Episode 7: 4th of July Pinwheel Cookies

Ingredients:
Sugar Cookie Mix
Food Coloring (red & blue)
Rainbow Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepare sugar cookie dough as directed
3. Divide dough evenly into 3 bowls with different color food coloring
4. Roll each color of dough into grape-sized balls
5. Combine a ball of each color and quickly roll into a larger ball.  It will look like a beach ball.
6. Then roll that ball between your hands and counter until you have a snake.
7. Starting from one end, roll the dough into a coil.
8. Roll edges of the cookie into sprinkles.
9. Bake cookie for 8-10 minutes or until done.

Episode 6: CinnaSweet Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients
Pumpkin Seeds
Salt
Sugar
Cinnamon
Cooking Oil Spray


Directions
1. Rinse & Clean Pumpkin seeds
2. Soak in Salt water for 1 day and let dry
3. Spray pan with Cooking Oil Spray
4. Single Layer Pumpkin Seeds on pan
5. Sprinkle top with sugar and cinnamon
6. Bake at 325 degrees for 10-15 minutes until golden brown
7. Let cook and eat

Kid Tip:
If you don't like touching pumpkin guts, let your sister dig them out of the pumpkin .

Episode 5: Edible Eagles

Edible Eagles

Ingredients
1/4 Cup of White Chocolate Chips Melted
6 Large Marshmallows
Finely Shredded Coconut
6 Oreo Cookies
6 Cashews
Black Decorators' Gel

Directions
1. Melt 1/4 Cup of white chocolate chips.
2. For each Eagle, drop a large marshmallow into the melted chocolate and roll and coat all of the marshmallow.
3. Roll coated marshmallow in coconut, leaving one end uncovered. That uncovered end will sit on top of the Oreo.
4. Place the coated marshmallow coconut free end down on top of the Oreo.
5. Use a toothpick to make a hole in the side of the marshmallow and insert a cashew for the beak.
6. Use the black gel/icing for the Eagle's eyes.

Kid Tip:
If kids do not like coconut taste just coat the marshmallow with the melted chips and it will still look like an Eagle without the coconut.

Episode 4: Chocolate Graduation Hats

Chocolate Graduation Hats

Ingredients
Hershey Chocolate Bars
Rolo Chewy Caramels
Frosting from a tube

Directions
1. Place one Rolo Candy on plate
2. Put some frosting on the top of the Rolo candy. This will hold the bottom of candy hat to the top brim of the Graduation hat.
3. Place squares of Hershey Bar on top of the Rolo topped with frosting. Two pieces of Hershey bar together will make the square top.
4. Using the tube of frosting start in the middle of the top of the Hat (the square piece of Hershey bar). Squeeze the tube off the side of the hat making a Graduation Tassel.

Kid Tip
Use an easy to squeeze tube of frosting. Use the same color of frosting as the graduates school colors.

Episode 3: Banana Caterpillars

Banana Caterpillars

Ingredients
1 Banana for each Caterpillar
Peanut Butter
Thin Pretzel Sticks
2 M&Ms

Directions
1. Peel and slice the banana in half inch pieces.
2. Spread slices with peanut butter and press pieces together.
3. Place 2 M&Ms on one end by using peanut butter to make eyes.
4. Break pretzel sticks in half and place between banana slices for legs and antennae.

Kid Tip: Place scratches onto the banana where you want your little kid to cut. A guide can help your child keep the slices more even.

Episode 2: Special Striped Smores

Jaden's Special Striped Smores

Ingredients
Keebler Fudge Stripe Cookies
Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows (Jaden used the Easter Bunny Marshmallows)

Directions
1. Place cookies on a microwave safe plate with stripe side down.
2. Place Marshmallow on top of each fudge stripe cookie
3. Cook in microwave for 10 - 15 seconds. Microwaves may vary.
4. Remove from microwave and place a second cookie on top of the marshmallow.

Kid Tip:
Kids love to watch the marshmallows expand in the microwave. Don't let the marshmallows get to big or burn. They could be hot for a little bit after you remove them from the microwave. Have wet napkins available for sticky fingers.

Episode 1: Pudding Sunflower

Jaden's Pudding Sunflower Recipe

Ingredients
1 Pkg. of Jell-O instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 3/4 Cups Milk
12 semisweet chocolate chips
Gingersnap cookies
1 Ready-made Oreo Cookie Crust

Directions
1. Prepare pudding mix as directed on the box for pudding pie.
2. Pour pudding mix into Oreo Cookie Crust.
3. Arrange chocolate chips on top of pudding to look like sunflower seeds.
4. Place gingersnap cookies around the outer edge of the pudding in the pie crust to look like sunflower pedals.
5. Place in frig to cook and thicken before eating.

Kid Tip:
Kids love to flatten the top of the pudding, even if its not necessary. If it's fun who cares! Keep cooking fun.