Possible Clues:

• The ants in 'ants on a log'
• Ultimately son not good in producing dried fruit
• What toes can resemble after a long bath
• Bringing up son — no good providing fruity nibbles?
• Fruits in a small box, perhaps
• Ingredients in gorp
• Certain cookie tidbits
• Gorp ingredients
• The California ___
• California fruits