Spoiler: If you don’t like gross – this isn’t the recipe for you.
Like a lot of kids, mine love to dress up for Halloween. This year, after brain-storming lots of ideas, they announced that they wanted to have zombie skin that they could pull off and eat, announcing that this would gross people out – they were not wrong! This tutorial, believe it or not, is super easy and healthy, despite how it may look!
We then popped our revolting fruit scabs into the bottom of the aga to dry out. If you are using an oven, set it on the lowest possible setting. You are aiming to dry the fruit scabs out rather than cook them. You can also leave your tray in a warm place to dry out the fruit scabs out naturally. In the aga the scabs took about 2 hours to dry out. We were absolutely delighted by how revolting our finished scabs looked!
Do you think our scabs are revolting enough? Please let us know in the comments below. For more Halloween craft inspiration check out our Gingerbread Mummies, our Halloween Shadowbox and our Creepy Concrete Hand Sculptures.
If you’ve enjoyed this tutorial please share so others can be revolted by it too!
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This is so hysterical and awesome. :P I think you need to submit it EVERYWHERE… Scary Mommy? Huffington Post parenting blog? Family Fun?? I feel like pretty much anyone would want it — it’s so awesomely original and turned out so brilliantly!
Thank you so much Sarah Eliza, I took your advice and Huffington Post have accepted it! I’m so grateful for your encouragement x
You did such a great job here you even have my Halloween obsessed daughter’s approval.
I’m delighted your daughter approves Mary – there’s so many gross Halloween ideas out there, we’ve got stiff competition!
Hi Sarah, yep, this post is pretty revolting. But so clever too! It’s nice to think that something that disgusting is healthy too.
xx
I think we surprised ourselves with how revolting these turned out lol, but they are healthy and cheap to make :)
Brilliant!!! My boys would LOVE these!!
They definitely were a hit with my kids and their friends – it is unbelievably disgusting watching them peel them off and eat them!
What a great idea. They do look rather gruesome!
They do, don’t they lol – I think my nursing background gave me a good reference for gruesome wounds :)
What a brilliant idea. I really like this and am pinning it to my halloween board. Angela
Thanks Angela, we were really pleased with how they turned out :)
I can’t get over how realistic these scabs look. My two year old would love them, my four year old would be scared to bits.
I trained as a District Nurse, so I have seen plenty of wounds lol – I did worry that these were too realistic, but the kids loved them :)
I’m sure these taste delicious but they look revolting! Such a clever idea.
Thanks Charlotte (I think!) The kids delight in watching people’s faces as they peel these off and eat them :)
Ha ha ha, this is so wrong yet sounds so yummy (and it feels wrong it sounds yum!). I would never have thought of making edible scabs :) #FoodYearLinkup
Thanks Mel, we think our scabs are pretty unique lol
Genuinely quite revolting, but awesome! I bet kids adore them!
The kids love them – they think its so funny that everyone thinks they are revolting :)
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Even though my mind says those are edible the eyes say ewwww! Good job on making them look seriously real! Thanks for sharing with #foodpornthursdays!
It does make me feel slightly sick watching the kids eat them!
They sound — and LOOK — absolutely revolting!!!!! I *hate* the word scab!!! LOL!! But what a fantastic idea — am bookmaking this for when my boys are older! Thanks for sharing and thanks so much for linking up to #TwinklyTuesday — hope to see you again tomorrow!
Think I now have the reputation as the disgusting scabby blogger lol. We’re looking forward to linking up with #TwinklyTuesday again tomorrow x
What a fab idea & so much fun to make. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the kids ate their scabs :-)
They are unbelievably proud of them! We are taking a whole batch to a party this weekend – they want to see how many grown-ups they can gross out!
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This is all kids of disgusting and deliciousness rolled into one! I can’t believe how disgusting and realistic they are for fruit purée! You have definitely outdone yourself with this idea, I love it! I will certainly be trying this when the boys are bigger, I think it may scare O now!
Thanks for linking up to #HowtoSunday :) x
Thanks Jenny, we’re really pleased how well these have been received, we think they are great :)
How fun and creative are you!? I bet this was a fun project to do with the kids, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall, I’m sure the room was full of giggles and groans and a bunch of “gross!!!” and “so cool!”. And yes, I agree with you, this is gross, but I’m sure you are deemed the coolest mom ever!!!
