What would be a good snack to send to school for Teacher Appreciation Week?

Apple cobbler is incredibly easy and literally everyone loves it.

TBH, I was going to make some myself today and threw my back out so I’m just thinking of it. Haha.

Another idea is just some fruit. When faced with tons of store-bought cookies and stuff, I’d really rather have some slices of pineapple or watermelon.

Veggie or fruit pizza.
I love it and it combines a bit of the good and the bad. Plus it’s beautiful.

Assortment of fruit or veggies.

Sandwiches or a variety of large subs cut in 4 inch pieces and a bag of the individual sized assorted chips. Usually 20 in a bag I think.

Chicken fingers and two sauces.

Assorted nuts.

Peanut brittle.

A basket of apples, carmel squares, chocolate nuggets, and pecans. They can create their own pecan turtles, rolos, or caramel apples by taking the appropriate bites of each.

A fruit basket. I would watch out for nut allergies. I would check with the rules first.

What about apples slices and caramel apple dip, or make caramel apples?
You’re back in Indiana ( can I say that, too late, I already did, haha ) but..if Strawberries aren’t too expensive you could do fresh berries and chocolate dip too. Since cookies and brownies and such are bound to be the big item the teachers would probably appreciate some healthy things too.

Now I’m hungry.

I was thinking fruit, too, because that’s what I like, and when faced with the “bad” stuff, I feel like fruit relieves me of some guilt haha. Pineapple and watermelon on a platter or just a 5 lb bag of clementines in a basket with a pretty napkin in the bottom. Maybe throw a few bananas on top. Everybody likes bananas.

Can you bake a cherry pie dammitjanet, can you bake a cherry pie charming Janet? lol

Yeah, fruit. Especially if they’ve been getting a lot of cakes and cookies. I like @jca‘s idea. It sounds really good. And easy.

You know that easy, non-bake recipe for cheese cake? Just add a ½ cup of passion fruit (Lilikoi) juice to it then artfully place some slices of guava, banana, or mango in a fan pattern on top. Lilikoi has a really great sweet-and-tart flavor. It’s much better than Key Lime pie and a lot of people don’t know what to do with Lilikoi, so many people have never had it. If they have fresh Lilikoi at your grocer, remember that the brown ones are sweeter/better. If they don’t carry it at your grocery, then you should be able to find it in a can.

It would be a nice tropical break after a long Indiana winter. Don’t forget to sprinkle coconut shavings on top. 2 eight-inch cheese cakes should easily serve 12. All you have to do is mix the stuff up and put it in the refrigerator for a few hours. Voila!

Dammitjanet’s Lilikoi Tropical Fantasy.

If your grocery doesn’t carry these exotic fruits, then Here’s a whole bunch of easy no-bake, fruity cheese cake recipes.

Edit: Don’t forget the graham cracker pie crust. You can either make it yourself in five minutes, or you can buy the aluminum pie pans with the crust already in them in the frozen section. That way you don’t have to worry about getting any of your pie pans back. You don’t have to go near an oven for any of this.

OMG! Key Lime Pie and Cheesecake, up yours @Espiritus_Corvus. lol Pavlovs salivating women.

Somehow a raw, unpeeled, piece of fruit does not say, “I appreciate you!” to me.

If you’re not wild about the cold pizza idea, how about some cheesecake bites or tarts and some fresh fruit toppers?

Dammit, Janet, I was typing when @Esp was posting.

@ibstubro LMAO!

I want to say I love fruit cut up and bite size, but I don’t like most fruit salads. Let people mix up their combination on their own. You can put microwaveable chocolate sauce with the fruit if you want to candy it up. Not necessary though.

Having a dear friend who is a teacher I know her answer would be Jello shots. Seriously

Until I read your details, my first thought was “peanut butter cookies!”.

I’d say a gift card for a mani/pedi. Or the parents chipping in for dinner and a movie.

As much as I like cheesecake and key lime pie, they need refrigeration and care and are more sweet foods.

The thing we all most wanted was a refill on the Lithium Lick on the back of the staffroom door, to be honest.
Please remember, having something that takes time to dish, dip, clean up, piece on, carry on the fly… is very kind, yet it gets a bit much. We often believed the kids wanted to see the teachers on a sugar-high in reverse.
Many have dietary restrictions, late lunches periods, or little time.
Add that to the yearly coffee mug gift from the school board and administration- which actually misspelled ‘appreciate’ one year…( some sold theirs on eBay because it was just too funny! )
What would be smarter and easier on most? A zip-lock grab bag. Put a small size hand sanitizer for bk bag, a discount card to…someplace they could shop – Loews, Target, Barnes & Nobles or Amazon- it doesn’t have to be $$$, a collapsible hair brush, mints, neon markers/ highlighters, pkg of tissues- fit in pocket or such, and then please (!!!) put something goofy in also! Yoyo’s, Groucho Glasses, a Super Ball mini, gumball machine prizes, or a representation of a fun joke that the entire school understands- a mascot toy, whistle, something that means something to the Teachers . Impromptu kind words written by kids on strips of paper is very well appreciated. Etc.
Before PC and crazies in the News- some kids gave their own teachers tiny squirt guns- that shot precisely and at quite a distance. It was one of the most fun after-school water fights- EVER. Holy Crap we had so much fun…if only the kids knew! Wow.
Oh well. Things change.
Just a couple suggestion for next year, perhaps.

@zenvelo: This is from a group, to a group. I think what you’re talking about might be more for the end of the year gift.

At my school, the teacher appreciation week is party foods and the teachers snack and feast. Some parents are making dishes like lasagna and the classes are chipping in. End of the school year gift is different, and we’re chipping in money for a “gift” gift.

I know the teachers have a swap at some point, where they bring in all the gifts that they don’t want (mugs, lotion, frames, etc.) and they lay it on the tables in their lunch room and they trade and swap. I also see the lotions and soaps in the teacher’s bathrooms. I guess not all teachers like smelly lotions and soaps.

@jca My error in not realizing it was really “snack” week. In that case, how about a seven layer bean dip and a bag of thick dippable tortilla chips? Takes about 15 minutes to make, is different but delicious, and just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

This sounds like an Intent vs. Effect scenario. The intent is to show appreciation for what the teachers are doing; the effect may not really be appreciated for a variety of reasons. Has anyone asked the teachers what they would really like?

Why I ask is that both sisters teach/taught in public schools. Both feel/felt that if parents want to show appreciation, then they would respond to the feedback on their child with an open mind in order to work out any concerns.

If the group wants to do something beyond that, then how about having the teachers fill out a survey on what they would like? The group might be surprised at the simple and cheap responses given.

I’ll bet they would love a drive to bring in some additional supplies. I know my brother, a teacher, paid for many a supply out of his own pocket.

In terms of food, I love the whole fruit idea (cuties/oranges, bananas, etc.). You can avoid food allergies/sensitivities with whole, skinned fruit.

Although most people drool over chocolate-covered strawberries. Maybe have a few of those.