After School Snack Board
Are your kids "starving" when they come home from school? Surprise them with an after school snack board stacked high with healthy fun snacks! They'll love it.
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 20 monster cookie energy balls
- ½ cup mini M&M's
- ½ cup ranch dressing
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 2 cups celery sticks
- 2 cups baby carrots (or carrot sticks)
- 10 cheese peanut butter crackers
- 2 cups grapes (red, green, or purple)
- 1 cup Cheez-It crackers (any small crackers or pretzels)
- 2 apples, sliced
- 2 cups popcorn
Instructions
- Prepare the monster cookie energy balls.
- Wash, cut, and prep all necessary ingredients.
- Assemble your board. Arrange the monster cookie energy balls down the center of the board.20 monster cookie energy balls
- Put the M&Ms, ranch dressing, and peanut butter into small bowls. Arrange the bowls around the board's edges.½ cup mini M&M's, ½ cup ranch dressing, ¼ cup peanut butter
- Fill in the open spaces with celery sticks, baby carrots, cheese peanut butter crackers, grapes, cheez-it crackers, sliced apples, and popcorn. Be unique, creating a decorative pattern. You may want to add more or less of certain ingredients to fill holes or suit dietary needs.2 cups celery sticks, 2 cups baby carrots, 10 cheese peanut butter crackers, 2 cups grapes, 1 cup Cheez-It crackers, 2 apples, sliced, 2 cups popcorn
- Gather the kids and enjoy!
Notes
- Easy substitutions: Use any variety of energy balls or granola bars for this board. Feel free to substitute your kid’s favorite fruits (berries, sliced pear, melon chunks, dried fruit, etc.) and veggies (sliced cucumbers, grape tomatoes, bell pepper strips, broccoli florets, sugar snap peas, etc.)
- Storage: Store all items in separate air-tight containers. Refrigerate the necessary items.
- Nutrition note: The information below is a very approximate estimate and will depend on what combination of food items you offer, what brands you purchase, and how much of each item you actually eat.
Nutrition
Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 268mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 3693IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
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