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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Strawberry Halloween Monsters

    Published: Sep 1, 2022 · Modified: Jan 12, 2023 by Kate Hackworthy · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Rows of strawberries with candy eyes and mouths, with text: How to make strawberry monsters.
    Strawberries decorated to look like monsters, with text: Halloween Strawberry Monsters.

    Try these healthy Halloween Strawberry Monsters! These fruit monsters are made from ripe strawberries, candy eyes, and fondant icing. They are easy to make and perfect as festive party food, and are healthy enough to enjoy as a snack, but sweet enough to be a treat!

    Rows of strawberries decorated with fondant mouths and candy eyes.
    Halloween Strawberry Monsters

    Halloween is approaching, but it doesn't have to be full of sugar! You can make plenty of healthier Halloween treats, and these strawberry monsters are no exception!

    Using ripe strawberries, you can create a treat with a festive, scary monster look with very little sugar. Simply take ripe strawberries and add candy eyes to the top. Then, create a mouth shape with sharp teeth using fondant.

    Secure both to the strawberry using white icing and plate on a serving dish. These treats are great for any Halloween party or are fun to make with kids as an afternoon snack!

    No matter how you enjoy them, these easy Halloween treats are a great way to stay healthy during the Halloween season!

    Serve them with this Ghost Halloween Smoothie to make sure you're getting plenty of fruit to counteract all the Halloween candy! Or a naughtier treat like Halloween Oreo Brain Cookies!

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    • Why You'll Love This Recipe
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Top tips
    • Serving Suggestions
    • Variations
    • Storage
    • More Strawberry Treats
    • 📖 Recipe
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    Why You'll Love This Recipe

    A healthier These monsters are made from ripe strawberries, so they're naturally sweet and don't require any additional sugar - except the decorations.

    Fun to make: This is a fun recipe to make with kids! They'll love adding the candy eyes and shaping the mouths with fondant.

    Perfect for a party: These monsters are perfect for any Halloween party. Serve them as a snack or as part of a larger Halloween spread.

    Ingredients

    • Ripe Strawberries - Choose bright red ripe strawberries to make the monsters. This recipe will be easier to make if they are on the larger side.
    • White Fondant Icing - Used to assemble the monster mouth and the white teeth for the monsters.
    • Black Food Coloring Gel - Gets mixed into some of the fondant to make the base of the mouth. Alternatively, buy black colored fondant.
    • Powdered Icing Sugar - Used to help roll out the fondant to make it even and pliable.
    • Decorating Icing - Decorating icing can be found in a tube and helps secure the strawberries' eyes and mouth. Alternatively, use melted chocolate.

    Recommended Tools

    • Cutting board
    • Knife
    • Rolling pin

    Please see the recipe card below for quantities.

    Instructions

    Wondering how to make this Halloween Strawberry Monsters recipe? It's easy! Just follow this step-by-step photo tutorial. Then, scroll down for the recipe card for the full ingredients list and recipe method.

    Trimming the greens off of strawberries.

    Prepare the strawberries: Thoroughly wash the strawberries. Cut the tops off so they stand with the pointed tip facing up on a serving dish.

    Color half the fondant black: Add a drop or two of black food coloring gel to half of the fondant icing and knead, adding more gel if necessary to make it black for the base of the mouth. Or buy black fondant.

    Roll out the fondant: Lightly dust the work surface with icing sugar and roll the white and black fondant out separately until even and pliable.

    Cutting oval mouths out of black fondant icing.

    Cut the mouth shape: Cut ovals small enough to fit onto the strawberries out of the black fondant.

    Cutting white triangle teeth out of fondant icing.

    Cut the teeth: Cut small triangle ‘teeth’ out of the white fondant.

    Adding fondant mouths to strawberries.

    Secure the eyes and mouth: Use a little water on your finger to ‘glue’ the teeth to the black ovals. When they’re stuck together, glue the mouths to the strawberries with the writing icing.

    Add writing icing to the back of the candy eyes and secure them on top of the mouth.

    Decorating strawberries to look like monsters.

    Top tips

    When choosing strawberries, go for bright red, ripe berries. If they are on the larger side, that's even better!

    To make black fondant, start with white fondant and add a drop or two of black food coloring gel. Knead it until it's evenly black throughout. Add as much as you need to for the desired color. You can also purchase black fondant icing from craft stores.

