"Ants On A Log" Is A Quick And Easy Snack
Ants On A Log is a healthy snack that's great for kids of all ages. It's pretty simple, some celery, peanut butter and raisins. Except for people who don't like peanut butter, or are allergic to peanuts, it's a pretty delicious treat!
Along with toast, it was one of the first things I learned to make for myself, and it's just as easy. It's also pretty fun, especially for kids, to pretend that you are eating a line of ants marching along a log!
Ants On A Log
An Easy Recipe
You Don't Even Need To Know Much About Cooking
One of my favorite things on Squidoo is all the talented Lensmasters sharing their recipes. I wanted to share one myself, and while I can't claim this as my own, it is probably the first thing I learned to make for myself after toast!
How to Make Ants on a Log
Can it be much easier than this?
How to Make Ants on a Log
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Ants on a log is a basic, fun, and nutritional snack for kids and ideal for a kid's party for appetizers.
Ingredients
- 1 stalk of celery for each person (depending how many big the pieces are cut)
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup raisins
Steps
- Cut the celery stalks in pieces, depending on how long you want each piece to be; whether it's half a stalk or an inch of celery.
- Spread peanut butter in the celery piece.
- Put raisins on the peanut butter, scattering them around like they are ants on a log.
Tips
- You can substitute oats for raisins to seem like it's termites instead of ants.
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What Do You Think About Ants On A Log?
For me, I usually just enjoy peanut butter and celery, but every so often I add the raisins.
Variations Of Ants On A Log
It's amazing how many variations you can come up with!
Yeah, I'm very sloppy with placing the raisins, but it can be fun to have kids experiment with placing the raisins -- their Ants -- on a Log. Maybe they can be placed in a single file, or two by two. Perhaps the ants can be placed in a zig-zag pattern.
Here's some more ideas on changing things up:
Ants on a Slip 'n Slide - Celery and Peanut butter, a layer of honey, then the Raisins.
Aphids on a log - Use sunflower seeds in place of Raisins.
Gnats on a log - Use currants in place of Raisins.
Ants on vacation - Celery and Peanut butter without "ants," (Raisins).
Ghost ants on a log - Mini marshmallows instead of Raisins.
Other things to try:
- Cream cheese instead of peanut butter
- Cheese Wiz instead of peanut butter
- Chopped up celery instead of peanut butter and raisins
- Pine nuts instead of raisins
- Yellowtail instead of celery
- Pretzels instead of celery
- Chocolate chips instead of raisins
The peanut butter version of ants on a log is recommended as a healthy "Smart Snack," comprising several food groups, by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
(Source: Ants on a log)
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Comments? What Are Your Thoughts About Ants On A Log?
BevsPaper wrote...
My kids loved Ants on a Log! Well, partially...they ate the peanut butter and the raisins and left the celery. Great lens.
Posted November 06, 2009
aj2008 wrote...
Hmmm, not quite sure whether this would go down very well in my household - one likes peanut butter, the other likes raisins, neither like celery! But lovely idea for a lens even if my children wont appreciate it :)
Posted September 29, 2009
Joan4 wrote...
Fun fun snacks! I had not heard of this one! My grands will love it! Thank you!
Posted September 29, 2009
Ecolicious wrote...
Love the title. It drew me in. I also love the healthy and cute snack tip. I will have to try this with my kids
Posted August 28, 2009
Light-in-me wrote...
Hello,
Cute lens, and a great healthy snack !
Nice.....
Robin
Posted July 17, 2009
lou16 wrote...
I don't like celery so I use cucumber - just scoop out the seeds and add in peanut butter or cream cheese and on go the ants, termites or other critters that we've decided to use........what would you call pumpkin seeds??
Posted March 31, 2009
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Mmmmmm! Delightful lens... Thanks for adding this to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.
Posted March 08, 2009
WritingforYourWealth wrote...
Hmm, I seem to remember licking off the PB and raisins and leaving the celery stick when I was a kid. :P
Posted January 06, 2009
CherylK wrote...
What a fun lens...used to make ants on a log for my kids. I'll have to introduce them to my grandkids! *****
Posted December 30, 2008
badmsm wrote...
Great job, Clean! We know who the big kids are on Squidoo! ;)
Posted December 29, 2008
gbenton789 wrote...
Ants on a log ok - but termites? Gotta be a guy thing . fun lense and Good luck on Giant Squidom
Posted December 29, 2008
marsha32 wrote...
This is really a sweet lens. We haven't made these for the kids in a long time but it's a really healthy snack.
Posted December 29, 2008
lakeerieartists wrote...
We eat peanut butter on celery and cream cheese on celery. Never heard the term ants on a log though.
Posted December 28, 2008
PetMemorialWorld wrote...
Good healthy lens :)
Thanks for being my 100th fan!
Posted November 17, 2008
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