Looking for playful and nutritious after school snacks for kids? Then let us introduce you to celery critters. Not only are these treats absolutely scrumptious, but they’re also healthy and fun to make. With a colourful blend of fruits, vegetables, and a few tasty chocolate drops, these celery critters may just become the kid’s new favourite snack – even the pickiest of eaters will love them.
Ready to create celery critters with your kids? Simply follow our easy recipe and watch them come to life!
What you'll need:
Method:
1. Alternate spreading cream cheese and peanut butter (or jam for a nut-free version) into the cavities of the celery pieces.
2. Use peanut butter (or use jam for a nut-free version) to affix the candy eyes onto grapes, almonds, or cherry tomatoes to create the heads of the critters.
3. Create antennae by poking a hole in the top of the sliced fruits or vegetables using a skewer, and inserting sprigs of chives.
4. Secure the critter heads onto one end of the celery sticks and create the critters body using various fruits and vegetables of your choice.
Tips:
- For a snail shell effect, position the sliced fruits behind the critter's head.
- To form a caterpillar, arrange rounded fruits or vegetables along the length of the celery stick.
- For an ant, position just one rounded fruit or vegetable behind the critter's head.
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Serves:
10
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Time needed:
20 mins
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 5 celery sticks, chopped into various sizes
- 50g cream cheese
- 50g peanut butter
- Handful of blueberries
- Handful of cherry tomatoes
- Handful of grapes
- Handful of almonds
- 20 candy eyes
- 20 3cm sprigs of chives
- 1 apple, sliced and halved
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 kiwi fruit, sliced
- 1 cucumber, sliced
