Healthy Halloween Trick Treats Candy Recipe
For the health conscious, Halloween candy that can lend to ill health is as spooky as un-fairly traded sweet treats. The sweet treat element of the holiday need not get lost. These are cool alternate-sweets, which you can pass out to the little goblins and ghosts that come knocking at your door!
Ingredients
| Pitted dates | 24 (For Apricot and Ricotta Dates:) | |
| Ricotta cheese | 250 Gram (Filling:) | |
| Dried Apricots – 4 tablespoons, chopped | ||
| Ground almonds | 4 Tablespoon (Filling:) | |
| Caster sugar | 2 Tablespoon (Filling:) | |
| Vanilla essence | 1/2 Teaspoon (Filling:) | |
| Orange rind | 1/2 Teaspoon, grated (Filling:) | |
| Milk Carob – 300 grams, melted | ||
| Dates – 2 cups, chopped | ||
| Glace apricots – 1 cup, chopped | ||
| Hazelnuts | 1 Cup (16 tbs), roasted (For Fruit and Nut Carob Clusters:) | |
| Grated coconut | 2 Tablespoon, desiccated (For Fruit and Nut Carob Clusters:) | |
| Sesame seeds | 2 Tablespoon (For Carob and Sesame Rounds) | |
| Coconut – 1 1/4 cup (115 grams) | ||
| Honey | 2 Tablespoon (For Carob and Sesame Rounds) | |
| Orange juice | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) (For Carob and Sesame Rounds) | |
| Extra coconut | ||
Directions
MAKING
To make the Apricot and Ricotta Dates
1. Combine the filling ingredients in a medium-size bowl and mix well.
2. Stuff the dates with the mixture, packing them well.
3. Refrigerate.
4. Slice before serving.
To make the Fruit and Nut Carob Clusters
1. Combine carob, dates, apricots and hazelnuts in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly.
2. On a foil covered baking sheet, drop heaped round teaspoonfuls of the mixture.
3. Sprinkle with coconut.
4. Refrigerate until the clusters are hard.
To make the Carob Sesame Rounds
1. In a heavy bottomed pan, toast the sesame seeds over medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden. Tip them into a bowl and let them cool.
2.Process the seeds, coconut, carob, honey and juice in a blender, until well blended.
3. Shape the mixture into marble size balls between your palms.
4. Roll them in extra coconut until well coated. Refrigerate them until firm.
SERVING
5. Wrap the candies in colorful foil papers or place them in paper sweet cases and enjoy them chilled.
To make the Apricot and Ricotta Dates
1. Combine the filling ingredients in a medium-size bowl and mix well.
2. Stuff the dates with the mixture, packing them well.
3. Refrigerate.
4. Slice before serving.
To make the Fruit and Nut Carob Clusters
1. Combine carob, dates, apricots and hazelnuts in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly.
2. On a foil covered baking sheet, drop heaped round teaspoonfuls of the mixture.
3. Sprinkle with coconut.
4. Refrigerate until the clusters are hard.
To make the Carob Sesame Rounds
1. In a heavy bottomed pan, toast the sesame seeds over medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden. Tip them into a bowl and let them cool.
2.Process the seeds, coconut, carob, honey and juice in a blender, until well blended.
3. Shape the mixture into marble size balls between your palms.
4. Roll them in extra coconut until well coated. Refrigerate them until firm.
SERVING
5. Wrap the candies in colorful foil papers or place them in paper sweet cases and enjoy them chilled.
