Dirt Cups
Recipe Rating:
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 15 min
Makes: 10 servings, about 1/2 cup each
2 cups cold milk
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
15 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, finely crushed, divided
10 paper or plastic cups (6 to 7 oz.) or dessert dishes
10 TROLLI SQUIGGLES Gummi Candy
POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes. Gently stir in whipped topping and 1/2 cup of the crumbs.
SPOON pudding mixture into cups; top with remaining crumbs.
REFRIGERATE until ready to serve. Garnish with gummi candy.
Wave your magic wand and this delicious and fluffy treat will separate all by itself! Add strawberries to make this dessert taste berry berry good!
STIR 11/2 cups boiling water into 1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Gelatin (any flavor) in a large bowl until completely dissolved. Add 2/3 tub of unthawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, stir with whisk until melted and mixture is well blended. Stir in 1 cup chopped strawberries.
POUR mixture evenly into 5 dessert dishes.
REFRIGERATE 2 hr. or until set. Top with remaining whipped topping before serving. Makes 5 servings.
Funny Face Desserts
Recipe Rating:
Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 40 min
Makes: 4 servings, 1/2 cup each
2 cups cold milk
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
Decorations, such as JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows, chocolate chips, shoestring licorice, gummy worms or other assorted decorations
POUR milk into medium bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended.
SPOON pudding evenly into 4 dessert dishes or plastic or paper cups. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until ready to serve.
MAKE faces on pudding with decorations just before serving.
KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS
Great Substitute
Substitute any flavor JELL-O Instant Pudding & Pie Filling for vanilla pudding.
Special Extra
Use cut-up fresh fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and banana slices to make the funny faces on these adorable desserts
Lunch Art
For kids ages 3-6.
Bet you never thought of white bread as a canvas to paint on, did you? Use white bread as your canvas and turn your sandwich into a work of art lunch!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Paint Time: As long as you want!
Toast Time: 2 minutes
Paper cups
Milk
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
New paintbrushes (they must be new if you want to eat the bread)
White bread
Toaster
1. Fill each paper cup with 2 tablespoons milk.
2. Add a few drops of food coloring to each cup.
3. Paint pictures and designs on the bread using the colored milk.
4. Toast lightly to help the paint dry, then make fun, zany sandwiches.
Ask an adult if you can use the toaster!
Paint with even more colors - McCormick® Assorted Neon! Food Colors and EggDye contains neon purple, neon pink, neon green, and neon blue.
Title: Butterfly Bites
Categories: Vegetables
Yield: 6 Butterflys
2 Stalks of celery
12 lg Three-ring pretzels
6 tb Peanut butter or cream
-cheese
About 18 raisins or currents
12 Slivered almonds or enoki
-mushrooms
Wash the celery. Using plastic knives, cut the celery into thirds.
Fill each celery stalk with one tablespoon of either peanut butter or
cream cheese. For the wings, gently push 1 pretzel into the filling,
running parallel to the length of the celery stick. Do the same on
the clery's other lengthwise side. Arrange the raisins or currents as
the eyes, nose and mouth. For antennae, push the slivered almonds or
mushroom cap into filling. If using mushrooms, arrange the
spaghetti-like mushroom tips upward, like an antenna.
Nutritional info per butterfly: 238 cal; 9g pro, 33g carb, 10g fat
(35%) Source: Kid's Cookshop, Miami Herald 4/4/96 formatted by Lisa
Crawford, 4/8/96
Peanut Butter Apples
2 (12 ounce) packages peanut-flavored chips
1/4 cup butter-flavored vegetable shortening
12 crisp, medium-size apples
12 wooden Popsicle sticks
1 1/2 cups roasted chopped peanuts
Combine peanut butter-flavored chips and shortening in a deep narrow heat-proof glass or metal bowl. Heat hot plate on low heat. Place bowl on hot plate and melt mixture, stirring until smooth. Remove stems from apples and insert sticks halfway through. Dip apples into coating using spoon to help coat apples as necessary. Allow as much excess coating to drip off as possible.
Place peanuts in 1 or 2 shallow bowls. Immediately dip bottom of each apple in chopped peanuts. Place apples on foil or wax paper-lined tray. Chill briefly to set coating
Ants on a Log
Celery sticks
Peanut butter
Raisins
Wash the celery and cut it into pieces about 5 inches long. Spread peanut butter in the u-shaped part of the celery, from one end to the other. Press raisins into the peanut butter.
