The healthy party nibbles
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooling time: 20 minutes
Makes: 8 bees = 4 servings
Per serving of two bees with fruit
138 kcal (8% GDA)
1.9g fat (3% GDA)
0.6g saturates (3% GDA)
19.4 sugars (23% GDA)
0.1g salt (3% GDA)
Wholegrain servings: ½ serving
Ingredients
40g Shreddies
25g mini marshmallows
1 tsp peanut butter
Half tsp of butter
To decorate
16 Shreddies for wings
20g black writing icing for the strips
10g yellow writing icing for the strips
Fruit
1 apple, cut into wedges
8 strawberries
1 large kiwi fruit, cut into pieces
- Put the Shreddies into a freezer bag and crush them using a rolling pin. Put the marshmallows, peanut butter and butter in a small saucepan and melt, stirring over a medium low heat (be a bit patient here!). Tip in the Shreddies and mix together.
- Divide into 8 portions and shape into balls with one end slightly flatter and wider. Whilst the mixture is still warm, insert the wings by making a small hole with a knife and pressing in one whole Shreddies for each wing. Stick the bee bodies on the end of a wooden stick.
- Leave to cool and firm up.
- Finally draw eyes with the black writing icing and make bee stripes using the black and yellow writing icing.
- Serve the Shreddies Buzzy Bees standing up in a glass with fruit on sticks such as slices of red apples, strawberries and Kiwi.