48 Bible Snacks1 PDF

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Scrumptious
Bible Snacks
48 Easy Snacks to Go with
Popular Bible Stories,
Teachings, & Holidays
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Table Of Contents
Introduction 9
Popular Old Testament Stories & Related Snacks #1 - #14 13

Snack #1: Garden of Eden Fruit Salads Day 14
Story: Creation
Scripture: Genesis 1
Snack #2: Animals on Board 16
Story: Noahs Ark

Scripture: Genesis 6:9 Genesis 9:17
Snack #3: Traveling Satchel Smores 17

Story: Father Abraham Leaves His Homeland
Scriptures: Genesis 12 - 16
Snack #4: Pretzel Ladders 18

Story: Jacobs Ladder
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22
Snack #5 Treasure Chest Mix 19

Story: Josephs Slavery Turned to Great Fortune
Scripture: Genesis 37-50
Snack #6: Burning Bush Cookies 20

Story: Moses at the Burning Bush
Scripture: Exodus 3
Snack #7: Rice Krispies Commandment Tablets 21
Story: Moses and the Ten Commandments
Scripture: Exodus 20
Snack #8: Jericho Wall Bricks 23

Story: Joshua Brings Down the Walls of Jericho
Scripture: Joshua 6
Snack #9: Sling Shot Chocolate Bites 25

Story: David & Goliath
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17
Snack # 10: Braids of Strength 26

Story: Samson & Delia
Scripture: Judges 16
Snack #11: Fiery Furnace Pickles & Cheese Crackers 27
Story: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego:

Scripture: Daniel 3
Snack #12: Snore Cookies 28

Story: Daniel and the Lions Den
Scripture: Daniel 6
Snack #13: Wheel of Time Chocolate Pie 29

Story: Ezekiel and the Wheel
Scripture: Ezekiel 1-3
Snack #14: Plankton Salad 30
Story: Jonah & the Whale
Scripture: Jonah 1-3
Popular New Testament Stories & Related Snacks, #15-#30 31

Snack #15: Promises of Angels Cake 32
Story: Mary sees an Angel
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
Snack #16: Fruit Roll-Up Scrolls 33

Story: Jesus in the Temple
Snack #17: Desert Dessert 34

Story: Jesus in the Desert
Snack #18: Wedding Grapes & Cake 35

Story: Jesus at the Wedding of Cana
Scripture: John 2:1-11
Snack #19: Fishers-of-Men Banana Boats 36
Story: Jesus calls Simon Peter & Andrew

Scripture: Matthew 4:19
Snack #20: Samarian Sun Chips & Messiah Salsa 37

Story: Jesus and the Samarian Woman at the Well
Scripture: John 4:13-30
Snack #21: Carrots-Are-Good-For-The-Eyes Salad 38
Story: Jesus heals a blind man
Scripture: Mark 10:46-52
Snack #22: Sea Foam Jell-O 39

Story: Jesus Walks on Water
Snack #23: Bread of Life Loaf 40

Story: Jesus Lets the Children Come to Him
Scripture: Matthew 19:13-15
Snack #24: Rice Up and Walk Pudding 41

Story: Jesus Heals the Paralytic
Snack #25: Carrot On a Stick Donkey Snacks 43

Story: Jesus and the Donkey on Palm Sunday
Scripture: Matthew 21
Snack #26: Resurrection Fish over a Fire 45
Story: Jesus eats Fish with His Disciples after the Resurrection
Snack #27: Lightning & Clouds Cracker Snack 46

Story: The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
Scripture: Acts 1:1-10
Snack #28: Gospel Spread on Crackers 47

Story: Peter Spreads the Gospel after Pentecost
Scripture: Acts 2
Snack #29: Illumination Lemon Creation 48

Story: Phillip Helps the Ethiopian Understand the Gospel
Snack #30: Shipwreck Stew 49

Story: Apostle Paul Gets Caught at Sea
8 Snacks to Go with the Parables of Jesus, #31-#38 50

Snack #31: Popcorn Ball Rock & House 51
Parable: House on the Rock
Scripture: Matthew 7:24
Snack #32: Fertile Ground & Sunflower Seeds 53

Parable: Parable of the Soils
Scripture: Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8
Snack # 33: Wheat & Tares Oatmeal Cookies 54
Parable: Parable of the Weeds

Snack #34: Mustard Seed Bites 56

Parable: Faith like a Grain of Mustard Seed
Scripture: Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 13
Snack #35 Jewels for Jesus Kabobs 57

Parable: Parable of the Treasure
Snack #36: Fish N Nets Tuna Melts 58

Parable: Parable of the Nets
Snack #37: Equal Pay Pretzel Nuggets 60

Parable: Parable of the Harvest Workers
Snack #38: Celery & Carrot Lamp Stands 61

Parable: Parable of the Ten Virgins
Snacks to Serve on 5 Special Holidays: #39 - #44 62

Snack #39: Halloween Jacolantern Cheese Ball 63
Snack #40: Thanksgiving Apple Turkeys 64
Snack #41: Easter Basket Cupcakes 65
Snack #42: Valentines Day Chocolate & Strawberry Treat 66
Snack #43: Christmas Chocolate & Peppermint Dipped Oreos 67
Snack #44: Thanksgiving Apple Cider 68
Five Fun & Easy Beverages 71

Beverage 1 Midnight Juice: 71
Beverage #2 Desert Juice: 71
Beverage #3 Land of Plenty Juice: 72
Beverage #4 Passion Juice: 73
Beverage #5 SonShine Juice: 73
Scrumptious Bible Snacks: 48 No Cook Recipes that Teach
Introduction
Most Sunday School teachers have thought longingly, while pouring yet another bag of pretzels
into a plain old bowl, Gee, Id like some really interesting snacks for my students. If only I had the
time! Teachers have a lot on their plates already these days before having to think up creative snacks
to go with Sunday School lessons! We have tried to take care of that task for you. Weve taken the most
popular Bible stories and teachings of the Old and New Testaments and designed easy, economical
theme snacks to go with each. Snacks like Burning Bush Cookies and Rice-Up-And-Walk Pudding will
provide interesting and yummy ways to further interest children in the lessons.
Most Snacks are Extremely Easy
These recipes will rarely require you to turn on the ovenor the microwave. Youll do more
spreading than baking, as these involve many items that are already-made, such as store-bought cookies
and cakes. Youre often merely adding theme frosting, sprinkles and touches that are symbolic to the
lesson. All ingredients are purchasable in basic supermarkets, and there are no weird ingredients.
Where an ingredient borders on weird (i.e. lime juice for quick-easy kid salsa), we have noted short cuts
or ways around it.
Average Prep Time is Fifteen Minutes
We have not included prep time on our snacks, because that will largely depend on how many
children you have. However, hardly any should require more than fifteen minutes to prepare for an av-
erage class of eight students. Be sure to read all instructions before starting, however, as some will re-
quire time for chilling or softening.
All Fit the Average or Less-Than-Average Budget
Some Sunday Schools provide a budget for snacks, and none of these should exceed the average
budget. If your Sunday School doesnt budget for them, many can be made with objects found in your
cabinets or refrigerator. Some ingredients you can use over and over. For example, if you keep a size-
able container rainbow sprinkles, chocolate morsels, and chocolate syrup, you wont have to buy them
each time! Many ingredients can be substituted for others that you might have in your refrigerator. For
example, Garden of Eden Fruit Salad calls for walnut pieces. But if you have pecan pieces or even pea-
nuts, they can be used instead.
Part of being economical is having an eye for substitutes and finding what in your cabinet might
work instead. Many will work with our snacks! That is because most involve the use of premade items;
hence, you wont be fudging the ingredients of a recipe. For example, Pretzel Ladders, used with the
Jacobs Ladder story, call for peanut butter to make the ladder rungs stick. If youre low on peanut but-
ter but have cream cheese, voila!
Themes Will Appeal to Kids Taste Buds
While kids can be picky eaters, we find that most will eat snacks that look interesting and are
part of something bigger, such as a story youve made real in a lesson. Theyre not likely to say, I dont
like cream cheese with pretzels; I want peanut butter! Hence, substitutions are fine, and dont be con-
cerned about the use of things that might be new to younger children, like sprinkles of coconut. The
main goal with theme-related snacks is to make the lesson more real to students. You may get a few
who will try to pick the coconut off, but more than likely, youll have young children trying something
new so that they can stay part of the story!
Intro Lines
We have provided lines of introduction to each snack for the teacher to say, so that its clear how
the snack relates to the story. A few are slightly involved, helping to shed more light on the lesson,
while others are fairly straight forward. The teachers lines are in italics at the end of each snack.
Serving Needs Stated
As sometimes teachers have to prepare snacks in the classroom or in less-than-adequate church

