Safe and Tasty Peanut-free Snacking This School Year

Part of creating a snack-safe school year for peanut-allergic children is making sure that they wear an "I Have A Peanut Allergy" wristband and that they decorate their lunchboxes with colorful no-peanuts-allowed stickers. You might also consider a precautionary measure used by Terri Esterowitz.

Terri’s daughter is allergic to peanuts and attended a peanuts-allowed school. So, Terri bought snack trays for each student in her child’s classroom. Each tray was labeled with a student’s name and distributed before snack time. The trays kept snack crumbs self-contained, and made cleanup quick and easy.

Got Recipes?

No matter how many peanut-free snack trays you possess, you need peanut-free snacks to put on them. If you’re at a loss for tasty peanut-free snacks, consider some of these scrumptious recipes:

UFO

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 1 large granny smith apple
• 2 tablespoons of your favorite PEANUT-FREE spread (we love the taste of Barney Butter!)
• 1 tablespoon chocolate chips and/or raisins

Preparation

1. Core apple
2. Slice apple into 4 rings
3. Spread a liberal amount of spread onto 2 rings
4. Sprinkle chips and raisins on top of spread
5. Top with 2nd apple ring and close the doors on the UFO!

Snacone

Serves 6

Ingredients

• 6 Cake cones
• 1/4 cup popcorn
• 1/4 cup honey nut cheerios
• 1/4 cup goldfish
• 1/4 cup pretzel sticks
• 2 tablespoons sixlets
• 2 tablespoons raisins

Preparation

• Mix all ingredients together, pack in a snack sized ziplock baggie and send to school with your child & can make their very own Snacone!

Both recipes can be easily doubled, tripled or even quadrupled to feed an entire classroom or sports team!