We’ve all seen the perfectly styled food photos on blogs. Many of the recipes look mouthwatering, but they can be time-consuming. And, depending on the ingredients, necessitate a trip to the store. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve found wonderful recipes and love to prepare them when I have time. But, sometimes, my nerves are frazzled, time is short, and I need to make a quick snack or dessert. That’s when it is prepackaged ingredients to the rescue! I still want to make something fun, but it needs to be something I can pull together in a hurry, like this Easy DIY Bear Snack recipe. With only four ingredients, this snack comes together in minutes and is sure to please the pickiest child.
How to Make Easy DIY Bear Snacks
To make the snack you’ll need vanilla pudding cups, banana slices OR mini chocolate sandwich cookies, mini peanut butter cups or other small round candy, and brown chocolate candies, like M&Ms. If you need a gluten-free version, use gluten free mini chocolate sandwich cookies or the banana slices. You can also mix up a box of instant vanilla pudding mix, if you prefer instead of the pudding cups.
When you’re ready to make the snack, spoon the pudding cup into a shallow bowl. Add the mini peanut butter cup in the center of the pudding for a snout. Add two M&Ms above the snout for eyes. Place banana slices (or mini chocolate sandwich cookies) upright, one on the top left corner of the cup and one on the top right corner of the cup, for ears. Voila! You are done in five minutes and can bask in praise from the kids. Who knows maybe they will even offer to clean up the kitchen after they are finished eating.
Printable Recipe
- 4 Vanilla Pudding Cups OR 1 box (3 ounces) vanilla pudding mix, prepared as directed on package
- 4 mini peanut butter cups
- 8 brown M&Ms
- 8 banana slices OR 8 mini chocolate sandwich cookies (like oreos)
- Spoon 1 pudding cup into a shallow bowl. Add a peanut butter cup into the middle of the pudding as a snout. Above the snout, place 2 brown M&Ms for eyes. Add two banana slices or mini chocolate sandwich cookies, one in the top left corner and one in the top right corner, for ears.
- Repeat with the other three snacks.
These cute animal themed snacks are perfect for a woodland birthday party or a camping themed party. It gives an entirely new meaning to playing with your food! Because these are so easy to assemble, they are also a great family cooking activity for parents of young children.
Do you have a favorite easy snack you prepare with your children when you’re in a hurry?
This is too cute. I think this would be fun snack time for kids!
I really need to stop surfing the web on an empty tummy I want one of those right now! 🙂
Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly
My kids will surely love this!! So adorable!
This is so fun and cute! I can’t wait to try this!
That is a really cute way to serve pudding. I will make them on the weekend, when the grandkids will be here with me. Oh what fun we will have. The older ones can help with decorating the pudding cups.
Aww these are too cute! I love finding fun and yummy treats for the kids.
Oh that is such a cute snack for the kids! So many great treats in one cute bear!
Awe those are so cute! I love the Oreos for ears.
What a cute idea. My kids would absolute flip over this!
This is such a cute idea and so easy too. If only the kids would clean up the kitchen afterwards.
So cute and creative. Fun fun for kids
My kids would really love these fun snacks! I bet they would want me to make them ASAP!
These look great! And so easy to make! I would have to eat one as I was making this for my son! Thanks for these!
This is the most adorable recipe and it looks like it takes no time to put together. I think it looks pretty and delicious–a winning combo for any kid.
I love how you use a peanut butter cup as the nose! It looks so cute and I just want to gobble it up myself!
Kids are always more inclined to eat when their snacks are adorable. You really hit the mark with these pudding cups!
That is VERY cute! It only takes a few seconds to make and the kiddo will love it! I love that it doesn’t take anytime to do!
That is such a fun snack idea! I am babysitting my nieces this weekend and they will love this.