Healthy & Fun After-School Snacks
Ingredients
Chocolate-Avocado Dirt Cups (Ingredients for 4 Servings):
2 avocados (ripe, peeled, pitted, and halved)
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk of preference
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup crushed chocolate cookies
8 gummy worms
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sushi Rolls (Ingredients for 1 Serving):
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons strawberry jelly, or any jam, jelly or preserves of your choice
2 slices bread
Ants on a Log (Ingredients for 2 servings):
1 celery stick
2 tablespoons of peanut butter
10 raisins
*Alternatives to celery include: carrots, cucumber, banana and apple (cut into wedges)
Instructions
Instructions for Chocolate Avocado Dirt Cups:
1. Place everything in a blender. Pulse a few times to break everything down and until everything is smooth.
2. Pour into small cups and refrigerate for 15 minutes or longer.
3. Top with crushed chocolate cookies and two gummy worms per cup. Enjoy!
Instructions for Peanut Butter & Jelly Sushi Rolls:
1. Remove crusts from bread. With a rolling pin or large soup can, completely flatten bread.
2. Spread peanut butter and jelly on each slice of bread.
3. Roll each slice into a tight spiral. Cut each spiral into 4 pieces.
Instructions for Ants on a Log:
1. Wash the celery sticks and cut each stick in half.
2. Add peanut butter into the concave part of each celery stick and spread.
3. Push raisins into the peanut butter to represent "ants".
These recipes were shared with our families for our August Back-to-School Family Fun Day!
