It is so cold out and kids are getting restless staying inside, here are 10 creative snacks you can make with your kids or that they can make on their own!
- Snowman Cheese Sticks:
- Ingredients: String cheese, black olives, and carrot sticks.
- Slice string cheese and stack the slices to create a snowman. Use black olives for eyes and buttons, and a small piece of carrot for the nose.
- Pretzel Rod Snowflakes:
- Ingredients: Pretzel rods, white chocolate, and winter-themed sprinkles.
- Dip pretzel rods into melted white chocolate and sprinkle with winter-themed decorations before the chocolate sets.
- Hot Cocoa Rice Krispie Treats:
- Ingredients: Rice Krispie cereal, marshmallows, butter, hot cocoa mix.
- Prepare Rice Krispie treats as usual, but mix in hot cocoa powder before adding the cereal. Cut into squares and enjoy!
- Winter Fruit Kabobs:
- Ingredients: Assorted fruits (such as grapes, banana slices, and berries).
- Thread the fruits onto skewers to create colorful and healthy winter fruit kabobs.
- Snowman Pancakes:
- Ingredients: Pancake mix, whipped cream, chocolate chips, and fruit.
- Make pancakes of different sizes, stack them, and use whipped cream, chocolate chips, and fruit to create a snowman face.
- Penguin Cookies:
- Ingredients: Chocolate sandwich cookies, white chocolate, orange candy (for the beak), and black icing.
- Melt white chocolate, dip the cookies in it, and add orange candy for the beak. Use black icing to create eyes and wings.
- Snowy Trail Mix:
- Ingredients: Popcorn, pretzels, white chocolate chips, and winter-themed candies.
- Mix together popcorn, pretzels, white chocolate chips, and winter-themed candies to create a sweet and salty snowy trail mix.
- Snowflake Sandwiches:
- Ingredients: Bread, cream cheese, and snowflake-shaped cookie cutters.
- Make sandwiches using snowflake-shaped cookie cutters. Spread cream cheese on the bread for a snowy touch.
- Marshmallow Snowmen:
- Ingredients: Large marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chocolate chips, and icing.
- Stack three marshmallows using pretzel sticks, use chocolate chips for eyes and buttons, and use icing to draw on a mouth and carrot nose.
- Winter Wonderland Popcorn:
- Ingredients: Popcorn, white chocolate, winter-themed sprinkles, and edible glitter.
- Drizzle melted white chocolate over popcorn, then add winter-themed sprinkles and edible glitter for a festive touch.