kitchen conditions, as total list of needed supplies is included. You can gage out what your church might
have or not have if youre preparing snacks on-site instead of at home.
Flexible Use
There are many Bible stories and while weve picked the most popuar Sunday school, it could be
that youre teaching a story we dont have included. The snack themes are broad enough so that they
can be used with several stories!
For example, Snore Cookies are suggested to go with Daniel and the Lions Den as told in Daniel
6, because the lions snored off to sleep instead of eating Daniel. But they could also be used in the story
of Apostle Peter escaping from prison in Acts 12, when the angels caused the guards to snore off to
sleep.
A little change in your introduction could provide a snack that goes with several tales. Snacks
are designed so that your imagination is a welcome part of preparation if needed.
More Snacks: 8 Famous Teachings of Christ
Were not always teaching stories in Sunday School. Sometimes were teaching the famous
words of Jesus, such as the parables. Therefore were including eight snacks to go with the parables of
Jesus that are most used in Childrens Sunday School. They follow the same format as the story
snacksbeing easy to prepare, economical, flexible, and requiring about 15 minutes prep time. Each
also includes mentions in the Table of Contents of how the snack could be used in other stories.
Five Holiday Snacks
Most teachers like to do something special for the holidays, and hence we have put snacks in a
special section to go with Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. While a lit-
tle more involved than snacks for regular lessons, these will not turn your kitchen upside down or create
yet another holiday cyclone of your oven or countertops. The most difficult requirement is to make cup-
cakes from a mix or thread gumdrops on toothpicks.
Several of the recipes mention pictures that are available online, as these came from teachers
who had scoured the Internet for things that look extra pretty as well as being fairly easy.
These last five special recipes do not include Intro lines or scriptures, as lessons are diverse on
these. However, think up your own before class time, using the snack to reinforce the lesson your youth
ministry has chosen.
Finally: Five Easy Beverages That Go With Most Any Sunday School Lesson.
Many Sunday School teachers like to serve a beverage with a snack, but they dont need yet an-
other complication. These beverages rely on easy tricks using fruit and colored ice cubes. While tasty,
their value is more in the symbolism you can create that has to do with the lesson. They involve easily
purchased juices, such as Gatorade and iced tea, and will put the final touches on the snacks you have
thought out and prepared!
While the main goal with our snacks was to bring the special stories of the Bible into snack time,
we think you will enjoy the speedy, easy, and economical elements to all!
Popular Old Testament Stories & Related Snacks

#1 - #14
Snack #1: Garden of Eden Fruit Salads Day

STORY: CREATION
SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 1
Ingredients:
Pineapple chunks
Orange or tangerine sections
Strawberries or dried cranberries (depending on time of year)
Walnut pieces
Coconut
Lettuce leaves
Chocolate syrup in a squirt bottle
Snack Instructions:
Combine together in a fruit bowl chunks of pineapple, orange or tangerine sections, and strawberries or
dried cranberries (depending on the time of year or whats available). Add in walnut pieces.
To give your salad a Garden of Eden look, take iceberg or romaine lettuce and line the outer edge of
your serving bowl. Add the filler so that the leaves stick up. Finally sprinkle the top with coconut, then
using chocolate syrup, draw four or five zig-zag lines across and back.
Serve on paper plates. Be prepared to add a dab of chocolate sauce to each childs plate if they wish to
dip their fruit.
Service:
Mixing bowl
Can opener
Serving spoon
Paper Plates, one for each child
Plastic spoons
Introduction:
Adam and Eve ate wonderful things like fruit from the plants and trees that God made them. Today,
were going to do the same! (Point out items in your salad dish.) They probably ate from pineapple
trees, strawberry bushes, orange trees, and cracked coconuts from their coconut groves. Only differ-
ence: We have chocolate, and they probably didnt!
Snack #2: Animals on Board

STORY: NOAHS ARK
SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 6:9 GENESIS 9:17
Ingredients:
Bran loaf or ginger bread loaf (a loaf will serve approximately 8 children, so you may need two.)
Cream cheese
Animal crackers
Raisins
Cinnamon
Snack Instructions:
Cut the loaf into eight pieces, and lay them flat. Spread with cream cheese generously. Stand four ani-
mal crackers on each piece, using the cream cheese as your sticky standing tool. Sprinkle each piece
with raisins, then a light sprinkle of cinnamon.
Service:
Bread knife for cutting and spreading
Platter
Paper plates or paper towels for serving
Introduction:
Noah saved the real animals in the floodbut its okay for us to eat oursserved especially on small
arks!
Snack #3: Traveling Satchel Smores

STORY: FATHER ABRAHAM LEAVES HIS HOMELAND
SCRIPTURES: GENESIS 12 - 16
Ingredients:
Marshmallows
Chocolate Hershey pieces or candy kisses
Graham Crackers
Snack Instructions:
Place the bag of marshmallows, chocolate Hershey pieces and graham crackers, and enough napkins for
each child into a small overnight bag or back pack.
Service:
Using the words to the introduction below, serve the students one graham cracker square, four squares of
Hershey chocolate, and several marshmallows.
Introduction:
Abraham had to do something really nervy; most of us would probably not have the nerve. God asked
him to leave his home and everything he knew to go somewhere that would be promised to him. Abra-
ham packed all his belongings, probably in sacks and bags. If we had to do such a thing today, we
might have to leave certain toys and favorite things behind and fit everything wed need into something
like this. (Hold up satchel.) But God wanted Abraham to know that he would take great care of him un-
til he got to the place God promised. Abraham did not go hungry. God wants us to know he would al-
ways take care of us(unzip the satchel and show the smore items)and He promises us great things,
too, if we believe!
Snack #4: Pretzel Ladders

STORY: JACOBS LADDER
SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 28:10-22
Ingredients:
Rod pretzels, one for each child
Stick pretzels, four for each child
Peanut butter
Chocolate morsels
Snack Instructions:
Break rod pretzels in half. Smear a line of peanut butter down one side. Line both halves up beside
each other, an inch or two apart, with the peanut butter facing up. Line up four rod pretzels across both
rods as ladder rungs, using the peanut butter to make them stick. Press chocolate morsels into the peanut
butter between the ladder rungs. Repeat for all children.
Service:
Butter knife for spreading peanut butter
Large platter
Paper towels
Introduction:
(Lay platter of ladders on table and start handing them out.) These are sort of like the ladder Jacob
saw. Only thing iswe can eat ours! Lets enjoy them, remembering that the ladder to God is in our
hearts, and we need to remember to climb it every day!
Snack #5 Treasure Chest Mix

STORY: JOSEPHS SLAVERY TURNED TO GREAT FORTUNE
SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 37-50
Ingredients:
cup almonds
cup peanuts
cup raisins
cup dried cranberries
4 cups Chex or Life Cereal
cup M&M pieces
Snack Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in together except M&Ms. As kids tend to argue over who got more chocolate, once
they are served, spoon out five M&Ms onto the top of their mixture.
Service:
Paper plates for serving
Serving spoon
Two cereal boxes: One filled with the mix, one empty. They dont have to be of the same cereal. Hide
the full one away in the cabinet and bring the empty one to the serving table.
Introduction:
(Hold up empty cereal box.) Joseph knew from his dreams that God planned to bless him with many
treasures. What he didnt realize was that Gods plan would have a lot of twists and turns. Just when
Joseph thought he was coming into his riches, he became a slave. It seemed to him (turn the empty box
over and shake it to show it is empty) that his life had become an empty container, filled with nothing at
all. What happens sometimes is that were looking for our treasure at the wrong times or in the wrong
places.
(Put the empty cereal box down, go to the cabinet and bring out the full one. Shake it.) When the time is
right, God intends us to have the fullness of his blessings. Right now, lets eat the treasure he sent us to-
day. (Serve mix, then put on M&Ms)
Snack #6: Burning Bush Cookies

