The boys come home from school absolutely STARVING. I could almost serve dinner at 3:30 and they'd be happy to eat it. Buuut, they'd be STARVING by 5:30. Afternoon snacks are a must. I know I like to snack too :) I can't serve any wimpy snacks because if I do, then the boys are starving within minutes of eating and are begging for more food and generally driving me crazy while I'm trying to make dinner. The other day I had some bananas sitting around so I thought I'd try something new for them...the Frozen Banana Snack!
It's a quick and easy snack to throw together and have ready when the boys get home in the afternoon. Gather a banana, Popsicle sticks, peanut butter (or other nut butter), chocolate chips (roughly chopped), and foil. First, cut the banana in half and push a Popsicle stick in the cut end. Then spread some peanut butter (or other nut butter) over the banana.
Roll the banana in the chopped chocolate chips then wrap the foil around the banana and place it in the freezer.
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| {These chocolate chips weren't chopped much. After making this one, I chopped the chips up more and they stuck better without having to use so many per banana.} |
These take a couple of hours to freeze, so plan ahead a little if you want them frozen or serve immediately.
After eating these, the kids were happy and didn't ask for more food until dinner time :)
*If you don't have any sticks, no worries, just prepare them without the sticks and serve with a fork or spoon. Also, these can be made smaller and served as individual bites. Freeze individual bites on foil without wrapping up.*
Maybe if you try those teeny tiny chocolate chips then you wouldn't have to chop up the others.
ReplyDeleteNina, good idea! I even have some on hand, just not an open package :)
ReplyDeleteLove the idea! I am going to have to try this!!!
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