KID - CAN - DO PIZZA
1 can biscuits
Pizza sauce
Pepperoni
Any kind shredded cheese
Open can for kids. Let them flatten the biscuits with the palms of their hands and place 1-2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Place a teaspoon of sauce in the centers of the dough. Top with 1 pepperoni per pizza and top with cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
Tasty Clay
For kids ages 3-12.
Make flowers and other decorations you can munch!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
1/3 cup softened margarine or shortening
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
Or
McCormick® Pure Peppermint Extract
1 pound confectioners' sugar
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
Or
McCormick® Assorted NEON! Food Colors & Egg Dye
Directions:
1. Mix the first 4 ingredients.
2. Add sugar, and mix with your hands. Add more corn syrup if mixture is too dry.
3. Divide the mixture up and add food color.
4. Shape into flowers and other stuff you can eat! Store in an airtight container.
Tip: Wear latex gloves to prevent stained hands.
Snack Necklaces recipe
1 cup Fruit Loops cereal
1/2 cup Oreo O's cereal
1/3 cup Honey Bunches of O's cereal
2 rolls life saver fruit candies
4 strings licorice, knotted at one end
Divide cereals and candy into separate bowls. Let kids thread onto licorice strings in any order they like until the strings are half filled. Tie end in knot and then tie to other end to wear. You can use any cereal or candy that can be strung on the licorice
Fruit Kabobs
Ingredients:
• strawberries,
• pineapple slices,
• watermelon,
• peaches,
• bananas,
• cherries,
• grapes and
• apples
• (or whatever fruit is in season)
Directions:
1. Cut and wash fruit ahead of time as needed.
2. Can buy dowels sticks (at any grocery store) which may need to be soaked in water a few minutes before
use.
3. Arrange the fruit on the table in different plates and let the children choose some fruit to place on a
dowel stick for their fruit kabobs. They may require help, depending on the age group.
4. Eat and enjoy.
Fun Food Tips
Freeze a whole banana and then serve with a spoon! It tastes like banana ice cream!
Serve frozen peas or other vegetables right out of the freezer as finger food, - they're sweet.
Puzzle sandwiches: Cut a sandwich into odd shapes that fit together like a puzzle.
Serve crepes with many different fillings.
Make and use sprinkles: Chop, grind, or mix together 1/3 cup granola, 1/3 cup nuts, and 1/3 cup wheat germ. Sprinkle on yogurt, fruit, ice cream, cottage cheese.
Serve shape pancakes: When frying pancakes, pour the batter into numbers, letters, or shapes. Let your child choose some shapes to have you prepare.
Try having breakfast foods for dinner, and leftovers from dinner for breakfast.
Mix plain sparkling water with fruit juice and add chunks of fruit for decoration.
Have a winter picnic on a blanket in the house!
Cut sandwiches, bologna, or cheese into shapes with cookie cutters.
Prepare soft shell tortillas with melted cheese, chopped vegetables, meat, or refried beans. Roll like a jellyroll or sprinkle flat like a pizza.
Dip less desired foods in appealing dips: cheese dip, bean dip, sweet mustard, ketchup, cream dips, salsa, yogurt, honey, etc.
Create international meals: plan a meal with a theme from another culture.
Make a variety of healthy shakes loaded with fruit, yogurt, and honey.
Bake a simple muffin or quick bread recipe with your child. Have a tea party, using the baked goods for the treat.
Make kabobs or "hors d'oeuvres" using pretzels for skewers, with meatballs, fruit chunks, cheese cubes, salami, etc.
Make cinnamon apples: Cut apples into slices and place a small amount of cinnamon sugar on the plate. Let your child dip the apples into the cinnamon.
Same food, more fun: Prepare foods that you can eat with your fingers and then serve in muffin tins, pie plates, or allow your child to occasionally use a fancy plate or serving dish.
PB & J Blossom Sandwiches: For each sandwich, cut two slices of bread into flower shapes with a cookie cutter. Cut a hole in one of the slices by pressing a water bottle cap into the center. Spread the peanut butter and jelly on the whole piece and place the slice with the hole on top.