6 Homemade Snack Recipes For Back To School

The summer holidays are drawing to a close and it is almost time for the 2020 school year! However, we must admit that it is really hard to go back to school after 2 months of vacation. To keep the spirit of the latter intact, the editorial staff of Deavita.fr has prepared a selection of homemade and unusual snack recipes. Easy pop cakes, cookie cups, pencil shortbread… after our creative proposals for an unusual lunch box, here are some ideas to try out so that your schoolchildren can start September on the right foot!

Our best homemade snack recipes for a gourmet back-to-school 2020

Of course, afternoon tea is a very important part of the children's day. More than a simple snack, the snack is a real gourmet pleasure for young and old. However, it should not be confused with a full meal! To make no mistake, we show you how to prepare a balanced snack to slip into your child's satchel, wishing them a good start!

Mini gluten free chocolate cookies

When it comes to dessert or afternoon tea, homemade chocolate cookies always have their effect. In addition, children love them!

Ingredients:

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 20g vegetable margarine (or butter)
• 1 large egg
• 50g caster sugar
• 20 g of rice flour
• 1 pinch of salt
• 70 g chocolate chips (or just dark chocolate)

Preparation:

Start by melting 100 g of dark chocolate with 20 g of vegetable margarine. Let the melted chocolate cool by placing the mixture in the freezer for a few minutes. Stir regularly. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Beat the sugar with the egg to obtain a white mixture. Add the melted and cold chocolate but still liquid and mix until well blended. Add the 20 g of rice flour and the pinch of salt. Mix well and add the remaining 70 g of chocolate, previously cut into chips. Spread a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet. Drop out piles of dough about 4 cm wide with a small spoon. Press the dough with the back of a fork to flatten the cookies. Bake for 8 minutes at 180 ° C. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies finish baking quietly on the baking sheet.

Pokémon donut - a quick snack recipe

After the Pokémon-themed birthday cake, we come back to the latter with an idea for a snack for school that promises to delight your little one, while keeping the holiday spirit intact. High in color and super easy to make, these Pokémon donuts will easily find their place in the small binder. Here are the ingredients to get them to succeed:

• 1/2 jar of chocolate frosting
• 500g white icing
• food coloring in black and red

Preparation:

This Pokémon themed children's snack is really easy to make. Parents in a hurry can easily bet on donuts bought from a bakery. Thus, they only have to take care of the decoration. Melt the frostings in the microwave. Pour the chocolate icing into a plain pastry bag and stuff the donuts with it. Use food coloring to color the icing white. Put the donuts on baking paper and decorate them following the principle shown above. Let their icing harden at room temperature before putting them in the fridge.

Easy chocolate cupcakes to wish a happy start to the school year

Ingredients:

• 200 g dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp. tablespoon of liquid cream
• 120-50 g of margarine
• 120 g icing sugar
• homemade cupcakes
• small letters of the alphabet made of sugar

Preparation:

Start by melting the white chocolate in a double boiler. Then boil the liquid cream. Remove it from the heat and add the dark chocolate. Let the preparation cool for a few minutes. In the meantime, put the margarine and sugar in the bowl of your food processor and mix until you get a fairly creamy mixture. Add the liquid chocolate-cream preparation and continue mixing until you obtain a ganache. Leave the latter to put in the fridge. Then transfer it to a pastry bag and apply it on your cupcakes. Finally, make way for the decor! Sprinkle sugar letters of the alphabet on your treats and let your school children take care of the rest!

Recipes for homemade snacks that are out of the ordinary - the famous cookie cups

Adorable and absolutely irresistible, these cookie mugs are arguably our favorite back-to-school recipe this year! In addition, they are not as complicated to prepare as they seem. I promise !

Tools and ingredients needed:

• 200 g butter
• 250g of flour
• 150g caster sugar
• 1-2 sachets of vanilla sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 170g dark chocolate chips
• 1 chocolate bar (70% cocoa)
• ½ tsp. salt
• milk to fill the cups
• aluminum molds

Preparation:

Start by preheating the oven to 180 ° C and butter the molds. Mix the butter with the flour, sugars, egg yolk and salt until you get a relatively granular dough. Add the chocolate chips and mix again. Put a little dough in each mold and press it towards the walls and the bottom to form the cups. However, be careful with the thickness of the edges, which must be neither too thin nor too thick. Then let the cups sit in the fridge for 30 minutes before baking them for 20 minutes or until they turn golden enough.

Remove them from the oven and let them sit for 10 minutes before unmolding them. To do this, press fairly lightly on the inside walls of the molds to check if the dough has taken the shape of a cup. Then melt the dark chocolate in the microwave and divide it among the cookie cups. Leave to set for a few minutes and let rest in the refrigerator. When ready to serve, fill with milk and enjoy!

Apple-shaped cake pops made from Oreo

These little apple-shaped cake pops are another recipe to try for your children's snack that guarantees to keep a good mood during and before the start of the school year.

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of Oreo cookies
• 1 handful of chocolate chips
• lollipop sticks
• 2 rolls of green and red sugar paste
• green sugar paste

Preparation:

First, melt the sugar paste in the microwave. Prick the sticks in the Oreo cookies and dip them in the red sugar paste. Take a piece of green sugar paste and cut out several small leaves. Shape the veins of each leaf with a toothpick. Once the pop cakes are hard, use a little red icing to glue the leaves. Wrap them in transparent cling film and slip them into your child's schoolbag or eat them both.

Homemade snack recipes: pencil shortbread for the first day of school

We end our selection of homemade snack recipes with another exceptional treat to try to motivate your little wolves. These are special back-to-school shortbreads that your little ones will eat with their friends when they leave school. Here are the ingredients needed to get them right on the first try:

• 250g of flour
• 125 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 100 g butter
• 1 lemon zest
• 1/2 tsp. teaspoon salt
• icing sugar
• sugar paste (different colors)

Preparation:

In a bowl, mix the egg with the sugar and salt. In a separate container put the flour and make a well in the center. Pour in the egg-sugar-salt mixture and lemon zest and knead everything well until a dough forms. Flour your worktop, roll it out with a roller and let it rest in the fridge for 20-30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180 ° C / thermostat 6. Once the dough has hardened, cut strips 2-3 cm wide and cut the lead into a point with the knife. With the back of the latter's blade, score each pencil before placing it on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and placing it in the oven. Then roll out the colored sugar paste and cut strips the same size as the shortbread pencils, but without the tip. Use a notched cookie cutter to cut out some colored dough and form the colored leads. Mix the icing sugar with a little water. With a brush, brush the pencils with shortcrust pastry and cover them with colored pâté.

If you find our snack a bit too basic for your cooking skills, here's a more elaborate recipe for foodie moms to try.