Dessert Recipes for Kids

Cannoli - Rustic Cooking

Kids love to cook and try new things. Give them the satisfaction of making dessert for your family tonight. These easy recipes list all ingredients required with step-by-step instructions to get them done right.

Cat's Eyes

Ingredients:

• 8 Ritz crackers
• 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1 Banana; cut into 8 slices
• 8 Raisins

Directions:

1. Spread peanut butter on crackers.
2. Top each cracker with a slice of banana.
3. Place a raisin in center of each banana to form a cat's eye.
4. Repeat for all banana topped crackers.

Daisy Apple

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 2 tablespoons crunchy or creamy peanut butter
• 1 McIntosh apple
• Peanuts for garnish

Directions:

1. Set aside a few raisins for face.
2. Stir remaining raisins into peanut butter.
3. With apple corer or paring knife, remove core and seeds from apple.
4. Using a small knife, push peanut butter mixture into center of apple.
5. Make a happy face on top of peanut butter using reserved raisins.
6. Arrange peanut halves around edge of peanut butter forming a circle.
7. Chill before serving.

Dirt Cups

Ingredients:

• 2 cups milk
• 1 package chocolate pudding, instant
• 3-1/2 cup Cool Whip
• 16 oz Oreos
• 8 gummy worms
• 8 plastic flowers

Directions:

1. Crush Oreos in a zip-lock bag and set aside.
2. Pour milk into medium bowl, add pudding mix. Beat until well blended for about 1 -2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.
3. Stir in cool whip and half of cookies.

To Assemble:

1. Place 1 tablespoon of crushed cookies in bottom of 8 oz cup.
2. Fill cups about 3/4 full with pudding mixture.
3. Top with remaining crumbs.
4. Garnish with a plastic flower in middle and put a gummy worm halfway out of the "dirt".

Microwave Carmelcorn

Ingredients:

• 2 bags microwave popcorn
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/3 cup Kero white syrup

Directions:

1. Pop 2 bags of microwave corn. Put popped kernels in a brown paper bag (make sure you take out all unpopped kernels)
2. Boil the following ingredients for 5 minutes on the stove: 2 cups brown sugar, 1 stick of margarine, 1/3 cup of Kero syrup (white). Stir constantly.
3. Carefully pour mixture onto pop corn and mix.
4. Place in microwave oven for 1 minutes and then mix again. Tear open bag and let cool.

Puppy Chow

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 6 oz chocolate chips
• 10 cups Corn Chex cereal
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Melt the peanut butter, butter or margarine, and chocolate chips in a saucepan over medium heat.
2. Pour over Corn Chex, being sure that all cereal is coated.
3. Put 2 cups powdered sugar in a large paper bag.
4. Place cereal in a bag and shake gently until all cereal is coated.
5. Pour out on wax paper to cool.

Clingons

Ingredients:

• 4-1/2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 3-1/2 cups Rice Chex cereal
• 3-1/2 cups Corn Chex cereal
• 1/2 cup M & M's

Directions:

1. Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, microwave marshmallows, peanut butter and margarine for two minutes or until melted. Stir until smooth.
3. Add Cereal and M & M's, stirring to coat all pieces.
4. Spread mixture in prepared pan and press down slightly with the back of a buttered spoon.
5. Refrigerate for one hour.
6. Pull pieces from pan or cut into squares.

Kids Cannoli

Ingredients:

• 15 oz part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons miniature chocolate chips
• 10 sugar ice cream cones

Directions:

1. In a large bowl with electric mixer at low, beat ricotta cheese, sugar, orange peel, and vanilla just until smooth.
2. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
4. To serve, spoon mixture directly into ice cream cones or into decorating bag without tip and then pipe into cones.

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