Planning parties can be stressful, especially for kids’ birthday parties.
Determining which snacks all kids will love (even the picky-eaters) can be difficult.
That’s why we comprised a list of creative snack ideas that will be a hit at any kid’s birthday party!
Tacos in a Bag
Image Source: Betty Crocker
Derived from Mexico City’s Dorilocos, Tacos in a Bag is an easy kid-friendly snack that will make snack time fun during any kids birthday party!
Ingredients:
1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
1 package of taco seasoning mix
4 packages of Doritos
2 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup shredded 4 cheese Mexican blend
⅓ cup of salsa
½ cup sour cream
How To Make It:
- Place ground beef or turkey in a large skillet. Cook and stir over medium heat until browned. Drain excess oil and add entire taco seasoning packet.
- Slit open the bags on the long side edge. Spoon on top meat, lettuce, cheese, salsa, and sour cream.
- Serve in the bag with a fork and enjoy!
Monster Rice Krispie Treats
Image Source: A Beautiful Mess
Ingredients:
16 Rice Krispie Treats
16 lollipop sticks
2 cups candy melts (with different colors)
Candy eyes
How To Make It:
- Unwrap all the Rice Krispie Treats
- Add the lollipop sticks to the bottom of the treats
- Melt candy melts according to the package
- Dip the top half of each of the treats into the melted candy and place them on a tray lined with parchment paper
- Place candy eyes onto the treats to your desired design
- Allow to harden for 20 minutes and enjoy!
Clam Shell Cookies
Image Source: MomDot
Ingredients:
Nilla wafers
Food dye (desired colors)
½ cup butter
2 cups of sugar
2-3 tbsp cream
Large pearl sprinkles
How To Make It:
- Combine butter, sugar, and cream to frosting consistency
- Separate into four bowls and add desired food dye into each for several colors
- Scoop frosting into piping bags
- Pipe frosting onto Nilla wafers and top each with another Nilla wafer
- Place pearl sprinkles onto each cookie and enjoy!
Birthday Cake Popcorn
Image Source: Two Sisters
Ingredients:
Several Bags of Skinny Pop popcorn
1 cup Mini M&Ms
½ cup nonpareils
2 cups white chocolate
3 tbsp of yellow cake mix
How To Make It:
- Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler or microwave
- Stir in yellow cake mix into melted chocolate until smooth
- Pour popcorn into a large mixing bowl
- Pour chocolate and cake mix mixture onto popcorn and toss evenly to coat
- Spread chocolate covered popcorn onto parchment lined tray and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes
- Once cool sprinkle with nonpareils and M&Ms
- Serve in paper cups and enjoy!
Oven Baked Potato Chip Chicken Tenders
Image Source: Food Network
Ingredients:
2 cups Lay’s Potato Chips (crushed)
4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts (sliced)
1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
4 eggs beaten
How To Make It:
- Preheat oven 425°F
- In a bowl combine flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Stir to combine and transfer into a large Ziploc bag
- In a separate large Ziploc bag crush the potato chips
- Place sliced chicken in flour mixture and shake bag until each of the chicken slices are evenly coated
- Once fully coated, one at a time coat chicken with beaten eggs in a bowl
- As you coat, each chicken slice with the eggs place into crushed potato chip bag and shake until evenly coated
- Place potato chip coated chicken onto a baking sheet lined with parchment
- Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown and enjoy!
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