Description
Fun and creative cheese and cracker snacks shaped like animals using cookie cutters, perfect for kids’ parties or lunchboxes.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 4 oz cheddar cheese slices
- 4 oz Swiss cheese slices
- 20–30 assorted crackers
- Optional: sliced deli meats (e.g., turkey or ham)
- Optional: fruit or vegetable slices for garnish (e.g., cucumbers, apples)
Instructions
- Lay the cheese slices flat on a clean cutting board.
- Use animal-shaped cookie cutters to cut out fun shapes from the cheese slices.
- Repeat with optional deli meats or garnishing slices if using.
- Place one shaped cheese piece on top of each cracker.
- Optionally, add a slice of deli meat under the cheese or a thin fruit/veggie slice for extra flavor and color.
- Arrange the cheese and cracker animals on a serving plate or in lunchboxes.
Notes
- Choose firm cheese slices for best results with cookie cutters.
- Keep cheese and crackers refrigerated until serving if preparing in advance.
- Experiment with different shapes and cheese types for variety.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving (about 5 cheese and cracker animals)
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