STORY: MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH
SCRIPTURE: EXODUS 3
Ingredients:
Vanilla Wafers or plain sugar cookies
Vanilla icing
Orange food coloring (red and yellow mixed together)
Rainbow Sprinkles
Snack Instructions:
Lay enough cookies out on a flat surface so that you have two for each child.
Mix the food coloring into the vanilla icing so that it is orange.
Spread in any wild fashion across the tops of the cookies so it looks like a fire flame.
Dust lightly with rainbow sprinkles on top of icing
Service:
Serving platter for cookies (do not stack, as icing will grow messy)
Paper towels for serving.
Introduction:
When Moses saw the flames on the burning bush, it took him a moment to realize that the fire was not
destroying the bush! In the same way, the flames on our cookies are not burning them. Theyll taste just
right as we eat and ask God to be part of our lives as well!
Snack #7: Rice Krispies Commandment Tablets

STORY: MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
SCRIPTURE: EXODUS 20
Ingredients:
6 cups Rice Krispies
3 Tbs. Butter or Margarine
10 oz. bag of marshmallows
Squeezable container of chocolate syrup
Snack Instructions:
In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Re-
move from heat.
Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
Using buttered spatula or wax paper, evenly press mixture into the shape of a tablet, with rectangular
corners at the bottom and a dome shape at the top.
Add on mini chocolate chips or mini M&M pieces.
Using a chocolate syrup container with a spout, make an attempt to scribble ten lines across the tablet is
if they were the Ten Commandments.
Service:
Platter for the scroll
Mixing bowl
Big spoon for stirring
Bread Knife for cutting
Plates or paper towels for serving
Introduction:
Moses brought the tablets with the Ten Commandments down from the mountain so that the Hebrew
people could know about His nature, and what He considers right and wrong. Lets go over them again
while we enjoy our own edible tablet. Announce as you cut and serve, one at a time:
1. Have no other gods.

2. Have no idols.
3. Honor God's name.
4. Honor the Sabbath day.
5. Honor your parents.
6. Do not murder.
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. Do not perjure yourself.
10. Do not covet.
Snack #8: Jericho Wall Bricks

STORY: JOSHUA BRINGS DOWN THE WALLS OF JERICHO
SCRIPTURE: JOSHUA 6
Ingredients:
Graham Crackers
Ginger Bread House Icing (see recipe below)
Gum drops or M&M pieces
Snack Instructions:
The Walls of Jericho can be made in two ways: One is for those who would like to make the walls stand
up, and is one for the busy teachers who merely want to get the snack served to the children.
Ginger Bread House Icing is very sticky and it dries, serving as the glue that holds the house together,
but it is also very yummyand very easy:
Whip together using a mixer:

5 cups of confectioners sugar
2 egg whites
Whip until stiff peaks form.
Lay out a piece of wax paper, three feet long.

Lay graham cracker squares one beside the other with only a slight space between them, maybe a quarter
inch. Spread icing over the spaces evenly, using a plastic bag with a hole in it or a professional icing
writer. Press in gum drops or M&Ms lightly. Allow to dry until hardened.
Repeat three times, so that you have the four walls of Jericho.
As in the story the walls came tumbling down, we will not attempt to attach the walls and stand them
(for experts only). Just try to keep them in four pieces throughout the lesson.
Service:
Paper plates
Napkins
Broom to sweep up crumbs!
Remaining M&Ms or gumdrops
Introduction:
Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho, with a trumpet and a shout! (With clean hands, try to break
off squares without losing icing or gumdrops. Give each child a few squares.) Now we can eat our
Walls of Jericho and feel like were part of that story!
(If they dont get equal gumdrops, add a few on their plate to make things even.)
Snack #9: Sling Shot Chocolate Bites

STORY: DAVID & GOLIATH
SCRIPTURE: 1 SAMUEL 17
Ingredients:
Chocolate Pound Cake
Vanilla Pound Cake
Red licorice strings
Sprinkle Topping
Snack Instructions:
The bite size pieces of cake will serve as the rocks David used to slay Goliath. Cut both pound cakes up
into bite size squares, 1-inch by 1-inch. Place two of each color into a cupcake holder, which will serve
as the sling where David put each deadly stone.
The licorice is an imitation of like the leather lengths of King Davids slingshot with which he slew Go-
liath. Using a knife, punch two holes on either side of the cupcake holder, near to the top. Run a piece
of licorice string through one hole and tie a knot on the outside so that it wont pull through. Run the
other end through the other hole and again, tie it on the outside.
Sprinkle with whatever you have available: Confectioners sugar, M&M pieces, gum drops, raisins.
Service:
Bread knife for cutting cake pieces
Paper cupcake liners
Serving platter
Paper towels or plates
Bring in all slingshots on a serving platter and give one to each child.
Introduction:
David had a sling shot, and now we do too! Only the rocks should taste pretty yummy and go down eas-
ily!
Snack # 10: Braids of Strength

STORY: SAMSON & DELIA
SCRIPTURE: JUDGES 16
Ingredients:
String licorice, three pieces for each child
Fruit Loops, a half-dozen for each child
Life savers, one for each child
Snack Instructions:
With clean hands, take three strings of licorice and tie one end. Work four various colored fruit loops
onto each of three strands, stopping at differing points. Careful not to break the fruit loops, braid the
licorice pieces. Tie off the bottom by working all three pieces through a Lifesaver.
Service:
Serving platter
Plates
Bring all braids out on a serving platter and give one to each child, careful not to break the Fruit Loops.
Introduction:
Delilah stole away Samsons strength by cutting off his braid. Were going to gather strength today by
eating braids (even though theres not much nutrional value in this one!)
Snack #11: Fiery Furnace Pickles & Cheese Crackers

STORY: SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO:
SCRIPTURE: DANIEL 3
Ingredients:
Bread & Butter Pickles, cut round
Cheese Nips or Cheez-It Crackers
Store-bought Dip
Olives or Raisins or Nuts
Snack Instructions:
On a clean serving platter, make three stick figures out of pickles. Use the dip on a knife to create eyes,
mouths, and hair without too much smearing (just do your best; its supposed to look funny). Youll want
to use enough pickles so that every child can have a couple. If you need more, lay some around the
sides.
Fill in around the three with cheese crackers. Put the dip container on the tray and, using olives or rai-
sins, make a smile face on it to portray the angel. Older children generally like olives, whereas younger
children will like raisins or nuts. (Do not use olives with pits!)
Dot the rest of the tray with the olives, raisins or nuts.
Service:
Platter for the fiery furnace
Knife for creating faces on three men
Small serving fork for pickles and dip
Large serving spoon for pickles and crackers
Plates for children
Introduction:
(Put down fiery furnace tray and pass around plates). Here we have Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
in the fiery furnace, and the angel whom the Lord sent to visit with him. Were going to ingest them
into our lives with this yummy snack!
Snack #12: Snore Cookies

STORY: DANIEL AND THE LIONS DEN
SCRIPTURE: DANIEL 6
Ingredients:
Vanilla Wafers or Sugar Cookies
Vanilla Icing
Food Coloring: Blue, Red and Yellow
Snack Instructions:
The snack is prepared to be colorful, using three food dyes, but if you are in a hurry, any color will suf-
fice (or none!)
Separate the icing into three dishes. Mix into each a few drops of food coloring, so you have some red,
some blue, some yellow.
Using a professional icing writer or a plastic bag with a hole, create the letter Z on all of the cookies.
Place them on a serving tray (do not stack, as the icing will get messy)
Service:
Platter for serving
3 plastic bags for squeezing icing or professional icing writer
Bowls for separating icing
Fork for stirring in food coloring
Introduction:
Daniel was in serious trouble when he went into the Lions Denor so everyone thought. But God was
good. He put the lions to sleep. Maybe God fed them snore cookies that made them Zee-out a lit-
tle like the cookies were serving today!
Snack #13: Wheel of Time Chocolate Pie

