Fun Halloween Treats-- Witch Hats

 

This is another fun to make (and eat) Halloween treat. These are simple enough for the kids to make. All you need are the fudge stripped graham cookies (I get the ones from the Dollar tree, they taste just as good and are so much cheaper), icing in a tube in your choice of color, and some Hershey Kisses. Flip the cookies over, add a dab of icing in the middle, and stick the kiss onto the icing. These are great for parties and playdates because you can make an entire tray in minutes.

Oreo Cookie Spiders

 

These Oreo Cookie Spiders are so much fun to make! A pack of Oreo's, some icing(to hold the M&M eyes on), licorice laces, and M&M's and you are on your way to have some fun with the kids!

 

SO Easy to Make & Fun to Eat--Lego Brownies and Lego Rice Krispies Treats!

 

Simple and fun Lego Brownies and Rice Krispies treats-- Just add M&M's!

 

Easy Peasy S'mores Pie

 

My kids love s'mores, but it is not always easy to drop everything and go outside and start a fire to make them. Plus, it always seems like it is raining when they want to make them! A few days ago, in attempt to keep my kids busy during a storm, we tried something new-- S'mores Pie. I had the kids prepare a box of brownie mix, following the instructions on the box. Instead of pouring the mixture in a pan, we poured it into a store bought graham cracker crust. We then baked it according to the brownie box, following the time for an 8x8 pan. When the time was up, we covered the brownie with mini marshmallows and put it back in the oven for a few more minutes, until the marshmallows were nice and golden brown.

My kids approved this "inside" version of s'mores and we will definitely be making this again!

Make Your Own Dinosaur Fossils!

To go along with our Dinosaur Sensory Tote and other dinosaur activities that we are working on, we made some dinosaur fossils. These were simple to make and the kids really enjoyed making them. My kids have big smiles on their faces and my house smells like a coffee shop!

 

To make your own, all you need is:
1 cup used coffee grounds
1/2 cup cold coffee
1/2 cup salt
1 cup flour

Mix the coffee grounds, coffee, salt, and flour together in a mixing bowl.

 

Mix until ingredients are combined and a dough is formed.

Form small balls of dough in your hands and flatten them out into circles that are about 1/2 inch thick on a cookie sheet.

 

 

 

Lay small dinosaurs on their side to make dinosaur imprints and you can use larger dinosaur dinosaurs to make footprints.

 

 

 

When your baking sheet is full or you are out of dough....

 

 

 

Bake them in the oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

 

 

 

Take the fossils out of the oven and carefully remove them from the cookie sheet with a spatula.  Once they are cooled, turn them over and let the bottoms dry out overnight. Ours were still a bit soft after a few days, so I decided to put them back in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees and they are nice and hard now.

Brownies in a Mug-- Perfect for the Kids to Bake & the Perfect Chocolate Fix for Mom!

Today, my son and decided that we wanted a special treat. I thought it would be fun to have him  bake his own treat. The biggest problem when we bake is the oven-- it is way too hot for him to "complete" his baking. So today, we used a different appliance to make Brownies-- the Microwave!  We each made an individual batch of brownies in a microwave safe mug and nuked it!

I did the majority of measuring and my son added all of the ingredients and handled all of the mixing.

 My son put on his chef hat and apron and got mixing!

 

 

In a mug, we added 1/4 cup of sugar...

 

 

1/4 of flour...

 

 

2 Tablespoons of Cocoa Powder and a pinch of salt. 

 

 

We mixed it up and then added the wet ingredients...

 

 

3 Tablespoons of water and 2 Tablespoons of oil.

 

Mix it until well combined and it is a smooth consistency. 

 

 

Put it in the microwave for 1 minute and 40 seconds and you are ready to eat!

 

 

After all of his hard work, my son added whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles to his brownie!!

I assure you, he REALLY enjoyed it!!!