Marshmallow BOO Bites!

These Marshmallow BOO Bites are part THREE of our three-part Halloween series of fun, easy Halloween snack crafts you can do with your kids! And just like our last two food crafts, these are very toddler-friendly!

All you’ll need is a bag of marshmallows and some chocolate, plus one of your kid’s paint brushes. That’s it! So simple, and SO cute! We love that our toddlers could easily help with this one.

Marshmallow BOO Bites!

Age: 12 months plus
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: NO COOK!
Yield: 10 marshmallow bites
Food storage: refrigerator-friendly
Serving: self-feed, family friendly

10 large marshmallows
1/2 cup dark chocolate baking chips
20 mini chocolate chips

Directions

Using toddler-safe scissors, cut the top right and left corners of each marshmallow off to create a point so that it forms the shape of a ghost. Set aside.

Melt the chocolate baking chips in a microwave-safe bowl, in 30 second increments, stirring in between (about 2-3 times)*.

Using a paintbrush, make a chocolate “dot” in place of where the ghost’s eyes will go, then gently press a mini chocolate chip over each dot until secure. Next, dip the paintbrush back into the chocolate and paint a fun/spooky/silly “mouth” onto the ghost. Repeat with the rest of the BOO bites. Get creative! Don’t forget to tag us using the hashtag #whatagoodeater so we can see what you and your kids come up with!

*Tip: if the chocolate starts to thicken too much as you go, simply microwave again for 25 seconds to thin it out.

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Alessandra Macaluso is author of What a Good Eater! and The Real-Deal Bridal Bible, host of the Real-Deal Brides Podcast, and blogger at AlessandraMacaluso.com. Alessandra’s work is featured in several anthologies, most recently But Did You Die? which is the fifth installment in a New York Times bestselling series. She has contributed to The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, and many other online publications. Her original screenplay “Polar Suburbia” placed as a semi-finalist in the Moondance Film Festival. Alessandra is mom to two toddlers and a twenty-five pound Maine coon cat who believes he is a dog. She spends her time driving her OCD husband completely nuts with her constant rearrangement of scenery in their home. Learn more at AlessandraMacaluso.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.