Healthy Birthday Snack Ideas

NNAhuja
NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi All!
I work in a corporate setting where when it's your birthday, you bring in snacks. My birthday is right around the corner and I really need your help with coming up with healthy snacks that won't be the typical cookies, oversized cupcakes, etc.

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  • megsi474
    megsi474 Posts: 370 Member
    Rainbow fruit skewers with a homemade vanilla dip
  • patiblue
    patiblue Posts: 44
    A Fresh fruit bowl and mix light whipped cream together with strawberry yogurt as a tasty cold dip.
  • NNAhuja
    NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
    Rainbow fruit skewers with a homemade vanilla dip

    Oooo that sounds good. So fruit would be Watermelon, cantelope, pineapple, honeydew and then blueberries. Recipe for the vanilla dip?
  • tlink67
    tlink67 Posts: 20 Member
    I have brought in fruit/cake dish.

    You mix different berries :
    strawberries/blueberries/raspberries
    Angel food cake
    about 1 tbsp of Trop 50 OJ to soak the angel food cake
    package of sugar free vanilla pudding
    lite cool whip

    chop up all the berries
    cube the angel food cake about 1" and pour the oj on top
    cook the pudding according to the directions
    then layer--cake-pudding-fruit
    until your out

    once you serve top with whipped cream
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    Maybe do that devil's food/pumpkin muffins with cool whip free? They taste AWESOME and NO one will believe they're low fat!
  • gamespriteicon
    gamespriteicon Posts: 66 Member
    Fruit plate with cool whip (the tub) or yogurt for dipping. Can always do the fruit plate with scoop of ice cream or frozen yogurt, yum. You still have the Sweet without all the guilt.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    A hedgehog - skewer cocktail sticks with cubes of cheese, pineapple chunks, baby tomatoes, grapes, pieces of ham, pickles, etc, and then insert the sticks into a grapefruit so that it looks like a spiky cactus!
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/category/snacks/
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I have brought in fruit/cake dish.

    You mix different berries :
    strawberries/blueberries/raspberries
    Angel food cake
    about 1 tbsp of Trop 50 OJ to soak the angel food cake
    package of sugar free vanilla pudding
    lite cool whip

    chop up all the berries
    cube the angel food cake about 1" and pour the oj on top
    cook the pudding according to the directions
    then layer--cake-pudding-fruit
    until your out

    once you serve top with whipped cream


    This sounds really good! One thing though: A lot of people don't like artificial sweeteners and sugar free products, so take that into consideration when making food with those types of ingredients. At the very least, let people know in case they don't like it, so they won't take it. I've had that happen before, and either had to choke it down or throw it out (and felt really bad about not enjoying their hard work).
  • Hasu
    Hasu Posts: 67
    Some really yummy party snacks would be:

    Fruit Kabaobs - Any of your fave fruits cubed up and on fun party skewers with a really yummy yogurt type dip can be really nice.

    Rice Krispie Treats - I know but if you use low fat butter and cut the squares into smaller portions they can still be fat and calorie friendly

    Yogurt Covered Pretzels or Raisins - Sweet and Salt and don't break the bank calorie wise lol

    Baked Veggie Chips - Slice up some of your favorite root-type vegetables and roast em with a bit of olive oil and top with something like sea salt when they're hot out of the oven, super yummy!

    Apple Slices with Honey for Dipping

    aaaaaaaaaand finally if you're any good at baking you could perhaps tackle some tasty muffins like banana, pumpkin, corn, or zucchini.

    Man, now I'm hungry lol
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