Scooter Snacks

Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Makes

2 scooters

Updated: Sep. 26, 2022
Feel like building a little fun into after-school routines? Let the kids help you construct these nutritious scooter snacks to rev up their homework efforts or tide them over 'til suppertime! —Didi Desjardins, Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Ingredients

  • 8 slices zucchini (1/4 inch thick)
  • 6 pretzel sticks, divided
  • 2 pieces string cheese (1 ounce each)
  • 2 pretzel rods, cut into 3-inch pieces
  • 2 tablespoons spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese
  • 4 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 pimiento-stuffed olives, halved

Directions

  1. For each of four axles, thread two zucchini slices through a pretzel stick, leaving a 1-in. space in the center. For each scooter, position string cheese between two axles.
  2. Attach a pretzel rod with cream cheese to each scooter; top each with a pretzel stick for handlebars. Add tomato hubcaps and olive headlights and taillights with cream cheese.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 201 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 591mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g protein.