Description
Ants on a Log is a classic, fun, and healthy snack featuring crisp celery sticks filled with creamy peanut butter and topped with raisins that resemble ants. This easy no-cook recipe is perfect for kids’ lunches, quick snacks, or a nutritious appetizer with delightful texture and natural sweetness.
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 3 Celery Sticks
- ¼ cup Peanut Butter
- 30 Raisins
Instructions
- Prepare the Celery: Wash the celery sticks thoroughly to remove any dirt, then cut each stick in half to create six logs ready for filling.
- Fill with Peanut Butter: Using a butter knife or spoon, add peanut butter into the concave side of each celery stick half, spreading it evenly along the length of the stick.
- Add the ‘Ants’: Press raisins firmly into the peanut butter topping on each celery stick, arranging them to resemble ants walking along the log.
Notes
- Alternatives to celery: carrots, cucumber (sliced in half lengthwise and seeded), banana (sliced in half lengthwise), apple wedges, pear wedges, peach or nectarine wedges.
- Alternatives to peanut butter include any nut butter, cream cheese, cottage cheese, hummus, mashed avocado/guacamole, Greek yogurt, or other dips/spreads such as beetroot dip, carrot hummus, bean dip, or tzatziki.
- Alternatives to raisins: other dried fruits like apricot, dates, figs, or pineapple cut into raisin-sized pieces; peas; sweetcorn; olives; cherry tomatoes; grapes; blueberries; seeds; or nuts.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 log
- Calories: 110 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
