We LOVE Halloween books and we LOVE food over here so pairing together books and snacks just feels like such a natural combination for us! In fact, whenever I read new books and it mentions food or a treat that sounds yummy, I instantly want to eat it while reading the story. Anyone else?
Below are 10 easy book and snack pairings that are done with Halloween books for kids. They are perfect for Halloween parties or simply a more magical story time. The snacks are all inspired directly from the book either because they are mentioned directly or appear in illustrations. Each one is sure to delight.
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We paired apple cider with “How to Scare a Ghost” because in the story it mentions that ghosts are partial to it. And of course, why wouldn’t they be? It’s delicious!
In “The Right One for Roderick” Roderick is a ghost who wants to be unique and wear something other than a plain white sheet. So we took classic, coffee filter sucker ghosts and colored patterns on the coffee filters in honor of the apple patterned sheet he chooses at the end of the story.
In Skelly’s Halloween Skelly the skeleton falls apart and some new friends help put him back together. That is why we paired this story with the activity and snack combo is creating our own skeletons using white chocolate covered pretzels, white chocolate Kit Kat bars and a marshmallow. (The Marshmallow face is done using food coloring markers.)
For more of a tutorial and explanation check out my blog post HERE.
Cookie Boo tells the story of cookies who escape their tin on Halloween night for a little fun before returning which makes it the perfect story to pair with any Halloween Cookies of your choice!
However, if you are looking for a suggestion for some homemade, pumpkin spice Halloween cut-out cookies check out my recipe HERE.
Creepy Carrots! is a favorite in our home so of course we had to make a “carrot” snack to go with it! These are frosting/piping bags filled with marshmallow candy corn and regular candy corns. We tied them off with green pipe cleaners for vines and put sticker eyes on them. It worked like a charm!
In the story Zombelina the protagonist has a ballet recital and afterwards the family celebrates. Part of the party is yummy food including Spider Sundaes. Using the illustration as a guide I created our own to go with the book. They are made out of orange, Little Debbie Snowball snacks, Oreos, brown candy-coated chocolates, purple Twizlers Pull-n-Peel, whipped cream and cherries.
For a full tutorial and explanation check out my post HERE.
I adore this vintage book (Ghosts in The House) so I decided to pair it with a fun “ghost” snack. All you need is cupcakes with white frosting and then you place some candy eyes on top. That’s it! Quick and simple and you have a ghost!
My favorite costume in “Halloween Trick or Treat: A Color Book” is the small child in the candy corn costume. So of course I would recommend eating candy corn along with the story. What preschooler wouldn’t love that? (Or adult for that matter!)
I created these mud tarts for How to Make Friends with a Ghost because in the story it mentions that ghosts love to eat Mud Tarts. I have a recipe for them that I created, but before you get too intimidated, know that they are pretty simple and you can make them easier by using remade Oreo crusts and remade pudding. (I promise not to tell!)
Find the tutorial and recipe for the mud tarts in my post HERE.
In 10 Busy Brooms a mummy runs off with one of the witches pumpkin pies. I allllmsot don’t blame him because look at how delicious they look! This book is best read with a slice of pumpkin pie to eat for yourself as well.
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