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3 Easy Snacks That Will Make Life a Little Sweeter

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at U Vic chapter.

Snacking isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. And sometimes, grabbing a bag of chips out of the pantry doesn’t cut it. Anyone who has experienced the overpowering urge for something sweet while hanging out at home will appreciate these 3 easy recipes. (Bonus: all of these snacks are soft enough for those suffering post-wisdom tooth removal.) 

Snacks yogurt dairy
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Greek Yogurt & Honey

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 2 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 2 minutesServings:1 servings

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Instructions

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    Put yogurt into bowl along with honey. You can use as little or as much as you want, all depends on how sweet you want it. Then stir and you’ve got yourself a super simple snack.

Then bring the campfire drink to your living room. 

Snacks yogurt tea
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Roasted Marshmallow Milkshake

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 5 minutesCook time: 1 minuteTotal time: 6 minutesServings:2 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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    Add ice cream, milk, vanilla, and salt into a blender.

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    Preheat oven on broil. Place marshmallows on tin foil lined pan into the oven turning constantly, they’ll be roasted within seconds.

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    Add 6 marshmallows into the blender, leaving remaining 2 to the side.

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    When reasonably blended pour into a glass and place one of the two remaining marshmallows on top of each shake.

There’s no going wrong with snack size.

Snacks coconut chocolate
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Mini Cheesecakes

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: 20 minutesTotal time: 40 minutesServings:15 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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    Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line muffin tins with paper liners.

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    Crush the vanilla wafers. Place a tablespoon into each muffin liner.

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    In bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy (it’s okay if there’s some tiny chunks of cream cheese hanging around). Fill each muffin liner almost to the top.

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    Bake for 18-20 minutes. When the cream cheese mixture’s relatively firm to the touch you’ve successfully made miniature cheesecakes! Feel free to add your choice of toppings.

Basically a walking/talking piece of pizza.