Rice Cake Animals! A fun and healthy snack for kids and toddlers made with rice cakes, peanut butter and fruit.
Here’s a quick, healthy and playful snack idea for little ones: Rice Cake Animals. These are perfect for a calm at-home activity where children can help create animal faces using simple ingredients. They are fast to assemble and a great way to get kids interested in different fruits.
This snack isn’t ideal for taking on the go, but it works brilliantly as a creative activity. Spread a layer of peanut butter on rice cakes, then add slices of fruit, berries or raisins to form eyes, noses, mouths and other features. Kids will enjoy arranging the pieces and inventing characters.
A quick note about the cat face: if you use uncooked spaghetti for whiskers, take care with toddlers and very young children—supervise closely or substitute with a softer option like thin apple slices or pretzel sticks.
If you make your own Rice Cake Animals, I’d love to see what you create. Share a photo and tag the original author on social media for feedback and encouragement.
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Rice Cake Animals
4.8 from 4 reviews
Author: Ciara Attwell @ My Fussy Eater
Prep Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 3 1x
Category: Snacks
Cuisine: European
Description
Rice Cake Animals combine crisp rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh fruit to make a nutritious, creative snack. Simple to assemble and adaptable to dietary needs, these snacks are great for encouraging kids to try different fruits and textures.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 rice cakes
- 3 tbsp peanut butter (or seed butter for allergy-friendly option)
- Fresh fruit: banana slices, strawberries, blueberries, and raisins for features
- Optional: uncooked spaghetti for cat whiskers (use with caution or replace with a safer alternative)
Instructions
- Spread a thin layer of peanut butter over each rice cake. Arrange fruit pieces to create eyes, noses, mouths and other features, turning each rice cake into a playful animal face. Supervise young children if using small or hard items like uncooked spaghetti; consider soft alternatives where needed.
- Serve immediately so the rice cakes stay crisp. Store any unused components (peanut butter and cut fruit) separately in the fridge and assemble fresh when ready to serve.
