Growing up celebrating Halloween was not embraced in my home. Also living in NYC in the 80’s it was not really safe to be out on Halloween day. In recent year with my boys I have begun to discover and develop ways to bring Halloween fun into our home. I have incorporated a Biblical approach to our Halloween celebration. I want my boys to see that although this holiday focuses on darker things that God is the light that will always shine.
We love opening our home to our neighbors with children on Halloween for treats. My boys get involved in the crafts that we will use to decorate our home.
At home I had many supplies on hand for my Halloween crafts and decorations. I did purchase pumpkin and halloween tags to hang on the halloween tree from Target.
I found this candy corn poem on Pinterest with a cute message that I could share with my boys and neighbors. I downloaded a candy corn clip art to add the poem to a candy jar. I also made tags to go on the candy bags.
Everything I do has to have a baking element. For a sweet dessert I made Halloween cookie pops and mini vanilla cupcakes. With so many children with food allergies I wanted to attempt to make my recipes nut free, dairy free and egg free. The cookies I have made a few times before from “the novice house wife”. The cupcakes on the other hard I recipe tested and they came out delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice milk
- 1 tsp Apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 3/4 cup All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking power
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
- In mixer combine rice milk, vinegar, oil, sugar apple sauce, and vanilla.
- In separate bowl mix flour, baking power, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet until well mixed.
- Line cupcake pan and add mixture.
Happy Halloween!
Please share your Halloween ideas and if you tried making my allergy safe mini vanilla cupcakes under comments.