The carrots added a nice orange hue and another sweet note, but no actual carrot flavor. The color was still not quite orange enough, so I added one drop Natural red food coloring. This coloring is made from beets and other natural ingredients and it worked like a charm. You don’t have to add it, I just wanted to make sure my pumpkins looked nice and orange in my pictures. Which they do.
Raisin and Peanut Power Bar Pumpkins
Ingredients: (makes 12)
1 cup roasted and salted peanuts
1 1/2 cups California Golden Raisins, plus 12 dark golden raisins for the pumpkin stems
1/3 cup finely grated carrots
optional, 1 drop all natural red food coloring
Toss the peanuts, raisins, carrots into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until everything is very finely ground. The dough will be quite yellow, so add a drop of natural red food coloring, if desired.
Refrigerate 20 minutes.
Scoop out 12 heaping tablespoonfuls of dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 20 more minutes.
Roll into balls. Use a toothpick or skewer to create grooves around each ball. Poke a hole in the top of each and insert a darkly colored golden raisin into each.
That’s it. They are super easy to make, and really do look just as cute as a sugary Halloween treat.
I love these! So cute and yet healthy, too. I also like to serve healthy treats and these look really yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I'd be interested in the power bar recipe that you make, too, if you ever share that!
I'm glad you like these healthy treats. It was nice to make something healthy for a change and if you like pb&j, you're gonna love these. To make my power bars, I usually just process dried fruits and nuts together in different combinations and add spices and other ingredients that pair well. I'll try to share more ideas soon.
Thank you so much for making a cute yet healthy treat for Halloween. I'm always looking for fun things to give my kids and I'm going to surprise them with these after school one afternoon. I know they are going to love them.
I hope your kids enjoyed their special treat.
Ok, I'm just gonna say it again. You are so incredible creative. I can't imagine how busy you are with requests from different companies for new edible crafts. You deserve all the success you have achieved thus far..and in the future. I'm truly and continually amazed how you come up with all the adorable (and yummy) ideas. LOVE these pumpkins.
That is so nice of you to say, Karen. It is so great to get to create fun food for companies and organizations like the California Raisin Marketing Board. When I use and really love a product, I'm so happy to promote it by incorporating it into an edible craft. I'm so happy you like my pumpkins.
About as cute as can be. Love it!
Thanks, Kristen =)