Description

Create a fun and spooky Halloween treat with these Banana Ghosts and a Healthy Dairy-Free, Vegan Chocolate Dip. This playful recipe features creamy banana ‘ghosts’ decorated with chocolate chip faces, surrounded by a luscious sweet potato chocolate dip and coconut ‘grass’ tinted with natural or artificial green food coloring. It’s a perfect healthy dessert for Halloween gatherings that kids and adults will love.

Ingredients

Scale

Healthy Chocolate Dip

1 recipe of Healthy Chocolate Frosting (sweet potato based)
3-4 Tbsp almond milk (to thin frosting into dip)

Decoration & Assembly

4 bananas (or more, depending on serving platter size)
2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
Food coloring: either artificial green or DIY natural (4 tsp green + 2 tsp blue for natural, or 24 drops green + 8 drops yellow for artificial)
2 strips of fruit leather (or 4 oblong crackers or cookies) for tombstones
White decorator icing with writing tip (for “RIP” on tombstones)
Handful of chocolate chips (a mix of mini and regular sized for eyes and mouths)

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Instructions

Prepare Chocolate Dip: Make a batch of the healthy sweet potato chocolate frosting as per the original recipe. Once done, stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of almond milk to achieve a dip-like consistency, resulting in approximately 3 cups of dip. Transfer the dip into a serving bowl.
Color the Coconut: In a small ramekin, mix your choice of food coloring. For natural DIY colors, combine 4 tsp green and 2 tsp blue; for artificial, use 24 drops green and 8 drops yellow. Add the food coloring mixture to the shredded coconut in a mixing bowl and stir thoroughly to evenly tint the coconut green.
Make Tombstones: Cut each fruit leather strip in half to form tombstone shapes. Using white decorator icing and a writing tip, pipe “RIP” on each tombstone. Set aside.
Assemble Tombstones and Coconut “Grass”: Decide where to place 3 or 4 tombstones around the serving bowl. Mark these spots by lightly pressing the bottom of a tombstone on the surface of the chocolate dip, then sprinkle the green shredded coconut on these marks to create patches of ‘grass.’ Insert the tombstones upright into the dip at these locations.
Prepare Banana Ghosts: Slice the bananas into varying sizes—some even halves and some uneven pieces—to create ghosts at different heights and add visual interest.
Arrange Ghosts: Place the bowl of chocolate dip on a serving plate. Arrange banana slices around the bowl, positioning them to appear as if they are flying out in all directions.
Add Chocolate Chip Faces: Gently press chocolate chips onto each banana slice to form ghostly eyes and mouths. Use mini chips for eyes and larger ones for mouths to create expressive faces.
Final Touches: Using a teaspoon and clean tweezers, place scattered green coconut “grass” between the banana ghosts to complete the graveyard theme.
Serve: Present your spooky, healthy banana ghost graveyard dip for a fun and festive Halloween treat.

Notes

You can adjust the amount of almond milk added to the frosting to get your preferred dip consistency.
For a natural food coloring alternative, beet juice or spirulina powder can be used to tint coconut if green or blue are unavailable.
The banana ghosts work best when assembled just before serving to prevent browning; consider dipping bananas in lemon juice if prepping ahead.
Fruit leather can be substituted with oblong crackers or cookies if preferred for tombstones.
This recipe is dairy-free, vegan, and perfect for allergy-conscious gatherings.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1/8 of total recipe
Calories: 160
Sugar: 14g
Sodium: 45mg
Fat: 5g
Saturated Fat: 0.5g
Unsaturated Fat: 4g
Trans Fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 28g
Fiber: 3g
Protein: 2g
Cholesterol: 0mg