Hi guys it's Dr. Mona and I'm here with my lovely friend Erica... Hello
Erica's my co-host to everything I feel like most of the time most of the time
whatever she can so given the spirit of fall and October and Halloween we wanted
to do a really fun video on how to not give in to Halloween candy but still
have those little indulgences and enjoy yourself so we've got snacks for kids
treats for you if you want some vegan options we've got that too so should we
get started yes I love Erica because I'm really good with the health stuff but
she's so creative and coming up with like cool little like just making things
fun you make things really fun Thanks! You know? I'm like a Pinterest mom with no kids
when she makes food she garnish it all cute. It's all about presentation
Right? so I'm obsessed with apples I'm obsessed
with fall I just love like the cinnamon spice and the apples so let's let's talk
about candy apples my favorite yeah I love candy apples well I used to love
candy apples I never touch them anymore but Erica thought of a really cool idea
as an alternative so instead of caramel which is basically a bunch of different
sugars all heated up it's terrible for you
we're gonna do almond butter chocolate apples so I think that sounds amazing I
think it sounds great yeah so remember sugar is something that you want to
avoid no matter what age you are what diet type you have it's never
recommended your body doesn't need a certain amount of sugar ever it's always
something you should try to avoid it leads to obesity diabetes and these are things
you might not think about when you're younger but you will think about when
you're older when you have to take 30 different kinds of medication every day
so let's stay healthy and youthful forever I'm about that I'm about that
too so also the good thing about this is we
use some vegan dark chocolate I wouldn't even necessarily have to tell anyone
it's vegan because it tastes just as good it's not only vegan but it's sweetened with
stevia stevia is one of the only sources of sugar sweetener I'd say I recommend
there's no sugar in it this brand is called Lilies
we use this dark chocolate we melt it a little bit mix it with the almond butter
and then you've got these really yummy candy apples and I think the kids and
adults will like I'm excited about it so we're doing Candy Apple dippers not like
around you could technically do it around the whole Apple whatever you like but no
I don't know if the almond butter would hold it might be a little messy so it's probably better to
do them it's like Little Dippers. But the dipper work really well yeah
so you just cut them up mm-hmm and then you get your dark chocolate in a bowl
yep and you heat it mm-hmm and when you're heating chocolate you always want
to start low so you'll start with like 15 seconds and then stir it and then do
another 15 seconds because chocolate burns really easily if you don't like
using microwaves obviously the best choice is to do it on the stove but it's
up to you I know sometimes you can't always have that amazing option if
you're in a hurry so whatever you want to do that's true
way to throw that in there doc health-conscious always okay all right
so she's gonna go heat those up hmm one thing I want to point out that I love
about Apple's is that they're full of fiber so this is great to really flush
out toxins fiber is one of the most important things to incorporate in your
diet so they'll keep you full full of fiber really crunchy and yummy just in
season and fall so that's always great all right so we've got the chocolate all
nice and melted that looks amazing that looks like like chocolate sauce you'd
buy when it's so simple to just do it yourself so a little tip too if you ever
want to make your chocolate like a little more runny or thin for like a
drizzle add some coconut oil all you're doing is adding amazing nutrients and
healthy fats for your skin and hair and also making it thinner so it's a win-win
next we're gonna add the almond butter mm-hmm make sure it's organic so when
you buy almond butter or any nut butter make sure you're always getting it raw
unroasted and unsalted Raw is super important because when it's in that form
it's much easier for your body to digest so you're just getting more benefit out
of it if you're eating of food you want to get the most benefit you're getting
while you're eating it or else it's kind of taking away eating that healthy food
so always get it raw unsalted because just buy everything unsalted
and then if anything add a little salt yourself it's always better to start
clean and likes being control of what you're adding to it that looks so good! Can I have one mmm oh my God!
