Apple Monsters
These green apple monsters are an easy and healthy Halloween snack. With just six ingredients they are ready in a flash and perfect for a party or spooky dessert.
Servings: 12 individual monster mouths
Ingredients
- 3 green apples
- ½ tablespoon Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds *see notes for substitutions
- 1 small piece watermelon
- 24 candy googly eyes
Instructions
- Slice the apples into quarters and slice the core off the back.
- Slice the mouths into the front of the apples.
- Juice the lemon and paint all the cut surfaces with lemon juice. This is optional but helps stop the apples from turning brown. Don't put on to much or the peanut butter won't stick.
- Spread peanut butter on the side of the apple mouths.
- Slice the watermelon into triangles and place them inside the apple mouths for the tounges.
- Gently push the slivered almonds in rows on either side of the mouth to form the teeth. I reccommend starting with the bottom two then working on the top.
- Use a couple of small dabs of peanut butter to stick on the eyes and you're done!
Notes
- I like green apples as they look the most monster like, but you can whatever eating apples you like.
- The lemon juice is optional but helps stop the apples from going brown. A little orange juice or pineapple juice works well too, but I always have lemons on my tree so that's what I use!
- I like smooth peanut butter, but you can use whatever nut butter you like. Or for a nut-free alternative use your favourite nut-free spread such as sunflower seed butter.
- Slivered almonds give lovely pointing teeth. You can also use pepitas (pumpkin) seeds or sunflower seeds as a nut-free alternative.