Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Celery Boats

Each day, around 3:30 in the afternoon there is a stampede to my kitchen.  My kids, fresh off the bus, come in the house and claim they are STARVING!!  If I don’t have an after-school-snack prepped and ready to eat, the ravenous little beasts tear apart the kitchen looking for something to eat, usually leaving a trail of crumbs in their wake.

So I try to prepare a snack.  I don’t want to go big.  It’s too close to dinner.  I’ve already made 2 1/2 meals by then, and I’m running out of ideas.  It does seem like a good time to fit fruits and veggies in though.  After all, if they’re STARVING, they’ll eat anything right??

This week I made Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Celery Boats.  Celery is a hard sell at my house.  My kids eat a serious variety of vegetables, but something about the stringy crunch of celery gets to them.  I’ve tried the raisin boats before with little success.  This time, I took it up a notch and added some chocolate chips.  I was sneaky and added the tiny, itty-bitty, cute chocolate chips that my girls find so irresistible.

Verdict:  My 3-year-old son was not convinced.  However, my three older girls gobbled them up and asked for seconds and thirds.  I consider that a substantial victory.  Score one for mom!