Healthy Fruit Candy Canes are a super easy and fun holiday snack for toddlers! You only need two ingredients for these fruit candy canes: strawberries and bananas. This is also a great snack that your child can help you prepare. Just grab some child-safe kitchen tools and your child can help slice the bananas and strawberries (with supervision), or if they aren’t ready for slicing fruit, they can help place the banana and strawberry pieces on a plate in a candy cane shape.
Toddler Tip:
You could turn these fruit candy canes into a balanced snack by adding some yogurt on the side as in the picture above!
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Ingredients
- banana
- strawberries
See recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Fruit Candy Canes
Step 1. Thinly slice along the edge of the banana. This helps the banana pieces sit upright. Then slice the banana into about ½ inch thickness
Step 2. Slice the strawberries.
Step 3. Arrange on a plate into a candy cane shape!
Substitutions
- Fruit – Honestly, this one just works best with banana and strawberries. I tried swapping in raspberries but because of the size difference, it didn’t look as nice!
Modifications
- All children have different eating abilities. Please modify the shape of the fruit accordingly for your child. You may need to cut the fruit into smaller, thinner pieces if your little one isn’t ready to take bites off of the bigger pieces. Here is a helpful guide on modifying strawberries for your little ones.
Storage
I suggest eating these right away. Otherwise the banana will begin to turn brown and get a bit mushy.
Nutrition tip
In addition to pairing this with a protein-rich dip such as some greek yogurt or cottage cheese, you could also sprinkle some hemp hearts on top!
Recipe
Fruit Candy Canes (Holiday Toddler Snack)
Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 6 strawberries
Instructions
- Peel and slice a thin layer off the back of the banana so that when you set the pieces on the plate, they stand up. Then slice the banana into ½ inch pieces.
- Slice the strawberries into similar size pieces.
- Alternate banana and strawberry on a plate in a candy cane shape.
- Option to pair the fruit candy canes with some yogurt and hemp hearts!
