Easy 4-Ingredient Shark Week Snack Cups
This shark week snack cup is so simple to make, all you need are 4 simple ingredients. A yogurt cup that is topped with sand (graham crackers) and a shark gummy. A fun and creative shark week snack to make.
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This shark week-themed snack can be served up for breakfast, a snack, or even a dessert. Turn on the tv and watch the sharks swim, as you devour your yogurt snack cup. Kids and adults will enjoy this recipe.
Why These Shark Week Snack Cups Are A Hit…
- Simple ingredients
- Fun shark-themed treat
- Makes a fun snack for a shark birthday party theme
- Can be made with yogurt or pudding
- Decorate your yogurt cups with fun candy gummies
- They are my favorite blue foods for kids
Also, try my banana cream frozen yogurt, it is so delicious!
Ingredients Needed
How to Make This Shark Week Snack Cups Recipe
- Grab your yogurt of choice and add blue food coloring gel to give it an ocean watercolor. Pour the yogurt into a clear container. (Photos 1 & 2)
- Crush up some graham crackers to make crumbs, or buy graham cracker crumbs and sprinkle part with sand to act like a beach.
- Place a shark gummy on top, and serve up this easy and fun kid friendly snack or dessert. (Photo 3)
Variations to Recipe
- Use vanilla pudding instead of vanilla yogurt.
- Greek yogurt adds extra protein in, which can be great for kids
- Add different sea-inspired gummies on top to give it more of a beach theme
- Add a cocktail drink umbrellas on the sand for a fun decoration
- Whip up some blue Jello instead of yogurt
- Use crushed Golden Oreos in a swap of graham cracker crumbs.
What is Shark Week?
The Discovery Channel hosts a week-long series of shark shows to learn about sharks, watch their attacks, and so much more.
Shark Week started over 30 years ago, and it has become a popular week. Shark Week is something so many households look forward to as, they love all the shows.
Recipe FAQs
Absolutely! Want to use this for a beach party or shark birthday party? Go right ahead. These are so easy to make, and full of sweet flavor, while still being a healthy treat for kids and adults.
Go right ahead and make your yogurt snack cups in advance. The big thing to pay attention to is not putting the gummy shark on till right before serving. Otherwise, it can sog up a bit.
Tune in on the Discovery Channel. Depending on your cable provider, the channel number may vary.
Yogurt is one dairy product I do not recommend freezing. It will alter the texture of the yogurt. So, only make what you plan on serving up. This recipe is very easy to adjust measurements.
Looking for More Easy Snack Ideas for Shark Week
- These beach cupcakes are such a fun treat and to celebrate Shark Week you can use some shark sugar decorations to match the theme.
- A shark bite drink will surely make the kids happy and it’s super easy to make an adult version too!
- Blue raspberry jello shots are another summertime favorite of mine and perfect for a shark-themed party!
Snag Your Shark Week Printable
Grab your set of these awesome Shark Printable. Dive in and download, making learning about sharks fun and interactive.
4 Ingredient Shark Week Snack Cups Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 shark gummies
- 2 graham crackers crushed
- 1 blue food gel coloring drop
- 4 cups vanilla yogurt
Instructions
- Place yogurt in a medium bowl.
- Add 1 drop blue food gel and whisk well.
- Place yogurt into the cups
- Put graham crackers into a ziplock bag and crush with your hands until the graham cracker is in small crumbles.
- Add crumbles to the top of the yogurt.
- Place one shark on each cup. Serve cold!
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These look great. I may need to make some with my daughters. They love making stuff like this.
That’s great Kathy, you both have fun making these.
Wow! Such an easy and delicious recipe. My kids love yogurt, and I am pretty sure that they will like it.
That’s fantastic, Gervin, and then they should definitely love these tasty treats. Thank you for coming by!
That’s such a great idea. My son loves sharks and neither of us knew it was shark week. I need to prepare one of these for him for after school.
Yeah, it’s Starting July 11 and continuing through July 18th. Thanks for stopping by!
wow! How cool are these cups! My kids will love it!
They are pretty cool Catalina, Thank you for coming by!
Baby Shark do do do do! I keep running that song free rent in my head because my little one adores it. I will have to do her this awesome recipe. Thanks for sharing!
It’s not just cute, it seems yummy too, I love yogurt!
Hi Rose Ann, Thank you, and Thanks for stopping by!
It seems great with kid’s birthday party, cute, so creative and so easy to make!
Hey Scarlett, Yes, these are great for parties kids or adults. Thank you for coming by!
Wow, this is so cute! Even me as an adult would it.
Thank you! Richelle, You bet adults can enjoy these Thanks for stopping by! ????
Thanks for sharing this recipe.. So fun and creative.
Hi Romy, Your so very welcome! Thanks for stopping by! ????
These are so cool looking. I need to make these for a snack for my boys as they would love them.
Hi Tara, Thank you! YES! Please. Thank you for coming by!
Shark Week is so exciting! My kids will love these shark snack cups! Need to try this recipe!
Hey Sandra, It is SOO exciting love every minute, lol. Easy for them to make themselves if they’re not too young. Thank you for stopping by!
Hello,
New visiting and nice blog! Came from VCB. Fun and scary dish with a “Shark Week” in the title.
Hello Leslie, Welcome. Shark Week is great! Check your local listing and tune in. Starts July 11th. Thank you for stopping by!
This would be a lot fun to make when my nieces and nephews come over.
Hi Tasheena, They would have a great time making these. Thank you for stopping by!
What a cute recipe to celebrate shark week – so creative! Might try this with my daughter.
Thank you, Talya. Enjoy! Thank you for coming by!
Shark week is always a fun time to watch these dangerous creatures. It is great that you have a themed snack to enjoy the programming.
Thank you, Melissa, Shark Week is a tradition here in our house, and you can never have enough themed snacks, Thank you for coming by!
I forgot about Shark Week! These snack cups look like fun. I need to make these for sure.
How can you forget about Shark Week, Amber? Lol, They are fun! Enjoy! Thank you for coming by!