RITZ Caterpillars

Name: RITZ Caterpillars
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 stalks celery, divided; ⅓ cup garden vegetable cream cheese spread, divided; 8 RITZ Crackers, cut in half; 8 small grape tomatoes; 1 baby carrot, cut into 16 thin strips

Make a fun veggie snack your kids will love with this cute caterpillar. They'll be so busy counting the legs that they won't notice they're eating their veggies!

Well-being Choice

Nutrition Bonus

Kids will love the look of these colorful caterpillars. And you'll love the fact that they're a good source of vitamin A, thanks to the carrot.

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Servings:

Makes 4 servings, 2 caterpillars each.

Ingredient list

3 stalks celery, divided
⅓ cup garden vegetable cream cheese spread, divided
8 RITZ Crackers, cut in half
8 small grape tomatoes
1 baby carrot, cut into 16 thin strips

Directions

Cut 64 thin slices from 1 celery stalk; set aside. Cut each of the 2 remaining celery stalks crosswise into 4 (3-inch-long) pieces. Trim rounded sides of celery pieces to allow celery pieces to stand level when placed on plate.

Reserve 1/4 tsp. cream cheese spread for later use. Fill celery pieces with remaining cream cheese spread. Insert 2 cracker halves into cream cheese in each celery piece, overlapping slightly as shown in photo, for the caterpillar's body.

Add 4 celery slices to each side of each caterpillar's body for the legs. Place a tomato at one end of each caterpillar for the head, then add 2 dots of the reserved cream cheese spread to tomato for the eyes. Add carrot strips for the antennae.