Halloween Party Appetizer: Healthy Baked Sweet Potato Rounds

I'm always on the lookout for ways to make healthy food more fun and these Baked Sweet Potato Rounds make the perfect Halloween appetizer. It's amazing how easily cookie cutters transform plain food into exciting party food.

This is a very simple recipe with only 4 ingredients. Yep, you read that right. FOUR ingredients. And with just a little prep time you'll be serving up a fabulous plate of Halloween appetizers your guests will love.

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Ingredients Baked Sweet Potato Rounds

Simple Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes
• Heart healthy avocado oil or EVOO
• Himalayan Pink Salt
• Cinnamon or Pumpkin pie spice

Recommended Tools 

• Halloween Cookie Cutters
• Mandoline slicer
• Potato peeler
• Silicon basting brush
• Silpat baking mat

Peel the Potatoes

When you pick up your sweet potatoes choose the largest, widest ones for maximum cookie cutter flexibility. Then wash and peel the skins if you desire.

You'll be cutting the edges off with the cookie cutters so this is totally optional but I chopped up the left over scraps for soup and peeling it whole is WAY easier than trimming each slice.

Slice Potatoes

After peeling, you'll want to use a GOOD knife {I have a Cutco set I adore} or a mandoline set at 1/4″ – 1/3″. The thinner slices roast faster and are easier to shape with the cookie cutters.

Choose Your Shapes

At this point you could just move on and start roasting these rounds but where's the fun in that!? I rummaged through our sizable cookie cutter collection and found a couple the perfect size.

Word to the wise, only use the metal cutters. The plastic ones did not work so well!

The small pumpkin made for darling Jack-o-lanterns, though it's a bit tedious cutting the details by hand, so do yourself a favor and just do a few faces to display on top! The flowers aren't Halloweeny but they look a little like leaves on the pan.

I use a silicon silpat liner whenever I bake anything. It reduces the oil required on the pan. My food never sticks and makes clean up super easy.

Brush Sweet Potato Rounds With Oil 

I like using a basting brush to add the oil instead of tossing them in a bowl of oil. I use WAY less oil that way and only get it where I need it. Make sure to brush both sides.

I prefer avocado oil to extra virgin olive oil but they are both great heart healthy options.

Sprinkle With Spices

This is where you can personalize the recipe. Start with salt, or Mrs. Dash if you're cutting back on sodium. I love this Himalayan pink salt but there are tons of salt options out there beyond the blue canister. So experiment and find the ones you love.

We like our sweet potatoes sweet, but not marshmallow sweet. Just roasted to bring out the natural sugars and enhanced with some cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. If you're looking for a more savory option you can try:

• Rosemary and garlic
• Cumin and cayenne
• Ginger and Coconut drizzle
• Or use the rounds as a base for Gluten-Free Bruschetta

Serve Baked Sweet Potato Rounds

Bake them up at 425 degrees for 20 minutes, longer if your slices are thicker.

Then serve them on their own or with a side of curry ketchup. It's delicious! You can save this recipe for later. Although it's so easy you almost don't even need one! But that's how I roll in the kitchen. Quick, easy, and delicious is the only way to go. If you make these I'd LOVE to see them.

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Now head on over to Jordan's Easy Entertaining for another delicious recipe for this amazing Baked Brie with Raspberry Preserves appetizer. This ooey gooey appetizer is sure to be a hit. It's my favorite cheese ever!

Join us again tomorrow on Day 5 for some Halloween inspired drink ideas.

If you’re just joining us on the 13 Days of Halloween Inspiration here’s what you missed:

• Day 1: DIY Halloween Decor – Floral Skull Centerpiece
• Day 2: Halloween Sweet Treats – Chocolate Raspberry Shooters
• Day 3: Halloween Cupcakes – Brainy Mad Science Mini Cakes
• Day 4: Savory Halloween Appetizers – Baked Sweet Potato Rounds
• Day 5: Mocktails/Cocktails – Day of the Dead Non-Alcoholic Sangria Recipe
• Day 6: DIY Halloween Decor – Faux Leather Paper Spell Book
• Day 7: Halloween Home Decor – Halloween Front Porch Decor
• Day 8: Halloween Sweet Treats – Red Velvet Brain Cake
• Day 9: Healthy Halloween Food – Mummy Frozen Bananas
• Day 10: Cricut Craft – Halloween Cricut Craft Haunted Hollow SVG
• Day 11: Halloween Tablescape – Elegant Gothic Halloween Party Table
• Day 12: Halloween Kids Activities – Frankenstein Peeps Edible Mad Science
• Day 13: Halloween Party – Halloween Mad Science Party Ideas

Until next time my friend,