[For Seniors] Easy and Delicious! Snack Activity Roundup
Eating—meals and snacks alike—is one of life’s pleasures for older adults as well.
Snack-making activities are very popular and are offered at many senior care facilities.
However, for staff, choosing ingredients and coming up with recipes suited to older adults—such as how to prepare them—can be challenging.
In this article, we introduce easy-to-make snack ideas for seniors.
We’ve gathered many recipes that can be made together around a table or prepared easily using a microwave.
You can make delicious snacks without using hard-to-chew or hard-to-swallow ingredients.
Please give them a try with everyone together!
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[For Seniors] Simple and Delicious! Snack Activity Collection (41–50)
Pumpkin soft cookies
Let’s try making soft pumpkin cookies.
When you think of cookies, most are crisp with a bit of crunch, right? By using pancake mix, even seniors can easily make soft cookies.
The cookies also include mashed pumpkin that’s been microwaved.
You’ll get cookies with a gentle pumpkin aroma and a fluffy, tender texture.
Seniors might find it refreshing to use pancake mix for treats beyond just pancakes.
Pancake-mix recipes were trendy a little while ago.
There are many snacks you can make with pancake mix, so why not give it a try?
sweet potato yokan (Japanese sweet potato jelly)
How about making sweet potato yokan for a day-service snack activity using simple ingredients like sweet potatoes, agar, and sugar? Sweet potatoes contain insoluble dietary fiber, and agar contains soluble dietary fiber, making them great ingredients for supporting gut health.
Peel and cut the sweet potatoes, put them in a pot, and simmer.
Once they’re soft, mash them, add agar that has been simmered with sugar and water, then chill until set—and it’s done! It has a simple, comforting flavor and lets you get solid nutrition, so give it a try.
White bread mille-feuille
How about making “sandwich bread mille-feuille” for a snack activity? It’s lower in calories than pastry dough and easy for seniors to eat.
Trim the crusts off 8- or 10-slice sandwich bread, roll the slices flat with a rolling pin, and sprinkle with sugar.
Lightly toast the bread, cut each slice into thirds, and top two of the pieces with whipped cream and your choice of fruit.
Finally, stack all three pieces and dust with powdered sugar—that’s it! Its attractive appearance should also make it a hit with seniors.
Chocolate mousse
Did you know you can make chocolate mousse with just chocolate and water? Melt the chocolate with water in the microwave, then use a hand mixer to whip air into it as you mix.
Once it comes together and thickens, transfer it to containers and chill.
That’s it—you’re done.
It’s incredibly simple, yet makes a dessert that feels a bit different.
Adding fruit like bananas or berries inside can give it a more luxurious touch.
Top with whipped cream.
It’s also a great option when you want a quick snack and don’t have many ingredients on hand.
Fruit Lollipop
When you eat fruit, why not make fruit lollipops that are stylish, cute, and keep your hands clean? Just stack your favorite fruits using cutters to punch out shapes, then skewer them with a bamboo stick—done.
If you think about the order of the layers, they’ll look like candy or popsicles, giving them a pop and super-cute appearance.
Serving them stuck into finely crushed ice lets you enjoy the fruit cold, too.
Depending on the type of fruit, you might even be able to freeze them.
Castella ball
Let’s try making a snack using castella, a cake everyone knows well.
You only need two ingredients: castella and either chunky or smooth red bean paste.
Roll the bean paste into balls like you would with sand dumplings from childhood, then cover them with finely diced castella to create “castella balls.” You might even want to dust them with powdered sugar or try other tweaks.
The sizes will vary as you roll them—some bigger, some smaller—showcasing each maker’s individuality, which adds to the fun along with the flavor.
Fruits dessert mix (Furūche)
This is the classic, long-loved Fruche dessert.
It was apparently released in 1976, so it’s been cherished for over half a century.
The secret to how Fruche sets is the pectin inside it.
The calcium in milk makes the pectin gel into that jiggly texture.
Interestingly, it won’t set well if there’s too much or too little calcium.
Besides chilling it to eat, you can also freeze it in summer—it turns into a sherbet-like treat.
Definitely give it a try!