Celery and Peanut Butter Butterflies
Celery and peanut butter is such a great snack combo, I up the ante just a little by turning my celery with peanut butter snacks into butterflies.
Why This Recipe Works
- Ridiculously easy
- Fun for kids to eat
- Healthy, veggies and nut butter in a fun format!
Ingredients you will need
To make these celery and peanut butter butterflies, you will need celery sticks, peanut butter and pretzels which will become the wings.
Substitutes
- Celery: No substitutes for this in this recipe.
- Peanut butter: This can be substituted for any nut butter or an alternative is to use cream cheese.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used pretzels from their range in this recipe.
Step by step Instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my celery and peanut butter butterflies, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the recipe card
Step one: Cut celery sticks into 3 inch pieces, (around 8cm). Use a sharp knife to slice a very thin slice off the curved side of the celery stick. This will create a nice stable base so your celery will be easy to fill with peanut butter and your butterflies will sit nicely.
Step two: Fill the celery sticks with peanut butter. If your peanut butter is a little runny, pop it in the fridge for 30 minutes or so before you make this snack.
Step three: Press two pretzels into the celery filling, these will be your celery butterfly wings.
Serve
Top Tips
Here is how you can make this recipe perfectly every time!
- If your peanut butter is a little too runny to easily fill the celery sticks, pop the jar of peanut butter in the fridge for half an hour or so before you intend on making this snack.
- Don't skip the step where I take the thin slice off the bottom of the celery stick, this makes it way easier to fill and present the butterflies.
- If you don't like the combination of peanut butter with celery, try substituting the peanut butter for cream cheese.
- These will hold well in the fridge for a few hours, so you can make them in advance.
FAQs
Absolutely, a snack made up of celery and good quality peanut butter will be high in fibre, low in sugar and rich in protein and heart heathy fats.
In my mind a good quality peanut butter is one with very few ingredients, in fact I believe it should only contain peanuts and a little salt. Peanut butters do not need to contain extra oils, sugar or high amounts of salt to be tasty.
I'm all about easy snacks for kids, if these butterflies are quite what you are after then check out my other popular snack ideas: ants on a log coconut balls, banana chia pudding, carrot muffins, healthy oat bars and Weetbix slice
Alternatively, if you have a little butterfly my butterfly cupcakes are a lovely baking project to involve the kids in.
Peanut Butter and Celery Butterflies
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Ingredients
- 2 Celery sticks
- 4 tablespoon Peanut butter
- 8 Pretzels
Instructions
- Cut celery sticks in half, into 3 inch pieces, (around 8cm). Use a sharp knife to slice a very thin slice off the curved side of the celery stick. This will create a nice stable base so your celery will be easy to fill with peanut butter and your butterflies will sit nicely.
- Fill the celery sticks with peanut butter. If your peanut butter is a little runny, pop it in the fridge for 30 minutes or so before you make this snack.
- Press two pretzels into the celery filling, these will be your celery butterfly wings.
- Serve
Notes
Tips
- If your peanut butter is a little too runny to easily fill the celery sticks, pop the jar of peanut butter in the fridge for half an hour or so before you intend on making this snack.
- Don't skip the step where I take the thin slice off the bottom of the celery stick, this makes it way easier to fill and present the butterflies.
- If you don't like the combination of peanut butter with celery, try substituting the peanut butter for cream cheese.
- These will hold well in the fridge for a few hours, so you can make them in advance.
Substitutions
- Celery: No substitutes for this in this recipe.
- Peanut butter: This can be substituted for any nut butter or an alternative is to use cream cheese.
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