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- Mummy Pizza: A Fast and Easy Halloween Treat You’ll LoveAugust 25, 2019Looking for a fast and easy Halloween treat? Try our delicious mummy mini pizzas. Perfect for Halloween parties, play dates or a fun family supper. These Mummy Pizzas are simple enough for children to make. click through for the recipe Halloween is such a fun time for kids isn’t it? Costumes, candy, and scaring your friends with fake spiders! Of course, kids love it! Personally, I love the fun Halloween-themed food best. Let me be clear, I’m not going to spend hours decorating cookies with intricate webs. But give me a fast and easy Halloween treat and I’m all in. I’ve got a simple treat that both you and your kids will love MUMMY PIZZAS: A FAST AND EASY HALLOWEEN TREAT These cute mummy pizzas are kid-friendly and sure to become a Halloween tradition. This fast and easy Halloween treat is super simple to make. You probably already have everything you need to put them together in your fridge right now! But that’s not all! The recipe is so simple that kids can make them. These can easily be made by the kids in your house. And I’m all for getting kids cooking. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING MUMMY PIZZAS Let’s get started. I’m going to walk you through step by step, but you’ll find the complete recipe below. You’ll use bread rolls as the base, just cut them in half down the middle to open them up. Place each half of the sandwich roll on a baking sheet and brush the top with melted butter. Season with garlic powder and place in the oven for 5 minutes, until the top of the bread is toasted. While the bread is toasting, pull the cheese apart into strings. Next, dollop a spoonful of pizza or marinara sauce onto each half. Don’t have any on hand? Makes some from a can of tomato paste. Spread it over the roll and add three slices of pepperoni. Now it is time to create those mummy bandages. We are going to use string cheese for these. String cheese holds its shape better when heated. Layer the strings of cheese in a crisscross pattern to resemble a mummy wrap. Bake till the cheese starts to melt (about 10 minutes). Top with candy eyes before serving and you’re done. Easy peasy! ADAPTATIONS Prefer vegetarian toppings on your pizzas? Use something that will make fairly flat slices. Such as mushrooms. Instead of rolls you could also use English muffins. You can substitute any of your usual pizza bases, just make individual pizzas. Don’t have candy eyes? Substitute sliced black olives. Bake the olives along with the pizza. Aren’t these adorable? They would be perfect for a Halloween party, but easy to make for supper. Serve them with some salad or veggies and you are good to go. LOOKING FOR MORE HALLOWEEN FUN? Check out our yummy Halloween cinnamon roll spiders. they are really easy to make. Check out our other Halloween ideas here. YOUR TURN What do you think? Will you give these a go with your kids? What other fast and easy Halloween treats do you make? Print Recipe Fast and Easy Mummy Pizzas Your kids will love to help you make these mini pizzas Prep Time5 minsCook Time20 mins Course: SnackCuisine: AmericanKeyword: holiday treats, snack Servings: 4 Cost: $5 Ingredients2 bread rolls Cut in half1 tbsp butter meltedgarlic powder to taste1 cup pizza sauce12 slices pepperoni3 sticks string cheese6 candy eyes Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place each half of the sandwich roll (cut side up) on a baking sheet and brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with garlic powder and place in the oven for 5 minutes, until the top of the bread is toasted While the bread is toasting, preparethe string cheese by pulling the cheese apart into strings. Remove from oven. Spread marinara sauce over the top of each slice of bread. Top each with three slices of pepperoni. Top the pepperoni with the strings of cheese, crisscrossing them to resemble a mummy wrap. Bake for 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted. Top with candy eyes before serving....
