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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Leave to cool and firm up. 
  4. Finally draw eyes with the black writing icing and make bee stripes using the black and yellow writing icing.
  5. Serve the Shreddies Buzzy Bees standing up in a glass with fruit on sticks such as slices of red apples, strawberries and Kiwi.