Apple Peanut Butter Snack Boxes with Cinnamon Yogurt Dip

Name: Apple Peanut Butter Snack Boxes with Cinnamon Yogurt Dip
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 snack boxes
Ingredients: 2 medium eating apples, washed, cored, and cut into wedges; 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter; 2/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 cups cold water; 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt

Author:: Kristina Recipes
Published:: October 22, 2026
Prep Time:: About 15 min
Cook Time:: About 0 min
Total Time:: About 15 min
Servings:: 2
Yield:: 2 snack boxes

Apple peanut butter snack boxes put crisp apple wedges, creamy peanut butter, and cinnamon yogurt dip into separate compartments. Each box holds one apple, a spoonful of peanut butter, and a small cup of dip, so the fruit does not sit in the yogurt on the way to work or school.

You can make two boxes without cooking. A short salt-water soak helps slow browning; a quick rinse removes the salt before you pack the slices. Keep the finished boxes cold until you are ready to eat.

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Two divided apple peanut butter snack boxes with apple wedges and separate cups of peanut butter and cinnamon yogurt dip.

Ingredients for Apple Peanut Butter Snack Boxes

Use two eating apples that you like to eat raw. Each box gets one sliced apple and one tablespoon of creamy peanut butter. The dip is vanilla Greek yogurt stirred with ground cinnamon; it stays in its own lidded cup rather than coating the fruit.

The salt and water are for the brief apple soak, not part of the finished snack. Measure the salt as written if you use this method: kosher salt brands differ in crystal size, so the same spoonful of another brand may contain a different amount of salt.

How to Make Apple Peanut Butter Snack Boxes

Stir the cinnamon into the yogurt first, then divide the dip between two small, leak-resistant cups. Wash each whole apple under running water, core it, and cut it into wedges. If you are packing the boxes for later, give the slices the short soak described below before assembling.

Put one apple's wedges in each box. Add a sealed cup with one tablespoon of peanut butter and a separate cup of cinnamon yogurt dip. Close the containers and chill them promptly. The full quantities and ordered steps are in the recipe card below.

Vanilla Greek yogurt stirred with ground cinnamon in a small bowl before being divided into snack-box cups.

How to Keep the Apple Slices From Browning

Dissolve one teaspoon of Diamond Crystal kosher salt in two cups of cold water. Soak the apple wedges for 10 minutes, then drain, rinse briefly under cold running water, and pat dry. Pack the dry slices in their own compartment. The method follows a published kitchen comparison of cut-apple treatments; the exact result can vary with the apple you use.

This soak helps with appearance. It does not make sliced apples shelf-stable or replace chilling. If you will eat the snack right after slicing, you can skip the soak and pack the fresh wedges.

Red apple wedges soaking in a bowl of clear salt water before they are rinsed and dried for snack boxes.

How to Pack the Snack Boxes

Choose a divided container that fits the apple wedges plus two small lidded cups. Put the apple wedges in the largest compartment, and keep the peanut butter and yogurt in their own cups. Drying the apples after rinsing helps keep extra water out of the box.

If the boxes will travel, take them cold from the refrigerator. Put them in an insulated bag with two frozen cold sources, one above and one below the perishable food, or refrigerate them when you arrive. The yogurt and cut fruit should stay at 40°F or below.

Storage

Keep the closed boxes in the refrigerator at 40°F or below and plan to eat them the day you prepare them for the best apple texture. That is a quality recommendation, not a tested shelf-life for this recipe. Do not leave the yogurt and cut fruit unrefrigerated for more than two hours, or one hour when the air temperature is above 90°F.

For another make-ahead afternoon snack, try our flourless pumpkin-banana cottage cheese loaf. It is a baked recipe, while these apple boxes need no cooking.

Frequently Asked Questions

What apples work well in these snack boxes?

Use an eating apple you enjoy raw and that feels firm when you slice it. The anti-browning method cited here was tested with Red Delicious apples; this version has not been compared across varieties.

Can I make the apple peanut butter snack boxes ahead?

You can assemble them earlier the same day and keep them refrigerated until you leave. The salt-water soak is intended to slow browning, but there is no tested claim here that the finished boxes will look or taste the same after several days.

Can I put the peanut butter in the yogurt dip?

This recipe keeps them separate, as the title and quantities describe. You can dip an apple wedge into either cup when you eat it. A mixed peanut butter–yogurt dip would be a different, untested formulation.