STORY: EZEKIEL AND THE WHEEL
SCRIPTURE: EZEKIEL 1-3
Ingredients:
Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Instant Chocolate Pudding
Cool Whip
Chocolate Chips
Rainbow Sprinkles
Snack Instructions:
Note: If you would rather, you can buy a chocolate pie in the supermarket and simply add chocolate
chips and sprinkles to it.
Whip up instant chocolate pudding mix and chill until it no longer moves in the dish.
Spread evenly over the graham cracker pie crust. Top with cool whip.
Create a wheel of chocolate chips by sprinkling them along the circumference of the pie.
Create an inner wheel with the sprinkles, an inch or two in from the outer wheel.
If you have more than 8 students, repeat to feed all. Chill until ready
Service:
Bowl for making pudding
Spoon for stirring and spreading
Knife or pie cutter
Plates for serving
Introduction:
Ezekiel 1 describes the wheel Ezekiel saw in some very mysterious terms. Some think Ezekiel actually
saw four wheels. Some think he only saw one, but it had wheels within its wheel. Sort of like this pie!
Someday well get to the know the truth about what Ezekiel saw, but for now, we just need to trust God
and love chocolate!
Snack #14: Plankton Salad

STORY: JONAH & THE WHALE
SCRIPTURE: JONAH 1-3
Ingredients:
Raisins
Sun Flower Seeds
Peanuts
Dried cranberries
Corn Pops Cereal
Snack Instructions:
Add together
1 cup raisins
1 cup sun flower seeds
1 cup dried cranberries
2 cups peanuts
4 cups of Corn Pops Cereal
Service:
Serving bowl
Large serving spoon
Bowls, plates or paper towels for serving
Introduction:
Jonah was quite an unusual meal for the giant fish. Were assuming it was a whale, and as big as
whales are, they generally eat microscopic sea life called plankton. Under a microscope, it would
look very much like our snack today. However, we like to see what we eat!
Popular New Testament Stories

& Related Snacks, #15-#30
Snack #15: Promises of Angels Cake

STORY: MARY SEES AN ANGEL
SCRIPTURE: LUKE 1:26-38
Ingredients:
Angel food cake
Strawberry or raspberry jam
Chocolate sauce
Snack Instructions:
Spread the jam generously on top of the angel food cake, maybe a half-inch thick. Let it sink in for a
couple minutes.
Cut the cake into pieces and lay the pieces on their sides without spaces in between when possible. (Use
a sharp knife to cut angel food cake, and saw it back and forth without putting pressure on it.)
Just before serving, make squiggly lines across all pieces with the chocolate syrup.
Service:
Serving platter for cake pieces
Knife for cutting and spreading jam
Plates and forks for children
Introduction:
Today we learned how an angel came and visited Mary and told her about the birth of Jesus through her.
So now, were eating angel food cakewhich isnt really food for angels. Its just soft and fluffy like an-
gels are! Enjoy!
Snack #16: Fruit Roll-Up Scrolls

STORY: JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
Ingredients:
Fruit Roll-Ups, one for each child
Strawberry crme cheese
Strawberry or raspberry jam
Gumdrops
Snack Instructions:
Unroll Fruit Roll-up.
Spread with a thin layer of cream cheese
Spread on top a thin layer of strawberry or raspberry jam
Roll up again
Hold together with one or two toothpicks, kind with the blunt end
Cover the sharp end by sticking a gumdrop onto it.
Repeat for each Roll-up
Service:
Platter for serving
Knife for spreading
Tooth picks (the kind with the blunt end)
Paper towels for serving
Introduction:
Jesus was in the temple when his parents found him. What did the people study in temples? Scrolls! So,
here are some scrolls for us to enjoy
Snack #17: Desert Dessert

STORY: JESUS IN THE DESERT
Ingredients:
Large bran muffins
Strawberry cream cheese, softened
Jar of cherries
Snack Instructions:
Remove bran muffins from their packaging. Lie each on its side and cut four circle shaped bran pieces
out of each. Put the circles on a serving tray.
Place a dollop of cream cheese on each, maybe a tablespoon full.
Put a cherry on top of the cream cheese. Leave at room temperature so that cream cheese will soften
and kids can spread it.
Service:
Serving platter
Knife for cutting & spreading
Plates
A few plastic knives so students can spread their cream cheese
Introduction:
When Jesus was tempted in the desert, he was hungry. Satan told him to turn the stones nearby into
bread and eat. Jesus said, Thou shalt not live by bread alone, in reply, or the temptation may have
yielded something that looks like what we have today.
Snack #18: Wedding Grapes & Cake

STORY: JESUS AT THE WEDDING OF CANA
SCRIPTURE: JOHN 2:1-11
Ingredients:
Angel Food Cake
Raspberries
Cool Whip
Green Grapes
White grape fruit juice (or fruit juce) chilled
Snack Instructions:
Cut the angel food cake into slices and lay flat on serving platter. Try to make slices flat instead of very
angled (smaller slices).
Mash a half cup raspberries until they are a jelly-like substance. Add them to the cool whip, stirring un-
til it turns light pink.
Put 2 tablespoons of cool whip on each slice and spread smooth.
Snip bunches of grapes off in small clusters of about six grapes each.
Lay a cluster on top of each slice of cake.
Service:
Platter for serving slices
Fork for mashing and stirring
Plates
Napkins
Cups for juice
Plastic forks
Introduction:
Jesus changed water to wine at a wedding. Were going to have our own celebration, serving wedding
cake and our own version of wedding juice!
Snack #19: Fishers-of-Men Banana Boats

STORY: JESUS CALLS SIMON PETER & ANDREW
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 4:19
Ingredients:
Bananas (one for each child)
Large Marshmallows (four for each child)
Small chocolate chips
Chocolate syrup
Snack Instructions:
Cut the knotty end of the banana peel off, then slit the peel on the inside of the curve. Loosen the peel
but leave it on.
Between the peel and the banana, spoon in some chocolate chips.
Spear three marshmallows with three toothpicks, then attach them to the banana at the slit by spearing
the banana. Lie the boat with three men on its side on a serving tray and repeat with each banana.
Serve onto plates. Add a bit of chocolate syrup to each plate for dipping.
Service:
Knife or scissors for cutting off knotty tail of banana peel
Toothpicks (buy kind with one blunt end)
Introduction:
We tend to think of the disciples as very holy and very special people. Truth: they were normal guys,
just like us at first. When Jesus called them to be disciples, Peter and Andrew were out fishing in boats.
So weve made Fishers-of-Men Boats to celebrate how they were called!
Snack #20: Samarian Sun Chips & Messiah Salsa

STORY: JESUS AND THE SAMARIAN WOMAN AT THE WELL
SCRIPTURE: JOHN 4:13-30
Ingredients:
Bag of Sun Chips
Can of diced tomatoes
2 Tbs. minced onion
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 Tbs. finely chopped Cilantro
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. Lime Juice
This will feed approximately 6 students, so double as necessary
Snack Instructions:
Place sunchips around on a serving tray. In the center place a dish for the Messiah Salsa.
Messiah Salsa is actually a recipe for homemade kid salsa, mild, without the jalapeo peppers! If you
are pressed for time, you can buy fresh salsa in most supermarkets fresh vegetable section.
Empty the tomatoes into the dish. Stir in garlic well. Stir in minced onion, salt and lime juice until all is
even. Add cilantro last and save a few sprigs to sprinkle on the top for a fresh look. Add to dish.
Service:
Serving platter for chips
Dish for salsa
Bigger dish for stirring in ingredients
Knife for chopping
Plates for serving
Introduction:
When Jesus met the Samarian woman, (hold up on chip) she was surprised that Jesus would even speak
to her. He told her that he would give her rivers of living water, (hold up bowl of salsa) implying it was
perfectly all right for Jews and Samarians to mix up together. (Dip the chip in the salsa). Lets pretend
that Jesus is the Salsa, and we are the chips, so we can mix our lives together with His!
Snack #21: Carrots-Are-Good-For-The-Eyes Salad

STORY: JESUS HEALS A BLIND MAN
SCRIPTURE: MARK 10:46-52
Ingredients:
1 lb. of grated carrots
1 cup crushed pineapple
1/2 cup raisins
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or to taste
1 dash lemon juice
Crackers, Ritz or Triscuits
Snack Instructions:
Mix carrots, pineapple, raisins, honey, mayo and lemon juice in together and stir until smooth. Place in
a serving bowl.
Line a serving platter with crackers and put the serving bowl in the middle.
Service:
Serving platter and bowl
Mixing bowl
Large spoon for mixing and serving
Plates
Forks (as they may have trouble scooping onto crackers)
Introduction:
When Jesus healed the blind man, were not sure why he used his own spit as part of the healing. Were
just glad it worked! Today were also glad the physicians dont use spit when we visit them. But modern
science does tell uscarrots are good for the eyes! So, lets celebrate the blind mans sight by taking
good care of our eyes with carrot salad.
Snack #22: Sea Foam Jell-O

