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 Each
year my family loads up a large bowl of candy and awaits the
anxious knock of giggling trick-or-treaters. More often than
not, unfortunately for me, our candy bowl is never  completely
emptied — despite my conscious efforts to load up the
ghost’s, Batman’s, dragon’s and the 50 or so
princess’s with 3 or 4 handfuls of candy (knowing full
and well that their mother’s are going to curse me later).
The night usually ends with our children crashing in mid-sentence
from exhaustion and complete burn-out from their sugar high
— and my husband and I sitting on the couch with a glass
of wine and a snickers bar welcoming the peace and quiet.
All in all, usually Halloween has been a very fun experience
for us.
This year my family and I have recently
moved to a new  area
so Halloween should be a new and exciting adventure for us
all (or at least we hope!). Our new town is much smaller than
where we used to live and we are currently in a new development
— not yet occupied by many families. So instead of loading
up our candy bowl with copious amounts of candy for just a
few trick-or-treaters, this year we thought we’d have
a small gathering of neighborhood kids (since it’s a
new development — we are all new — right?) complete
with pumpkin carving and plenty of Halloween treats the whole
neighborhood can enjoy (gluten intolerant or not!). With a
little colored icing and creativity you can turn these delicious
treats into spookish Halloween delights.
If you are planning on hosting a children’s
Halloween party this year consider these yummy treats for
your Superman or Cinderella:
Maple
Pecan Popcorn
Banana
Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Peanut
Butter Cupcakes
Pumpkin
Chocolate Bars
Caramel
Apples
Pumpkin
Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Pumpkin
Ice Cream
Orange
Pumpkins
Happy Halloween!
- Glutenfreeda
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