Halloween Spider Bagel Bites
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Halloween Spider Bagel Bites
Description
This seasonal snack uses mini bagels split and topped with marinara or pizza sauce and vegan cheese for a cheesy, tangy base layer. Optional finely chopped basil, mushrooms, and bell peppers can be added for additional flavor and freshness. The distinctive spider decoration is created by placing a whole black olive on each bagel’s hole and surrounding it with halved olive slices to mimic legs.
Baked at 350°F, the bagel bites crisp up slightly while the toppings soften and meld. The result is a combination of soft, chewy bread, tangy tomato sauce, melted vegan cheese, and olives adding a salty, savory punch. The design offers a playful, visual treat suited for Halloween parties or themed snacks.
The recipe notes suggest creative variations such as vampire faces, Jack-o-Lantern shapes, mummy wrappers of mozzarella strips, or monster eyes using mozzarella balls and olives, encouraging customization for festive presentations.
Ingredients
- 4 mini bagels
- 1 cup marinara sauce pizza or thick
- 1 cup vegan cheese cheese optional
- 8 black olives California; whole
- black olives California; sliced, cut in half; handful
- 2 Tablespoons basil optional, minced
- 2 Tablespoons mushroom optional, minced; veggies
- 2 Tablespoons bell pepper optional, minced; veggies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pull apart your bagel halves and lay them on a baking sheet face up. Spoon pizza or marinara sauce on each bagel, sprinkle with vegan cheese, add basil and veggies (if using).
- In each hole of your bagels, place a whole black olive. Add 3 or 4 halved olive slices to each side of the whole olives to resemble spider legs.
- Place your bagel bites in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the bagel is crispy and the veggies are tender.
Notes
- Create a vampire face using black olives for hair and eyes with red bell pepper for mouth and fangs.
- Form Jack-o-Lantern faces by cutting bell pepper and vegan cheese into triangles and mouth shapes.
- Make mummy designs by layering mozzarella strips with olive eyes on the bagel bites.
- Design monster faces using vegan mozzarella balls and olives for eyes and add red bell pepper fangs.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 467 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 467kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 67g | 22% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 1900mg | 79% |
| Potassium | 550mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 699IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 83mg | 8% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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