STORY: JESUS WALKS ON WATER
Ingredients:
2 pint containers of Green or Blue Jell-o
1 container of Cool Whip
Rainbow Sprinkles
Snack Instructions:
Empty jell-o into a mixing bowl and break with a fork until mushy
Slowly add in cool whip and stir
Pour into a serving dish
Sprinkle rainbow sprinkles on top in the shape of a rainbow
Service:
Mixing bowl
Serving bowl
Serving spoon
Fork
Plates and plastic forks
Introduction:
Jesus walked on the water when it was very stormy. At certain times in our lives, things get stormy
and hard. But we can always be certain that He is there, walking along beside us, and that eventually
the sun will come out again. Thats why we have the rainbow on top of our sea-foamy snack!
Snack #23: Bread of Life Loaf

STORY: JESUS LETS THE CHILDREN COME TO HIM
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 19:13-15
Ingredients:
Pound cake
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
2 cups confectioners' sugar
4 strawberries
This will serve approximately 8 children, so double as needed
Snack Instructions:
Cut the pound cake into 8 slices and lie flat on a serving platter
In a mixing bowl, combine butter, peanut butter, milk, and confectioners sugar for a tasty peanut butter
spread. Spread a thin layer on top of each slice. Top with half a strawberry.
Service:
Serving platter
Mixing bowl
Knife for cutting strawberries and spreading spread
Introduction:
Jesus said, Let the children come until me, because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.
Because Jesus also referred to himself as The Bread of Life, it would be a fine idea to serve our fancy
Bread of Life to children!
Snack #24: Rice Up and Walk Pudding

STORY: JESUS HEALS THE PARALYTIC
Ingredients:
Rice Pudding 32 oz.
Cinnamon Graham Crackers
Cool Whip
Cinnamon
Raspberries
Snack Instructions:
Pour rice pudding into serving bowl and spread evenly. Sprinkle cinnamon fairly evenly over pie.
Break graham crackers into smallest rectangles and stick them halfway into the pie along the edge of the
serving bowl so that they are distributed evenly. Using the raspberries, make a stick figure of a man
jumping, similar to this one:
Sprinkle chocolate chips around him. Chill until time to serve.
Service:
Serving bowl
Serving Spoon
Bowls for serving
Plastic Spoons
Introduction:
When Jesus healed the paralytic, He said, Your sins are forgiven. Rise up and walk. The healed man
probably did a dance something like this little fellowon our Rice-Up-And-Walk pudding.
Snack #25: Carrot On a Stick Donkey Snacks

STORY: JESUS AND THE DONKEY ON PALM SUNDAY
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 21
Ingredients:
One for each student of:
Clean carrots with outer layer peeled
Stalk of celery, long
String licorice, red
Peanut butter
Garden Vegetable Dip can be purchased in a store, or if you have time, you can make this easy recipe, a
favorite on allrecipies.com:
1 cup light sour cream

1 cup mixed herbs, such as, parsley, chives and dill
2/3 cup light mayonnaise
2 tbsp. rice vinegar
4 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
24 oz reduced-fat cream cheese, room temperature
Assorted vegetables, such as, baby carrots, sliced bell peppers, cucumbers
Snack Instructions:
For making dip:
In blender, process sour cream, herbs, mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons water, vinegar, salt, and cayenne pep-
per until smooth and pale green. Cut cream cheese into chunks. Add to blender, one at a time, processing
until smooth. Transfer mix to serving bowl. Place serving bowl on the center of a clean serving platter.
For making Donkey snacks:

Wash all carrots and celery sticks. With a sharp knife, draw a small hole near the top center of the celery
stalk. Thread the licorice through and tie a small knot at the back. Take the other end of the licorice and
tie it around the carrot, about an inch from the top of the fat end. Tie a secure knot. Take the end of the
celery stick not tied with licorice and dip it in a good sized glob of peanut butter, maybe a tablespoon
full.
Dip all points of the carrots into the dip bowl so that they either stand by themselves or rest against the
sides of the bowls. Stand the celery stalks against the outside of the dish evenly, all the way around.
The peanut butter will help ground them.
After the introduction, let the children each take a Donkey Snack onto a plate. Add dip to each plate for
further dipping if they wish.
Service:
Clean serving platter
Clean serving dish
Blender if you are making dip from the recipe
Serving spoon
Plates for serving
Introduction:
As Jesus is Lord of the universe, He could have rode into Jerusalem on a big, shining stallion. But Jesus
is humble, and so he chose a donkey. His donkey was touched by God and behaved very well that day,
but generally, donkeys can be very stubborn. Sometimes the only way to move one forward is to hold a
carrot on a stick in front of him. Lets remember to be humble and not stubborn as we eat our snacks
Snack #26: Resurrection Fish over a Fire

STORY: JESUS EATS FISH WITH HIS DISCIPLES AFTER THE RESURRECTION
Ingredients:
Pepperidge Farm Fish
Rye Bread
Cream Cheese, softened
Cheddar sprinkle cheese
Snack Instructions:
Spread cream cheese on slices of rye bread and cut the slices in half. Lay them on a serving platter.
Place six or eight Pepperidge farm fish on top of each half slice. Sprinkle cheese on the top of all.
Service:
Serving platter
Knife for spreading
Plates
Introduction:
Jesus ate to prove to his disciples that he was really and truly resurrectedin body. He was not a ghost.
It was important that His disciples know this, because it proved that someday they would be resurrected,
too, and Jesus had won over death! The thing he ate was fish, and to celebrate that, weve prepared a
tasty, fishy snack for you also
Snack #27: Lightning & Clouds Cracker Snack

STORY: THE ASCENSION OF JESUS INTO HEAVEN
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 1:1-10
Ingredients:
Graham Crackers
Marshmallow Fluff
Cheese curls
Snack Instructions:
Break graham crackers into perfect squares
Spread Marshmallow Fluff on each square
Top with Three cheese curls in the shape of a lightning bolt
Spread remaining cheese curls on a clean platter

Lay the graham cracker squares evenly on top.
Service:
Serving platter
Knife for spreading
Introduction:
When Jesus left the earth last time, He went up into the clouds. He said that when he would return, it
would be in the clouds again, with lightning flashing from east to west. Lets celebrate his ascension and
his return with our own fluffy clouds and flashes of lightning!
Snack #28: Gospel Spread on Crackers

STORY: PETER SPREADS THE GOSPEL AFTER PENTECOST
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 2
Ingredients:
Bagel chips (whole not pieces)
Lipton onion soup pack
8oz container of sour cream
Stick pretzels
Small Olives
Snack Instructions:
Combine onion soup mix with sour cream and refrigerate 20 minutes until it hardens.
Place liberal glop of dip on each bagel chip carefully so as not to break.
Stand 5 pretzel sticks so they stand up in the dip on top of the bagel.
Take a 6th pretzel stick and thread an olive through it. Then stand it with the other pretzels so the olive is
near the base.
Place each on a serving platter
Service:
Platter for serving
Bowl and fork for mixing dip
Knife for spreading
Paper Towels for serving
Introduction:
After Pentecost, filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter has so much to share about Jesus. (Hold up a cracker
with pretzels sticking out). He told the crowds about Him with a suddenly accurate memory of all Jesus
had taught him. Jesus had said he was the Bread of Life, sort of like this cracker. He had said You are
the salt of the earth, meaning people, so were sort of like these pretzelsvery salty! The Holy Spirit
had come upon Peter, which was making us stick to Jesus (point at dip, pretzels and bagel respectively).
The Olive is for the place Jesus diedthe Mount of Olives! Lets eat and remember to let the Holy Spirit
help us stick close to Jesus!
Snack #29: Illumination Lemon Creation

