Name: Ants on a Log
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 celery sticks, about 300 g; 100 g smooth peanut butter; 40 g raisins

Ants on a Log

Celery sticks filled with peanut butter and topped with a row of raisins.

5 min total Serves 4 servings Easy

The Case for Ants on a Log

A snack for four, on a school afternoon or at any other time when everyone is hungry and the oven is off. Ants on a log is celery filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins, and the name is as far as the description needs to go.

Choose crisp, firm celery with bright, tight stalks. Limp celery gets stringy and bends when you spread it. Wash it, trim the ends and cut each stalk into sticks about 8 cm long. Pull the strings off if they are tough. A small peeler or a paring knife does it in a few seconds, and the snack is much easier to bite.

Spread the peanut butter in the hollow of each stick, filling it level. Smooth peanut butter is easier for small children to eat, but crunchy adds texture.

Press the raisins along the top in a row. Eat at once, or keep covered in the fridge for a couple of hours. Replace the raisins with seeds or dried cranberries if you like.

What Goes With It

Apple slices
A glass of milk
Carrot sticks
Yoghurt

Making Ants on a Log, Step by Step

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Wash the celery, trim the ends and cut each stick into 3 pieces about 8 cm long.
Spread the peanut butter into the hollow of each piece.
Press 3 or 4 raisins along the top of each.

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Worth Knowing Before You Cook

Choose crisp celery.

Pull off tough strings first.

Fill the hollow level.

Swap the raisins for sunflower seeds if you prefer.

Storing and Reheating

Keeps in the fridge for 1 day in a covered container.

What's in a Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

205Calories

6gProtein

16gCarbs

13gFat

3gFibre

10gSugar

70mgSodium

Vegetarian Gluten-Free Low-Carb No Added Sugar

Ants on a Log

What Goes With It

Making Ants on a Log, Step by Step

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Storing and Reheating

What's in a Serving

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What Goes With It

Making Ants on a Log, Step by Step

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Storing and Reheating

What's in a Serving

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