Tuesday, March 30, 2010

easy peanut butter cups

I love giving my children a sense of independence. I'm always on the look out for snacks they can prepare by all by their self. Even though my son is very comfortable cooking,  this little snacky dessert is our new go-to treat. It can be made elegant in a paper "cup" for tea parties. Mostly I'm just setting out the ingredients and letting them go to town. Any child old enough to wield a butter knife can try their hand at natural peanut butter cups. My five year old will tell you that this is "good and messy". A big thanks to my good friend Kathrin for another simple and marvelous idea that we're all gobbling up!

As you can see: 3 ingredients. Bananas. Peanut butter. Chocolate chips. Grain sweetened chips can be used if you're wanting to avoid sugar.Any nut butter will work.


Yummm!
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Posted by mayaluna at 12:43 PM Labels: , ,

21 comments:

  1. TurtleMarch 30, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    nice snack idea! wondering if i have my carob chips in the cupboard!

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  2. mayalunaMarch 30, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Oh, yes I forgot about carob chips! Perfect.

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  3. RowenaMarch 30, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    this looks great. I wonder if my picky kids would eat this. one doesn't eat bananas, one doesn't eat sliced bananas, but will eat whole ones.

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  4. AmyMarch 30, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    We will all love this, thanks for sharing it.

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  5. Sarah MMarch 30, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    so simple, and so perfect! love it!

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  6. AnneMarch 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    Juste un brin calorique !!!
    Anne

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  7. milly and pipMarch 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    That's a brilliant snack idea. Good mix of protein & carbs. Peanut butter and apple is another good one :)

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  8. Liz of Wool BoutiqueMarch 30, 2010 at 1:55 PM

    Yum! Not just good for kids but good for adults with hectic lifestyles too. Banana and peanut butter is the best combination!

    xo

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  9. Diva KreszlMarch 30, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    what a perfect snack and so cute too! peanut butter is one of my all time favorites!

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  10. AmandaMarch 30, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Similar to this http://tinyurl.com/yj43exu it's a banana peanut butter caterpillar I made with my girls using pretzels for legs and raisins for eyes.
    Amanda from txtwins.blogspot.com

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  11. HerbmuseMarch 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    Always looking for something my three year old might actually eat -- she'd be all over that chocolate chip garnish :-)

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  12. MarisaMarch 30, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    I love this! I showed my kids the photos and they begged to try it right away. So we did, with pretzels, too. And I blogged it, crediting you and linking to this post, of course.

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  13. DawnMarch 30, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    You are creative in every avenue of life; it is so inspiring! You make the simplest things look and feel special.

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  14. DeirdreMarch 30, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    also good frozen! I take bananas, put them on a popsicle stick, schmear them with peanut butter and roll in rice crispies or corn flakes - pop them in the freezer and you've got banana pops! my kids at school love them.

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  15. HeatherMarch 30, 2010 at 6:55 PM

    Cute...I'll have to try that. Maybe sunbutter would be good too!

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  16. Kate MooreMarch 30, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    Forget the kids. I want to eat that.

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  17. Melissa ValerioteMarch 30, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    Yum! Great idea.

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  18. TeenaMarch 30, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    What a great idea!!!

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  19. KayannaMarch 30, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    Thank you so much for the amazing snack idea! I always need new snacks for the kiddos. I bet this would be really wonderful with almond butter. Yum!

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  20. mountain girlMarch 30, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    Oh this looks so nice! I love carob chips too!

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  21. Jessica LoughreyMarch 31, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    love the new umbrella stamps. and loving those gorgeous journals! great idea (the chocolate chips on the bananas). my daughter eats them like that with the peanut butter but i newver thought to add the chocolate chip. will have to do that next time. :)

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