Summer fun snacks

Looking for some fun summer party snacks...I was looking for some fun ideas for my daughters 3rd birthday party and look what I found. Isn't that cute! I love it! And it is so easy to make!


Replace ho-hum snacks with fun to eat (and make) treats like this one from "Bean Appetit: Hip and Healthy Ways to Have Fun With Food," by Shannon Payette Seip and Kelly Parthen. Ingredients Green grapes Red grapes Cheddar cheese slice Mini-pretzel sticks Carrot pieces (thinly sliced) Instructions To make your own edible campfire, arrange several grape halves in a circle. Tear or snip a slice of Cheddar into fl ame shapes, then stand them, along with a few thinly sliced carrot pieces, inside the grape circle. Surround the flames with broken mini pretzel-stick logs.

Ingredients Fresh strawberries Mini chocolate chips Black decorators' icing Almond slivers Toothpick Red lace licorice Wedge of Cheese (Your choice) Instructions For each mouse, slice a small section from the side of a strawberry so it sits flat. Press a mini chocolate chip into the tip for a nose, using a small dab of icing to secure it in place, if needed. Add icing eyes and stick 2 almond slivers into the top of the berry for ears. For a tail, use a toothpick to carve a small hole in the back of the berry and push the end of a piece of licorice lace into the hole. Serve these berry cute treats with small triangles of cheese.

Ingredients 1 cup strawberry sorbet 2 teaspoons mini chocolate chips 3 tablespoons water 1/2 cup lemon sorbet 2 drops green food coloring wedge-shaped popsicle molds popsicle sticks Instructions To make a batch, mash together 1 cup strawberry sorbet, 2 teaspoons mini chocolate chips, and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl. Put the the mixture into wedge-shaped popsicle molds (we used six 2-ounce molds), filling each about two-thirds full.* Spoon a thin, even layer of lemon sorbet on top. In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup lemon sorbet, 2 drops green food coloring, and 1 tablespoon water. Spoon a layer into each mold and insert a popsicle stick. Freeze the pops for at least four hours. Tips: * Here's an easy way to fill the molds: mix these ingredients in a ziplock bag, snip a corner of the bag, then pipe in the mixture.
Instructions: Use a sharp knife (an adult's job) to trim the wax covering from a mini cheese round, then add facial features with small pieces of red bell pepper, scallions, carrot, and olives*. Serve with a short stack of whole wheat crackers.