Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers
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Nothing beats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was my favorite as a kid, and even now that I’m not a kid, it’s still my go-to when all else fails. It’s also a lunchbox staple. And while we don’t want to mess with the classic peanut butter and jelly pair, we can make it a bit more fun with our Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers.
Jif® Peanut Butter and Smucker’s® Fruit Spreads, it’s magical. Great Taste. Perfect Pair. Better Together.
Also easy to find in our local Meijer, during our recent shopping trip, along with a box of Jif Power Ups® Chewy Granola Bars for another snacking solution. We found these in a section by the bread clearly marked peanut butter and jelly. Because you also can’t have peanut butter and jelly without bread.
That bread doesn’t need to be a regular square slice of bread, however.
Head back to school in the new year with a lunchbox full of fun, delicious surprises when you swap a regular pb&j for our Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers!
Start with Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter, because where there’s Jif®, there’s love. Jif® is the #1 brand of peanut butter in the USA and has been trusted for generations. Again, it’s what I had when I was a kid. So it’s what I’m going to add to my kids’ lunchboxes, too.
Next, comes Smucker’s® Fruit Spreads. With a name like Smucker’s® it has to be good®. Their Strawberry Fruit Spread is made with only high quality, hand-picked strawberries. It’s definitely a fresher, more vibrant strawberry taste that has me convinced.
For our Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers, make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
But our peanut butter and jelly doesn’t stay square. We make circles with a small circle cutter. Or, you can do what I did and use a small plastic shot size glass. With that, I was able to get 4 circles out of each sandwich. No crust, only the good stuff. With very little sandwich wasted. The perfect kids pb&j!
Now, with a wooden skewer add 3 purple grapes and push to the end of the skewer for the snake’s tail. Add a circle of sandwich. Then another grape, green or purple. Sandwich. Grape. Sandwich. Grape. Sandwich. Grape.
Then, slice the stem off a medium-large strawberry. Slide the strawberry onto the tip of the skewer. Take a clean skewer and dip the tip into the peanut butter. Smear a dot of peanut butter onto the back of a candy eye and place onto the side of the strawberry. Do the same for the other eye.
Classic peanut butter and jelly with a fun twist! Add to the lunchbox for a surprise along with a Jif Power Ups® Chewy Granola Bars, or save the bars for after school snacks because I know we all seem to be starving at the end of the day. Looking for more fun ways to liven up the lunchbox? Check out all the ideas here!
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These Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers will be a welcome change to the same old lunch while also a great little reminder that the days of snow and ice after the holiday season are numbered! Wishful thinking? But really, who’s ready for spring?
Peanut Butter and Jelly Snake Skewers
Ingredients
- 2 slices wheat bread
- Jif® Peanut Butter creamy
- Smucker’s® Strawberry Fruit Spread
- fresh grapes, purple and green
- fresh strawberries, stems removed
- candy eyes
Instructions
- Begin by making a peanut butter and jelly. With a small circle cutter, cut 4 circles out of each sandwich.
- Take a skewer and slide on 3 purple grapes. Slide on a circle of sandwich. Then another grape. Sandwich. Grape. Do this 4 times.
- Finish with a slice of strawberry.
- Dip the tip of a clean skewer into the peanut butter. Apply a dot of peanut to the back of 2 candy eyes and place on each side strawberry.
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