Recipe courtesy of Kathleen Daelemans
Fruit Critters with Yogurt Peanut Butter Dip
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Calories
- 57.5 calorie
- Total Fat
- 2.7 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 0.75 grams
- Carbohydrates
- 5.7 grams
- Dietary Fiber
- 0.25 grams
- Protein
- 3.1 grams
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Inactive: 20 min
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups lowfat yogurt
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
1 pint strawberries
1/2 cup raisins
3 apples
1 1/2 cups seedless grapes
3 bananas, peeled
Thin pretzel sticks
Sunflower seeds
Directions
- In a food processor, combine yogurt, peanut butter and dark brown sugar and puree. Pour into a decorative bowl and chill in the refrigerator, about 20 minutes.
- While the dip is chilling, make fruit "critters" using the fruits for bodies, pretzel sticks for legs, and raisins for eyes. Here are some suggestions, but use your imagination!
- Quarter and core an apple. Place the flesh side down so the peel is facing up. This will be the shell for a "beetle". Cut 1 raisin in 1/2, place the inside down towards 1 end of the apple to make "eyes" for your beetle. Break 4 pretzel sticks in half and insert into the bottom for legs.
- Carefully thread grapes onto a pretzel stick to make a caterpillar. Stick 2 sunflower seeds into one of the end grapes to make eyes. You can also use 2 kinds of grapes to make a multi colored caterpillar.
- For a fly or bee: Cut off the last 2 inches of a banana, so you have a piece with a slight curve and a tapered end. This will be the body. Carefully stick a pretzel stick into the cut surface so half is in the banana and half is sticking out. Core a strawberry and carefully stick in onto the other half of the pretzel stick to attach the "head". Cut a raisin in 1/2 and stick the cut side onto either side of the strawberry to make "eyes". Cut 2 slices of apple and carefully stick into the banana to make wings.
- Dip the critters in the dip and enjoy!