5 Fun and Easy Halloween Treats Using String Cheese

With Halloween on the horizon, ramp up the excitement in your household with these 5 Fun and Easy Halloween Treats Using String Cheese. It only takes a few minutes to turn an everyday snack into a special holiday delight. Your child will be thrilled to have a joyful surprise in the lunch bag. All of these goodies listed below use string cheese and include spooky creativity.

Halloween Treats:

  • String Cheese Ghosts
  • String Cheese Mummy
  • String Cheese Fingers
  • String Cheese Broom
  • String Cheese Spiders


Ingredients/Supplies:
String cheese
Black Sharpie
Cheese cloth
Scissors
Tape
Peanut butter
Sliced almonds
Pretzel sticks
Chives
Bread
Toothpicks
Black beans or capers

String Cheese Ghosts
 
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Don’t be afraid, these are some friendly ghosts. These fun String Cheese Ghosts will be haunting everyone’s thoughts with how clever and simple they are to make.
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 6 String Cheeses still in Wrapper
  • Black Sharpie
Instructions
  1. Using a black Sharpie, just add two dots for “eyes” and an oval for a “mouth” on the plastic packaging of a cheese stick. The ghost will look like it’s saying “Booo!”
  2. To ensure that your design sticks onto the packaging, wait a few minutes for the string cheese to come to room temperature.
String Cheese Mummy
 
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Bring the spirit of Halloween alive with a spooky String Cheese Mummy. Just be careful to eat it before it comes alive to eat you.
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 6 String Cheeses still in Wrapper
  • Cheesecloth
  • Scotch Tape
  • Black Sharpie
Instructions
  1. Cut a few inches of cheesecloth.
  2. Ensure that enough cheesecloth is cut to wrap around a cheese stick at least two or three times. Wrap the cheesecloth around a piece of string cheese.
  3. Seal the wrap with tape.
  4. To finish off the design, draw two “eyes” with a black Sharpie.

 

String Cheese Fingers / Severed Fingers / Witches’ Fingers
 
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Give your kids a bit of a fright with these realistic String Cheese Fingers. If serving on a plate, amp up the fright factor by adding ketchup or hot sauce for a “bloody” effect that will scare even the bravest of souls.
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 3 String Cheeses
  • Peanut Butter
  • 6 Almond Slices
Instructions
  1. Unwrap a piece of string cheese. Cut in half.
  2. Dab a tiny amount of peanut butter, or any other sticky binding agent, on one end of the cheese stick.
  3. Place an almond slice on top of the binder to form a “fingernail.”
  4. If desired, enhance the life-like quality of this treat by slicing slits in the center of each cheese stick to imitate knuckle creases.
String Cheese Broom / Witches’ Brooms
 
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The wicked witch is looking for her String Cheese Broom, but not before the kids get a chance to snack on them.
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 String Cheeses
  • 6 Pretzel Sticks
  • 6 Chives
Instructions
  1. Unwrap a piece of string cheese. Cut into thirds.
  2. Snip the bottom of each piece into strings to resemble the frayed ends of a broom.
  3. Insert a pretzel stick at the top of each piece to resemble a broomstick.
  4. For a decorative touch, tie each “broom” with a piece of chive.
String Cheese Spiders
 
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Serve these creepy crawlers with a side of marinara sauce for dipping for a fun treat that tastes just like homemade pizza. But don’t leave these String Cheese Spiders unattended, or you might just find them crawling around your house.
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 6 String Cheese
  • 2-3 Slices of Bread
  • 6 Toothpicks
  • Peanut Butter
  • 12 Capers or Black Beans
Instructions
  1. Unwrap a piece of string cheese.
  2. Cut each end into fourths to resemble the 8 legs of a spider. Leave approximately a 1-inch area in the center for the bread to wrap around.
  3. Remove the crust from the bread.
  4. Cut 1-inch slices of soft bread.
  5. Wrap the bread slices around the bare center of each string cheese.
  6. Use a toothpick to bind the bread with the string cheese.
  7. Dab a tiny amount of peanut butter, or any other sticky binding agent, onto the area of the bread where you will place the “eyes.”
  8. Top the sticky binder with either a black bean or caper.

There are no tricks here. These 5 Fun and Easy Halloween Treats Using String Cheese are simple to make and extremely festive. Have a frightfully fun Halloween and enjoy the candy in moderation.

Check out previous Halloween Posts:

Jack-O-Lantern Fruit Cups and Spooky Spider Halloween Recipes
3 Spooky Halloween Apple Recipes
Spooky Halloween Meal Ideas
5 Fun Halloween Treats
Jack-O-Lantern Pita and Date Bugs
Spooky Halloween Pasta Bake

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