- How To Make Ice Cream In A Bag (A Delicious STEM Activity)August 5, 2019DIY ice cream in a bag is fun STEM activity for kids that ends with a yummy treat! Click through to get our easy recipe and learn about the science behind this homemade ice cream. I remember it like it was yesterday. I arrived at the school to see my son jumping around the playground. He held tight to his plastic bag and wore a massive grin. He spotted me and waved wildly. “Mo-m! Lo-ok! ICE CREAM!” The enthusiasm was infectious. All around his classmates hopped, jumped and bounced with their bags. It was the first day of Kindergarten and the class was making ice cream in a bag. I came to join in the fun. 20 bouncy kids burning off a ton of energy and learning that science is cool! There was no doubt about it, these teachers were brilliant. And this was an activity worth doing, because kids loved it. Have you ever tried making ice-cream in a bag? It is a super fun activity. Kids love it of course. The process seems magical and it never fails to impress. As a side bonus, it gets them outside and bouncing and that is always a great thing. Want to know the best part? It is also a fantastic science experiment. But more about that later. Scroll to the bottom of the post if you want to understand the science behind making ice cream. Let me show you how to make this ice cream treat. It is easy and only needs a few ingredients. HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAM IN A BAG YOU WILL NEED: (Makes 1 serving) 1 cup half and half 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons sugar A quart size zip top bag A Gallon Size zip top bag ½ cup rock salt Ice Mittens or towel Mom Tip: Personally, I would consider using brand name bags for this activity. I have found the brand name bags to be more robust. The bags are going to be manhandled and you really don’t want anything to split open. INSTRUCTIONS: In a quart size zip-top bag, combine half and half, vanilla, and sugar. Push out excess air and seal. Fill a gallon size zip-top bag halfway full of ice. Add the rock salt. Place the quart size bag inside and seal the top. Shake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the ice cream has set up and thickened. Pour into to small bowls and enjoy! Remove the ice cream-filled bag from the ice and wipe the bag clean of salt. Enjoy your creation right out of the bag or serve it in bowls with sprinkles. Store any leftovers – what are the chances?? – in a freezer. ADAPTATIONS Want to make chocolate ice cream? Add some chocolate syrup. Why not try other flavors with syrups and natural flavor extracts? Need a dairy free recipe? Use full fat coconut milk in place of the half and half. Start planning for your next batch and consider making new flavors, too. Maybe this is how Ben and Jerry got started Related: 26 Fun Frozen Treats Your Kids Will Love GO WASTE FREE If you are trying to reduce your use of plastic bags, try this version. It uses coffee cans instead of bags. TIPS FOR MAKING ICE CREAM IN A BAG A word of caution, the bag will get very cold once you add the salt to the ice. Mittens will protect tender hands. Wrap the bag in a towel if your mittens are packed away for the summer. And remember, this ice cream is very soft and melts quickly. So, it is best eaten out of a bag or a bowl. An ice cream cone would get drippy very fast. A QUICK EXPLANATION OF THE SCIENCE This is the part where we learn about the science. Making ice cream in a bag helps you explore a bunch of scientific principals like Phases of matter Freezing and freezing points Food chemistry Laws of thermodynamics QUESTIONS TO ASK We can ask ourselves some questions What changes do we see in the ingredients change during this process? How does the ice change? How does the bag feels after adding the salt? What transforms the liquid ingredients into frozen ice cream? WHY THE ICE CREAM FORMS IN THE BAG Let’s look at the science in detail. Ice absorbs energy as it melts. As it does the water changes from a solid to a liquid. In this experiment the ice absorbs the energy from the ingredients of the ice cream. It also absorbs energy from the outside environment (like your hands). This energy transfer cools the ingredients and makes the bag feel cold. In physics, the second law of thermodynamics tells us that heat always moves from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature. The refrigerated ingredients for the ice cream may be cool, but they are still warmer than the ice. So the heat is going to flow from the ingredients to the ice. Salt lowers the freezing point of the ice. When you add salt to the ice, more energy is needed to melt it. Therefore, more energy is absorbed from the ingredients. This cools them enough to freeze them into a solid. Which happily creates the yummy end product of ice cream. The shaking moves the warmer ingredients from the inside to the outside of the bag, so everything freezes evenly. It also adds air to the final product and creates the texture of ice cream. Yum! Are you ready to try this yummy experiment with your kids? It’s a fun activity and may earn you the title of the coolest parent in the neighborhood. You’ll also be creating memories that will last a lifetime. Trust me. You’ll be glad you did....

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