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    Home » Valentines Day » Healthy Valentines Recipes

    Valentines Fun Food: Apple Love Bugs Tutorial

    Feb 13, 2017 · 8 Comments

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    These cute apple love bugs make a really fun and healthy Valentines snack for kids! Make them for a fun surprise or challenge the kids have a go at making their own for a fun Valentines Day activity.

    As Valentines Day fast approaches I've got another Valentines fun food idea to share with you - cute and easy apple love bugs! I've put a Valentines spin on my original apple ladybugs and I'm really pleased with how they came out. There was much oohing and ahhing over them from my boys but they didn't survive long - they love their apples too much!

     
    If you have any trouble loading the tutorial video, click here to watch it on YouTube, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Eats Amazing YouTube channel while you are there for lots more easy recipes, tutorials and fun food ideas!

    Cute and easy healthy Valentines food for kids - apple love bugs - Eats Amazing UK

    These apple love bugs make a perfect Valentines Day treat - you could pop them in a lunch box, serve them up as a healthy dessert or just have them as a fun snack. They're fun to make with the kids too - they'll enjoy punching out the heart shaped spots or let the come up with their own designs - you'll find some more ideas here: Apple Bugs Tutorial.

    Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - fun food for kids from Eats Amazing UK

    You could also make them in bulk and serve them up for a fun healthy party food idea all the year around - they'd be perfect for all sorts of party themes; garden themed party, ugly bug ball or a mini beast party to name a few!

    How to make cute apple love bugs - fun food for kids - perfect for Valentines Day - Eats Amazing UK

    Valentines Apple Love Bugs

    Ingredients (makes 4):

    • 1 red apple
    • 1 green apple
    • 1 tbs lemon or orange juice
    • 4 black grapes
    • 8 edible candy eyes
    • tube of writing icing or cream cheese

    Equipment: 

    • sharp knife
    • apple corer or small circle cutter
    • small heart shaped cutter

    Easy Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - fun food for kids from Eats Amazing UK

    Method: 

    Slice each apple in half. Use the corer or the small circle cutter to cut out the stalk - this will also leave a space for the grape head to slot into. Brush the cut sides with the lemon or orange juice to prevent browning.

    Lay each apple half cut-side down on a chopping board.  With your knife, score a long, thin triangle into one each apple half.  Use the tip of your knife to remove the skin, then trim the apple flesh to tidy it up if necessary.

    Push the mini heart cutter into the skin to make heart shaped 'spots' on each apple. Using the tip of a sharp knife, carefully pop the heart shaped pieces of skin out and place to one side. Brush juice over the apples again.

    Place contrasting colours of the heart shaped skin back into each apple; green into the red apple and red into the green apple.

    Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - fun food for kids from Eats Amazing UK - red apple bug

    Push a grape into the top of each apple to make the head.

    Using the writing icing or a dab of cream cheese, secure two edible candy eyes onto each grape head to complete each bug.

    Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - fun food for kids from Eats Amazing UK -green apple bug

    Dab each bug gently with a piece of kitchen paper to soak up any remaining juice and serve immediately.

    For fun presentation, you could serve them up on a bed of dried fruit 'dirt'!

    Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - cute food for kids from Eats Amazing UK

    If you enjoyed this fun idea, you might also like these love bug themed recipes:

    Easy Love Bug Sandwiches

    How to make love bug sandwiches fun food tutorial with step by step photos - cute kids food for Valentines Day from Eats Amazing UK

    Cute Love Bug Cupcakes

    Super cute love bug cupcakes recipe for kids - these cute ladybug cupcakes have heart shaped dots for Valentines Day

    Quick and Easy Love Bug Pizzas

    Quick and easy Love Bug Pizza recipe - fun Valentines Food for Kids

    For more delicious and fun food ideas for Valentines Day, check out the Fun Valentines Day Food section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Valentines Pinterest boards for lots more fun ideas from around the web; Cute Valentines Day Food and Valentines Day for Kids.

    Happy Valentines Day!

    Grace

    Disclosure: This post contains some Amazon affiliate links; I may receive commission on items purchased through the links.

    Valentines love bugs tutorial with video - fun food for kids from Eats Amazing UK -green apple bug
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    Valentines Apple Love Bugs

    Cute and easy Valentines activity for kids - these fun apple love bugs make a perfect healthy Valentines snack for kids!
    Prep Time8 minutes mins
    Cook Time0 minutes mins
    Total Time8 minutes mins
    Course: Party Food, Snack
    Cuisine: British, Valentines Day, Vegetarian
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Grace Hall

    Ingredients

    • 1 red apple
    • 1 green apple
    • 1 tbs lemon or orange juice
    • 4 black grapes
    • 8  edible candy eyes
    • tube of writing icing or cream cheese

    Instructions

    • Slice each apple in half. Use the corer or the small circle cutter to cut out the stalk - this will also leave a space for the grape head to slot into. Brush the cut sides with the lemon or orange juice to prevent browning.
    • Lay each apple half cut-side down on a chopping board.  With your knife, score a long, thin triangle into one each apple half.  Use the tip of your knife to remove the skin, then trim the apple flesh to tidy it up if necessary.
    • Push the mini heart cutter into the skin to make heart shaped 'spots' on each apple. Using the tip of a sharp knife, carefully pop the heart shaped pieces of skin out and place to one side. Brush juice over the apples again.
    • Place contrasting colours of the heart shaped skin back into each apple; green into the red apple and red into the green apple.
    • Push a grape into the top of each apple to make the head.
    • Using the writing icing or a dab of cream cheese, secure two edible candy eyes onto each grape head to complete each bug.
    • Dab each bug gently with a piece of kitchen paper to soak up any remaining juice and serve immediately.
    • For fun presentation, you could serve them up on a bed of dried fruit 'dirt'!

    Video

    Notes

    Equipment: Sharp knife, apple corer or small circle cutter  and a small heart shaped cutter.

    If you enjoyed this fun recipe, why not save it to Pinterest so you can easily find it again! 

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    1. Rebecca Beesley says

      February 13, 2017 at 2:43 pm

      CUTE is definitely the word for these! love them! x

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