Easy To Make - Ants On A Log Are A Healthy Snack Kids Love

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
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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
  

1. 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.
   
2. Spread peanut butter in the celery piece.
   
3. Put raisins on the peanut butter, scattering them around like they are ants on a log.
   

• You can substitute oats for raisins to seem like it's termites instead of ants.
  

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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
  

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