really, we want kids to have fun and be part of the event, but we also want to keep them healthy and make “better” choices. Am I right?
So maybe you can have your “treat” and eat it too with these options below. Gluten free and protein packed Halloween Treats. One in Healthy Bite form, because that’s my specialty. And one in muffin form, because their easy to make and to pack for school, breakfast, etc.
Let’s get the ball rollin..
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Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Bites
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 20 1x
Description
Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Bites (Vegan, Gluten free)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut flour or coconut flour
- 1/3 cup enjoy life dark chocolate chips
- 1/3–1/2 cup chocolate nuttzo
- 6–8 tbsp Vanilla Protein Powder of choice
- 2 tsp orange peel (optional)
- 1 tsp orange extract or stevia
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup raw honey, agave, or maple syrup.
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or butter extract. I also like to use orange or Vanilla Extract when I have it in my pantry.
- Optional – handful chopped nuts
Instructions
- In large bowl, add in all your dry ingredients. Then mix in your nut butter, extracts, and last the honey. Mix well ( I use my hands) and roll into bite size balls. Next, coat the bites with extra protein powder (vanilla) if desired
- Then return to freezer after. Makes anywhere between 18-20 balls. Freeze or keep in refrigerator to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 min
I’d say the key to these bites are definitely the chocolate nuttzo! I adore it’s dark chocolate taste! You can see the recipe on their site too. Use code COTTER-15 if you want to order and you’ll get 15% off.
The next Healthy Halloween Treat is made with Flapjacked. Oh and , guess what? I spotted it at our Whole Foods and Sprouts. YAY!! Love using Flapjacked for baking. It’s super fast and delicious!
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Ingredients:
- ½ cup chocolate peanut flour
- 1/3 cup enjoy life dark chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup mini marshmallows
- 1 cup Banana Hazelnut Flapjacked Batter (or half oat flour/half protein powder of choice)
- 10-12oz of dark chocolate almond milk or coconut milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Optional – handful chopped nuts
Directions:
Super easy! Mix all the ingredients together until smooth. For more dense muffins, use only 1 cup to 10z milk. For lighter fluffy muffin, use 12oz. or more. Pour into oiled muffin cups and bake at 350F for 15 minutes. If you don’t have flapjacked, you can use 1/2 c oat flour and 1/2 cup protein powder. But i would add in 1 tsp baking soda as well. [/print_this]
See, easy and delicious! And for more healthy tricks and treats, check out Amanda’s link up! Some great workouts there as well. I was quite impressed with the pumpkin workout myself. 😉
What’s your go to Halloween treat?
Darn you candy corn pumpkins –> I call them crack corn pumpkins for a reason.
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Cheers!
LC
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Well done! Easy and delicious!
Thanks ALexander
These look fantastic! I love how healthy they are. Definitely the perfect bite sized treats.
yes indeed! and thanks for stopping by my old recipes. I still need to redo the muffin picture. EEK! haha
Such a lovely classic combo! Best holiday treats!
Thanks Angie! and thanks for stopping by my old recipes. I still need to redo the muffin picture. 🙂
I never get tired of seeing snack ball recipes. I mean, I just read the ingredients and I get happy.
I just pinned these… I need to get more flapjacked mix, I just used the last of mine for pumpkin pancakes this am!
These look SO yummy! I wonder if I could talk myself into eating some of this rather than eating directly out of the treats we’re handing out to the neighbors!!!!
the bites taste like candy! sooo good! go for it
There are too many to count, but I would say…candy corn + Almond Joy + Baby Ruth…all the mini sized ones of course…LOL!
mmm mini everything!
YUM thanks for sharing! Definitely going to try some of these recipes out- my kids will love them (and I might have..um..a few.. 😉 )
let me know how they go!!
orange chocolate sounds so amazing.
i think you’d love these!
yum yum yum!!
These healthy bites look fabulous. As always. You amaze me.
you amaze me more!
Hope the races went well this weekend! Did Kiwi end up racing?
Sadly my Halloween go-to treats are mini chocolate bars! We still haven’t bought our candy/chocolate to give away yet- I’m learning it can’t be in the house a day too soon 🙂
he didn’t race, but we had a lot of athletes in town. It was crazy! and the halloween candy and treats were all eaten.. by them. THANK GOD> haha
You had me at Marshmallows! Those muffins sound delicious. We don’t have to worry about candy overload this year since Belle is only 3 months old, but maintaining a healthy happy kiddo during the candy season will definitely be tough!
These look so good even though we don’t really celebrate halloween all that much here in Australia, still worth making these treats 🙂
I hope you’ve been enjoying your weekend.
i agree! make anytime. My husband always says american’s have too many holidays anyway haha
Let’s go with one day at a time yes? lol Boy this Fall has been going by quickly!
