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Fiesta Snack Box

Name: Fiesta Snack Box
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 slices (~5 1/3 oz) 365 Black Forest deli ham — 2 slices per box, ~40 cal per portion; 4 Sargento Natural Colby-Jack cheese sticks — 1 stick cubed per box, ~80 cal per portion; 3 oz Gheelish Original tortilla dip chips — 0.75 oz per box, ~80 cal per portion; Mini sweet peppers (red / yellow / orange mix) — seeded and cut into age-appropriate strips to fill each box

Snack Box Series Ep. 10 — colorful post-lunch box with 365 Black Forest ham, Colby cheese, Gheelish tortilla dip chips, and mini sweet peppers. ~210 cal / 13g protein per box.

Make this when

You want a colorful after-school or post-lunch snack box for the kids and you're making 4 at once — 2 kids covered for 2 days. Ham plus Colby anchors ~13g protein, sweet peppers add fresh crunch, Gheelish tortilla dip chips bring the fun. 12 min flat, no cook.

Total time: 12 min
Yield: 4 servings
Protein / serving: ~13g
Cal / serving: ~210

Flavor target

Salty 365 Black Forest ham + creamy Colby cubes + sweet crunchy mini-pepper strips + light tortilla-chip crunch. Reads like a fiesta plate scaled down to a snack-box grid.

Ingredients

Batch cookYields 4 servings — quantities below are the full batch.

Ingredients

8 slices (~5 1/3 oz) 365 Black Forest deli ham — 2 slices per box, ~40 cal per portion
4 Sargento Natural Colby-Jack cheese sticks — 1 stick cubed per box, ~80 cal per portion
3 oz Gheelish Original tortilla dip chips — 0.75 oz per box, ~80 cal per portion
Mini sweet peppers (red / yellow / orange mix) — seeded and cut into age-appropriate strips to fill each box

Method

1
SET UP
Line up 4 divided snack boxes. Buluker pastel 4-compartment boxes shown — the same set featured on Favorites → Snack Box Essentials.
2
HAM
Fold or cut 2 slices of 365 Black Forest deli ham into one compartment of each box (~5 1/3 oz total across all 4 boxes).
3
COLBY CUBES
Cut each Sargento Natural Colby-Jack cheese stick into bite-size cubes and drop 1 stick's worth into the next compartment of each box.
4
SWEET PEPPERS
Seed and slice mini sweet peppers (red / yellow / orange) into age-appropriate strips. Fill one compartment of each box — the color story of the fiesta box.
5
TORTILLA DIP CHIPS
Weigh 0.75 oz Gheelish Original tortilla dip chips into the remaining compartment of each box. Portion just before serving if you want maximum crunch — the chip compartment stays driest that way.
6
SEAL + CHILL
Snap lids on and refrigerate. Serve within 2 days. Transport with an ice pack for lunchbox use.

Storage and nutrition

Storage: Refrigerate covered. Transport with an ice pack for lunchbox use.

Reheat: Don't — serve cold. That's the whole snack-box format.

Lasts: Best within 2 days. Peppers stay crunchy that long; chips are firmest if portioned just before serving.

Watch the full cook

Brands I use

365 by Whole Foods Market

Black Forest Deli Ham (~5 1/3 oz pack of 8 slices; 2 slices ≈ 40 cal per portion).

Whole Foods house brand — kid-familiar ham without the additive stack you find on most sliced deli meats. 2 slices per box lands the ~40 cal / ~5g protein anchor from the meat layer.

Sargento

Natural Colby-Jack Cheese Snack Sticks (12-pack — ~80 cal / 6g protein per stick). 1 stick cubed per box.

Individually wrapped sticks that cube easily for kid-friendly finger-food. Colby-Jack is milder than sharp cheddar — an easier flavor for kids who don't love strong cheese. Same brand featured on Favorites → Snack Box Essentials.

Gheelish

Original Tortilla Dip Chips (gluten-free, made with ghee). 0.75 oz per box ≈ 80 cal.

The crunch layer. Ghee-based tortilla dip chip — gluten-free, no seed oils. 0.75 oz is enough to fill a compartment without turning the snack box into a chip bowl. See Favorites → Snack Box Essentials for the exact SKU + honest what-to-know.

Mini Sweet Peppers

Sunset / Bailey Farms / any brand of mini sweet peppers (red / yellow / orange mix). ~30 cal per full box of pepper strips.

The color story of the fiesta box + fresh crunch that balances the salty savory sides. Sweet peppers (not spicy) — kid-safe flavor. Any grocery brand works.

Buluker Snack Containers

Four-compartment pastel snack boxes (the exact set shown across the Snack Box Series).

Same 4-compartment containers used across every Snack Box Series entry. Cubed cheese, ham, peppers, and chips each get their own compartment so nothing goes soggy. See Favorites → Snack Box Essentials for the honest what-to-know.