The Most Delicious Moana-Inspired Bagel Sandwich Recipe Your Kids are Craving

With back to school season right around the corner, it’s time to plan some easy lunch recipes! Kids will go crazy for this adorable Moana-inspired turtle bagel sandwich recipe!

With back to school season right around the corner, it’s time to plan some easy lunch recipes! Kids will go crazy for this adorable Moana-inspired turtle bagel sandwich recipe!

I know what you’re thinking: back to school already? It seems like summer just started, right? Yet here we are, mid-July and getting ready to start thinking school supplies and lunch pails instead of swimsuits and sand pails! I’m actually going to be trying cyber school with my son this year, which means it’s more important than ever that I have a a solid lunch menu plan for him. Up until this year, the school took care of his lunch needs, so I had at least one meal of the day that I didn’t have to worry about! Except, of course, on the days that he asked to pack lunch!

Whether you’re homeschooling, cyber schooling, or sending your kids off on the bus every day, this turtle bagel sandwich recipe inspired by Moana is exactly what your kids need to fuel their young minds! Let’s check out how easy it is to make! Watch the video, then print out the recipe card for later!

Turtle Bagel Sandwich Recipe for Back to School Lunches

Ingredients:

  • 1 bagel (your child’s favorite flavor)
  • Butter (optional)
  • Enough cream cheese to cover bagel half (approx. 5 to 7 tablespoons) – all within your tastes!
  • 1 cucumber
  • 6 stuffed green olives
  • 4 toothpicks

Directions:

  1. Cut bagel in half and toast if desired.  Spread butter and cream cheese evenly on one half and create your bagel sandwich. Set aside so that it cools down as you’re preparing your other ingredients.
  2. Cut a portion of the cucumber: about 4 inches from the tip (since it’s rounded, it mimics the shape of the turtle’s head). Cut yourself a thin slice from this portion and insert about half of it into your bagel sandwich.
  3. Take 4 of your green olives and insert a toothpick in each one. These will serve as your turtle feet, so place accordingly on your bagel sandwich.
  4. Remove the inside filling of your remaining two green olives and use as turtle’s eyes.
  5. Bon appétit!

With back to school season right around the corner, it’s time to plan some easy lunch recipes! Kids will go crazy for this adorable Moana-inspired turtle bagel sandwich recipe!

Print this recipe for later:

The Most Delicious Moana-Inspired Bagel Sandwich Recipe Your Kids are Craving

  • 1 bagel (your child's favorite flavor)
  • Butter (optional)
  • Enough cream cheese to cover bagel half (approx. 5 to 7 tablespoons – all within your tastes!)
  • 1 cucumber
  • 6 stuffed green olives
  • 4 to othpicks
  1. Cut bagel in half and toast if desired.  Spread butter and cream cheese evenly on one half and create your bagel sandwich. Set aside so that it cools down as you’re preparing your other ingredients.
  2. Cut a portion of the cucumber: about 4 inches from the tip (since it’s rounded, it mimics the shape of the turtle’s head). Cut yourself a thin slice from this portion and insert about half of it into your bagel sandwich.
  3. Take 4 of your green olives and insert a toothpick in each one. These will serve as your turtle feet, so place accordingly on your bagel sandwich.
  4. Remove the inside filling of your remaining two green olives and use as turtle’s eyes.
  5. Bon appétit!

 

 

If you’re making lunch for kiddos at home, our Moana fruit punch goes great with this bagel sandwich recipe! Of course, you could pack it in a thermos minus the sugar on the rim, but kids love the visual appeal of this recipe in a glass!

Hosting a party inspired by Disney's latest princess? Check out our non-alcoholic Moana punch recipe for kids that adults will love just as much!

While you have those bagels out, try our salmon bagel with tuna salad sandwich for your own lunch! Still have a surplus of tasty bagels? Check out more great ways to enjoy them before they go stale!

Like I said, back to school season will be here before you know it! Get ahead of the game by planning your lunch menu for kids now!

Do you have any favorite bagel sandwich recipes? Are you prepared for the back to school season yet? Tell us below!

 

 

17 thoughts on “The Most Delicious Moana-Inspired Bagel Sandwich Recipe Your Kids are Craving”

  1. Kimberly @ Berly's Kitchen

    Yum! That is so cute. Who knew a bagel could be turned into such a sweet turtle? Love this idea!

  2. What an adorable bagel sandwich! My kids are so picky with their lunches so I’m always looking for new recipes to spice things up and keep them interested. We’ll definitely have to give this one a try.

  3. That turtle is just adorable! I’d make this for me! We love Moana, and that would be a really fun lunch.

  4. This is so cute. What a fun treat for kids who loved Moana. My kids loved bagels so they would have been all over this too.

  5. That is the cutest bagel sandwich I’ve ever seen! It’s almost too cute to eat. And the fruit punch looks really refreshing!

  6. I am always looking for fun and cute things to make lunch more exciting! My kids would absolutely flip over this!

  7. Gwen Mulholland

    That is a super cute sandwich and certainly light up a child’s face when they saw their lunch. We loved Moana and this would even be a great snack at a Moana party.

  8. Doria Miyata Murphy

    Hahaha that’s so cute! Moana is very popular around here. We’re homeschool/cyberschoolers, but that actually gives me more time to make lunch so we’ll have to give this a try!

  9. My grandsons love the Moana movie. They would think this for lunch or anytime would be awesome. Probably eating it while watching the movie.

  10. What a fun recipe. My niece is OBSESSED with Moana and I bet she would love this for her daycare lunch.

  11. Now is definitely the perfect time to plan those school lunches and your turtle bagel is adorable. I find that kids eat better when they have fun foods to choose from and the fruit punch looks delicious too.

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