Fruit Crunchies
My nine year old wanted to cook something, and I needed something to put in school lunches this week, so while the six year old did some drawing, we made fruit crunchies!
With only a few simple ingredients and no baking required, these little crunchy, fruity, bites are an easy sweet snack for kids to make.
There is a bit of chopping involved and you need to use the stove, so little ones will need an adult to do those parts, but older kids who have mastered some basic kitchen safety will be able to make these without much help at all.
You can vary the dried fruit and add whatever you like best – apple, apricot, mango, sultanas, cranberries, you could even throw in a few chocolate chips if you like.
Just like our homemade muesli bar recipe, you need to time the cooking of the sugar syrup once it comes to the boil. Two minutes on a gentle boil is enough to make everything stick together, less time and they’ll be too soft, more time and there won’t be enough to mix into the dry ingredients and they will go rock hard and brittle. So keep your eye on the time!
These no-bake fruit crunchies are easy to make and delicious, perfect for cooking with the kids.
Fruit Crunchies
Ingredients
Instructions
Please note: this recipe uses Australian measurements and temperatures, if you need to convert measurements or temperatures you can find our printable cooking conversion chart here.
These fruit crunchies are a delicious treat, why not let the kids have a go at making them next time they are bored!
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Hmmm, yummie! I will try to make those with my kids — always in need for some nice little snacks to give to school, and if the kids help making them, chances are, they will enjoy them at school!
I used to have my kids do a lot more work in the kitchen when we were still in Austria — we just had so much more time then — but once in a while I still let them cook. On time I was so frustrated when I spent so much time buying the groceries, chopping up the ingredients, cooking, cleaning the kitchen… and all I got to hear was the kids complaining… So once I made them cook and even prepare their own school lunches for a whole week! My oldest daughter was great: she went to the store and stocked up on instant noodle soups and oranges for a week, but the other two ones actually prepared their own school lunches and cooked dinner…
Once the week was over, though, they were happy to have me cook again — but much less complaining ever since, haha.
Best part was the first evening they cooked themselves (lasagne)… after the had gone to the store and done all the cooking, I told them they also needed to clean up the kitchen… and they were like “Oh, after all THAT, we even need to clean the kitchen?????”
I found a great recipe for frozen chocolate-dipped bananas via your blog — my son liked it so much, that after the first batch was gone, he made a new one all by himself, :-).
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Corinna
I love that your kids learned through hands on experience!
And those banana pops are awesome aren’t they!!