Guatemalan Fruit by the Foot™ Flag

Name: Guatemalan Fruit by the Foot™ Flag
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Latin American
Ingredients: 1 slice of whole grain bread; 2 tablespoons whipped cream cheese; 1 blue strip from the Fruit by the Foot™ Flavor Mixers box; 1 purple strip from the Fruit by the Foot™ Flavor Mixers box; 1 Fruit Roll-Up from the Fruit by the Foot™ box Flavor Mixers containing green, red and yellow

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Prep 30 min
Total 30 min
Ingredients 5
Servings 1

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Hispanic Heritage month is here and there are many countries that gained their independence around the same time. Guatemala is one of those countries. How about celebrating with a flag made with Fruit by the Foot™ and toast?

by Dariela Cruz

Updated Sep 23, 2015

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Ingredients

1 slice of whole grain bread
2 tablespoons whipped cream cheese
1 blue strip from the Fruit by the Foot™ Flavor Mixers box
1 purple strip from the Fruit by the Foot™ Flavor Mixers box
1 Fruit Roll-Up from the Fruit by the Foot™ box Flavor Mixers containing green, red and yellow

Directions

1

Toast the bread.
2

Cut the crust off the bread to you’re left with a rectangular piece.
3

Cover the toast with cream cheese.
4

Place 3 strips of blue vertically one next to the other on both sides of the rectangle to create the two strips of blue on the Guatemalan flag.
5

Before pealing off the green strip from the paper, use your marker to draw 3 curves to simulate the laurel wreath and quetzal shield, peel the paper and place in the middle of the flag.
6

Cut 2 thin red strips and place on top like the two rifles.
7

Cut a small square to use as parchment in the middle of the shield.
8

Finally, cover one of the crusts from the bread and cover it with violet strip of Fruit by the Foot™, add a bit of cream cheese on one side and stick to the flag to cover the handle.

Expert Tips

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This is a great way to get the kids involved to learn more about the symbolism of the Guatemalan flag.

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Hispanic Heritage month is here and there are many countries that gained their independence around the same time. Guatemala is one of those countries. How about celebrating with a flag made with Fruit by the Foot™ and toast?