Snack • Wednesday, October 14
Pumpkin Yogurt Apple Bites
Soft apples, creamy orange yogurt, and little pumpkin smiles.
Yogurt stays creamy—it does not dry into a candy shell.
Ingredients • 10 preschool portions
For 10 preschool portions: 5 cups peeled, cored apple slices measured after softening; 2½ cups thick plain Greek yogurt; 1 tbsp real sugar; ½ tsp vanilla; optional reviewed orange and green food coloring. Reserve 2 tbsp yogurt for decorations; mix 1 tsp cocoa into 1 tbsp reserved yogurt for soft piped eyes and smiles, tint the other tbsp green for stems. No nuts, hard candy, chocolate chips, or sticks. Labels and dietary alternatives require review.
Preparation
Wash, peel, core and thinly slice apples. Steam or gently poach until soft and easily pierced; cool promptly, drain and pat dry. Mix thick Greek yogurt with sugar and vanilla. Reserve decoration yogurt, then tint the main bowl orange with reviewed coloring; do not add juice. Spoon yogurt onto cooled apple slices and pipe soft cocoa-yogurt eyes and smiles and a green-yogurt stem. Keep refrigerated at 40°F or below and serve chilled the same day. Yogurt stays soft; never leave it out to air-dry. Optional freezing sets yogurt, but fully soften apple and coating before serving children; no frozen-hard pieces. Toddlers receive small soft apple pieces with orange yogurt spooned over them. Prepare allergy alternatives separately; infants follow individual feeding plans.
Ages 3–5 portion
½ cup soft peeled apple + ¼ cup yogurt, including decoration.
Toddler portion
¼ cup soft peeled apple in small pieces + 2 tbsp yogurt.
Infant adaptation
Individual plan only: approved smooth apple puree and plain yogurt separately; omit coloring, cocoa and sweetener unless cleared.
Dairy-free alternative
Use a separately reviewed nut-free dairy-free yogurt; follow the classroom allergy plan. No almond yogurt.
Nutrition estimates
Pending final ingredient labels and measured yield.