STORY: PHILLIP HELPS THE ETHIOPIAN UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL
Ingredients:
2 graham cracker pie crusts
1 can lemon pie filling
8 oz. cream cheese softened
2 tablespoons sugar
1 container of Cool Whip (regular sized, not large)
Bag of Mini M&M pieces
This will serve approximately 16 children
Snack Instructions:
Combine lemon pie filling, cream cheese, half of your Cool Whip, and sugar in a bowl and mix until
even.
Spread evenly into the pie crust. Spread the remaining Cool Whip over the tops. Using the M&M
pieces, form a sun on each piea circle with lines coming out of it. Try to form the sun circle with 8
lines, and that way, each childs piece will have a line of M&Ms on the top.
Service:
Mixing Bowl
Fork or mixer for stirring
Knife or pie cutter for serving
Plates and plastic forks
Introduction:
The sun was not the only thing that was bright when Phillip helped the Ethiopian in the desert to under-
stand the gospel. The Holy Spirit was also lighting both their minds. In honor of that day, we have a
bright sunny dessert for youmade of lemons and sunshine!
Snack #30: Shipwreck Stew

STORY: APOSTLE PAUL GETS CAUGHT AT SEA
Ingredients:
1 loaf of cranberry bread
1 loaf of banana bread
(note: other fruit breads will do if these are not available, but try to have one dark bread such as banana
and one lighter such as cranberry)
1 can vanilla icing
Blue food coloring
Coconut
Snack Instructions:
Cut both cakes into bite-sized pieces.
Mix vanilla icing with blue food coloring until it turns sea-blue (Dont mix too much; its okay to leave
white streaks that will look like waves.)
Put dollops of blue icing on all cake pieces
Stack on a serving tray so that the light cranberry pieces and the dark carrot pieces are mixed together.
Sprinkle the whole arrangement with coconut
Service:
Platter for serving
Bowl for mixing icing
Knife for spreading and cutting
Plates for serving
Introduction:
Paul told all on board the ship that they would be saved but their ship would be shipwrecked. In the end,
it may have looked a lot like our Shipwreck Stew here on the platter. Lets eat in memory of Pauls
desire to share all things that God told him!
8 Snacks to Go with the Parables

of Jesus, #31-#38
Snack #31: Popcorn Ball Rock & House

PARABLE: HOUSE ON THE ROCK
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 7:24
Ingredients:
14 Marshmallows
14 candy kisses
Vanilla or chocolate icing, one readymade container
2 cups sugar
1 1/3 cups water
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
18 cups popped corn
Snack Instructions:
Make popcorn balls as following. This should take approximately 20 minutes. If you dont have time,
you can use store bought rice cakes instead of the popcorn balls:
Microwave enough popcorn to make 18 cups of popped corn, either 2 or 3 bags, depending on their size
and how they pop.
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, syrup, vinegar, and salt. Cook over high heat until mixture
bubbles, then stir in vanilla.
Pour over popped corn, tossing gently until the mixture is even.
When mixture is cool enough to handle, press popcorn into 3-inch balls with lightly greased hands.
The popcorn balls make the rock. One marshmallow with a candy kiss for a roof will make the
house. Drive a toothpick into the marshmallow and drive the sharp end into the popcorn ball until the
marshmallow sits on top of it. Coat the top of a marshmallow with icing. Unwrap the candy kiss and
put it atop the house, using the icing as a glue.
Cool completely on waxed paper. Put all on serving platter.
Service:
Stove and saucepan for heating popcorn ball mixture

Spoon for stirring
Toothpicks
Serving platter
Paper towels for serving.
Introduction:
Jesus wanted us all to build our houses on the Rock. That means we should believe in Him for the good
things in life instead of believing in the power of money or the power of important people. HE is our
house on the rock, so lets eat these in honor of Him!
Snack #32: Fertile Ground & Sunflower Seeds

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE SOILS
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 13, MARK 4, LUKE 8
Ingredients:
4 cups granola cereal
2/3 cup honey
1 cup sunflower nuts
This recipe should yield 12 bars, so add or subtract accordingly
Snack Instructions:
Spread a piece of wax paper, a couple of feet long, on a counter.
Place granola in a bowl, gently shaking and breaking apart any large clumps with a fork.
Heat honey in microwave for 30 seconds. Mix granola and warm honey in a large bowl.
Spray wax paper with cooking spray. Put the granola mixture on the wax paper, spreading with a spatula
until it lies flat.
Sprinkle with a thin layer of sunflower nuts. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Cut into individual portions and refrigerate wax paper on a platter.
Service:
Wax paper
Bowl for mixing
Fork for stirring and breaking
Small container for warming honey
Microwave
Spatula for spreading and serving
Introduction:
Jesus said the seeds that were sewn on the hallow ground would grow into strong plants. Just like we
want to grow into strong Christians. Lets eat and remember to grow strong in Christ.
Snack # 33: Wheat & Tares Oatmeal Cookies

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE WEEDS
Ingredients:
This snack calls for making easy homemade oatmeal cookies, but if youre pressed for time, you can
buy oatmeal cookie mix at the supermarket. Buy raisins also.
1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups oatmeal
1 cups raisins
Snack Instructions:
Combine ingredients in large bowl. Mix with electric mixer. Add about half the raisins and mix in.
Make small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Using the other half of your raisins, make a line
of five or six raisins. across the top of each cookie to represent the tare.
Flatten raisins into the mixture using the bottom of a glass if needed.
If you are doing this with a store-bought mix, make a line with the raisins across the top of each cookie.
Bake at 350 10 - 12 minutes
Service:
Bowl for mixing
Mixer
Cookie sheets for baking
Platter for serving
Introduction:
These cookies remind us of the wheat and the tares parable that Jesus told. The cookie is like the good
wheat and the raisins are like the tares. If you try to pick out the tares, the whole cookie will crumble!
Lets just enjoy the cookies and let our digestive tracks do the job that God will do one dayseparating
the wheat from the tares.
Snack #34: Mustard Seed Bites

PARABLE: FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED
SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 13, MARK 4, LUKE 13
Ingredients:
8 granola bars, any kind that is soft and chewy
Natella chocolate spread
Sesame seeds
(Note: Nutella is fairly new but growing ever more popular. It is a chocolaty nutty spread that works
like jelly, such that you are making a peanut butter and chocolate sandwich as opposed to peanut butter
and jelly. It is often found in the PB&J section of your supermarket, though sometimes in the baking
aisle.)
Snack Instructions:
Cut granola bars in half so that they are bite-sized. Spread the tops with a thin layer of Nutella. Spread
sesame seeds on top. Place on a serving platter
Service:
Knife for cutting and spreading
Serving platter
Introduction:
Jesus described the mustard seed as the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of gar-
den plants and becomes a tree. It might look as if the tiny mustard seeds on top of our snacks grew
into the bars underneath! Lets let God grow our faith in just the same way. We can start out with just a
smidgeon of faith, but we want to grow, grow, and grow!
Snack #35 Jewels for Jesus Kabobs

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE TREASURE
Ingredients:
Small Marshmallows
Gumdrops, varying colors
Dried Cranberries
Snack Instructions:
On wooden hors doeuvre kabobs, string marshmallows, gumdrops and dried cranberries. Use a
marshmallow between each, so that every other item on the kabob is a marshmallow. Make enough so
that each child can have two.
Service:
Kabob sticks (small, for hors doeuvres)
Introduction:
Jesus described the Kingdom of Heaven like a great treasure. He said that when a man found a great
pearl, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. The ended up with great jewels of
wisdom and an eternal relationship with Jesus Christ. Lets enjoy our jewels and pretend they are
treasures sent from heaven especially for us!
Snack #36: Fish N Nets Tuna Melts

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE NETS
Ingredients:
Canned Tuna, 1 oz per child

Mayo
Celery
Onion
Salt
Pepper
Onion Powder, teaspoon per oz.
English muffins, per child
Sprinkle cheddar cheese
Snack Instructions:
Toast English muffin halves, and while theyre toasting, make your tuna as follows:
Mix in tuna with mayo, salt, pepper and onion powder. Chop onion and celery into fine pieces. Mix
with tuna.
Place 1 oz of tuna on each toasted muffin half, about 2 tablespoons. Sprinkle the top with cheddar
cheese, so that it looks like netting over the fish.
Refrigerate and serve cold, or microwave 6 halves at a time for 35 seconds and serve as a melt.
Service:
Toaster for muffins
Bowl for mixing tuna
Knife for chopping
Serving spoon
Serving platter
Introduction:
The fish in the nets parable is supposed to teach us not to judge, but to let God do the judging when the
right time comes. For now, its okay for us to enjoy all the fish in the netsin our case its yummy tuna
in a cheese net. Lets enjoy!
Snack #37: Equal Pay Pretzel Nuggets

