Candy Corn Fruit Kebabs

There is so much candy and so many treats this time of year, that it's nice to find cute food that is healthy.

This idea came from Super Healthy Kids.

All you need is pineapple, mandarin oranges, apples (or banana), and toothpicks (or lollipop sticks).

The trick (haha!) is to line the fruit up on the cutting board and then cut the sides so they're even.  I dipped the apples in the pineapple juice so they wouldn't brown.

Fun and yummy for kids and grown ups!

Rainbow Cupcakes

My son is a Brony (a dude who likes My Little Pony), and his favorite pony is Rainbow Dash, so I made rainbow cupcakes for our family birthday party.

I used Duff's tie-dye cake mix.  It is a white cake mix that comes with red, yellow and blue food color.  My only complaint is that the box tells you how many drops of food color to put in each bowl of white cake mix, but the food color came out in globs, not drops, so I had to guess.  The color turns vibrant a minute or so after mixing it into the cake mix.

I used about 1/2 tablespoon of each color of batter for each cupcake -- in order to get a full layer of each color.  One box made 12 cupcakes, and they were a bit full.  I baked them for 18 minutes (there are no baking times for cupcakes on the box).  I was very happy with the result!

I used blue frosting (from a tub), AirHeads candy, and mini marshmallows to decorate the cupcakes (thank you to my friend Amy at sometimes creative for the inspiration!).  We bought Rainbow Dash at Target -- she came in a "blind bag" but there is a little window on the back if you want to know which pony you are buying.

Happy Birthday to my little Brony!

Bunny Pancake 2

My son saw a Walmart commercial with a cheeky bunny pancake and wanted to make one.   It was similar to this pancake on Betty Crocker's website.

Here's our version:

I used a 1/4 cup batter for the face, a soup spoon of batter for the ears, and 1/2 teaspoon of batter for the cheeks.  The eyes are banana slices and chocolate chips, the nose is the end of a strawberry, and the teeth are mini marshmallows.

In keeping with the theme, I served it with a glass of Trader Joe's tropical carrot juice.

For a recipe for perfect pancakes, see my previous post.

Bunny Pancake

I love cute food for kids and my son loves to eat special shaped pancakes.  When I saw this idea for a bunny posted by handmadecharlotte, I knew I had to try it (original post at tasteofhome).

I used a scant 1/4 cup of pancake batter for the body and a little more than 1/8 cup of batter for the head.  I used a soup spoon to make the feet and ears.  Here is ours: