Holiday Treats

Oatmeal Cream Pie Turkey Treat

November 19, 2018 by Stacy Craft Leave a Comment

Your kids can create an easy oatmeal cream pie turkey treat after Thanksgiving dinner. The DIY turkey dessert is fun and simple to set up for the kids to enjoy.

How is Thanksgiving already here? Last year I had just had a baby and I don’t think I really cared what holiday it was because I was so tired. But this year I decided to get ambitious and host our family Thanksgiving for 15 people. So while I am trying to figure out how to brine a turkey fun activities like this oatmeal cream pie turkey treat will be occupying my 4 year old.

We did a test run on this easy to make turkey dessert a few weeks ago. My daughter had lots of fun arranging the colorful feathers on her cute little turkey.

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Oatmeal Cream Pie Turkey Treat

I was in a turkey breakfast theme earlier this month. Turkey shaped Bagels with Apple feathers and Turkey shaped Eggs in a basket were hits at the breakfast table. We love fun shaped food! So we expanded to a cute after school treat with this oatmeal cream pie turkey treat dessert.

You could even set up a little oatmeal cream pie turkey treat station for the kids to make after Thanksgiving dinner. So while you are eating your favorites like 5 minute caramel pie or pumpkin cheesecake, the kids can DIY their own sweet turkey.

What You Need:

Oatmeal Cream Pie

Airheads

Candy Eyes

Candy Corn

Store bought desserts with a holiday twist became a favorite of ours over Halloween. They are so easy and provide a no bake way to get kids involved in the kitchen. The steps to make these oatmeal cream pie turkey treats are very simple.

I prepped everything, gave my 4 year old some guidance on how it would look and then let her get to work. To prep the oatmeal cream pie, take a knife and gently separate the two cookie pieces. Just do it carefully since the oatmeal cookies are very soft.

Cut up the air heads to make smaller feathers. I used leftover Halloween candy for this part!

Now just have your kids arrange the feathers. Replace the top oatmeal cookie and create a turkey face. The candy corn is the nose and I cut a tiny piece of a red airhead for the turkey gobbler.

Here is my little one working very seriously on her oatmeal cream pie turkey treat after Mother’s Day Out one day.

My little one had fun making these quick and easy turkey treats. Would your kids enjoy making this?

Thanksgiving Turkey Breakfast Bagel

November 8, 2018 by Stacy Craft 15 Comments

A light and healthy breakfast is just what your kids need leading up to Thanksgiving day. This Thanksgiving turkey breakfast bagel is a cute and tasty treat.

I have one kiddo that doesn’t like to eat. Like ever. My most popular phrase at home is “eat your food.” But if you make her food cute, she all of the sudden shows more interest. These Thanksgiving turkey breakfast bagel treats had her smiling at the breakfast table this week.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Breakfast Bagel for Kids

Holiday inspired treats are one thing that I always planned in my head for my kids, before I had kids. I wanted to do fun food and paper plate painting crafts. Handprint keepsakes and cutout cookies with homemade icing and lots of sprinkles.

One thing that I didn’t anticipate pre-motherhood is just how busy and tired I would be in actual motherhood. So in reality my holiday treats usually consist of things that I typically have at home and that I can make super quick.

A Thanksgiving turkey breakfast bagel puts a healthy and fun treat on your table for the kids. You will be giving your kids a fruit, carb source, and dairy in this meal. It is light enough to eat on Thanksgiving morning during the parades on TV but will also keep them full until lunch at school if you make it earlier in the month.

What Do I Need:

Mini Bagels

Cream Cheese (I used a Honey Flavored)

Candy Eyeballs (If you don’t have these, try chocolate chips or raisins)

Candy Corn

Red & Green Apple

Assembling the Thanksgiving Turkey Breakfast Bagel

Fun food, fast. That is what we are after here! To make this cute Thanksgiving turkey breakfast bagel, start by slicing and toasting the bagel.

Let it cool slightly so that the cream cheese doesn’t slide off the turkey’s body. Once it has cooled a bit, spread the cream cheese on one of the bagels. I spread it on just thick enough to cover up the whole in the middle.

Slice the apples.

Now all you need to do is arrange. Place the apple slices around the edge of your turkey peel side up to show those pretty red and green colors off. Finally, add the eyeball, candy corn nose and trim just a teensy piece of a red apple to make the gobbler. Did you know the “gobbler” is actually called a snood? Weird but true according to this article with 10 things you didn’t (need to) know about turkeys.

My daughter’s only complaint was that the Thanksgiving turkey breakfast bagel needed two eyes and not one. I was going for a profile look. And if I know her like I think I do, she was going for two candy eyeballs. I hope you have fun serving these turkey’s up to your kids.

Spooky Halloween Breakfast Bagel

October 31, 2018 by Stacy Craft Leave a Comment

Create an easy and fun Spooky Halloween Breakfast Bagel using just 3 ingredients. The kids will love their ghoulish breakfast and you will love that they are having a healthy treat.

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Happy Halloween! It is one of my favorite days of the year! For weeks we have been making easy mummy snack cakes, ghost ding dongs, and simple pumpkin cupcakes. But I woke up today on 10/31 and realized that I had not planned anything fun for a Halloween breakfast for my kids. On school mornings, we need quick and easy so these spooky Halloween breakfast bagel creations were perfect.

Since I waited until the very last minute, I wanted something that I already had all the ingredients for at home. If you have mini bagels, cream cheese and some chocolate chips your spooky breakfast can be ready in time for Halloween! These would make a great after school treat as well.

