How would you like an idea for a fun activity to do with
your children? How about something that will give your kids
a sense of accomplishment that will make them feel like a
grown up? Baking is just that activity. It gives kids
practice to improve their invaluable skills in the kitchen,
which they'll need later in life. The best choices for
recipes should be easy to make and allow for some
creativity such as shapes, colors or toppings, and of
course, the most important "ingredient", they should taste
great! So what's something that your kids will love to make
and eat?
You got it- rice crispy treats. There are 3 different
approaches that we'll take in this article, but with some
twists. We will make normal rice crispy treats, mixed ones
and chocolate covered. You've all made rice crispy treats
before so let's have some fun with the normal kind and
discuss shapes. You can do the traditional squares by
filling the rice crispy treat mix in a square or
rectangular pan and cutting out the pieces, but you could
also have some extra fun. Get some cake pans with different
shapes. You can find a variety of many different shapes,
anything from their favorite characters, seasonal shapes,
for example, Halloween or Christmas, as well as various
small normal shapes like stars or mini bundt cakes. The
cake pans come big or small and can be found at any store
that sells baking supplies or online.
Before you finish up all the mix take half of it and blend
in your favorite hard candies to add flavor and a contrast
of texture, whether they're M&Ms, Reese's Pieces or
cinnamon candies. Have some more fun, why not try soft
candies too? Try some multi-colored chocolate chips or your
favorite gummy candies, maybe Sour Patch Kids.
Want some more unique ideas? Mix in chocolate flavored rice
crisped cereal with the mix to create multi-flavored
treats. Just have the kids help with stirring the mix after
it's removed from the heat (microwave or stove top), mixing
in the candies and pressing the mix into your choice of
pan. Your kids will love their rice crispy creations and
can take them to school to share with their classmates and
they also make great teachers gifts. But the fun is just
beginning. You could combine all these elements for the
"grand finale".
Now we are going to create chocolate covered rice crispy
treats!
I prefer to use a double boiler to melt my chocolate which
is one pan sitting inside a bigger pan. You heat up the
water on medium heat in the bottom pan and place grated
milk chocolate or milk chocolate chips in the top one. You
can also use the microwave by melting chips in a small
microwavable bowl. First, heat up the chips for one minute
and 10 seconds stir and then again in 10-second intervals.
The chips will not melt to a liquid form just by heating
the chips up. You must stir them with a metal spoon once
they show signs of melting. No matter the shape of treat,
dip it into the chocolate at least half way over the treat
and place on a baking sheet lined with wax or parchment
paper. Add some sprinkles or colored sugar or even use
white chocolate!
Your kids will love all the different varieties. Let their
creativity run wild and make sure to take their works of
art as gifts to their teachers, friends, grandparents or
relatives. Let your "little chefs" boast how good their
treats look and taste!
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Cooking with kids is a fun, creative activity in which the
parent and child can interact together and produce a tasty
treat. These treats make great homemade gifts for
grandparents, teachers and more, and will make those you
care about feel special.
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