So good by
the way if you follow my content you know that I have this rule where you
should always eat fruit on its own this is breaking that rule you're not always
perfect I don't even always follow these rules but if you're gonna have a candy
apple or you know candy bar versus this this is still the better choice so maybe
you're not getting the best digestion but still a healthy snack it's more
really good it's really good I'm really enjoying this mm-hmm
but we have more talk about that's really good mm-hmm
okay go should we slide these over so next snack this is kind of for the kids yeah
this is definitely for kids if you're taking your kids to a party and you need
to bring something this is perfect for that because it's healthy and it's also
fun because they can draw their own faces let me get a little close-up of
this I don't know if you can see it oh you can you got a little jack-o'-lantern
cups yes so you do some sharpies let them draw in their own cups and then
we're gonna fill it with all orange fruit so we have like little mandarin
cuties clementines we've got fresh mango we've got cantaloupe so whatever one you
want while Eric is making those I just want to stress that it's so important to
teach your kids from a young age these little habits of how to eat healthy I
obviously know a lot about health I've studied health but I can really
contribute a lot of my taste buds in my interests and how is was fed as a kid you
know I'm Persian and it's really big in our culture to eat so much fruit
probably too much fruit but I grew up with my mom literally bringing me a
fruit plate every single night like a huge fruit plate I thought this was
normal so I'll never forget my freshman year I move into the dorms and I like
start cutting up a grapefruit and literally one of my friends was like
what that this is like an 18 year old didn't
know what it was and I just it was normal to me so I think if you given
these habits when they were young and they can grow up and really just crave
it and enjoy it because fruits sweet anyone would like it I agree you know so
we've got also for the adults this is kind of cute I think even for like a
little work party or something any of the oranges or citrus fruits are great
for your skin they've got lots of vitamin C citrus is amazing for your kin
mango is really great for promoting healthy hair I love mango it's probably
my favorite fruit in the world cantaloupe I'm not a huge fan of it's
great for you it's got a lot of water content so I like that it's hydrating
okay so as you can see we have separated them into mango cantaloupe and
Clementine and the next thing that you're gonna do is well not everyone
likes whipped cream and this is also vegan whipped cream so that's a plus
but this is a combo one and so adding whipped cream is just something fun you
can do it's especially fun for kids it makes it feel like more of a little
dessert definitely don't recommend it regular whipped cream it has dairy there
are so many great vegan options you can get soy whip rice with coconut with
coconuts definitely the one I'd recommend and see what you guys have at
your grocery store I'm also a big fan of Amazon for ordering things because you
can get anything on Amazon and this is the top of the pumpkin a little mint
garnish treat you for the rest of them yeah
one without yeah yeah good idea this is like that I mean that's so cute right I would
enjoy this those kid I would enjoy it as an adult I think kids like anything that
looks fun yeah so having it look like this I think kids will definitely go for
it which is better because then they won't grab for candy it literally taste
exactly like whipped cream and it's really good there's no names to so quick
health tip here I highly recommend avoiding dairy especially for your kids
at a young age dairy can worsen things like allergies and mucus buildup and
asthma there's just so many different things I would you know there's a lot of
great options you can use if you want to choose different fruit we can quickly go
over a little health tips for each so my favorite thing about mango is that it's
you know it's really great for your hair and skin but most of all so packed with
antioxidants and it's really great for fighting off free radicals preventing
cancer and anything you can do at any age to fight off things like that is
amazing I love citrus fruit with a vitamin C
vitamin C is a great antioxidant also helps fighting disease and cancer
amazing for your skin especially if you have dark spots or sun damage citrus is
really great for helping right in the complexion and then cantaloupe is
actually really well known for how much potassium it has and potassium is really
good for balancing fluid levels in your body and this is going to help with
blood pressure so if your parents your grandparents you know you know that
they're suffering from blood pressure cantaloupes a really great snack to add
in there you know maybe present this to them I think this is cute for
grandparents and grandkids to make together I think right right I think
it's great for anyone or anyone yet anyone all right and last but not least
we've got the candy so obviously kids want candy
of course everyone wants candy some adults want candy too but you know if you
are trying to be vegan I you know there's ways to still indulge and do
something good for the environment and your health and for the animals so I'm
I'm gonna play a little game and I'm gonna hold up a candy
and you're going to guess if it's vegan or not Eric is like kind of transitioning
into vegan she's like what 90% I'd say like 94
point three 94.3% vegan so let's go through the candy I'm gonna
hold one up and you tell me if you think it's vegan or not okay alright so first
we've got Jolly Ranchers. Vegan or not vegan? I'm gonna say vegan because I'm
pretty sure it's just sugar. You are correct!