Spooky Halloween Breakfast Bagel

Sugar is one of the things that makes Halloween fun. The trunk or treats, class parties and caramel apples add up over time and by the time Halloween actually gets here, I feel like we have eaten more candy in one month than we do all year!

So I love finding fun ways to incorporate the holiday without always adding in extra sugar. These spooky Halloween breakfast bagels add a little creativity to the breakfast table while remaining pretty healthy. And bonus, it is super easy.

Put your mini bagel or regular bagel in the toaster and toast. Once they come out of the toaster, let them cool off a bit so that your warm bagel doesn’t melt your cream cheese.

Spread cream cheese around the bagel leaving the middle hole open. I used a honey flavored cream cheese but you could also use plain (or whatever your kids like).

Add two chocolate chips to the bagel for eyes. Serve up the spooky Halloween breakfast bagel to your kids for a fun and healthy treat.

If you are looking for things to hand out to trick or treat kids, your trunk or treat or for the school party, check out these 16 Halloween favors that won’t get trashed. And here are 31 Halloween non-candy treats!

And if you are feeling a little last minute today like me, here are 9 ultra easy Halloween treats that you can make tonight for your Halloween party in about 5 minutes or less. The grocery store is your friend!

Pin these cute 3 ingredient mummy cakes that you can make in 1 minute for next year here!

No Bake Halloween Mummy Snack Cakes

October 6, 2018 by Stacy Craft Leave a Comment

These no bake Halloween mummy snack cakes are going to be your best friend when you remember at 8 pm that you are in charge of the dessert at the class party in the morning!

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These require no baking, you don’t even have to melt chocolate! 3 ingredients and about 5 minutes will get you a platter of cute “Pinterest worthy” Halloween treats. And if you need to make these in the car while sitting in the grocery store parking lot, we won’t judge.

How to Make No Bake Halloween Mummy Snack Cakes

You will need:

Little Debbie Fancy Cakes

Candy Eyeballs or Milk Chocolate Chips

White Icing

My idea of an easy Halloween treat is one that I don’t have to use a microwave, stove or oven. No cookie cutters or rolling anything into bite size balls. I don’t even want to make pudding or jello. I want the definition of simple but also cute, fun and festive. Think open store bought package, do one step & done. If this is you keep reading! You won’t be disappointed with these ultra easy no bake Halloween mummy snack cakes.

These store bought cakes come together quickly to create adorable little DIY mummy faces in just a couple minutes. Step 1 is to open the packages on all your cakes. Step 2, add a dab of icing on the back of each eyeball. Next, stick the eyeballs on the cakes.

On this photo, I used chocolate chips just in case you don’t have candy eyeballs on hand! I think the eyeballs are a little cuter but the chocolate chips still make a convincing mummy.

The fancy cake makers have already perfectly drizzled vanilla icing over the cakes that look just like a mummy wrap (told you, no melting chocolate on my easy desserts). I mean really, can I hug this mysterious “Little Debbie?” I think I love her.

These no bake Halloween mummy snack cakes are sure to be a hit at school or your Halloween party. If you love super simple Halloween desserts, check out these Ding Dong Ghosts & upside down Hostess cupcake pumpkins.

Once you get your no bake Halloween mummy snack cakes done, find 31 non-candy treats to hand out to Trick or Treaters and 16 Halloween favors that won’t get trashed for class party fun.

Harvest Party No Bake Pumpkin Cupcakes

September 16, 2018 by Stacy Craft Leave a Comment

Harvest Party No Bake Pumpkin Cupcakes are made from store bought ingredients and can be made in less than 5 minutes.

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. We have fun making not so spooky (no bake) witch cakes, decorating the yard with tacky inflatables that my kids LOVE, and going to trunk or treat festivals. However, some schools opt for a more generic Fall or Harvest Party instead of a Halloween focused one. Typically those parties specify no scary things like ghosts, goblins or monsters.

If your child’s school requires this or if you are just looking for a fun seasonal treat without a Halloween focus, these little treats are easy and festive.

Harvest Party No Bake Pumpkin Cupcakes

It is only September and the pumpkins are already everywhere. I have seen them at the grocery store, of course Hobby Lobby, and all over Pinterest. I even found 45 unique pumpkin spice products on Amazon. And I love the beauty of a plain pumpkin as part of your Fall decor. So why not bring a sweet little orange pumpkin for a class party?

My daughter and I whipped up a couple of these yesterday for an afternoon treat. If you can unwrap Hostess cupcakes, you can make these harvest party no bake pumpkin cupcakes. In fact, your 4 year old can do it! I love involving the kids in making seasonal treats.

What You Need

–Hostess Orange Cupcakes

– Green M&M’s (I just bought a regular bag of M&M’s and picked out the green ones)

–White Icing

When making kid treats, I love to find things that use just a couple of ingredients that are easy to find. It cuts down on costs and allows me to do more fun things for each holiday.

Making the Harvest Party No Bake Pumpkin Cupcakes

Get ready, you are going to be able to make these adorable pumpkin cakes and still have time to go take a bubble bath (or who am I kidding, you will have time to do the 3 loads of laundry waiting, homework and dance lessons – but Hey, at least you will have time!).

Unwrap the orange cupcakes and turn them upside down on your platter or in your clear cello bags (the icing swirl should be facing down).

Take a green M&M and put a dab of white icing on the bottom (skinny side so that it will stand up vertically). Using the icing like glue, stand the M&M upright in the center of your cupcake.

Bam! Now you have a set of harvest party no bake pumpkin cupcakes to take to school festivities. Would your kids like these pumpkin cakes?

If you have a Halloween party to attend, check out these No Bake ghost cakes for a spooky twist.