Grinch Party Poppers

The Grinch is one of Dr. Suess’ most beloved characters, and at Christmas we love to watch “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”.
Just like we love to make Christmas trees, wreathes, snowmen, Santa, and reindeer for snacks this time of the year, we also love Mr. Grinch.

Today’s snack is a perfect finger food to put out for the kids at a Christmas party.
These would also be perfect for a Christmastime sleepover, featuring popcorn, the Grinch movie, and these scrumptious little poppers.
Healthy, cute, and super fun, you know these little guys will be a hit.
Here’s how to make them.

Step 1: Collect your ingredients and assemble Grinches

 
(Depending on how many Grinch poppers you would like to make, you will need that many of the following):
 
-slice of white string cheese (at least 1/3 inch thick)
-strawberry
-banana slice (at least 1/3 inch thick)
-green grape (with bottom sliced off so it lays flat)
-melted chocolate. (1/2 of a Hershey’s bar, broken into pieces and microwaved until melted, stirring at 20 second intervals will be plenty to make up to 25 poppers)
 
Assemble each Grinch by sliding each piece up a plastic toothpick.  I get mine from the dollar store.  They come in a package of assorted colors with little hearts on the top.  They are the perfect size, and not too sharp for the kids to eat off of.
 

 Step 2: Melt Chocolate

 
 Depending on how many poppers you are making, melt the appropriate amount of chocolate.  I used a simple Hershey bar in this recipe.

1/2 of a Hershey’s bar, broken into pieces and microwaved until melted, stirring at 20 second intervals will be plenty to make up to 25 poppers.

  Step 3: Pipe Grinch faces

Place your melted chocolate into a piping bag with a very small tip attachment; 
or do it the easy way by using a ziploc bag with a tiny snip off of one corner to pipe your faces.
Make 2 eyes with frowning eyebrows above them.  Next, make a wide smile with bumps and a little point at the bottom middle.

Step 4:  Chill, serve, and enjoy!

 
Chill in the refridgerator for at least 15 minutes.
 

 My little girls LOVED these guys.  I made about 10 of them for today’s post, and they had to be cut off after 4 each!  (They still hadn’t had their lunch yet)!
 
TIP: Pipe Grinch faces onto grapes and chill in advance if you want to work ahead and prevent the rest of the ingredients from being out in the air too long.
 
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Comments

  1. What cute party poppers and what a wonderful theme for a blog site. I love your creativity and the idea behind it.

  2. Super cute idea, Amy! I love it!

  3. Lil Grinches made from strawberrys,grapes, bananas, and chocolate…….OUTSTANDING!!

  4. Cute! We already did our Grinch Party for the year, but I’m pinning this for next year! Visiting from Mommy Solutions. Thanks for the awesome idea!

  5. These are adorable – what a terrific idea & healthy too!

  6. Those are so cute- just pinned them!

  7. Oh my goodness those are adorable! Hmmm… I think I want to have a toddler party just to make them!

  8. These are so cute! Just pinned them! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!

  9. These are awesome! How fun to get kids to eat fruits. Thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday.

  10. These are the cutest!

  11. Awesome!!! Cutest party food ever!

  12. How far in advance can this be prepared without bananas turning brown ?

  13. I have the same question, how do you keep the bananas from turning brown? Want to do these for my sons class.

    • I would assemble them within an hour of when you want to serve them. One thing you could do delay slicing the bananas up is pipe the Grinch’s faces with chocolate and chill – then go back and assemble everything in the skewers.

      Good luck! I hope they love them!!

  14. Mimi Hudachek says:

    Love these! I am excited to take a healthy option to my son’s class. However, I am trying a test one right now and the cheese keeps splitting, no matter how think I slice it. Going with a mini marshmallow as the pompom topper!

  15. Thank you for sharing! I found you via Pinterest and have added you to my Top 10 Pinterest Christmas Recipe List.

    http://www.thevintagemilkhouse.com/2012/12/22/my-2012-pinterest-christmas-top-10/

    Have a Merry Christmas!

    Kali – The Vintage Milk House

  16. These are so creative!!!

  17. I wish my kids would do activities like this!!! They say their to old for this kind of stuff:(

  18. I don’t even have children but all of my friends are kids at heart…I can’t wait to make these at my next party, even if it isn’t Christmas!

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