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#5under5: Nightmare-Worthy Bloody Coconut Raspberry Monster Eyeballs 

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Throwing a bash at your haunted mansion this Halloween? Try serving up a platter of eyeballs! But not just any eyeballs ... bloody monster eyeballs! Soft, rich coconut truffles are stuffed with juicy raspberries and chocolate chips to create the trickiest treat you ever laid eyes on (and will look right back at you)! 

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#5UNDER5: 'BLOODY' TERRIFYING MONSTER EYEBALLS [VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE]

THIS RECIPE IS :

Dairy FreeKid-FriendlyVeganWheat Free

INGREDIENTS

The four main ingredients in this recipe are shredded coconut, maple syrup, raspberries, and chocolate chips. Pantry/optional items include salt and vanilla extract.

• 3 cups unsweetened shredded coconut (DO NOT use reduced-fat coconut! It won’t work, trust us!) – $2.75
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup – $0.63
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil – $0.54
• Pinch of salt
• Dash of vanilla extract (optional)
• 20 raspberries (fresh or frozen) – $0.40
• 20 vegan chocolate chips – $0.56

Total Cost Per Serving (20 “eyeballs”): $4.88

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PREPARATION

1. In a food processor or high-speed blender, process the coconut, maple syrup, coconut oil, salt, and vanilla (if using) until everything is combined and a thick, oily dough is formed. Portion the dough out into 20 scoops on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze until the dough is cold and solid, about 10-15 minutes.
2. Break out a pair of rubber gloves for this part – it’s gonna get a little messy! Remove the pre-portioned dough scoops out of the freezer and roll them into balls. The dough may seem hard to shape at first, but the heat from your hands will soften it eventually.
3. Make a deep indentation in the middle of each coconut ball with your finger and stuff a raspberry inside – this is the “iris” of the eyeball. Top it off with a chocolate chip (flat side up) to create the “pupil.” Decorate with splatters of extra raspberry juice to make the eyeballs look extra scary and “bloody.”
4. Serve to your friends … and beware!

NUTRIONAL INFORMATION

Total Calories: 1, 571 | Total Carbs: 112 g | Total Fat: 133 g | Total Protein: 13 g | Total Sodium: 52 g | Total Sugar: 76 g

(Per Serving: 1 eyeball) Calories: 79 | Carbs: 6 g | Fat: 7 g | Protein: 1 g | Sodium: 3 g | Sugar: 4 g

NOTES

The cost of the serving size above is based on the NYC Metro Area product pricing below:
Coconut oil: $6.00
Maple syrup: $4.99
Frozen raspberries: $2.80
Unsweetened shredded coconut: $3.70
Chocolate chips: $4.50

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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: 20 Ghoulish Vegan Recipes to Make This Halloween!MWAH-HA-HA! It’s Halloween, boys and ghouls, and that means making food that looks a little scary, a little oozy and perhaps, a little bloody. Not real blood, of course, because while our Halloween recipes may be creepy, no goblins were hurt in the process of making them.

Whether you’re dressing up for a party, going trick-or-treating with the kids or answering the door to costumed kids asking for goodies, we’ve got the recipes to make your Halloween spook-tacular! Try making your own candy this year with these 15 Sweet Recipes That Will Blow Halloween Candy Out of the Trick or Treat Bag!

Not all Halloween offerings need to be sweet. If you’re having a ghoulish get-together or party, you’ll want to have some deliciously scary savory foods too. Check out No Tricks! 7 Ways to Treat Your Guests With Savory Halloween Dishes. Get recipes and tips like how to make spider web soup or impaled Italian mummies.

Get your creep on all day long with these Ghoulishly Good Halloween Dishes – From Breakfast to Dessert! We have even more terrifyingly evil-icious ideas for you. Have a happy and healthier Halloween with these 20 sweet and savory vegan recipes.

1. Creepy Crawly Vegan Pumpkin Muffins

These Creepy Crawly Pumpkin Muffins are perfect for Halloween with all the flavors and aromas of the season. Not only do the plastic spiders add the creepy-crawly effect, they might keep people from eating the muffins which means more for you!

2. Super Scary Spicy Vegan Chili

These bell pepper Jack-o-Lanterns don’t look like they enjoyed this Super Scary Spicy Vegan Chili but we promise that you will. Seitan, black beans, and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce make this chili hearty and spicy. What a fun way to serve dinner to your wee boys and ghouls.