Question: Can you use any pancake batter for the 2nd recipe? I have a chocolate protein pancake mix I’d love to use.
Favorite halloween treat: Reeses pb pumpkins
it should! Keep me posted. What brand is it?
I’m not a huge Halloween fan and this year I probably won’t even buy any candy since we will be at a football game instead of home to pass out candy.
It’s a good thing I don’t live near you or else I would tell ALL THE KIDS to hit up YOUR HOUSE this Halloween………………. Ah ah ah ah! Although, I do know you’re kind of a fan of kids… But how about 8 million? 😉
OMG these all look amazing!!! we want to come to your house 🙂
xoxo
Madison loves her sweets too 😉 haha
I’m coming trick o treating to your place!
I want those muffins!!
These look fabulous friend! And I am wishing you and James strength and speed and everything racetacular this weekend if James is in fact racing. xoxox, sending prayers, always!
MmM… Either candy crack haha OR reeses “pumpkins”
I know. I can’t believe that it’s almost Halloween! I hope you survive having all those hungry athletes in your house!! Hope that James is OK and wish everyone luck racing! These look delicious as usual friend.
OMG – all the yumminess in one post!! I want to be rich & have you bake for me!!!! 🙂
Candy corn is crack for sure!!!! 🙂
Obviously you know I’ll be making those bites but oooohhh those muffins look so delicious too!
Happy Friday, love. Hope you’re all doing well xoxo
yes, lets catch up soon. well after this next week.. gah!
I haven’t tried baking yet with Skoop. I’m gonna have to try it. Love the marshmallow balls. Yum!
it’s soo good! and easy
I want your orange balls. Add marshmallows. 😉
Now that’s the way to do Halloween!
Those Nuttzo packets are an AWESOME idea for Halloween treats!!
i know!!! so perfect. love the chocolate
Great ideas! I haven’t really started wrapping my mind around this yet- what to pass out at our house, how to handle all the candy that will be coming in via my 4yo… can’t believe it’s next week already!
Those orange chocolate Halloween bites look and sound insanely delicious! Now if only you lived in my neighborhood… 😉
My go to Halloween treat is a pumpkin/chocolate baked pudding that can double as a dip too – though it’s not as portable as your bites and muffins!
i just pinned your dip! OH MY YUM!
chocolate + orange – yes please!!! Candy corn is my favorite go-to Halloween candy!
oh man, candy corn is crack!
Do you think you could actually pass these out to trick-or-treaters and not have them or their parents throw them out? How would you do it?
those orange bites sound delicious!!!
Love an orange chocolate combo!
You must be a busy bee this weekend, I can imagine it must take a lot of effort to feed a bunch of triathletes!
I love the chocolate orange combo, I often lean towards dark chocolate bars with a hint of orange, so I would love these.
p.s Just so you are aware (I would want someone to tell me) there is a tiny typo in your muffin recipe where you have “1 cup tbsp” written…unless that’s a new measurement 😉
thank YOU!! fixing now. xxoo
chocolate Orange – love that combo and so festive! Omg christmas. I can’t even go there yet! I hope you enjoy your time at home with your hubby 🙂 love a good protein packed treat, thanks for sharing!
thank you friend! xxoo
I’m going to trick or treat at your house!
come on over now!
I am not a candy fan but I do wanna eat your dark chocolate marshmallow bites, yum!
come on over!! i’ll feed ya
This really puts the “gimme me something GOOD to eat” into Halloweeen!
hehe for sure!
I a totally trick or treating at your house. And never leaving…
deal! we’d have fun too!
I am loving all the halloween treats around. i think its so fun that America themes everything, one of the reasons I love being here so much 🙂 Glad you are taking your off season, and can decompress a bit! Have fun with your friends 🙂
Orange+chocolate=delish combo!! I haven’t had it in awhile but it’s always a good choice. And ugh to all the stores that decorate for Christmas so early….. reminding me that I need to get my shopping done!
The marshmallow muffins are a great idea! I really want to do this with my kids next week. They’ll love them. They’re completely marshmallow obsessed.
I love the orange smoothie with a Jack O face! So cute.
I keep forgetting to order more protein powder from Skoop. Thanks for reminding me with these delicious looking bites. I also can’t believe Halloween is already next week! Ugh, I want to make my chocolate covered candy apples. Where does the time go?
it’s so good to bake with!! love skoop
Now if only people on my block gave out healthy treats like these for halloween!
Orange chocolate sounds heavenly! Need to buy more Nuttzo.