Take your gut health to a new level this Halloween with some of our favorite spooky recipes that are packed with protein, probiotics, flavor, and fun! Whether you’re looking to make an appetizer, a smoothie, cake, cupcakes, or pudding, we’re here to share some of our favorite Halloween recipes with you and help you love your gut a little more along the way.
Lifeway Kefir’s combination of protein and probiotics makes it one of the best recipe ingredients to keep on hand all year round, but especially for holiday dishes, since kefir helps improve the nutrition of more indulgent recipes without sacrificing flavor, nutrition, or functionality. It makes the perfect stand-in for buttermilk, yogurt, and regular milk (or other liquids) in any dish you use it in.
Lifeway Farmer Cheese is another must-have ingredient to keep on hand for boosting the protein of your holiday eats. Our soft, cultured cheese is rich, thick in texture, and ultra-creamy, so it adds a terrific mouthfeel to your recipes and makes for the perfect base to use in cheese dips, spreads, and more. It’s also high in protein and contains live probiotics for better gut health. Try swapping it for ricotta or cottage cheese; it can also be combined with other cheese varieties as well!
Choose your favorite ghoulishly good recipes from our list below, then head to the kitchen with some Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese in hand. No matter which one(s) you choose to serve to guests, or enjoy all to yourself, every one is sure to be a hit for Halloween for years to come!
This Spooky Caprese Salad is frightfully delicious! Perfect for Halloween parties, this ghoulishly festive dish adds a fun twist to the classic recipe by replacing mozzarella with little skulls made from Lifeway Farmer Cheese. Get the recipe here!
When the candles glow and cake frosting gleams, may luck be yours this Halloween. Take part in a flavorful ritual by making our Black Magic Cake, a wickedly delicious recipe made with pumpkin Simple Mills baking mix, charcoal kefir frosting made with Vanilla Organic Whole Milk Lifeway kefir, an easy marshmallow webbing, and frosting ghosts. Get the recipe here!
3. Frankenstein Matcha Smoothie
A truly ghoulish delight, our family-friendly Frankenstein Matcha Smoothie is the perfect way to power up for Halloween with Lifeway Kefir. We used our Organic Whole Milk Lifeway Vanilla Kefir for this as a delightful way to accent the matcha green tea powder we used for natural coloring. This greenishly, gut-healthy recipe is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face that you serve it to.
4. Mini Farmer Cheese Pumpkin Board
Give your guests a little pumpkin to talk about with our Mini Farmer Cheese Pumpkin Board made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. This festive food board features adorable pumpkin pastries made with our soft, cultured cheese that adds a playful touch to your seasonal gatherings—and a pop of protein and probiotics. Add your favorite fruits and nuts, and prepare for the smiles and compliments as your guests enjoy these delicious bites!
5. Probiotic Pumpkin Glow Smoothie
Bring some skin-supporting nutrients to your Halloween with this colorful Probiotic Pumpkin Glow Smoothie. Filled with live cultures, protein, vitamins, and minerals for glowing skin, this recipe is a delicious, healthy way to ward off sugar cravings on a day typically filled with candy from start to finish. Sip your way to better gut health and skin this Halloween with this recipe!
6. Vampire Red Velvet Cupcakes
The perfect way to celebrate Halloween is to take a bite out of our Vampire Red Velvet Cupcakes. With a frosting made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese and Lifeway Kefir in the batter, these fang-tastic kefir cupcakes are oozing with flavor. Get your ovens ready, because this recipe is one that you won’t want to miss out on! Get the recipe here.
7. Farmer Cheese Protein Pumpkin Pudding
Our Farmer Cheese Protein Pumpkin Pudding made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese is a decadent and delicious way to get a boost of energizing protein and gut-healthy probiotics to support a diverse, flourishing microbiome. As if that’s not enough, this yummy dessert is also packed with fiber from real-food ingredients that combine beautifully with Lifeway Farmer Cheese to deliver a dessert-like pudding that packs in flavor, functionality, and fun. Get the recipe here.
8. Magical Maca, Matcha, and Mandarin Orange Smoothie
Magical Matcha, Matcha, Mandarin Orange Smoothie is a tasty, festive blend with an enticingly tart, citrus flavor. Our recipe makes a bewitching potion because this smoothie is fortified with Lifeway Organic Whole Milk Vanilla Kefir, matcha, and maca for a dose of energy that never follows with a crash. Plus, Lifeway Kefir loads this recipe with probiotics, protein, calcium, and vitamin D. It’ll put a spell on you. Get the recipe here!
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