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Cucumber and Hummus Cupcakes

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I have a recipe for the most healthy cupcake you will ever eat!  I am working on some ideas for our Facebook friend Amber’s upcoming cupcake party, and today I’m showing you how to make a super healthy cupcake!

By the way, we also put together some cute, healthy ideas for her other child’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Party.  Check them out!

Veggie Cupcakes

Aren’t they cute?  Not as sweet as a regular cupcake, but you certainly can feel much better about munching on these during a cupcake party!

Our veggie cupcakes are made out of two ingredients: cucumber and hummus.

Prepare the “cupcake wrappers”

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Peel a cucumber, then take a fork and, while firmly pressing down, pull the fork from one end of the cucumber to the other.  This will create little grooves that will look like little cupcake wrappers!

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Slice your scored cucumber into approximately 3/4 inch thick sections.  You want the cucumbers to be thick enough to hold your hummus, but thin enough to take a bite from.

Once you have cut your cucumber into sections, take a melon baller and scoop approximately 2/3 of the middle out of the cucumber.

Icing your cucpcakes

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I used a star shaped tip with a large opening.  This will create a beautiful, fluffy frosting look on your finished product.

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Fill your piping bag with hummus.  I used classic hummus but there are lots of yummy flavors you could use such as pine nut, roasted garlic, basil pesto, or roasted red pepper.

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Starting in the center, pipe a large dollop of hummus and then swirl your piping bag around until you are happy with the look of your little cupcakes.

For a finishing touch, I added a sliver of red pepper in the center.  See how pretty they turned out?

If you have a theme for your child’s upcoming birthday party and you want to pick our brains here at Creative Kid Snacks, simply post a message for us on our Facebook Wall telling us your theme and the date of the party, and we will come up with at least 3 healthy options to put out at your party to go along with your theme!  Make sure you’ve “liked” us too so that you can be sure to see your special post!

The 12 Coolest Snacks on the Block

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Creative Kid Snacks is a blog all about easy, fun, and healthy snacks for kids.  Let’s celebrate the fun and healthy snacks for kids from the past year!

History of Creative Kid Snacks

Did you know that creativekidsnacks.com was launched in August of 2012?  I had been posting photos of the cute snacks and lunches I was thinking up over at my personal blog, Sugar and Spice, for a little while and, after those became such a hit, I decided it was time for them to have their own blog.
We have had so much fun thinking up and making our snacks to share with you.  Christmas has been an extra special time for us as so many of you have shared and pinned and repinned the festive food we have shared.

It’s time for a countdown of the 12 most popular snacks of 2012!

Here they are in REVERSE order.
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#12: Grover

 

#11: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

 

#10: Snail Breakfast

#9: Cottage Cheese Lamb

#8: Disney’s “Up” Lunch

#7: 3 Creative Christmas Veggie Trays

 

#6: Snowman Party Poppers

 #5: Baby Jesus in a Manger

#4: Snowman Popcorn Cups

 

#3: Solar System

 

#2: Santa Party Poppers

and (drumroll please) . . .

#1: Grinch Party Poppers

Thank you to the 24,000+ of you who pinned, shared, commented, and blogged about these little guys!
I am glad that these Grinches are what so many of you think of when you think of this blog, because they encompass our passion for using healthy food in fun ways as a way of bringing people together.  It’s what we’re all about!
Here’s to a healthy, fun, and creative 2013.  Thanks for a great 2012 everyone!

