{"id":5587,"date":"2011-02-09T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T21:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2011-02-11T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T18:16:53","slug":"valentines-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/09\/valentines-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got another post in the works for Feeding Tube Awareness Week, but I thought I’d share a couple of snacks for Valentine’s, since that’s right around the corner.\u00c2\u00a0 I served these at a Valentine-making playdate recently, and they both turned out so cute!<\/p>\n

Orange Heart Fruit Cups<\/h4>\n

Similar in concept to the Jack-o-lantern Fruit Cups for Halloween<\/a>, I simply cut a large hole in the top of each orange, hollowed them out (using my hands), then used some small heart cookie\/candy cutters to punch out shapes on the side of the orange.\u00c2\u00a0 I found it easiest to start the cookie cutter on the inside and push out instead of the other way around.\u00c2\u00a0 (No, oranges aren’t particularly Valentines-y, but I thought doing this with apples-I needed 4- might be a little too tedious.)\u00c2\u00a0 I filled the orange cups with heart shaped watermelon slices, strawberries, and apple.<\/p>\n

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Valentine’s Snack Mix<\/h4>\n

The fruit cups were super cute, but all of the kids really enjoyed this snack mix which includes chocolate, strawberries and just the right combo of salty and sweet.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n