Can you believe it’s almost time for back to school? In our area school starts the first week of August, which leaves the kids coming home tired, hot , grumpy and complaining that it is still summer time. I needed some quick and easy meals to cheer them up and found the answer with Nestle Meal Solutions. I’ve been able to whip up some quick and easy meals to ward off the after school hunger pangs.
The kids are always “dying of thirst” and ready to grab something to drink, so I adapted a refreshing Lemon Pineapple smoothie to help them beat the heat. This one substitutes Edy’s Outshine Fruit Bars for the original ice cream called for in the recipe to create the same rich, dreamy taste with a huge reduction in fat and calories! I call it a win-win because I can have one too.
Ingredients:
2 Edy’s Pineapple Outshine fruit bars
¼ cup pineapple
½ cup lemon lime soda (can use diet)
1 tablespoon lemonade concentrate
Directions: Place all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Serve immediately.
My kids have a sweet tooth so I came up with the Ultimate White Chocolate Brownie (almost) guaranteed to beat the back to school blahs. They taste so good that it’s hard to eat just one with their rich combination of white chocolate and a surprise candy treat inside. They are very rich so I could only eat a small amount at a time but they received high praise from everyone who tasted them. I used Nestle Buncha Crunch and Butterfinger Bites but if you wanted a different taste you could substitute Raisinets.
- 1 cup butter
- 3 (1 ounce) squares white chocolate, chopped
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup each Nestle Buncha Crunch and Butterfinger Bites
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt the butter and white chocolate together in microwave for thirty seconds. Stir, Microwave for 30 more seconds or until melted. stirring after every 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Meanwhile beat eggs , sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add in the butter mixture, and stir in the flour and salt until thoroughly combined. Mix in the Nestle Buncha Crunch and Butterfinger Bites.
- Pour into a greased 9″ by 13″ baking pan and bake 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean, Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes before slicing.
Even though the kids love for me to prepare snacks for them, my son is just as happy to have a Hot Pocket. They are his go to meal whenever he wants a snack or for lunch. Whenever he accompanies me to the store he asks, “Are we going to buy Hot Pockets today?” This is perfect for busy days when I don’t have the time or energy to cook.
I always make strawberry and banana smoothies, very boring, this has given me so many more ideas – thanks x
YUM! Wow you are making me hungry and eager to make some great snacks for my kids!
LOL i am hungry now 😀 Delicious snacks 🙂
Mmmmm I love the smoothie idea–especially considering that when you used the Edy’s Outshine Fruit Bars it reduced the fat and calories! And the Dessert Bar recipe looks super tasty-mmmmmm!!!! I love the idea of mixing special snacks that you create in with easy-peasy grab and go snacks like drumsticks and Hot Pockets–definitely a win/win!
I love smoothies and my kids love Hot Pockets. I enjoy them too, but I prefer the pretzel bread varieties.
I love this, and I am going to take my big pineapple out and give this a try..sounds delicious!
My grandson starts back on Monday also, summer went by too quick. I love the White Chocolate Candy Surprise Bars recipe….Yummy!
I make a nice blueberry yoghurt smoothie for the kids! Healthy and delicious!
I was excited to see the smoothie and then saw the great dessert! I am now thirsty and hungry! My daughter loves Hot Pockets
That all looks so good and the White Chocolate Candy Surprise Bars look AWESOME!
I love, love, love a good smoothie!
These recipes look delicious and literally make my mouth water. The kids would definitely love these smoothies and treats.
I LOVE pineapple and lemon lime sodas! They are both my favorites (favorite fruit and favorite soda) so that smoothie sounds AMAZING!!!
Yum! The smoothie and the bars look delicious. Thanks for sharing your recipes!
Gosh everything looks so good! Especially the lemon pineapple smoothie – YUM! Totally pinning these!
I love white chocolate so I am drooooling over your surprise bars! The smoothie looks super good too, pineapple is one of my favorite fruits. I like the idea of having Hot Pockets around this month because I know there are going to be a lot of days in August where I have no time to make anything more complicated that that, lol. 🙂
Mmmm, candy surprise? Yes, please!
I love getting food inspiration from your site. I love these ideas, especially for my little one that goes to preschool and then I only have a short time to spend with him in the evenings.
We love Nestle! This White Chocolate Candy Surprise Bars Recipe is awesome!
Sounds so yummy and I love anything pineapple. I am going to have to try these.
It all looks so good! School at the beginning of August seems to be the trend now. Our local school switched to that last year. Here is to a great school year for all of your school aged kids!
Love that smoothie drink! Looks amazing! Dang I can’t believe your kids start so early! I’m so sorry. I’m so not ready for school to start. Thankfully we don’t start until the end of August.
They look amazing – love the look of the cocktail and the recipe ohhhh yum! Thank you 🙂 x
These look like great recipes – thanks for sharing!
The smoothie looks divine!!! I need to try this today
Love a tasty cold smoothie in the summer time!
Yum Yum and Yum! Thanks for sharing looks like I will need to get on and whip up a few things!
What great ideas for afterschool snacks!! Love that lemon pineapple smoothie!!
Wow, every one of those looks delicious! I have recently rediscovered my love for pineapple juice. Definitely going to try that first one!
Ooooh yum! Yum! And Yum!! I know two kiddos who would swoon if I made them a batch of your yummy looking candy surprise bars. Pinning this!!
Ooh! Lemon and pineapple together in a smoothie! That sounds great good! What a great bunch of snacks, they will be needed when school starts up! Thanks for the recipes 😉 Yum!
Gorgeous pictures of delicious food. You are killing this chubby guy on a diet!
Mitch
I like your idea for switching ice cream and Outshine bars. Yummy! Your son is still a kid at heart, isn’t he? 🙂
wow, these all look delicious! All look refreshing!
I love your photos. I also am a butterfinger fan so will be trying out this recipe. It is hard to believe that school days are almost here.
Loving your snacks! We do a lot of fruit smoothies at my house.
OMG… can you ship them to me… the snacks look amazing… love the recipe and can’t wait to make it this weekend. Thanks for sharing, the pic’s are amazing…. YUM is all I can say
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i love hot pockets. always have. yummy.
I think your snacks looks very good. I just ate breakfast and they are making me hungry…
mm so many yummy snacks and that smoothie looks divine!