Birthday Snack for Daughter's Class

If you want to go healthy AND fun, put cheese sticks, goldfish crackers and a juice box in a goody bag! Or you could make a trail mix! Good luck!

I just had snacks for my sons class and I made a dessert pizza. It was a huge hit. The "crust" was a brownie, the "sauce" was a cream cheese and powdered sugar, and then all the "toppings" we kiwi, pineapple, grapes (sliced in half) stawberries slices. They all loved it!

What about muffins instead? They're also cute and easy to eat and serve, but healthier for the kiddies. You could decorate with different fruits, like raspberries and strawberries.

My daughter used to love Dirt Cups:Get some clear, plastic tumblers pour in about an inch of crushed Oreo's, top with chocolate pudding, then add more crushed Oreo's and a couple of gummy worms. You can make them once in the class so that you don't have to try to transport them but if you decide to make them at home then put them in a shallow box and cover with plastic wrap. You could also do fruit parfaits pretty much the same way except replace the oreo's with fresh fruit and the chocolate pudding for vanilla then top with whipped cream. Remember to buy plastic spoons too!

Deceptively Delicious by J. Seignfeild. She has lots of fun deserts with a kick of veggies in them too. I would think brownies would be great. Even fruit salad. Yougart. I just read carol's answer. My husband put melted chocolate on a rice crispy treat. Oh my they were good. Cake bites from http://bakerella.blogspot.com/ are really fun to make and alot of people liked them. They were way too sweet for me. She also has rice crispy on a stick dipped in chocolate.

fresh fruit and a chocolate fountain or fondue pot.

I agree- first you need to check with her teacher. Secondly, there might be some children in the class with special dietary restrictions. For instance, I had a classmate with diabetes and he couldn't eat the cupcakes and cookies people brought. My girls can't eat wheat/gluten/modified food starch so they can't eat those treats either.

If they allow you to bring a snack, check the snack section in health food stores or the health foods section of HEB and Kroger. They have something called smooshed fruit by Frubu. My girls like the fruit roll up version because it lasts so long. It has no sugar in it, just fruit!

S., mom to 5 ages 6 and under

I always made cupcake cones for my kids - mostly at their request!!. You do a cake mix just the same, but instead of putting it in papers, use the flat bottomed ice cream cones. fill them about 2/3s full and bake them the same amount of time you would cupcakes. I used funfetti cake mix - it's got the colored sprinkles in it and I also made chocolate ones. Then I took a tub of cool whip and allowed each child to dip the top of their cone. I usually took a tray and had an assortment of sprinkles that they could "dust" their coolwhip with. The cones aren't as messy as cupcakes because they don't have to pull off the paper and there's no waste. You do however, have to bake them the morning before they're served or the cones get mushy.

I have also done Rice Crispie Treats. But, when I melt the marshmallows, I add some food coloring. My daughter wanted pink. And, then right after I've pressed them in to the pan, and while they are still warm and sticky, we put pink sprinkles on top. I then cut them in to squares, put saran wrap around them and tied them with pink, curling ribbon.

Make sure peanut butter is allowed...
You probably remember these from your childhood cafeterias...I made these for Teacher luncheons and they all went crazy..
Peanut Butter Bars
1 c. sugar
1 c. white corn syrup
2 c. peanut butter
5 c. corn flakes

Bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil. Remove from heat and add the peanut butter, cream well. Pour over the 5 cups of corn flakes.

Angelfood cake w/ fresh cut fruit is a healthy tasty choice

Well I am the mean mom. My son and daughter, now 12 & 15, very tall and lean, never really ate all the sweet stuff most kids do. Rarely are sweets part of our diet, so, I brought carrots and dip and/or apples and peanut butter to dip in. Everyone always ate it!! Teaches that "treats" don't have to be sugar. A snack brought in for celebration is just that!!! My two cents!!
C.

Check with teacher. I am a teacher and we are no longer allowed to give food for everyone's birthday anymore. Some state law. They blame the teachers because kids are getting fat. Such a joke.

What we've done a few times is bring sugar cookie cutouts and a can of frosting, along with a bunch of plastic knives and a container of sprinkles or colored sugar. The kids have a terrific time.

I've also made those cake balls on www.bakerella.com (listed in a post below) and my daughter loves them. They are crumbled up cakes mixed with frosting, made into balls, and dipped in chocolate or candy melts. My daughter prefers them made with white cake and dipped in white chocolate, with sprinkles.

If you want something a little healthier (and you're allowed to bring peanut products), I made tortilla roll-ups with peanut butter once and the kids loved them. Spread peanut butter on a tortilla, roll it up, and cut into slices. You could even put sprinkles in the peanut butter to make it festive.

Oh--and the person below who mentioned those pretzels with hershey kisses and m & m's in the oven--we've also made those with GREAT success for kids.

Have fun!

THESE ARE GREAT FOR PARTY'S AND EASY AND IRRESISTABLE
Ing: pretzels,hersheys kisses, m&m''s
250 oven temp
lay pretzels flat on cookie sheet unwrap and lay hershey kisses on pretzels put in oven 2 min pull out put m&m on top
of hershey put in ice box for few min to let harden choc back up ready and tasty

I took doughnuts one time--at the teacher's suggestion. If you want healthier, you could take a fruit tray.

