Celery Bug Snacks
Transform celery, peanut butter, and fruit into adorable bug-themed snacks! These easy celery critters are perfect for parties or after-school treats.
Cost $10
Equipment
- Chef's Knife
Ingredients
- Celery hearts
- Creamy peanut butter
- Cream cheese
- Seedless grapes
- Blueberries
- Grape tomatoes
- Apple slices
- Lime juice
- Pretzel twists
- Candy eyeballs
Instructions
Prep Ingredients
- Slice the apples and place into a bowl of lemon juice or lime juice to prevent browning. Be sure to remove any seeds.
- Cut celery hearts into pieces that are about 3-4 inches long.
Add the Filling
- If making sweet snacks, fill the celery with peanut butter.
- If making savory snacks, fill the celery with cream cheese.
Decorate
- Create your cute critter snacks by topping the peanut butter filled celery with grapes or blueberries to make caterpillars, pretzel twists to make butterflies, and sliced apples to make snails.
- If using cream cheese, add tomatoes to make caterpillars.
Finish
- To make the bug snacks look even more life-like, you can add candy eyes. Add a little dollop of peanut butter to the back of each eye to hold in place.
Notes
- Safety: For children under 5, cut grapes and grape tomatoes in half lengthwise. Place cut-side down so they still look like whole bugs.
- Serving: Assemble on the serving platter to prevent tipping. For extra stability, trim a thin slice from the bottom of each celery stalk to create a flat base.