This weekend is my youngest child’s first birthday! Somehow my little baby is turning one. Not sure how this happened so quickly. Since he’s born only a few days before Halloween, I feel it’s appropriate to host a Monster Bash. So, there will be a monster cake and monster decorations of course. We will be playing pin the eye on the monster. And just for good measure there will be these delicious monster themed, healthy Halloween cookies.
Okay, so healthy cookies right? Yes! It’s totally possible. The main ingredient?? CHICKPEAS. Yup, you read that correctly. These cookies are made from chickpeas. There is absolutely no flour, no refined sugar, no dairy, no eggs. Just wholesome ingredients. But shhh, don’t tell your kids. They won’t even notice the difference! I figure that with all the chocolate and candy in surplus around Halloween, these healthy cookies could provide some needed balance! Plus your kiddos will just fall in love with these fun little monsters. I bet you could put candy eyes in their broccoli and they’d love that too!
Okay so back to the cookies.
How cute are these little monster cookies??
I also made some tissue paper monster puffs for the party as well, so those had to make the shot of course. 🙂
So I made two batches of these healthy Halloween cookies so I could have different shades of green. Feel free to experiment with other colours as well. I went with these because it will go with his theme this weekend. I’ll admit, I also tried to make orange ones, and well…those didn’t turn out as great. Although they looked orange prior to baking, they ended up looking brown once baked. So it kind of defeated the point! But hey, they still taste great, and that means extra cookies to enjoy. So it wasn’t a total loss. 🙂
For more healthy recipes that your kids will LOVE, check out these Sweet Potato Cookies, or my famous (at least within my family 🙂 ) Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese!
Healthy Halloween Cookies
For a truly special treat this Halloween, give these healthy Halloween cookies a try. Your kids will never know the main ingredient is chickpeas!
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained & rinsed
- 2 large ripe bananas
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar or regular sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter homemade or store bought (or sub soy butter for nut free)
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or margarine
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 48 candy eyes
- food colouring optional (see notes below)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
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Add all the ingredients EXCEPT your candy eyes to your food processor and process until smooth.
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Using a tablespoon, scoop the mixture onto your prepared baking sheet and slightly shape them into round cookies using your fingers. This batter won't spread much, so you want to form the shape before baking.
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Bake for 18 minutes, then remove from the oven and gently press the candy eyes into your cookies while they are still warm and then let cool before serving.
Recipe Notes
Since the batter is beige in colour, you'll need quite a bit of food colouring to get the green colours I made.
To make light green monster cookies I used:
15 drops blue
15 drops green
10 drops yellow
To make dark green monster cookies I used:
60 drops blue
10 drops red
5 drops yellow