Just because you have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) doesn’t mean you have to miss out on Halloween fun. While most candy that you’ll find trick-or-treating is laden with refined sugars and food additives, which can worsen IBD symptoms and contribute to inflammation, there are many healthy ways to satisfy your Halloween sweet tooth. When you make your own treats, you can control the ingredients, modify them to suit your dietary needs, and avoid provoking gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Here are five IBD-friendly goodies to try this Halloween. 1. **Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups**: Make your own peanut butter cups using dark chocolate bars, coconut oil, and peanut butter. Pour melted dark chocolate into lined mini muffin tins, let them set in the freezer, add a dollop of combined peanut butter and coconut oil, and top with another layer of chocolate. Freeze until hardened. 2. **Pumpkin Mousse**: Heat pumpkin puree and mix with cinnamon, plain Greek yogurt, and honey. This creates a light, easy-to-digest mousse that’s rich in nutrients beneficial for IBD. 3. **Peeled-Apple Nachos**: Arrange peeled apple slices on a plate and add toppings like nut butter, mini dark chocolate chips, cinnamon, honey, or pure maple syrup. Baking the apple slices can make them easier to digest. 4. **Snickers Stuffed Dates**: Stuff pitted Medjool dates with creamy peanut butter and dip them in melted dark chocolate. Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens. This treat is naturally sweet and provides essential minerals. 5. **Healthy Homemade Fruit Gummies**: Puree your fruit of choice with water, strain, and heat with gelatin, lemon juice, water, salt, and honey. Pour into silicone molds and refrigerate. Gelatin is easy to digest and helps repair collagen-rich tissues like the intestinal lining.