3. Halloween Vegan Bat Biscuits

Turn the tables on those vampires and take a bite out of these Halloween Vegan Bat Biscuits. Made with spelt, oats, and almonds, these bats are covered in deep dark chocolate. These are perfect for your Halloween party!

4. Cheesy Witch Fingers

Go ahead and nibble on some fingers this Halloween … Cheesy Witch Fingers, that is! They’re creepy and oh-so-cheesy, and would be great dipped into soup or paired with another Halloween-themed dish of your choice. This is one instance when biting your nails is a good habit.

5. Witches Brew Smoothie

Turn a basic green smoothie into a shockingly eerie Witches Brew. Freeze beet juice in a glove to add a creepy effect on top. Serve this at your Halloween party or as a spooky snack. It’s so fun and scary, your kids will forget how healthy it is.

6. Gruesome Vegan Forbidden Rice Halloween Pudding

Beware! Once you taste this Gruesome Forbidden Rice Halloween Pudding, there will be no escape. That’s okay, though, because this soy-free, gluten-free vegan Halloween pudding is so good, you won’t even try to get away. Serve this at your upcoming spooky get-together.

7. Frozen Banana Mummies

These Frozen Banana Mummies are a fun and festive food craft that will make any goblin feel included in the fun — and they are far healthier than a candy bar! Sweetness comes from the banana and a drizzle of melted cocoa butter mixed with powdered low-glycemic coconut sugar. Make a couple dozen at a time and freeze for a grab-and-go frozen treat anytime.

8. Vegan Candy Corn

Love candy corn but don’t love all the weird ingredients in it? Try this Vegan Candy Corn recipe instead! The best part is that you don’t have to stick to triangle shapes – you can make any Halloween shape you want! Plus, making your own candy is always so impressive.

9. Nightmare-Worthy Bloody Coconut Raspberry Monster Eyeballs

Throwing a bash at your haunted mansion this Halloween? Try serving up a platter of eyeballs! But not just any eyeballs … Nightmare-Worthy Bloody Raspberry Monster Eyeballs! Soft, rich coconut truffles are stuffed with juicy raspberries and chocolate chips to create the trickiest treat you ever laid eyes on (and they will look right back at you)!

10. Ghoulishly Green Poison Cake

Okay, this Ghoulishly Green Poison Cake isn’t actually poison – it’s a perfectly lovely mint cake with chocolate frosting. But it sure does look creepy, though, because the mint liquor turns the cake an eerie shade of green. Have a slice or two … if you dare!

11. Veggie Blood Soup

This Veggie Blood Soup is a Halloween inspired vegetable soup that will make any vamp drool. It has a spooky blood red herbal broth made from infusing spices and roasted vegetables. There’s no stirring, checking or worrying so you can let it simmer while you’re busy carving pumpkins or making costumes.

12. Basic Black Bread

Scare your friends by serving up sandwiches made from this creepy Basic Black Bread! Despite its depressing color, it really is a lovely, soft bread that you can use not only for sandwiches, but for French toast, bread crumbs, and your other favorite bread-y foods.

13. Dark Yaki Gyoza

These Dark Yaki Gyoza are dark and brooding on the outside, but colorful and warm on the inside! The carrot and beet fillings pop against the black gyoza dough so nicely and are the perfect combination of colors for Halloween. This is a great appetizer to bring to any haunted mansion party you might be attending.

14. Halloween Pumpkin Cookies

Don’t let Halloween go by without making a batch of these adorable Halloween Pumpkin Cookies! They’re soft, chewy, and totally fun to eat. Plus, you can even make an extra chocolate treat with the leftover chocolate you need to decorate!

15. Vegan Halloween SunButter Cups

Halloween SunButter Cups are a fun way to trick your friends into enjoying a healthy treat! They have a creamy sunflower seed butter center that is nestled in a stevia sweetened carob shell. Halloween SunButter Cups are entirely sweetened with stevia and are much better than the processed, sugar-laden version.