I used to get a bag or two of the mini bagels and a couple of tubs of cream cheese(one flavored and one not) and the kids always went wild for it...there were never any leftovers...

Good Luck!

Brownies. They are convenient, quick and easy to clean afterwards.

I like the goody bag idea, with a variety of options like, maybe, a brownie and an apple. So many people have dietary restrictions, and you don't want to make the kids feel left out.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to find out what some of those restrictions are, and use it as a teaching tool for your daughter, making all of the snacks compliant or setting apart something safe for those kids. I grew up with certain dietary restrictions and have recently come to terms with a gluten intolerance. You would be surprised at how much has always been off my list and how much has recently dropped--lol. People are very intolerant, too, of other people's dietary restrictions, so this age is a good time to start teaching that. (Relatives have turned their noses up at me when I have discreetly inquired about ingredients. If I bring my own food, then I am rude. Now, I just make a point of not eating their food at all, and they think that I am evil. It would be nice for people to learn early that not eating certain things doesn't really make you "different" or "special".)

Either a big cookie (just plain sugar cooking) with each chid's name on one or a big papcorn ball.

On my daughter's 3rd birthday, I sent cookies that were the number 3. You can get number cookie cutters. I used a sugar cookie dough. I let my daughter help ice and decorate them. We left some of them plain.

It was a pretty quick project. Everyone loved them.

Have fun,
Danabeth

It is a cup cake but done in a ice cream cone the one with a flat bottom. No they not burn,, they can be iced to look like ice cream cones.

You could take small cups (the dixie cup size) and a variety of things that make up trail mix (raisins, craisins, cheerios, chex cereal, mini pretzels or pretzel sticks, peanuts, etc.) and let them make a little cup of trail mix with things they like. Put the items in little zip lock bags and give all the children a little plastic glove and they can reach in and get a few of each item. My grandson's class loved doing that and it was healthier for them. Then I left the remainder with the teacher to provide snacks later if it was warranted.

I have made rice krispie treats. I cut them out into a fun shape with a large cookie cutter.

Last year I made lollipop cookies for my daughter's Birthday. You just buy the pre-made cookie dough squares and you insert an ice cream stick into each square before baking them in the oven. Once they are cooled, I wrapped them with different colors of cellophane and tied the bottom with curly ribbon. When they are done they look like giant, colorful, lollipops. Her friends really loved them. This year I did the same thing for Valentine's day. I used the pre-made sugar cookie dough and cut out hearts with a cookie cutter and inserted an ice cream stick at the bottom of each heart. Then, once they were cooled, I wrapped them in red cellophane and tied the bottom with pink and white curly ribbon. These cookies are fun to make and eat!

I've taken mini bagels, different varieties of cream cheese and sprinkles. The kids loved tasting the different cream cheeses and had a blast covering their bagels with sprinkles! To make it even more festive, I brought special napkins and plates that my daughter picked out.

Good luck!
D.
http://www.4myhappyhealthyfamily.com

Cookies- easy and neater than most other stuff and the kids are happy. Some chocolate chip, some sugar - the fact that you brought something is what will be remembered- not that you slaved over the oven/stove/whatever. Pickup some packs of those nice sized cookies at the grocery-lots of schools are requiring only store bought treats anyway,now.

Last year my son chose donuts with sprinkles on top. It was a big hit with the kids. Another Idea that a friend has done is to make or buy sugar cookies, ice them, and after the icing is dry, write each child's name on a cookiewith a tube of icing.(remember to PRINT the names at this age). Her children requested this year after year.

You could make sandwich puzzles! Just make a sandwich (pb and j works well), use a cookie cutter to cut a shape in the middle, then use a knife to cut the "frame" in a few places. Put the pieces in a baggie and voilà! :)

Donuts with strawberry or chocolate frosting and sprinkles! I did that for my daughters 5th birthday and the kids loved it.

My son is not a big cake fan. So this year he picked Krispy Kreme! All the kids enjoyed it. Some of the kids bring cookies for their birthday also.

I would check with the teacher first. Not only could there be dietary issues, the district could have restrictions about what can be brought to the classroom. Some have a list of approved foods if they do have restrictions.

I've brought ice cream cones to my son's preschool class the last two years, and you would have thought I was taking them to Disneyland!!!! Messy, but very fun and the kids were so thrilled! I got the big bucket of Neopolitan and each kid got to chose strawberry, vanilla, chocolate or all in one scoop!
Rice crispie treats are also a beloved snack.
Have fun celebrating!

Oops, I just looked at the date of your request. Sorry about that.

Hi J.,
It is hard to go past cupcakes. I tend to go with what kids love, and they love them. You could just do something different with the cupcakes.
There is also the single serve ice-cream cups. I have seen these served at parties, but kids always go for the cakes first. I would like try something differnt too but the kids always want cakes.

Have a fun party.

W.

Hi, I'm not sure if you are talking about making a treat or buying but you might want to check with the school. Our school no longer allows homemade treats brought in due to allergies, etc. They only allow store bought items and nothing with peanut butter.