This chocolate covered Peeps recipe is super easy and fun for kids! Using only 3 ingredients, you can create these Easter Peeps suckers in under 30 minutes. You’ll only need Peeps, sprinkles, and white chocolate to melt. Insert a stick, wrap them in party treat bags and enjoy. These chocolate covered Peeps are great for Easter baskets, gifts, and Easter centerpieces. Check out our easy how-to video on YouTube!

INGREDIENTS

White chocolate to melt
Peeps
Assorted Sprinkles (Wilton Pink, Wilton Blue, Wilton Yellow)

DIRECTIONS

Double boil chocolate in a bowl over a pot of boiling water
Dip the bottom of the Peeps to coat in chocolate
Dip the chocolate covered Peeps in sprinkles
Insert the stick and place on wax paper to dry
Cover in treat bag with a ribbon – store and eat within 2-3 days

This kit on Amazon comes with sticks, bags, and ties @ https://amzn.to/3KuGiaL

Easy Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll Easter Bunnies

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It doesn’t get any easier (or cuter) than these super simple cinnamon roll Easter bunnies. With only 1 ingredient, you don’t even need a recipe! These are great for an Easter brunch and Easter morning.

Check out our how-to video on the Made by Kids YouTube channel for instructions or read on below!

To start, buy a tube of your favorite cinnamon roll. Use one cinnamon roll as the face and keep 1-2 more back to cut and use for the ears

2. Unwrap the cinnamon roll and make your ear shape

3. Keep in mind that the roll and the ears will expand as they bake so give plenty of room. I used a little tin foil to keep the ear shape

4. Let the bunnies cool and add your icing

5. If you wish you can use chocolate chips and jelly beans to make a bunny face

More Easter Fun Below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfdtTcQOhcE

Peep Cake Pop Recipe – Easy Easter Cake Pops

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Peep Cake Pop – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago

We’re giving you some of our favorite (and cheap) ideas for Easter. Try these adorable “Hatching Chick” Peep Cake Pops this Easter. Each Peep cake pop has a hatching chick added to a box cake mix cake pop. This is easy and fun kids Easter baking. They will love seeing the whole dessert come together. Try this easy kid-friendly Easter dessert with your little ones!

Ingredients *Makes 24 cake pops

1 Box Cake Mix (Your choice)
1 Can Frosting (Your choice )
2 boxes of white chocolate chips
24 Cake pop sticks
24 Peeps
Styrofoam block or cake pop block
Clear treat bags (if desired)

Amazon also sells cake pop kits with clear bags, sticks, and a cake pop holder for under $11.

Click to purchase @Amazon

Instructions

Bake cake as instructed
Let cake cool
Crumble cake as small as possible in large bowl
Mix in frosting by hand slowly
Shape cake in to small ball/egg shapes, use an mini ice cream scoop if you have one
Roll the balls on to a plate covered in wax paper
Melt half the chocolate as instructed (double boil or microwave)
Dip half the ball in chocolate and place back on the plate with wax paper
Put them in the freezer for about 20 minutes
While pops are in the freezer, cut the faces off the peeps and set aside
Melt the remaining chocolate and place small amounts at a time in cup
Remove cake balls from freezer, place a stick in each
Dip cake balls carefully in to the cup of chocolate so they are fully covered
Let the excess chocolate drip off
Take the Peep and place it on the front of the cake pop, push it lightly so it sticks
Place cake pops in the styrofoam block and put them in the freezer
Serve them as is or individually wrapped in clear baggies or treat bags

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Easy Kids Experiment – Food Coloring Play for Kids

February 10, 2022February 15, 2022Leave a comment

Our kids love experiments! Since our site is all about being creative and letting kids get messy and have fun making different foods and art pieces, we thought it would be fun to let them experiment with coloring. It doesn’t get any easier than this color experiment for kids.

For this experiment, you only need water and a 4-pack of food coloring. Dye or gel will work great. You’ll also want some clear plastic cups and something to stir. This is a great way to teach kids about colors, what colors can be mixed to make other colors, and more. This is also great for teaching basic cooking skills such as pouring and stirring. This is a fun sensory play activity for toddlers and kids as well.

Check out our kid’s food coloring experiment below or on our YouTube channel Made by Kids Co!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtE33Jb6Xg&t=522s

To start, show your child the four colors included in your set. Place a few drops in each cup. Have a pitcher or some large cups of water handy. Next, pour the water into each different cup. Let your little ones pour the water themselves or stir the dye in.

Only fill them a quarter or halfway. You want plenty of room for them to add other colors together into the cups.

Once you have the small cups filled and stirred with each individual color you can let them play with pouring them into one another. Experiment with blue and yellow to see if they make green, for example.

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D.I.Y. Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cake Recipe

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The kids and I created a heart-shaped cake for Valentine’s Day! This recipe is easy and tastes delicious. The heart cake is a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. We used red food coloring to make the cake batter as well as the frosting pink and festive. The best part about this cake is that you don’t have to go out and buy a special heart-shaped pan. You can get the heart shape using one square pan and one circle pan. Try this easy-to-make Valentine’s cake recipe for kids. The kids and adults will love this pretty Valentine’s heart cake recipe. Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Made by Kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzhmhP7x76g

Ingredients

3 and 2/3 cups cake flour (leveled)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 and 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs + 2 additional egg whites, room temperature
1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 cups buttermilk, at room temperature
Red or pink food coloring (as much as desired)

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
1 and 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
5 and 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup whole milk or heavy cream
1 and 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Red or pink food coloring (as much as desired)
Sprinkles (as much as desired)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C)
Grease (or line with parchment paper) 9×9 (or 8×8 square pan) + a 9-inch circle pan
Whisk the dry ingredients together in one bowl including the cake flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together. Set this bowl aside.
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer beat the wet ingredients including the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and egg whites one by one. Add the vanilla until well combined.
Add the buttermilk slowly. The mixture will look like curdled milk. This is OK!
Add red or pink food coloring until you get the color you desire. You’ll need more color than you think to get the cake a dark pink or red!
Pour batter evenly into each pan and bake at 350°F for 23-25 minutes.
Let cakes cool for 30 minutes. Flip cakes over to remove them from the pans and let cool another 15 minutes.
While cakes are cooling, make your frosting.
Once cakes are cooled, you can turn the square cake to the side making a diamond shape. Cut the circle in half. These halves go on the top of your square to form your heart.
Add some frosting in between the shapes to help hold them together. Frost the cake and sprinkle as desired.

Tips Using cake flour helps to keep cake moist and fluffy. Ingredients brought to room temperature will help them combine easier making for a smoother batter.**
Check out the full baking video and episode outtakes below and on our YouTube Channel @ Madebykids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859GUj0to0o&t=117s