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Many KID’S ACTIVITY BLOGGERS are compiling their own highlights list for 2012. Make sure you check them out for lots of inspiring ideas to try out with your children:
52 Brand New ~ Adventures in Mommydom ~ angeliquefelix.com – The Magic Of Play ~ At home with Ali
B-Inspired Mama ~ Blog Me Mom ~Boy Mama Teacher Mama ~ Busy Kids = Happy Mom
Carrots Are Orange ~ Caution! Twins at Play ~ Coffee Cups and Crayons ~ Confessions of a Montessori Mom
Craft To Art ~ Creative Family Fun ~ Creative Kid Snacks ~ Creative Learning Fun ~ Creative Playhouse
Creative with Kids ~ Cute and Peculiar ~ De tout et de rien: Activités pour le Préscolaire ~ Dirt And Boogers
Edventures with Kids ~ Enchanted Homeschooling Mom~ The Good Long Road ~ Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails
Glittering Muffins ~ Go Kid Yourself ~ Growing A Jeweled Rose ~ hands on : as we grow ~ Here Come the Girls
Home Learning Journey ~ Housing A Forest ~ Mama Smiles ~ In Lieu of Preschool ~ Inspiration Laboratories
Inspired by Family ~ It’s A Long Story ~ JDaniel4′s Mom ~ Kids Creative Chaos ~ Kid World Citizen
Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers ~ Kitchen Counter Chronicles ~ Laughing Kids Learn ~ Learn with Play at home
Lessons Learnt Journal ~ Life At The Zoo ~ Little Artists ~ Living Life Intentionally ~ Living Montessori Now ~ Love, Play, Learn
Loving My Nest ~ Mama Pea Pod ~ mama miss ~ Mamas Like Me ~ Mess For Less ~ Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas ~ Momma’s Fun World
Montessori Tidbits ~ My Buddies and I ~ My Little Bookcase ~ My Nearest and Dearest ~ No Twiddle Twaddle ~ Nurturestore
Octavia and Vicky ~ One Perfect Day ~ ourfeminist{play}school ~ Picklebums ~ Play Activities ~ Playdough to Plato
PlayDrMom ~ playful learners ~ playing with words 365 ~ PragmaticMom ~ Putti’sWorld ~ RainbowsWithinReach
Rainy Day Mum ~ Raising Playful Tots ~ Reading Confetti ~ Red Ted Art ~ Royal Baloo ~ Science Sparks ~ Scribble Doodle and Draw
Small Potatoes ~ Smiling like Sunshine ~ Sun Hats & Wellie Boots ~ Sun Scholars ~ Teach Preschool ~ The Educators’ Spin On It
The Fairy and The Frog~ The Freckled Homeschooler ~ The Golden Gleam ~ The Imagination Tree ~ The Iowa Farmer’s Wife
The Outlaw Mom Blog ~ The Pleasantest Thing ~ This Reading Mama ~ Toddler Approved ~ Train Up a Child ~ True Aim
Two Big Two Little ~ What Do We Do All Day? ~ Connecting Family and Seoul

 

 

 
 

Flower Pot Snack

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When my daughter and I first started making food art, one of the first creative snacks we thought of was this basket of flowers.
The best thing about making a flower arrangement is that it is totally customizable.  You can make flower out of just about any nutritious food.  Fruits and vegetables are especially perfect because of their bright, beautiful colors.

First, I’ll share how we made this one, then I’ll give you some suggestions for alternative flowers.
Place a graham cracker at the bottom of your plate for a basket.  
Next, thinly slice 1-2  celery sticks flower stems.  If you feel so inclined, you can add “leaves” made out of sugar snap peas, avocado, more celery, green apples, or green grapes.
  Now, create four flowers.  Here’s what we used for ours.
Flower 1:  carrots and a grape.  Flower 2: bananas and the bottom of a strawberry.  Flower 3:  a piece of toast with jam cut into the shape of a tulip.  Flower 4: rosette made of ham.  

I like this snack because of the variety of food groups represented, as well as the way it showcases the beautiful colors of the fruits and veggies.

Other great foods to use for flowers:

strawberries

peaches

nectarines

avocado

watermelon

apples

avocado

bell pepper

hummus: pipe onto plate with a beautiful tip using your cake decorating supplies!

Use your imagination!  I’m sure you will come up with a fantastic plate!  Make one today!

If you enjoyed this snack, you might like our other flower snacks, as well as our nature inspired snacks and everyday scenes.

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