It was a lot of fun :) We are all going to a Halloween party together, so are looking forward to taking some along x
These are totally gross – but completely brilliant! I think I am going to have to do these with Grace next weekend! What a great idea. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo x
They are so simple, its hard to believe that such innocent fruit puree can be turned into something so disgusting – bet Grace will love making them (I’m not suggesting she likes revolting stuff – sorry Grace!) x
wow – that’s amazing & they look really good! #PoCoLo
Thanks – we were amazed at quite how disgusting they looked :)
These look totally gross but what a fab idea!
Its hard to believe they are actually a healthy snack – maybe I should market them lol
So totally disgusting but so amazingly cool at the same time x
They are fun. Kids took such pleasure in peeling them off their arms and eating them :)
These look positively disgusting. Which is totally the idea and I love it. I can’t wait until our little one is old enough to enjoy gross stuff like this :) #PoCoLo
They were such fun to make, and eat. I’ll never be able to look at fruit leather the same way again!
This is a great idea for a bit of fun and fruit too!! They look great on, although bigger than I thought by the initial photo, I am sure my Monkey would love these :) #kidsinthekitchen
We made ours pretty big (well the kids did!), but you can of course make them any size. It’s just plain old fruit leather, so a really healthy snack!
These looks so gross, yet like so much fun! I can see the appeal for the kiddos. Looks like fun to make, so creative!
The kids had loads of fun making them, and a delighted that everyone thinks they look revolting – they keep asking to read the comments on here!
These are both awful and amazing at the same time!!
Thanks, that’s the effect we were going for!
Utterly disgusting – and just perfect!
I knew you’d approve :)
These are awesome! I showed my 8 year old son your pictures and when I told him they were edible zombie flesh he said, “Ewww, but really cool at the same time!” He was both grossed out and in awe that it is actually edible. He was already coming up with who he could gross out and scare with the scabs. This is very creative! Visiting from #waywow
Thanks for the positive feedback, mu kids are 7 and 10, so same sort of age range. Not only are they edible but technically they are healthy too, at least until you add the syrup blood :)
These are revoltingly brilliant! From apples to scabs, I love it, they look so realistic and I imagine the kids would love wearing them and picking at their scabs all through their Halloween parties. One for #Trash2Treasure
Thanks Fiona, have to say they exceeded our expectations on the disgusting scale! The kids do love the fact that they can pick bits off them and eat it, it really is quite revolting to watch :) I’ll link them up to #Trash2Treasure – Thanks!
Oh wow, gruesomely amazing! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
We are pleased with how revolting they look. Thanks for having us om #TastyTuesdays
WOW!! You warned me it was going to be grusome but this is impressive! I have a 10 year old who would LOVE this! Thankyou so much for linking up with #kidsinthekitchen with such an great idea!!
Haha, I did. My kids are so pleased with them, they think its hysterical to peel them off and eat them. I have a nursing background so can stomach pretty much anything, and even I feel slightly sick watching them! Thanks for having us on #KidsintheKitchen :)
That’s seriously gross. Well done…mission accomplished the kids will love it. Kids are weird ;) thanks for sharing this spooky post! #TwinklyTuesday
Haha thank you!
These look absolutely revolting but my son would love them!! #twinklytuesday
My kids are so proud they managed to cook something quite this revolting :) Thanks for popping by :)
These look amazing! I will definately be giving these a go with the kids for halloween! My daughter does gruesome special fx with vaseline etc so she will love making edible gross stuff!!
It amazes me how much kids like gore – my daughter who normally is quite particular about how she looks is loving walking around with them attached to her face, there is no accounting for taste!
Wow! Awesome idea…. looks gross, but awesome! lol! :) #twinklytuesday
We are really pleased with how well they worked out. Hard to believe its actually a healthy snack!
h God, these look revolting. My boys will love this!
#kidsinthekitchen
They really are disgusting :)
These are really gross. I’m so impressed at how disgusting they look. Edible zombie skin, amazing! Thank you for linking up to #HelloHalloween ugh :)
We were aiming for as gross as possible, so we’re really glad you think they look disgusting too! The kids have a party on Halloween, so we’ll be using them then (if they don’t eat them all before!) Thanks for having us on #HelloHalloween :)