Kids will love this chicken and chips butterfly for lunch!

Celebrate spring-time, Earth Day, or any day by serving a cute Chicken and Chips Butterfly! Kids will have so much fun creating their own butterfly using nacho cheese corn chips and tenders.

Originally posted June 30, 2011

It's been a very long time since I was a kid but my mind hasn't forgotten what it was like to be young and creative.

As I'm sure you already know, I love playing with my food. It's just plain fun!

When I began blogging about food for happy occasions back in 2011, I created this cute kid's lunch featuring a butterfly made from chicken tenders, Doritos, and chow mein noodles.

Chicken and Chips Butterfly Snack

(ingredients listed for 1 butterfly)

Ingredients:

1 chicken tender (I used Tyson's Honey Chicken Tenders, the size was perfect)
4 Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips

a dab of mustard, plain or honey, or another dipping sauce, whatever your child likes
2 chow mein noodles (or you can use potato sticks or very thin carrot sticks)
1 black food coloring marker*

*If you prefer, you can make your butterfly eyes using 2 black sesame seeds and skip the mouth.

Instructions:

Bake your chicken tenders according to the instructions on the package.

You can also make homemade chicken tenders if you prefer.

Decorating your butterflies:

• Arrange 4 Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips like butterfly wings on a plate.
• Add a dab of mustard or dipping sauce in the center, where the points of the chips meet.
  • This will help to secure the chicken tender in place.
• Poke two chow mein noodles into one end of the cooked chicken tender forming the antennas.
• Use the black food coloring marker to draw eyes and a smile on the chicken tender.
• Set the chicken tender over the center of the wings with the antennas pointing up.
• Serve.

To serve these at a party:

• Bake the chicken tenders ahead of time.
• Cut out 6" squares of parchment paper and set them on baking sheets.
• Arrange one finished butterfly on each of the parchment squares.
• Keep warm in a 200 degree Fahrenheit oven for up to 30 minutes.
• Carefully lift the parchment sheets up and place them on a lunch plate.
• Serve your guests.
• Do not bake the completed butterflies at a higher temperature or the wings and antenna will burn.

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Chicken and Chips Butterfly Snack

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

 

Decorate a chicken tender with nacho cheese corn chip wings and chow mein noddle antennae. Create this fun snack or lunch for your kids or let them decorate one themselves.

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken tender, doritos, fun food

Servings: 1

Author: Beth Klosterboer

Ingredients

• 1 chicken tender (recommended: Tyson's Honey Chicken Tenders)
• 4 Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips
• 1 teaspoon honey mustard, honey, barbeque sauce, or sweet and sour sauce
• 2 chow mein noodles or you can use potato sticks or very thin carrot sticks
• 1 black food coloring marker

Instructions

1. Bake your chicken tenders according to the instructions on the package.
2. You can also make homemade chicken tenders if you prefer.

Decorating your butterflies:

1. Arrange 4 Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips like butterfly wings on a plate.
2. Add a dab of mustard or dipping sauce in the center, where the points of the chips meet.
3. This will help to secure the chicken tender in place.
4. Poke two chow mein noodles into one end of the cooked chicken tender forming the antennas.
5. Use the black food coloring marker to draw eyes and a smile on the chicken tender.
6. Set the chicken tender over the center of the wings with the antennas pointing up.
7. Serve.

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Crescent Dog Butterfly

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Beth Klosterboer

Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com

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