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Apple Butterflies

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30 min prep time
0 min total time
5 ingredients
4 servings

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Your kids will fly right home for these tasty afterschool nutritious snacks that look like colorful butterflies. Add a few raisins on each "apple wing" and they transform into butterflies with spotted wings.

Ingredients

1/2: cup peanut butter*

4: fresh baby carrots

1: large red apple

8: (2-inch-long) thin strips celery

: Colored decorator sugar, if desired

Steps

1 Spoon 2 tablespoons peanut butter onto center of each of 4 individual plates. Shape peanut butter on each plate into a mound about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide. Place 1 carrot down center of each mound of peanut butter.
2 Cut apple into quarters; remove core. Cut each quarter into 7 thin slices; cut 1 slice in half crosswise. Fan 3 apple slices on each side near top of each carrot to form upper wings. Place 1 half-slice on each side near bottom of each carrot to form lower wings.
3 Place 2 strips of celery at top of each carrot to form antennae. Sprinkle apple slices with decorator sugar.

1 Spoon 2 tablespoons peanut butter onto center of each of 4 individual plates. Shape peanut butter on each plate into a mound about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide. Place 1 carrot down center of each mound of peanut butter.
2 Cut apple into quarters; remove core. Cut each quarter into 7 thin slices; cut 1 slice in half crosswise. Fan 3 apple slices on each side near top of each carrot to form upper wings. Place 1 half-slice on each side near bottom of each carrot to form lower wings.
3 Place 2 strips of celery at top of each carrot to form antennae. Sprinkle apple slices with decorator sugar.

Expert Tips

Spice up the flavor by adding 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to the peanut butter.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1/4 of Recipe

Calories: 250
Calories from Fat: 150

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 17g; 26%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%
Sodium: 150mg; 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 16g; 5%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16% Sugars 11g
Protein: 8g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 60%; 60%
Vitamin C: 6%; 6%
Calcium: 0%; 0%
Iron: 4%; 4%

Exchanges:

1 Fruit; 1 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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