Foolproof toddler snacks?

[Comtessa]

I need some new ideas for toddler snacks! 

DD (2.5 yo) consumes vegetables hesitantly, but a fun presentation will overcome her reticence to eat green things.  We often make bugs on a log (celery sticks spread with cream cheese or peanut butter, topped with raisins), and that is a big hit. 

Yesterday, MIL made a little hors d'ouevre that DD loved -- thick slices of cucumber, with a shallow "bowl" scooped out of the center, filled with a spoonful of hummus and topped with a sprinkling of paprika.  A bit too fussy for me to make regularly, but for DD -- who usually hates hummus -- this was a revelation. 

So, what are some other "fun" ways of preparing healthy foods that encourage your toddler (or older child) to eat more of them?  Ideas please!!! 

[Chicky2]

I make faces on a plate w/an assortment of things like pickle chunks, mandarin oranges, banana circles, sugar snap peas, carrot shreds, cheese slices or shreds, cucumber, etc. Or for all of them I'll get out a big cookie sheet and make a whole scene. Doesn't take long if I keep some stuff already cut up in the fridge.

[CanBoo]

I can serve about anything in a muffin tin.

They seem to at least have a bite of everything that way.

[CanBoo]

My kids will eat about any raw veggie, as long as they have ranch dip for it.

They love frozen peas too.

[mommariffic]

Tea sandwiches

DD loves little sandwiches and I fill them with veggies. We went to a tea house and she gobbled everything up! You can do salmon salad, egg salad..so many options. 

[Comtessa]

These ideas are brilliant, thank you so much!!!  The muffin-tin link was fantastic.  I felt like I was stuck in a "mommy rut" with food -- but I'm out now!  

Here's today's big hit:

[Chicky2]

Awww, cute pic. 

My kids will eat anything if they can eat it outside.  My kids will just plain eat anything, lol.  And they do.  Alot of it.  It's expensive!

[justmarie17]

I need this thread! All my boys want to eat for snacks are cheese, bread, crackers, apples, bananas. Veggies? Forget it. Dinner is a problem too. They want all the "kid food" (pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, spaghetti with cheese, etc), and no "real" food. Ugh. I will be trying the muffin tin and face suggestions!