Cookie Scoop Apple Snack

It’s time once again for another fruit life hack!

I did some double-dipping this week. Not only did I find a cool new life hack but I also made myself a nice snack. What can I say? I got hungry while wandering through the endless digital corridors of the internet for life hacks.

Basically, I found a picture of small round pieces of apple dipped in peanut butter with toothpicks sticking out. I thought to myself, “How did they get the round apple slices?” Then I saw the most ridiculously amazing photo of a cookie scoop carving out a spherical apple slice.

(This is sort of what the photo looked like but I took this picture.)

I knew I had to try it.

I grabbed an apple and a cookie scoop and went to work. The first scoop of apple was beautiful. It was perfectly rounded on one side. At this point things were going well. There is something incredibly satisfying about using a cookie scoop to cut apple pieces.

Now, I don’t really understand how but the second scoop cracked my apple into two pieces. I guess I’m just really good at breaking apples in half. Fortunately, it doesn't really matter what happens to the apple you're carving. The round apple slices are the important part.

I ended up using two apples for my plate of six apple sphere snacks. I was only able to get three full scoops out of each apple. I would recommend using larger apples to get more scoops.

After I carved out some apple pieces, I inserted the toothpicks into the side of the apple spheres with the skin on it. I used standard toothpicks but I also think lollipop sticks would work well.

Then, I found a jar of peanut butter and dipped the apple pieces in. It worked really well. The toothpicks were long enough for the apple pieces to reach the peanut butter in the jar.

I would definitely consider this life hack a success. It is a unique way to serve a peanut butter apple snack. It would make a good appetizer at a house party.

Unfortunately, I did end up wasting the parts of the apple that I couldn’t scoop out. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. You can just eat the left-over parts of the apple or feed them to a pet.

What’s your favorite toothpick appetizer? What kind of food pastes do you like to dip your apple slices into? Leave your answers in the comment below!