    If you don't have decorating icing, you can use a little water to glue the eyes and mouth in place, or melted chocolate.

    Use icing sugar to help roll out the fondant, this will prevent it from sticking to the surface or your rolling pin.

    If you want to make these ahead of time, you can prepare the strawberries and store them in the fridge for 24 hours until you're ready to add the eyes and mouth.

    Serving Suggestions

    Serve these healthy treats along with these other Halloween party food recipes!

    • Halloween Brownie Bite Eyeballs
    • Green Halloween Cupcakes
    • Pita Haloween Mummy Pizza
    • Raspberry Halloween Mummy Pies
    • Halloween Bark

    Variations

    Use a different fruit: Try using apples, peaches, or even peeled oranges!

    Change the eyes: Instead of candy eyes, try using chocolate chips or raisins.

    Make them spooky: For a spookier version, try adding green food coloring gel to the white fondant to make it green. Then, use that fondant for the teeth and cut it into different shapes like jagged teeth or even fangs!

    Add chocolate: If you want a sweeter treat, you can dip the strawberries in melted chocolate before adding the eyes and mouth.

    Storage

    These strawberry monsters are best served immediately as the fondant can start to soften if left out for too long. If you need to store them, put them in the fridge in an airtight container and eat within 24 hours.

    Freezing is not recommended.

    Close up of strawberries decorated to look like monsters.

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    Rows of strawberries decorated with fondant mouths and candy eyes.

    Halloween Strawberry Monsters

    Kate Hackworthy | Veggie Desserts
    Try these healthy easy Halloween Strawberry Monsters! The fruit monsters are made from ripe strawberries with spooky decorations.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 0 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 34 kcal

    Equipment

    • Cutting board
    • Knife
    • Rolling Pin

    Ingredients
     

    • 12 strawberries ripe
    • 2 ounces white fondant (50g)
    • Black food coloring gel Or use store bought black fondant
    • ⅓ cup Powdered icing sugar
    • White writing icing tube
    • 12 candy eyes

    Instructions
     

    • Cut the tops off the strawberries so they stand with the pointed tip facing up.
    • Add a drop or two of black food coloring gel to half of the fondant icing and knead, adding more gel if necessary to more to make it black.
    • Lightly dust the work surface with icing sugar and roll the white and black fondant out separately.
    • Cut ovals small enough to fit onto the strawberries out of the black fondant.
    • Cut small triangle ‘teeth’ out of the white fondant.
    • Use a little water on your finger to ‘glue’ the teeth to the black ovals. When they’re stuck together, glue the mouths to the strawberries with the writing icing along with the candy eyes on top.

    Notes

    When choosing strawberries, go for bright red, ripe berries. If they are on the larger side, that's even better!
    To make black fondant, start with white fondant and add a drop or two of black food coloring gel. Knead it until it's evenly black throughout. Add as much as you need to for the desired color. You can also purchase black fondant icing from craft stores.
    If you don't have decorating icing, you can use a little water to glue the eyes and mouth in place, or melted chocolate.
    Use icing sugar to help roll out the fondant, this will prevent it from sticking to the surface or your rolling pin.
    If you want to make these ahead of time, you can prepare the strawberries and store them in the fridge for 24 hours until you're ready to add the eyes and mouth.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 34kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 0.1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 8mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.1mg

    The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.

    Tried this recipe?Mention @kateveggiedesserts or tag #veggiedesserts! I love seeing your recreations.

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    Comments

    1. Deb

      October 05, 2022 at 4:19 pm

      5 stars
      These were absolutely adorable. Made them for an early school Halloween party. They were pretty easy and everyone loved them!!

      Reply
    2. Andrea

      September 01, 2022 at 4:40 pm

      5 stars
      How adorable! My grandkids are going to love eating these up. What a perfect Halloween treat!

      Reply
    3. Amanda Wren-Grimwood

      September 01, 2022 at 4:14 pm

      5 stars
      These look so cute! What a great idea and such fun for a party with children or adults.

      Reply
    4. kushigalu

      September 01, 2022 at 3:54 pm

      5 stars
      Perfect Halloween treat. SO cute these are. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    5. Vicky

      September 01, 2022 at 3:45 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my gosh! Those are adorable, and almost too cute to eat. I can't wait to serve them at a Halloween party. The kids will love them.

      Reply

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