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE HARVEST WORKERS
Ingredients:
3 Tbs. sugar
1 Tbs. brown sugar
1 tsp. olive oil
4 Tbs. yellow or golden brown mustard
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon dill weed
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
Pretzel nuggets (should be nugget shaped!)
The above ingredients make a yummy and sweet mustard dip for kids. If you are pressed for time, you
can use plain mustard.
Snack Instructions:
Mix all ingredients except pretzels together to make mustard dip for pretzels. Keep in mixing bowl.
Service:
Small plastic cups for dip
Mixing bowl
Serving and mixing spoon
Introduction:
(Lay a plate down in front of each child and put the small cup at the center. Lay one in front of yourself
also.) The parable of the harvest workers teaches us that no matter what weve done, God loves us all
the same. At the end of the day, the harvest workers got the same amount of coins. (Put eight nuggets
on your plate and count them out.) It is like we all get the same amount of love from God. (Pick up your
own small cup and fill it with Mustard dip.) Gods love is like this happy, yellow pretzel dip. It stays in
the middle of us no matter what. And when we dip into Him (dip your pretzel in), we become a whole
lot better!
Snack #38: Celery & Carrot Lamp Stands

PARABLE: PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
Ingredients:
Celery sticks, one for each child
Veggie cream cheese (regular cream cheese will do if veggie cream cheese is not available in
your supermarket)
Carrots, rounded or French cuts
Snack Instructions:
Wash and cut celery stalks into six-inch pieces for lamps. Spread center with cream cheese.
Take three or four of the round carrot slices and stick them into the cream cheese to represent lamp
flames.
Note about carrots: The French cut carrots are shaped like Ruffles potato chips. If you are cutting your
own, use a fat carrot, and cut thin slices on a diagonal rather than straight across. It will give them an
oval or flame shape.
Lay lamp onto a serving platter and repeat.
Service:
Platter for serving
Knife for cutting and/or spreading
Introduction:
Here we have our own version of lamp stands. In ours, the oil is like the cream cheese, and we have
plenty to keep our lamps growing brightly. Lets pray that we always have enough faith or oil to
meet every situation, so that were relying on Jesus fully.
Snacks to Serve on 5 Special

Holidays: #39 - #44
Snack #39: Halloween Jacolantern Cheese Ball

As kids certainly have enough candy on Halloween, here is a cheese ball in the shape of a jacolantern
that can be served with the healthy crackers of your choice, as found on the kelloggs.com recipe site:
Ingredients
1 container (16 oz.) cold pack Cheddar cheese spread
Celery
Pitted black olives
Red bell pepper
Keebler Club Original crackers and/or
Keebler Townhouse crackers
Preparation:
Shape cheese spread into ball. Place on serving plate. Insert piece of celery in top for pumpkin stem. Po-
sition 2 olive slices for eyes. Cut small pieces of red pepper and place inside olive slices for eye pupils.
Cut triangle from red pepper and place on cheese for nose. Lengthwise slice olives and place on cheese
for mouth.
Serve on a round platter, surrounded with crackers.
Snack #40: Thanksgiving Apple Turkeys

Here is one the kids can help make. As featured on www.kidactivities.net/, apples are used for the body
of the turkey, and his tail feathers, face and legs are made out of gumdrops.
Ingredients:
Apples, one for each child
Large marshmallows, one for each child
Gumdrops
candy corn
colored toothpicks
Preparation:
The apple is the body of the turkey. Wash it well, then stand it so the stem is facing upward (the natural
position). Remove the stem.
Place the large marshmallow on top, and attach it with a toothpick. This will be the turkeys face.
Add colored mini-marshmallows or gum drops to 5 or 6 toothpicks. Turn the apple so the face is facing
you instead of the ceiling. Stick the tail feathers in the other end of the apple, like a fan.
Tiny raisin pieces make the eyes and a candy corn for the beak.
Use 3 yellow toothpicks for legs (in a triangular position so your turkey can stand up). Skewer with
gumdrops to make the feet in two of them.
To see a picture, visit http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Thanksgiving-Snacks-and-Goodies.aspx
Snack #41: Easter Basket Cupcakes

A favorite Easter recipe of iVillage.com is its Easter Basket cupcakevery colorful! And if you wish to
make it part of your Sunday Celebration, you can let the kids decorate their own.
Ingredients:
Sweetened flake coconut
Green food coloring
Vanilla frosting
Chocolate Frosting, warm and soft
String Licorice
Your favorite cupcake mix and ingredients it requires.
Preparation:
Make cupcakes according to instructions on the mix box.
In a small plastic bag, place 3 tablespoons of coconut and several drops of green food coloring. Shake
together until it is well mixed.
Use a small bowl to mix in vanilla frosting with just enough green food coloring to make it bright,
Easter green.
When the cupcakes have cooled, top with green icing and a bed of green coconut. Then peel away the
cupcake paper. Frost all except the bottom with chocolate icing. Using a fork, make crossed lines in the
chocolate icing so that it looks like a basket.
Lay on the serving platter. On the top, put a few jelly beans carefully, so that the green icing shows all
around.
To make the basket handle, braid together three pieces of string licorice. Cut the ends so that they are
spiked. Push the ends into the cupcake. If this is too much trouble, use one piece of regular licorice.
Just make sure you have bent it sufficiently that the ends will stay in the holes punctured on the sides of
the cupcake.
See a picture at http://www.ivillage.com/easter-basket-cupcake/3-r-125376.
Snack #42: Valentines Day Chocolate & Strawberry Treat

Ingredients
24 large strawberries ( or 3 per child)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups crushed nuts, such as cashews and pistachios
Lollipop sticks, one for each strawberry
Preparation
Wash and dry strawberries.
Combine chocolate morsels with the shortening. Microwave on high for thirty seconds. Stir and repeat
twice.
Place nuts in a shallow dish. Push skewers into strawberries through stem end. Dip in chocolate so that
half is covered and half stays red. Allow excess chocolate to drip off. Roll in nuts. Place on wax paper.
Refrigerate for 20 minutes so chocolate can firm up.
Cover with plastic wrap and hold in place with a pretty Valentines Day ribbon.
Snack #43: Christmas Chocolate & Peppermint Dipped

Oreos
This is easy, and a kid favorite involving their two favorite things: Oreos and dipped chocolate!
Ingredients:
Enough Oreos so that each child can have two
3 cups of Semi Sweet chocolate morsels
3 tablespoon of vegetable shortening
cup Peppermint Candies or Candy Cannes, crushed
Preparation:
Place wax paper out on the counter.
Place chocolate morsels and shortening in a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high for thirty sec-
onds. Stir and repeat until chocolate is hot and smooth.
Pour 1/3 of the chocolate into another dish to dip the cookies. This will prevent crumbs from getting in
the entire mixture.
Place a sandwich cookie in the bowl of chocolate then flip it using a fork to completely submerge the
cookie. Remove it, shaking off the excess, then place it on the wax paper.
Apply a light dusting of the peppermint candy on the top.
Repeat for all cookies, replenishing and reheating chocolate as needed.
Refrigerate cookies or allow to dry 20 minutes.
Snack #44: Thanksgiving Apple Cider

