Peanut butter jelly dip + Bitsy’s Brainfood giveaway
This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsy’s Brainfood + includes an amazing giveaway opportunity.
One of the things that I’ve noticed about Liv and young kiddos is that they like to feel like they’re part of the team, and not quite so different from the adults. This is why I’ll usually serve Liv what I’m eating (or she eats it out of my bowl, haha) or make her similar versions of our beloved meals. It’s a fun way to find out new favorites, and she’ll surprise me with the things she prefers. (Like the other day, she came into the kitchen and asked for a small bowl of cornichons. I was like, “What?”) Needless to say, she was excited to see that I made a kids’-size cheese board for a recent dinner party.
I just cut up some turkey and cheese with a star cookie cutter, washed some strawberries, added a couple of string cheeses,
and made a bowl of peanut butter and jelly dip to serve with the new Bitsy’s Brainfood Smart Crackers. The adults ended up going crazy for this stuff, too, and the crackers are perfectly sweet and salty.
Are you ready for the dip recipe? It’s seriously the easiest thing ever. (It reminds of a recipe I once read that was something like “Open a can of peas. Heat in a saucepan with butter. Eat.” haha)
Combine equal parts cream cheese, peanut butter, and strawberry jam (<— I used 1/3 cup of each). Heat on a medium-low until smooth and warm. Serve topped with cinnamon. That’s it!
At least a few time during the night, the Pilot kept saying how great it was. It will definitely be a party staple from now on!
The dip paired perfectly with the new Maple Carrot Bitsy’s Smart Crackers, which Liv absolutely loves. The Bitsy’s Brainfood Smart Cookies are a staple in our house, so Liv was thrilled that there were new Bitsy’s boxes when we went to Target.
Some more info about their new Smart Crackers:
-Each serving contains half a serving of organic veggies, and are a great source of Vitamins A, B6, B12, D and Folic Acid
-They’re nut-free and baked in a peanut-free and tree nut-free facility
-The crackers are in fun Tangram shapes which help to teach logic, math and spatial reasoning. I appreciate any opportunities to inject learning into snack time, and the first time she tried the crackers, Liv started creating houses and rockets with the shapes.
-The Bitsy’s Brainfood brand was handpicked as one of the 20 natural, organic and sustainable brands as part of Target’s Made to Matter collection. This makes it easier for consumers to find natural, organic and sustainable lines while shopping at Target. The Bitsy’s cookies and crackers can be found at Target, and are 20% off through the Cartwheel app.
-Bitsy’s Brainfood is one of my favorite product lines to purchase because the ingredients are fantastic, and I love the philosophy behind the brand. It was created by two moms with a mission to make healthy food fun, and they want to encourage kids to enjoy healthy options while they’re young, as these habits will stay with them as they grow. They don’t hide the fact that there are fruits and veggies in their products because they want kids to know what they’re eating.
You can join the Bitsy’s Smart Cookie Community here (US residents) to receive samples, exclusive information and coupons.
(Liv’s favorite flavor is the Sweet Potato Cinna-graham, and I love the sweet and salty Maple Carrot Crisp. We still need to try the Cheddar Chia Veggie!)
And now it’s giveaway time!
My friends at Bitsy’s kindly offered a $50 Target gift card + a prize pack of their new Smart Crackers!
Enter via the widget below.
The lucky winner will be chosen Monday night at midnight EST and announced in Tuesday’s morning post.
Target is not a sponsor or administrator of this promotion.
Have a very happy Friday and I’ll see ya later tonight with some Friday Faves.
xoxo
Gina
This post is sponsored by Bitsy’s Brainfood. Thank you so much for supporting this blog and the companies who help to support our family.
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I love baloney (sp?) sandwiches! The thought of eating one now actually makes me gag!
u-pick berries, I think that I ate more than a brought home
When I was a kid I loved any kind of Little Debbie sweet. Now I can’t stand them! LOL!
I always loved ants on a log — and I still do!
I loved chocolate chip cookies! 🙂
One of our favorites was Miracle Whip and Tomato sandwiches – it’s still good but I hardly ever make them now.
My favorite food as a kid, as still as an adult I have the HARDEST time turning it down, Kraft Mac and Cheese. Solid, cheesy, goodness.
I loved cheerios!
We will be trying the out the dip!
that PB&J dip looks delicious. my kids would be all over that.
I loved wheat toast with peanut butter
I loved Kraft Macaroni and Cheese!
I really liked raisins and pickles.
i loved cheese sticks, pb on ritz crackers, and cup of noodles 🙂
Favorite snacks as a kid: gushers, dunkaroos, fruit roll ups, bagel bites, those little cracker and cheese packets that I can’t recall the name of, cereal, I could go on and on but those are what come to mind immediately, haha.
Peanut butter has always been one of my favorite foods
I loved Cheerios or gushers!
Potato chips and dip!
Ants on a log!
I loved snacking on cereal as a kid. Still do!
Wow, I can’t remember what I snacked on? In college I LOVED cheeze nips. Used to power down a whole box of those. Boy, how my snacking habits have changed!
This dip looks good!
Crackers and hummus are my favorite snack- I’m addicted!! it down with homemade juice- yum!
I meant I wash it down with homemade juice 🙂
I was all about fruit roll ups and juice boxes!
That dip sounds deeeeelish!!
i lived in Ukraine so we corn puffs were popular snacks. loved them!
Ok so I used to LOVE the Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies! I would get so excited when my mom would throw one in my lunch box 🙂 Oh how times have changed….
I loved cocoa puffs…still do!
Dunkaroos or Fruit by the Foot for sure 🙂
My favorite was probably Teddy Graham’s (which I still love?)
Cheerios! I ate them one at a time 🙂
My favorite was my mom’s homemade wheat bread and chocolate chunk cookies. Yum! 🙂
I was obsessed with cheddar cheese on saltine crackers as a kid.
ice cream! or homemade mac and cheese
I used to love PB & Banana!
Any kind of chip!
Cheese! It’s still a favorite.
Gibble’s cheese curls…so good but definitely not a healthy snack 🙂
Will need to have my preschooler taste test that dip!
When I was a kid, I loved my mom’s peach cobbler! Hers was so much better than any other kind I ever had. It wasn’t the pie crust kind..it had a soft, spongy, cake-like topping on it. SO good! She made sure not to have desserts as a regular occurrence so it was such a treat and I always looked forward to it. And still do! haha
i loved cheez-its!
I loved pizza (and still do)!
As a kid, I LOVED toast with peanut butter and powdered sugar. Like could have eaten 10 pieces a day. Not exactly health food.
Cheese and crackers!
My 2 year old is in an especially picky eating phase lately and I appreciate all of your healthy snacking options!
I loved apple slices with cheese as a snack!
I loved Fig Newtons as a kid!
Definitely cheese sandwiches. I ate so many I had to take a 5-year break. Now, as an adult I’m again rather fond of a good cheese sandwich.
The chai crackers look yummy! I’ll have to look for them on my next Target trip!
Banana milkshakes