21 Spooky Halloween Snacks to Pack in Your Little One's Lunchbox This October

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Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, so before a night of trick-or-treating, costume flaunting, and uncontrollable candy bar sugar highs, your little ones have to head off to school. Even though packing lunches is a monotonous task that a lot of parents could do without, there are a bunch of ways to make their Halloween lunchbox an exciting one for both you to prep and for them to eat (and if you're ambitious, you can feature a bunch of these treats all throughout October!).

Read through for 21 spooky snacks — some involving little to no prep, some more intricate — that will be welcome treats in your kiddo's lunch bag this Halloween.

01

Witch Broom Pretzels and Cheese

Thin pretzel sticks and string cheese are all you need to make these seriously cute witch brooms.

02

Monster Mash Teeth

Using apple slices, raisins, peanuts, and peanut butter, make your little one these monster teeth snacks.

03

Jack-o'-Lantern Clementines

Using clementines or oranges as a base, draw jack-o'-lantern faces on the peel with a pen.

04

Halloween Chex Mix

Make your own Halloween Chex mix by adding a few holiday treats — like candy corn! — to the premade mix.

05

Candy Corn Pudding Cup

Build one of these pudding cups in a container to be sealed until lunch time!

06

Monster Fruit Cups

This supereasy fruit cup DIY will take less than a minute to achieve, but will make your kiddo feel super festive when they open their lunch.

07

Monster Cookies

Vampires, monsters, and mummies, oh my! Whip up your favorite sugar cookie recipe and decorate the monster cookies with your kids the night before Halloween special for their school lunch.

08

Mini Spider Pretzel PB&Js

If your kiddo likes little bites, these creepy crawly spider peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the perfect size for little mouths.

09

Ghost Rice Krispies Treats

Using your favorite Rice Krispies treat recipe and a ghost cookie cutter, you could serve these spooky treats with or without frosting and mini chocolate chip eyes.

10

Chocolate-Covered Mummy Pretzels

These adorable pretzel mummies can be covered in white chocolate or frosting or, for a healthier option, yogurt.

11

Candy Corn Parfait

Using fresh orange and yellow fruits and a dollop of whipped cream or yogurt, these fruit parfaits can be kept in a clear container so your little one has a healthy candy-corn-inspired treat to eat for lunch!

12

Spider Web Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cups

Make your family's go-to oatmeal recipe in mini muffin tins and add frosting spider webs up top for a festive snack.

13

Peanut Butter Candy Corn Cookies

Spruce up some typical peanut butter cookies — or any other kind! — with Halloween candy corn baked in.

14

Eyeball Pudding Cup

You can serve them up a sealed pudding cup with sticker googly eyes, or go the extra mile and pile their pudding into a container with these Nilla Wafer and mini Oreo eyes on top.

15

Deviled Egg Eyeballs

If your child's palate is a bit more adventurous, whip up some of these deviled eggs and plop a stuffed green olive in the yolk to make creepy eyeball eggs.

16

Mummy Rice Krispies Treats

Using homemade or prepackaged Rice Krispies treats, dip them into white chocolate and pipe some "wrappings" on with frosting to make mummy treats.

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Monster Eye Oreos

Halve Oreos and decorate with lifesaver gummies and red frosting to make these monster eyeball cookies.

18

Breadstick Bones

This creepy snack of cheesy breadstick bones goes perfectly with a small cup of marinara sauce to dip in.

19

Green Grape Creepy Crawlies

Using a toothpick, slide a few grapes on and give the healthy creepy crawlies frosting and mini chocolate chip eyes.

20

Witch's Hat Cookies

These adorable cookies add a spooky flair to an already-sweet treat.

21

Apple Cider Quinoa Granola

This healthy granola treat can be served up not just on Halloween but all Fall long!

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