Taste of Home
Scooter Snacks
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
YIELD: 2 scooters.
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
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8 slices zucchini (1/4 inch thick)
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6 pretzel sticks, divided
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2 pieces string cheese (1 ounce each)
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2 pretzel rods, cut into 3-inch pieces
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2 tablespoons spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese
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4 cherry tomatoes, halved
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2 pimiento-stuffed olives, halved
Directions
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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.
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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.
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Nutrition Facts
1 each: 201 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 591mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g protein.
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