Food Art: Sweet Little Kix Lovebugs

These sweet little Kix bugs are super simple to make, your kids could even make them themselves!  They would be a great snack for your kids to pass around at school for Valentine’s day, or just to enjoy at home!

What You’ll Need

Ingredients (for 2 cups):

1 fresh strawberry

3 fresh blackberries

1 slice of mozzarella cheese

4 black currants

a large handful of Kix cereal

Tools:

Heart-printed cupcake liners (or other decorative liners)

A kitchen knife (please supervise children if allowing them to slice)

How to Make It

1. Place 2 cupcake liners on a plate and fill them 3/4’s of the way full with Kix cereal.

2. Slice 1 strawberry in half and place each half, cut side up, on top of the Kix cereal.  Place a fresh blackberry in front of the strawberry slice for the head.

3. Grab your remaining blackberry and make a small slice to cut small circles off the fruit.  Take these small blackberry pieces and place 6 on each bug.

4. Finally, cut your mozzarella cheese into 4 small circles.  Place these circles on the bug for the eyes and add 2 black currants to finish it off.

Jill Dubien is a working mom who loves to craft and cook with her kiddos in her spare time.  Before she had kids, Jill couldn’t cook much of anything except toast and cereal, and really despised being in the kitchen. People who know her personally find it extremely humorous that she is now the self-proclaimed “Queen of fun food.” Jill blogs at Meet the Dubiens, where she shares lots of fun foods and crafts for kids.