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VIDEO: Freezer Friendly Snacks for School or After School

September 27, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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The Best Grab & Go Snacks from the Freezer!

These Pizza Pinwheels and the Yogurt Blueberry Bites are the perfect make-ahead snacks for the freezer. I’ll break down the process for making and freezing both in this episode.

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Recipe: Pizza Pinwheels

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Pizza Pinwheels

A super easy and fun homemade freezer friendly snacks.
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time10 minutes minutes

Ingredients 

  • 2 canisters refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 1 jar pizza sauce
  • 32 pepperonis
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar or mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets with non stick cooking spray, or line the baking sheets with silicone baking mats.
  • Open the 2 crescent rolls and then separate into 8 rectangles. Pinch together the seam that makes the triangles to get 4 rectangles. Set onto a pastry mat or lightly floured surface to make it easy to put them together and pick up for the baking sheet.
  • Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce onto each pizza dough piece and spread to the edges. Then add a few pepperonis onto the pizza sauce.
  • Sprinkle a thin layer of shredded cheese on the pepperoni. Then roll the rectangle with the shorter side of the rectangle being rolled.
  • Spray your knife with non-stick cooking spray and then each rolled dough into 2 or 3 pieces. Transfer onto the prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown on top.

Frozen Blueberry Bites

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Yogurt Blueberry Bites

A healthy summer snack!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time2 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 pint blueberries
  • 2 single serve blueberry Greek yogurt

Instructions

  • Stir up some yogurt in a bowl.
  • Drop in fresh blueberries and coat them in the yogurt.
  • Drop each blueberry yogurt bite onto a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Freeze for 2 hours, then transfer to a plastic container and baggie.
  • Keep in the freezer until ready to eat.
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