filled with a variety of yummy and nutritious mix-and-match ingredients are a perfect snack or meal for even the pickiest of eaters!
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword back to school, charcuterie, cheese, cheese plate, lunchbox, snack
Prep Time 10minutes
Total Time 10minutes
Servings 1person
Author Tristin Rieken
Ingredients
Cheez-It® Original crackers
Town House® crackers
Club® crackers
pretzels
almonds
candy-coated chocolates
sliced cheese in 2 colorscheddar and provolone or swiss
mandarin orangepeeled
cherry tomatoesor cherries
broccoli florets
apples slices
snap peas, carrot sticks, grapes, fresh berries, cold beans, whatever unique ingredients your family loves!optional
Instructions
Lightly mix Cheez-It Crackers, pretzels, chocolate candies and almonds in a large bowl to make Sweet and Salty Cheez-it Snack Mix. Fill a silicone baking liner or small cup and place in the corner of a large divided container.
Cut star and round shapes from sliced cheese using small cutters. Layer star on top of circle and place on Town House cracker, repeat to create 3 or 4 Town House Shooting Stars, stack and place next to Snack Mix.
In another baking liner layer mandarin segments in a rough circular pattern starting with the edge and leaving a small space in center. Fill space with cherry tomatoes (or cherries) to create a Mandarin Rose. Then place in corner across from Snack Mix.
Add a row of Club crackers down the middle filling remaining space with apple slices and broccoli florets (or whatever unique ingredients your family loves!)
Notes
Special equipment: small round and star shaped cookie cutters, divided container, baking liners.