Sometimes kids make a big fuss about eating anything that looks too healthy, or maybe you just want to reward them with a treat that tastes as sweet as it looks. Either way, your children will have a ball with these 3 snacks that are almost too cute to eat!
1. Fancy Ladybugs
You’ll Need:
- crackers
- cream cheese
- cherry tomatoes
- black olives
- chives
Here’s How:
1.1 Cut a cherry tomato in half and slice each half down the middle, chop an olive into tiny pieces, and spread cream cheese over a cracker.
1.2 Place one of the sliced tomato halves at one end of the cracker for the wings and one intact olive at the other end for the head. Spread the chopped olive pieces on the tomato wings for the polka dots and place the chives inside the intact olive for the antennae.
2. Chocolate Snails
You’ll Need:
- thin sponge cake
- Nutella
- chocolate-covered marshmallows
- pocky sticks
- white and dark chocolate
Here’s How:
2.1. Spread Nutella over the sponge cake, cut the cake into 1-inch strips, and place a chocolate-covered marshmallow at the end of each strip.
2.2 Draw faces on the snails with melted white chocolate and dark chocolate and use Pocky sticks for the antennae. Finally, roll the cake strip up towards the marshmallow.
3. Cute Chickens
You’ll Need:
- 7 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
- 1 thick carrot
- cloves
- salad greens
Here’s How:
3.1 Cut a thick carrot into thin slices and then cut each slice to resemble a chicken comb.
3.2 Cut a vertical line in the top of each egg and stick the carrot comb inside. Use the cloves to make eyes and place the finished chickens in a bowl of salad greens for an added touch.
These 3 snacks are certainly proof that less is more – you only need a few ingredients for a fun and yummy snack that your kids are guaranteed to love.
You can find the recipes featured in the bonus feature here: 3 Cute Snacks For Every Occasion