Materials
Apple Cider, enough for every student to have a cup
Cinnamon Sticks, several
1 can mandarin orange sections in syrup
Wooden spoon
Tall pitcher
Can opener
Strainer (if serving to very young children)
Styrofoam cups, one for each student
Canned whip cream
Cherries
Preparation
Open the can of mandarin sections. Put all materials on the table in front of the children.
Teachers Words:
Most of the things we thank the Lord for on Thanksgiving are things we can taste, touch, smell,
hear or see. What about the things we cant see? Like the Father Himself, his son Jesus, and the
Holy Spirit?
Our faith says that there is only ONE God. Our heavenly father is God. Jesus is God. The Holy
Spirit is God. And yet the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are three distinct beings. One God:
three distinct beings. How can we be thankful for what we dont even understand? Lets try to
understand it.
The TrinityFather, Son, and Holy Spiritare sort of like this cider, these cinnamon sticks, and
these mandarin orange sections. Very different, arent they?
God the Father like this cider. Pour it into the pitcher.
He fills the whole universe and is the basis for all things.
Jesus is like these cinnamon sticks. He had a physical body when he was here on earth. Stir the ci-
der using one of the sticks. He made the gospel understandable to mankind. He died for our sins,
break a stick in two and drop both parts and the other cinnamons sticks in the cider pitcher. Then He
went back up to be with God the Father.
When Jesus went up to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit, who is a lot like these delicious mandarin
sections. He sweetened life for us. He fills us and helps us know what to do every day. Pour the
mandarin sections and juice into the pitcher. Stir with the wooden spoon.
Three distinct beings. ONE GOD. This delicious and spicy cider is certainly ONE RECIPE, isnt
it? Its got the base, the spice and the sweetener, and it will tasty yummy. But we certainly cant
separate out the tastes of cinnamon and mandarin from the cider now, can we?
Have the assistant begin to pour into glasses. For very young children, use the strainer, as they might
not like things floating in their beverage.
This whip cream is like uswe stand on the Father, son and Holy Spirit and rely on them to keep
us afloat in life.
Add a squirt of whip cream on top of each glass.
The cherrywhat is that? Thats like our thanks! God the Father sent us Jesus, and Jesus sent
the Holy Spirit so that we can rest safely in our lives on the love of the Trinity! Lets decorate our-
selves with thanks!
Add a cherry to each.
Lets drink up and thank God for the things we cant seelike the Holy Trinitynow that we un-
derstand it a little better!
Serve.
Five Fun & Easy Beverages

Here are five easy beverages that go with most lessons. While tasty and easy, they are sure to add to the
theme found in your mornings teaching. They are flexible enough that with a little imagination, you
can alter them slightly to meet your specific lesson needs. Most are very recognizable; but youre giving
them that twist of new meaning by applying them directly to your story. Kids imaginations will love
applying drinks they already love to stories that are meaningful.
As colors and substances are symbolic and add to the story, try to serve in a clear glass or plastic pitcher.
When possible, freeze fruit before using. It will add to the freshness and chill.
Beverage 1 Midnight Juice:

If you are teaching a story that takes place at night or involves nights, such as Jacobs Ladder or Noahs
40 nights, Midnight juice can be used with just the briefest of explanations from you on what it is. It can
also be used in stories where people have to wait long times to get Gods blessings. The lesson is that
sometimes we have to wait for Gods timing. It seems like it will always be midnight while were
waiting for the sun. However, if were patient and live with what God has already provided, well be
sure to see the sun in good time.
Ingredients:
Blue Gatorade
4 drops of blue food coloring
Sections of 1 or 2 tangerines or oranges
Preparation:
Add 4 drops of blue food coloring to Gatorade to make it just a little bit darker. Peel the oranges
or tangerines and break into sections, removing the skin lines. Drop into the juice to form
moons. Chill and serve in cups.
Beverage #2 Desert Juice:
Many Bible stories take place in the hot desert, and since most kids like sweetened ice tea, this one is a
hit. The desert is brown, like ice tea, and the strawberries and oranges symbolize the powerful sun that
beats down in red and orange rays.
Ingredients:
Store bought iced tea
8 strawberries
2 tangerines or 1 orange
Sprig of mint (if possible)
Preparation:
Mix ice tea
Wash strawberries and cut them in half
Drop them into the ice tea
Fill with ice cubes shortly before serving and put the sprig of mint at the top.
Beverage #3 Land of Plenty Juice:

If youre telling a Bible story with a very happy ending or one about the future promises of God, Land
of Plenty Juice would be perfect. As it is very colorful, it is intriguing to children, who love to pick out
the different pieces of fruit from their cups and eat them.
Ingredients:
7 Up
12 raspberries
12 blueberries or black berries
2 kiwis
2 tangerines or 1 orange
Preparation:
Skin the kiwis and cut each into six slices. Skin the tangerines and discard the strings that stick
to sections. If you are using an orange, after skinning, cut the meat in half and then break apart
into sections so they arent too long. Wash berries.
Place all fruit in the bottom of a clear glass serving pitcher. Fill with ice and 7 up just before
serving. Some fruit will rise to the top, and others will stay on the bottom, so give it a good stir
before serving.
Beverage #4 Passion Juice:

Any story about how much God or Jesus loves us would be great accompanied by Passion Juice with a
snack.
Ingredients:
Pink lemonade, frozen
16 raspberries
8 strawberries
Preparation:
Mix lemonade according to instructions
Cut the stems off the strawberries, but leave them whole so they are shaped like hearts. Add
raspberries and ice cubes.
Beverage #5 SonShine Juice:

This is only challenging in that it requires a blender. But some kids claim to always want to drink or-
ange juice like this after tasting it. SonShine Juice is great for any story about the promises of Jesus or
any story about God watching over us.
Ingredients:
Frozen Orange Juice
Ice Cubes
Water
Vanilla ice cream (if available)
Preparation:
Put the frozen orange juice and of the suggested amount of water into the blender. If you have
vanilla ice cream, it will keep the orange juice from separating easily after you blend it. If so,
add 1 cup. Fill up with ice cubes. Blend until the mixture turns smooth and light orange. Serve
quickly.
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Popular Old Testament Stories & Related Snacks #1 - #14 13

Snack #2: Animals on Board 16

Story: Noahs Ark

Snack #3: Traveling Satchel Smores 17

Snack #4: Pretzel Ladders 18

Snack #5 Treasure Chest Mix 19

Snack #6: Burning Bush Cookies 20

Snack #8: Jericho Wall Bricks 23

Snack #9: Sling Shot Chocolate Bites 25

Snack # 10: Braids of Strength 26

Snack #11: Fiery Furnace Pickles & Cheese Crackers 27

Story: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego:

Snack #12: Snore Cookies 28

Snack #13: Wheel of Time Chocolate Pie 29

Snack #14: Plankton Salad 30

Popular New Testament Stories & Related Snacks, #15-#30 31

Snack #16: Fruit Roll-Up Scrolls 33

Snack #17: Desert Dessert 34

Snack #18: Wedding Grapes & Cake 35

Snack #19: Fishers-of-Men Banana Boats 36

Story: Jesus calls Simon Peter & Andrew

Snack #20: Samarian Sun Chips & Messiah Salsa 37

Snack #21: Carrots-Are-Good-For-The-Eyes Salad 38

Snack #22: Sea Foam Jell-O 39

Snack #23: Bread of Life Loaf 40

Snack #24: Rice Up and Walk Pudding 41

Snack #25: Carrot On a Stick Donkey Snacks 43

Snack #26: Resurrection Fish over a Fire 45

Snack #27: Lightning & Clouds Cracker Snack 46

Snack #28: Gospel Spread on Crackers 47

Snack #29: Illumination Lemon Creation 48

Snack #30: Shipwreck Stew 49

8 Snacks to Go with the Parables of Jesus, #31-#38 50

Snack #32: Fertile Ground & Sunflower Seeds 53

Snack # 33: Wheat & Tares Oatmeal Cookies 54

Parable: Parable of the Weeds

Snack #34: Mustard Seed Bites 56

Snack #35 Jewels for Jesus Kabobs 57

Snack #36: Fish N Nets Tuna Melts 58

Snack #37: Equal Pay Pretzel Nuggets 60

Snack #38: Celery & Carrot Lamp Stands 61

Snacks to Serve on 5 Special Holidays: #39 - #44 62

Snack #40: Thanksgiving Apple Turkeys 64

Snack #41: Easter Basket Cupcakes 65

Snack #42: Valentines Day Chocolate & Strawberry Treat 66

Snack #43: Christmas Chocolate & Peppermint Dipped Oreos 67

Snack #44: Thanksgiving Apple Cider 68

Five Fun & Easy Beverages 71

Beverage #2 Desert Juice: 71

Beverage #3 Land of Plenty Juice: 72

Beverage #5 SonShine Juice: 73

Most Snacks are Extremely Easy

Average Prep Time is Fifteen Minutes

All Fit the Average or Less-Than-Average Budget

Themes Will Appeal to Kids Taste Buds

Serving Needs Stated

As sometimes teachers have to prepare snacks in the classroom or in less-than-adequate church

More Snacks: 8 Famous Teachings of Christ

Five Holiday Snacks

Popular Old Testament Stories & Related Snacks

Snack #1: Garden of Eden Fruit Salads Day

Snack #2: Animals on Board