Healthy halloween trick or treat bags 2023

Our healthy Halloween bags are breath of fresh air amidst all of the artificial refined ultra -processed crap that floods the streets on 31 October.

As I’ve always said, there’s no such thing as “junk food”. It’s either junk or its food.

For those who wish to offer their munchkins (or unsolicited door knockers) some healthy nutrient-dense real food treats for Halloween, this year we again pull out the goods at Broth Bar & Larder and have our healthy Halloween treat bags ready for pre-order.

In them you will find a selection of some of our best-selling kids’ favourite artisan organic raw treats along with some yummy savoury snacks too (plus some Halloween jokes!):

🎃 2 berry gummies made with mixed berries, gelatin powder and the teeniest amount of maple syrup (less than 1/10 teaspoon per gummy). 
🎃 2 mango gummies (as above but made with mangoes instead of berries). 
🎃 1 mint carob bear made with carob powder, raw cacao butter and therapeutic-grade Young Living peppermint essential oil .... With NO ADDED SWEETENER!!! 
🎃 a 30g pack of our signature activated almonds. Nice to have something savoury in the bag!! Traditionally, trick or treat bags contained nuts. 
🎃 a 30g pack of activated pepitas and goji berries 
🎃 2 choc orange raw dark chocolate segments in which we infuse our signature raw dark chocolate with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 1 choc orange bliss ball infused with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 kid friendly Halloween jokes 😂

All ingredients are certified organic. You won’t find any artificial, fake or processed ingredients in our bags!

As I’ve been saying for well over a decade, it’s not about deprivation, it’s about healthy swaps 🙌🏻

These bags will be available for collection from Broth Bar &  Larder in Bronte from Monday 23 October. You can now pre-order and pre-pay by calling Broth Bar staff on 0421 786 009. Otherwise first in first served from 23rd October.  

Oh,  please keep your treat bags in the fridge as the gummies and chocolate treats need refrigeration as they contain no preservatives!!

 Here's some feedback from one of our Broth Bar regular mums on our Halloween bags from previous years:

“What a wonderful idea!!! Such a relief knowing I’m not the only parent who thinks this whole thing is crazy following northern hemisphere traditions that are not aligned with our earth based seasons as an excuse to sell crap to our community and fill our children with sugar!! It is spring here in Australia!! Flowers blooming, baby animals being born and new Life emerging!! When I was growing up in the northern hemisphere Halloween was about letting go, it was autumn and there were pumpkins everywhere and leaves falling from trees and we honoured our ancestors from our past (hence the scary dead theme of Halloween). Anyone else feel as confused as I do?? What exactly are we programming our children with?? Anyway, thank you Soulla for bringing a healthy real option to the festivities of Halloween. Appreciate everything you offer to our community”

— Lizzy

HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!! 👻👹😈🎃👽💀

TRICK OR TREAT! HALLOWEEN 2020

Halloween is just around the corner! Whether or not your kids can, or you even want them to, partake in trick or treating this year, we thought it would be a nice gesture to continue the tradition of our healthy Halloween Bags so that us wholefood mamas can at least offer our kids a nourishing and delicious alternative to all of the toxic conventional junk on offer. 

My philosophy is this: This is not about deprivation! This is about healthy swaps!! Yes! Healthy swaps that are just as, if not more, delicious than artificial crap, and are made with nutrient dense ingredients that are actually GOOD FOR CHILDREN, and that don’t leave a trail of learning, behavioural, digestive and skin issues in their wake after consumption <<loud clapping, cheering, fireworks>>

With the above in mind, a few years I decided to take matters into my own hands and provide my community with a healthy Halloween trick or treat bag. They went down a treat (excuse the pun) and parents loved them! Why? Because we are not afraid to start a ripple effect that demonstrates:

1. As parents we care about what goes into our children's bodies
2. We are fed up with the toxic crap that gets dolled out to our kids  in the name of “treats”
3. Kids are happy to eat healthy treats, without all the toxic ingredients, if we just offer it to them. If more and more parents take this stand then healthy becomes the normal, and toxic becomes the extreme. Hooray!

image by https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/

This year our Halloween bags contain a delightful mix of 7 of our favourite nutrient-dense organic raw treats handcrafted at Broth Bar & Larder:

🎃 2 mixed berry gummies made with organic mixed berries, GelPro gelatin powder and the teeniest amount of pure Canadian maple syrup (less than 1/10 teaspoon per gummie). 
🎃 2 mango gummies (as above but made with organic mangoes instead of raspberries). 
🎃 1 mint carob bear made with organic carob powder, organic raw cacao butter and 100% pure food-grade Young Living  peppermint essential oil .... With NO ADDED SWEETENER!!! 
🎃 a 30g pack of our signature activated almonds. Nice to have something savoury in the bag!! Traditionally, trick or treat bags contained nuts. 
🎃 a 30g pack of a mix of activated pepitas and goji berries 
🎃 2 of our choc orange segments made by infusing our signature raw dark chocolate with 100% pure food-grade  Young Living  orange essential oil
🎃 1 choc orange bliss ball which is infused with 100% pure food-grade  Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 kid friendly Halloween jokes selected by my kids 😂

These trick or treat bags retail for $19.95 and can be used in 3 ways:

1. Take them with you when going trick or treating and let your kids munch on some of the healthy snacks rather than the crappy confectionary they will be given (which you can accept graciously then turf at home). If you have no alternative with you,  the temptation to eat confectionary is too great for kids.
2. When you get back home use the treats as a healthy swap for all of the crap that they will be given.
3. Use the treats or the jokes when a little ghost or dracula comes knocking on your door. You'll feel good knowing that you have provided a little soul with something actually good for them. 

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THESE BAGS WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM BROTH BAR &  LARDER IN BRONTE on and from Friday 23 october. Purchase in store or to pre-order and pre-pay CALL BROTH BAR DIRECTLY ON 0421 786 009.

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And if you don’t live locally to collect one of our bags, you can read this blog post that I wrote many years ago on 6 ways to deal with Halloween. This trend is catching, so you too might like to make and take your own healthy trick or treat bag with you when you and your kids do the rounds of the streets. 

I would love to know what you think of these trick or treat bags. Please share your thoughts in the comments below!

 Here's some feedback from one of our Broth Bar regular mums on our Halloween bags from previous years:

“What a wonderful idea!!! Such a relief knowing I’m not the only parent who thinks this whole thing is crazy following northern hemisphere traditions that are not aligned with our earth based seasons as an excuse to sell crap to our community and fill our children with sugar!! It is spring here in Australia!! Flowers blooming, baby animals being born and new Life emerging!! When I was growing up in the northern hemisphere Halloween was about letting go, it was autumn and there were pumpkins everywhere and leaves falling from trees and we honoured our ancestors from our past (hence the scary dead theme of Halloween). Anyone else feel as confused as I do?? What exactly are we programming our children with?? Anyway, thank you Soulla for bringing a healthy real option to the festivities of Halloween. Appreciate everything you offer to our community”

— Lizzy

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HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!! 👻👹😈🎃👽💀