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Monster Mouth Apple Bites with Peanut Butter, Greek Yogurt & Almonds

Apple wedges sandwiched with a peanut butter and Greek yogurt filling, with slivered almond teeth poking out — the kind of thing kids want to build themselves. The apple's natural sugar, about 10 grams per serving, comes packaged with its own fiber plus 9 grams of protein and healthy fat from the filling.

Total Time
20 mins
Yields
4 servings (2 mouths, about 120 g each)
Calories
230
Net Carbs
13g
Protein
9g
Monster Mouth Apple Bites with Peanut Butter, Greek Yogurt & Almonds
Monster Mouth Apple Bites with Peanut Butter, Greek Yogurt & Almonds
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Monster Mouth Apple Bites with Peanut Butter, Greek Yogurt & Almonds

Method: No-Cook·Cuisine: American
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
None (assembly)
Total Time
20 mins
Yields
4 servings (2 mouths, about 120 g each)
Calories
230 / serving
Best Season
Fall

Ingredients

  • 2 small crisp red apples (about 300 g total), such as Gala or Honeycrisp
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 6 tbsp (96 g) natural creamy peanut butter with no added sugar, such as Smucker's Natural, well stirred
  • 1/4 cup (57 g) plain 2% Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup (27 g) slivered almonds

Allergens  Contains: Peanuts (peanut butter), milk (yogurt), tree nuts (almonds).

Instructions

  1. 1 Stir the peanut butter, yogurt, and cinnamon together until smooth and thick enough to hold a peak on a spoon. Chill for 10 minutes while you cut the apples — cold filling grips much better.
  2. 2 Core the apples and cut each into 8 even wedges. Toss with the lemon juice, then pat the cut sides dry with a paper towel; a wet surface is the main reason the filling slides off.
  3. 3 Spread about 1 tablespoon of filling on the cut side of one wedge, then press a second wedge on top, skin side out, so the red skin forms the lips and the filling shows in between.
  4. 4 Press 4 or 5 slivered almonds into the filling along the front edge as teeth. Two mouths is one serving. Serve within an hour, while the apples are crisp and the filling is still cool and firm.
Tip

Assembled mouths hold up for about an hour before the apple browns and the filling softens. Make the filling up to 4 days ahead and keep it in the fridge, then cut and assemble right before serving.

Storage & Food Safety

Refrigerate the filling at 40°F or below and use within 4 days. Assembled bites shouldn't sit out for more than 2 hours. For children under 4, skip the almond teeth, cut the apple into very thin slices, and spread the filling thinly — whole nuts, firm apple chunks, and thick globs of nut butter are choking hazards at that age.

Make It Yours

Nut-free

Use sunflower seed butter in the filling and roasted pepitas as the teeth. Protein and fiber stay about the same, and it removes peanuts and tree nuts — useful for school parties.

Dairy-free

Skip the yogurt and use 7 tbsp peanut butter. Protein holds steady at about 9 g and it adds about 15 calories per serving.

Lower-carb

Serve one mouth per person with celery sticks for the leftover filling. Drops about 4 g net carbs and 4 g of total sugars per serving.

If you don't like peanut butter

Almond butter works the same way, with nearly identical protein and slightly more fiber. It turns this into a tree-nut-only recipe.

Nutrition

Per serving (2 mouths, about 120 g) — estimate. Total sugars come from the apple, peanut butter, and yogurt; none are added.
Calories 230
Net Carbs 13g
Total Carbs 18g
Fiber 5g
Total Sugars 10g
Added Sugars 0g
Protein 9g
Fat 16g
Saturated Fat 3g
Sodium 100mg

Nutrition pending review by our registered dietitian — estimate only. Not medical advice.

Keywords
SnackKid-FriendlyNo-CookApplesPeanut ButterLow-Carb
Besides Sugar

Besides Sugar: Whole Fruit Comes with Its Own Brakes

An apple and a candy bar both contain sugar, but they don't behave the same way. The apple's skin and flesh carry fiber that slows digestion, and here peanut butter and yogurt add about 9 grams of protein plus healthy fat. Eating a snack like this alongside the candy can help the evening's sugar arrive more gradually.

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