It’s a creepy, crawly ABC Snack!
What do you get when you combine yummy dried fruit, seeds, a little bit of chocolate, with a big dose of imagination? Well, in this post, you get icky insects!
Now, bugs may not be the first thing you think of when you’re hungry for an afternoon snack, but this recipe from our ABC Snacks series just might change your mind.
Be prepared to hear a lot of eeews and yuuuucks as you create and eat your icky insects together. But the good news is, there will probably be a lot of yummmms too!
It doesn’t look like our little helper was very squeamish about eating her buggy creations, does it?
Icky Insect Treats
Here’s what you’ll need to make a plate full of insects:
- A variety of dried fruit: dates, apricots, raisins, banana chips, cranberries, etc.
- Dried noodles or chow mein noodles
- A variety of nuts and/or seeds: pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, slivered almonds, etc.
- Small chocolate chips
Directions:
Use your creativity and combine your ingredients to create the creepiest, crawliest bugs you can come up with. Use larger pieces of dried fruit like dates and apricots to form the bodies of large insects. Use raisins or cranberries to create small-bodied insects. Almonds, small seeds, and banana chips make great wings, and dried noodles or chow mein noodles are perfect for legs. Create eyes with chocolate chips. Sprinkle your insects with flax or chia seeds to add a little texture and a bit of extra protein to your snack.
Adapted from Parents.com
Teaching Tips
- As you create your icky insects, practice saying /ĭ/–/ĭ/–icky insect with your child.
- How many words can you think of that start with the sound of /ĭ/ as in icky?
- Here’s a book that might give you a bit of creative inspiration while you’re creating your icky insects (and a little bit of alphabet practice, too!).
- Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more teaching tips.
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Photo credit: Rachel Neumann
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