Sweet and Savory Bites

Some days, I can’t decide if I want something sweet or savory. To be honest, I usually eat something savory and then something sweet, making sure to repeat the process at least two more times. It’s a viscous cycle. With these little snack sized bites, you won’t be forced to choose one or another. You can have both in one bite! I’m going to be sharing two recipes with you that couldn’t be any more simple. Heck, they don’t even have official recipes since they’re so easy.

I used Farmer’s Garden® by Vlasic® pickles for my first snack. Have you ever tried having pickles and peanut butter? It might sound a little strange, but it works. It’s kind of like eating french fries with a milkshake (In-N-Out, anyone?). I used the Bread and Butter Chips since they are slightly sweet and have a wonderful crunch to them. They’re hand packed and made with honest ingredients without any artificial flavors.

The cute mason jars that they’re canned in may also be used after you’ve finished the product for crafts, weddings, or storage. I’ve never seen a mason jar that I didn’t like. If Bread and Butter Chips aren’t your thing, don’t fret, there’s also Zesty Garlic Chips, Kosher Dill Spears, Kosher Dill Halves and Dill Chips.

Pickles and peanut butter are similar to one another since I never what to categorize them. Would you say peanut butter is sweet or savory? What about sweet pickles? In this case, I’d definitely say that the pickle is the savory and the peanut butter is the sweet. I used honey roasted peanut butter for these snacks and it muted the tanginess from the pickles.

These bread and butter chips are much thicker than regular pickle chips. There’s no skimping here.

It’d be silly for me to write a recipe for these. All you do is take a cracker (I used whole wheat Ritz crackers), smother it with your choice of peanut butter, and top it off with a pickle chip. Repeat twenty five times and you’ve got yourself an appetizer for your summer party.

Now for my second snack, Ritz cracker s’mores! Usually s’mores are made with sweet ingredients– graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows. In this case, I subbed out the graham cracker for something a little more salty.

I melted some dark chocolate, spread about a teaspoon on each cracker, and then laid them chocolate side down on wax paper. I left them while I went to go do laundry. When I came back, the chocolate was hardened, smooth, and ready to work with.

Kraft made my life a lot easier when they created StackerMallows. They’re flatter, rectangle shaped marshmallows that are perfect for s’more making.

I toasted each marshmallow over some fire before sandwiching them in between two chocolate dipped crackers.

A torched marshmallow is a beautiful thing.

I LOVED the buttery, salted crackers with the sweet inside. I might just replace graham crackers in s’mores for forever.

Be careful, each bite will tend to get a little messy! Now you can’t say that you were never warned.

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This is a sponsored post, but the opinions expressed are my own.