16. Halloween Pumpkin Bowls With Kamut Maggots and Green Sweet Potato Vomit

What could possibly be a better dinner on Halloween night than a couple of puking pumpkins? Despite their scary appearance, these Halloween Pumpkin Bowls With Maggot and Vomit (kamut maggots and mashed sweet potato vomit, to be speicfic) is actually a quite healthy and tasty vegan meal that will keep you sustained through a sugar-filled night of trick-or-treating. But you should definitely consider putting these guys out on your doorstep first – they’re terrifying!

17. Spooky Scary Mini Halloween Pizzas

Serve up some Frankenstein faces, mummies, and friendly ghosts … in pizza form! These Mini Halloween Pizzas are adorable, easy to make, and taste ghoulishly good, to boot. Try using this method and ingredients to make your own edible Halloween designs!

18. Zoodle Beet ‘Blood-lognase’

This ‘Blood-lognase‘ is bloody delicious! Beets and apples are simmered in a vegetable stock to give the sauce a rich, spooky red color. It’s positively horrifying when tossed with slippery zucchini noodles!  Eat at your own risk!

19. Gluten-Free Pumpkin Mousse Tarts

These Pumpkin Mousse Tarts are the perfect Halloween confection for the adults in your group. They’re slightly indulgent without being unhealthy, and they feature two quintessential Halloween ingredients: pumpkin and (my favorite) chocolate. They’d be perfect on the buffet table at your Halloween bash, or for dessert after a tough night of trick or treating.

Whether your intentions are to trick or treat, these twenty recipes are sure to be a hit amongst the ghouls and goblins at any haunted house on October 31st. Happy Halloween, Green Monsters!

Lead Image Photo: Frozen Banana Mummies

The fun, candy filled holiday that we both love and dread. Blissful few days of nibbling on or more like feasting on chocolates, bonbons and leftover food from the Halloween party followed by the dreaded reality check on a scale or when trying to fit into your favorite pair of jeans.

Besides, if you’re anything like me, eating too much processed sweets will leave you feeling like crap, even if you don’t have to worry that much about your weight.

So why not try something equally delicious and holiday themed that you can enjoy and feel great afterwards too? Here are some healthy Halloween treats you can draw inspiration from this year! Refined sugar free, plant based recipes with a ton of gluten-free and even paleo options.

And if you don’t have that much of a sweet tooth, there are quite a few savory options for you too ;)

 
Chocolate Pumpkin Tart by Unconventional Baker

A Ghoulish Green Purple Sweet Potato Mug Cake by Strength and Sunshine

Satsuma Cocktail & Black Radish Guacamole by Veganosity

Healthy Peanut Butter Cups by WIN-WIN FOOD

Baked Apple Chips with Cashew Cinnamon Dip by Tasting Page

Smoky Garlic Pumpkin Seeds by Veggies Don’t Bite

Candy Corn Pops with Poisonberry Dip by Feasting on Fruit

Chipotle Hummus with Chili-Lime Pita Chips by Domesticate Me

Ginger Wasabi Filled Chocolate Skulls by Spabettie

Chocolate Cocoa Kale Chips by Nutrition Stripped

Chocolate Gingerbread Balls by WIN-WIN FOOD

Halloween Whoopie Pies by Ricki Heller

Banana S’Mores by Brown Sugar and Vanilla

Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding by Green Evi

Baked Vegan Pumpkin Spice Donuts with Chocolate Cinnamon Icing by Veganosity

Pumpkin Molasses Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting by Veggies Don’t Bite

Crispy Chocolate Bark with Ginger, Fennel and Sea Salt by Turnip the Oven

Carrot Ginger Quinoa Pepper Jacks by Spabettie

Salted Sunbutter Cups by The Pretty Bee

Beetroot Hummus by WIN-WIN FOOD

AUTHOR & RECIPE DETAILS of Nightmare-Worthy Bloody Coconut Raspberry Monster Eyeballs 

Firstly, how dare you? But if I must, as a yogini, I find myself often pondering life and the cycle it follows for all of us. We're all interconnected. For example, when I see a squirrel happily scampering up a tree, a chain reaction begins in me that causes me to lose my ever loving mind. But then, you throw me a ball, and I'm like OMG! You see? Connections. Bottom line, I hold degrees in cuddling and belly rubs from UC BARKley and HOWLvard respectively, which makes me an expert in being the happiest being ever. I run a tight ship here and only offer kisses and snuggles to those that help my fellow furry-bottomed soldiers out on the field. Namaste.

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