A spooky taste of Halloween

Halloween is not just about the sweet stuff. If you want to creep out your family with a scary-looking treats, you need some real food, too, to counteract the inevitable sugar rush that comes with candy consumption. Warm and flaky is always good, as is any nosh that requires dipping. And if you can work some fresh fruit or vegetables or a healthful nut butter into the mix? Even better.

We’ve assembled some creepy-crawly Halloween treats that have two decidedly unscary things going for them. They’re assembled with everyday ingredients you probably already have in your pantry or fridge. And they require almost no effort.

All five of the scary foods can be made in five easy steps — less if you don’t consider turning on the oven an action that requires effort. They include a bewitching finger food that looks like actual fingers, a quick-and-easy bedtime snack that’s an edible doppelganger for the carved pumpkin on your doorstep and kid-friendly hot dogs wrapped up like mummies.

Not one revolves around sugar, which means you don’t have to feel guilty when indulging.