these are vegan so this is a vegan friendly snack so if you have
trick-or-treaters coming you can throw some Jolly Ranchers in there alright
next we have got Airheads. Airheads vegan or not vegan? They're chewy you know
they're kind of gummy the only reason I'm questioning that is because they are
chewy and gelatin I know sometimes has more animal by-product
so vegan or not vegan? oh I'm gonna go I'm gonna go not vegan.. Wrong! These are
vegan they are? that is very it's very safe to assume because so many things
you wouldn't think are vegan actually or you wouldn't think have animal product
actually do but these are vegan so these are vegan friendly Airheads okay right
next we've got swedish fish vegan or not vegan? I'm gonna go for sure not vegan
because those are very gelatinous. Nope! These are also vegan! What? Yes see it's so
easy to have vegan candy you don't even have to tell your kids or tell an other
kids that they're vegan you know because sometimes if you make it a big deal then
they don't want it that's almost like if you tell a kid something's healthy
they're not gonna want to eat it. Very true. so just use these for trick or treating and the last one
we pull yeah last one... Skittles vegan or not vegan? I'm gonna say
definitely vegan definitely vegan is right! so that's kinda a trick
question because they were all vegan I know where's the non vegan I don't want to
buy non vegan candy so I just wanted to show you guys all four of these we've
got skittles swedish fish airheads and Jolly
Ranchers now I'm just gonna be totally honest I wouldn't eat this candy cuz I'm
not a candy eater but some people like candy kids eat candy totally normal
so at least go over the vegan stuff and last but not least my absolute favorite
I actually posted this a year ago Erica helped me create the little meme on
Instagram for it and I'm happy to now share it on YouTube yeah this is a
really good one so if you love peanut butter and you love peanut butter cups
then this one is for you peanut butter and chocolate is just an amazing combo
good it's so good you can't go wrong peanut butter is also really great if
you are vegetarian or vegan at least you've got a little source of protein
and substance so you might as well you're eating candy get some nutrients
out of it so here's one that we've kind of already froze and let's talk about
the process and what we do step one
we've got these cute little they look like cupcake cups but what do you call
these they're mini cupcakes so mini cupcake cups basically what you use for
like chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cup or something you can buy these on Amazon
we can put a link or something to them you can buy them at like a Target or CVS
Joanne's Michaels any sort of craft store yeah so
the first thing you're gonna do is melt chocolate we've got some more melted
chocolate here we just put it in a little bowl and melt it and you're gonna
start with one layer and you just it's a little bit messy one thing we did
actually was melt the chocolate in the little cupcake cup alright cupcake paper
yeah we melted it right in there in the microwave because it just made it easy I
think I did it for like 30 seconds total 15 each and when I took it out of the
microwave you can see that it doesn't even necessarily look like it's melted
they still took their pieces but if you lightly touch it they'll kind of melt
apart so you put one layer of chocolate you put that in the freezer for I'd say
how many minutes like five mm-hmm five minutes let it harden then you take some
peanut butter and you layer it with some peanut butter put it in there for
another maybe 5-10 minutes take it out and put another layer of chocolate you
can just do one and have it be like a classic peanut butter cup or what do you
do do you like above a bunch of layers umm I like classic me too
here's one we've already made it looks like heaven we wanted to eat it it's
got a this one just has like a little swirl of chocolate on top you could even
get creative and make them look cute but this is great for kids like little
chocolate peanut butter cups I actually like them with almond butter almond
butter is definitely healthier so if you're looking for the healthier snack
as an adult or for your kids that's good but you could always go with a classic
chocolate peanut butter cut anyway like we said the obviously these are still
some form of candy and sweets but there's so much better and healthier
than the things you're getting take the sugar side even you know who the
chocolate has a little bit of sugar when you're getting candy from stores there's
just so many dyes and toxic ingredients and you just really I mean especially if
not for you for your kids you want to make sure you're keeping them as healthy
as possible and yourself you don't wanna put toxins in your body
and on top of it tasting amazing any nut butter you use whether it's like almond
walnut those omegas are so great for you they're great for your cholesterol for
blood pressure they keep your hair so shiny it's a huge contributor to healthy
hair and soft skin so we can find little ways to indulge and still you know
nourish our bodies and stay beautiful stay young and just live healthy most
importantly so I hope you guys like this video it was a lot of cool little fun
things I enjoyed it I I'm excited to eat well I have been eating all of this
let's be real Erica keeps let's check out these mangoes it's kind of sad
looking now because Erica keeps eating it
but they are really good all right let's turn off the video and eat the rest of our
props I am actually we should take a bite into this one just to show them
what it's like when you take it out it does melt a little bit so it's not the
cleanest but the bottom is nice and hard I'm gonna take a bite
oh yeah oh yeah
that's the stuff okay bye guys bye
stop eating the props Erica! But the're so good. They are really good