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Halloween is a magical night filled with food, candy and fun. This year you can do your part to help kids enjoy a fun Halloween while providing them with healthier alternatives to traditional Halloween candy. These healthy, yet tasty snacks are guaranteed to not frighten trick or treaters away.

--Dried Fruit and Fruit Snacks Are a Healthier Alternative to Halloween Candy

Sure kids love candy. But kids also love fruit. Luckily, there is a huge variety of fruit snack flavors and shapes available for you to choose from. To provide the most health benefits, look for fruit snacks that are naturally flavored and free of artificial sweeteners. Many fruit snacks also contain a full serving of Vitamin C. Some fruit snacks like Clif Kids Organic Twisted Fruit Ropes provide a full serving of fruit.

Dried fruit also makes a great healthy trick or treat snack. Dried fruit like raisins are available in snack pack sizes in plain, yogurt and chocolate covered. Try handing out snack packs of dried cranberries, raisins, or other dried fruit mixes. Another fun, healthy treat idea is to decorate fresh oranges with stickers to mimic a Halloween pumpkin and hand out to all the goblins and witches who visit your home.

--Crunchy and Healthy Trick or Treat Snack Ideas

When looking for healthy Halloween snack ideas, some cookie snack packs are good alternative to candy. Look for cookies made with whole wheat flour and lower sugar content. The whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients. Plus, many snack packs have just 100 calories making them a better choice than many candy bars.

Animal crackers are naturally fat free and their fun animal shape makes them a kid favorite. Graham cracker snack packs are available in a variety of flavors and provide another healthy trick or treat snack alternative to traditional Halloween candy. Pretzels and baked cheddar crackers are also healthy trick or treat snacks to pass out to the kids who stop by your house. Cereal bars, granola bars and cracker and cheese snack packs also make a great Halloween treats for kids.

Other crunchy and healthy Halloween snack ideas include single serving size packages of almonds, pumpkin or sunflower seeds. Almonds are a great source of calcium. Nuts are a good source of protein, vitamins, fiber and other nutrients making them an ideal healthy trick or treat snack.

Cool Halloween Nights Are Perfect for this Healthy Trick or Treat Snack Idea

String cheese makes a perfect Halloween treat to pass out to trick or treaters. Since the nights are cool the cheese should stay fresh while children go from house to house. Look for individually wrapped cheese sticks at your local grocery store. A variety of cheeses and sizes are available to choose from.

If you are worried about scaring off your Halloween visitors with healthy trick or treat snacks, then let them choose between the healthy snack choices and candy. You may be surprised to discover many kids end up picking from the healthy trick or treat snack selection.

-- Wendy Roltgen, Yahoo Contributor Network

~Romans 8:38-39~