Ok, here’s the deal. It is my turn to bring the “team snack” to baseball. First off, who the heck ever thought of starting team snack after sports?? I know that when I was little we never had parents bringing baggies of goldfish for the whole team. Can’t we just high five and call it a day?
Apparently not.
What’s a healthy mom to do??
My son’s criteria for the team snack:
- junky (Cheetos)
- something not embarrassing (not carrots and hummus)
My criteria:
- non-junky (nothing with the words “hydrogenated”)
- Try to not embarrass. (I realize your teammates will unfriend you if I bring kale chips)
The compromise:
Kabobs. Because kids love anything on a stick.
Strawberry and cake kabobs
Aka: A Non-embarrassing snack for a team of hungry baseball players
Ingredients:
- kabob sticks
- strawberries
- angel food cake
- dark chocolate chips (optional, but good for bonus points)
- 1 can pumpkin (yup, pumpkin)
- 1 box brownie mix
Where is the can of pumpkin, you ask? In that big brownie pan at the top.
Remove all stems from strawberries.
Cut angel food cake into 1-2 inch chunks.
Pumpkin brownies: All you do is mix one store-bought box of brownie mix with a can of pumpkin and that’s it. NO oil, NO egg. Just brownie mix and pumpkin. Then you bake at the temperature lised on your box, minus 5 minutes. Once your batch has cooled, cut into 1 inch cubes. will be a bit more dense than traditional brownies, but in a fudgy kind of way.
Thread your kabobs in whichever pattern you’d like. I kind of bounced around a bit, trying to keep mine colorful.
Hope this makes the cut….
Optional chocolate topping: Easy: Just melt your chips in your microwave in 20 seconds intervals, stirring in between until melty, drippy, oozing.
Drizzle on top with a spoon…
Then I put these babies in the fridge to keep the kabobs cool and harden the chocolate.
The verdict: These were a hit. Not hard to make, and if I had to do this again (which I will), I would probably nix the angel food cake and just alternate the strawberries and pumpkin brownie. This fit the bill. Super easy, and embarrassment free. Can’t guarantee next time will be. 🙂
