{"id":2316,"date":"2014-11-24T10:13:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2014-11-24T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:13:33","slug":"troops-favorite-snack-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/girl-scout-activities\/campingoutdoor-activities\/troops-favorite-snack-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Snack to Share &#8211; Slinky Apples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>submitted by Paula Riggins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So it was one of our troop\u2019s first registration nights and along with some game time for the girls we asked everyone to bring a snack to share. I asked everyone to be sensitive to peanut allergies and shoot for something healthy. I could just imagine the panic and see the eyes rolling from the request.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11-248x300.png\" alt=\"11\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>On meeting night, as I was frantically trying to pull everything together for registrations, I realized I didn\u2019t have a snack for my daughter to share. I resigned myself to leaving a few minutes early so I could swing by the grocery to grabbing something at on the way. I was seriously wishing I was that mom with time enough to make those incredible snacks I spent hours this summer finding on Pinterest. Instead of naming my board \u201cAwesome Snack for Scouts\u201d I need to rename it \u201cSnacks your troop will never Enjoy!\u201d As I scanned the pantry in a last ditch effort to avoid the inevitable my eyes landed on an item I had bought on a whim and hadn\u2019t used in a long time. Hmmmm still need a quick trip to the grocery but this might work.<br \/>\nWhen I arrived I saw a table filled with store bought snacks. Prepackaged brownies, cookies, chocolate bars and salty chips. I couldn\u2019t help but wonder what would be on the menu if we all weren\u2019t busy working Mom\u2019s just doing what we can in the short time we have available. Shuffling packages around to make room for my huge bowl of fresh apples I grabbed at the store, I could hear several mothers snickering behind me. As I turned, I just smiled at the smirking ladies who wished me \u201cluck\u201d with the bowl of fruit. I simply said \u201cWell you never know until you try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2324\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/22.png\" alt=\"22\" width=\"166\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>At the end of our meeting, the girls were set loose on the snack table. Just as they started to dig in my daughter proudly announced \u201cDoes Anyone want to try one of my mom\u2019s Slinky Apples?\u201d All eyes turned and to the surprise of many a parent watching, a line began to form. I spent the next 20 minutes running apples through my old fashion apple peeler\/slicer\/coring machine turning out slinky apples to every girl in the troop. I handed them out with great pomp and circumstance as the apples wiggled and giggled their way in to the hands of the anxious girls. The girls squealed and giggled as they played with and yes even ate their hilariously funny, healthy, fresh and delicious slinky apples.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I would just be lying if I told you that the other goodies were not touched, but I can say that the only healthy option was very well received. As several parents pitched in to clear away the left over brownies, cookies, crackers and chips I just couldn\u2019t help but laugh and ask if someone could pass over my big empty bowl. We all chuckled in amazement of the girls choosing fruit over all that other junk just because I gave them a silly name and cut them a little differently. Behold the power of a good marketing strategy!<\/p>\n<p>Since that first meeting, slinky apples have been on the menu for every single troop camping trip, sleepover, or fun day on our calendar. Every time that line forms I just have to giggle to myself.\u00a0Just look at the huge smiles on these scouts just before they tear into their Slinky Apples. They are almost as big as the ones on their parent\u2019s faces as they see their girls enjoying a healthy snack for once.<\/p>\n<p>Bon App\u00e9tit!<\/p>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:100%;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/32.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"85\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a>Paula Riggins was a girl scout herself, way back when every brownie still wore beanies! She is a Programmer Analyst for a Fortune 500 company but if you ask she will tell you working with kids is her passion. Paula is a Christian wife and mom of two kids. Paula has taught Sunday school, attended clown college, directed Vacation Bible School, as well as several Bring a Child to Work Day programs for her employer. She started as a Cub Scout leader when her son was in 1st grade and is very proud to say that he is currently a Life Scout working towards the highest rank of Eagle. When her daughter was born she couldn\u2019t wait to get involved with Girl Scouting again! She has been a Girl Scout leader for the last 3 years and is looking forward to many more to come.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>submitted by Paula Riggins So it was one of our troop\u2019s first registration nights and along with some game time for the girls we asked everyone to bring a snack to share. 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