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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Prep time

1 min

Total time

1 min

 

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.

Author: Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern

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.

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String Cheese Mummy

 

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Prep time

6 mins

Total time

6 mins

 

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.

Author: Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern

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.

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String Cheese Fingers / Severed Fingers / Witches’ Fingers

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

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.

Author: Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern

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.

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String Cheese Broom / Witches’ Brooms

 

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Prep time

8 mins

Total time

8 mins

 

The wicked witch is looking for her String Cheese Broom, but not before the kids get a chance to snack on them.

Author: Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern

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.

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String Cheese Spiders

 

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Prep time

8 mins

Total time

8 mins

 

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.

Author: Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern

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.

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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

Alexa Tiletile, Dietetic Intern