Fruit and Vegetable Bug Snacks for Kids
These fruit and vegetable bug snacks turn fresh produce into playful caterpillars, beetles, and other easy treats for a kids’ party or lunchbox.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 bananas peeled and halved
- 1 cup strawberries hulled and sliced
- 1 cup grapes washed
- 1 cup cucumber sliced into rounds
- 1 cup baby carrots washed
- 16 mini chocolate chips for eyes and spots
- 8 pretzel sticks broken into antennae
Instructions
Instructions
- Wash and dry the fruit and vegetables. Cut the bananas in half lengthwise or into thick sections, slice the strawberries and cucumber, and keep grapes and carrots whole.
- Arrange the banana pieces, strawberry slices, grapes, cucumber rounds, and carrots on a platter as small caterpillars, beetles, and other playful bugs.
- Use mini chocolate chips for eyes and spots. Break pretzel sticks into short pieces and place them as antennae or legs.
- Serve the fruit and vegetable bug snacks immediately, or chill the platter briefly before serving.