Dogsledding Snack Ideas

Updated on January 06, 2011
S.D. asks from Essex Junction, VT
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Hi Ladies! You all came through brilliantly with suggestions for snacks for the horseback riding trip my daughter and I planned with our Adventure Girls group, so I thought I'd call on you again. This time we're planning a dogsledding trip and I need a snack that would tie into that. I thought of coconut covered Munchkins, to represent snowballs and also doing cut-out cookies with a dog bone cookie cutter, but I'd like to come up with something more on the healthy side, if possible, or even more impressive than those. Any amazing ideas?? :)

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Thanks, ladies, for your suggestions. I liked the bread stick bones and Scooby snack ideas, but my DD didn't want to do those for some reason. We ended up making our own "dogsled" trail mix and I happened to find a dogsled snack on a website. My MIL happened to have mini, individually wrapped, candy canes which we used as runners for a flat, square, cookie sled. We then tied licorice ropes to the curved part of the candy canes and wrapped them around the necks of little plastic dogs I bought. We used royal icing to attach a foil-wrapped chocolate heart on each sled. I put them in cupcake papers to keep them together. They were a little labor intensive, but turned out really cute! Quite the motley group of dogs too! I've never seen sleds being pulled by Dalmations and Bulldogs! They were a big hit and we made sure to give one to each of the "mushers", who really liked them. Thanks for your ideas and inspiration (the trail mix was well received as well!).

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J.K.

answers from Gainesville on

When I was a kid I ate milk-bones, but my parents didn't like it then and I don't suppose I ought to recommend it now.
I think the most important thing is to get snacks that you can eat frozen or that won't freeze and worry about the theme later. I used to do a lot of winter hiking and a thermos of hot tea or hot chocolate was great to have. You can put some education into it by having them make their own pemmican, which is a native american historical trail food. You'll have to google it and then modify it for modern times. Other than that, all I can think of is the traditional trail mix sort of thing. I'm not very good at the theme stuff.

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D.K.

answers from State College on

You could do puppy chow, probably not the healthiest option. Not sure if they still make them, but there used to be Scooby Snacks graham crackers too. It sounds like your daughter is in a really fun group.

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S.J.

answers from Burlington on

I make these breadstick bones for Halloween every year. They're fun and easy and healthier than cookies! I brush them with butter and sprinkle them with parmesan cheese out of the oven. Have fun on your trip!!

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/salty-bones-688986/

A.W.

answers from Kalamazoo on

I would do trail mix and jerky!

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