Creative snack tray with crackers, cheese, fruits, and veggies styled as a train for easy entertaining.
# Ingredient List:
→ Base Components
01 - 8 rectangular whole-grain crackers
02 - 1 cucumber, sliced into rounds
03 - 16 mini pretzel sticks
→ Fillings & Decorations
04 - 3.5 ounces cheddar cheese, cubed
05 - 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
06 - 1 carrot, peeled and cut into sticks
07 - 1 small apple, sliced
08 - ½ cup seedless grapes
09 - ½ cup cherry tomatoes
10 - ¼ cup hummus
11 - 4 small grape tomatoes or blueberries
→ Extras (optional)
12 - 2 celery sticks, cut into 2-inch pieces
13 - 1 mini pickle
14 - 1 tablespoon cream cheese
# How-To Steps:
01 - Line up the crackers on a large serving platter to form the base of the train cars.
02 - Use a small amount of cream cheese or hummus to affix cucumber slices as wheels to each cracker, then insert pretzel sticks beneath each for axles.
03 - Fill each cracker car with different fillings such as cheese cubes, carrot sticks, bell pepper strips, apple slices, grapes, and cherry tomatoes.
04 - Build the engine by stacking two cheese cubes at the front cracker. Top with a mini pickle or celery piece as a smokestack and place grape tomatoes or blueberries as lights.
05 - Use cream cheese or hummus as glue to stick additional decorations as needed.
06 - Present the snack train with a bowl of hummus or preferred dip on the side.
