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Pretzel spiders - healthy Halloween treats for kids

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Servings: 12 spiders
Author: Aleksandra

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup quick oats
  • 6 medjool dates 150g, or about 16 regular dates
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
  • 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter or almond butter
  • 36 small hard pretzels
  • 24 pine nuts

Instructions

  • If you're using regular, dry dates, pour boiling water over them then let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and squeeze out excess water.
  • Remove the pits from the dates and add all the ingredients into a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
  • Pulse all the ingredients and mixed and they resemble a coarse 'crumble'. The mixture doesn't have to be completely smooth.
  • Scoop some dough and roll into small balls.
  • Cut the pretzels in half and attach as the 'legs'.
  • Insert the pine nuts ('eyes') into the balls.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Quick oats - you can also use old-fashioned oats but I would pulse them in a food processor first until they are in very small pieces (otherwise can be unpleasant to eat - quick oats are much smaller and thinner).
  • Pine nuts - they have the perfect shape to be used as the spider's 'eyes' but are a bit pricey. You can also buy 'candy eyes' or make them from melted white chocolate.
  • Storage: these pretzel spiders keep very well. You can store them for a couple of days in the fridge.
  • Calories = 1 'spider' (1/12 of the recipe). This is only an estimate!

Nutrition

Calories: 96kcal