Chocolate Fruit Sticks

My 8yo loves to get into the kitchen and create.  Today she found my hidden stash of chocolate chips and decided to use them.  She had recently been given a small recipe book of her own.  She flicked through it and found the perfect recipe for the ingredients we had, chocolate and fruit.

I left her to her own devices as she knows how to use the microwave (I was close by in case she needed assistance).

She put the (my) chocolate chips in a microwave proof bowl and zapped them in short bursts in the microwave to melt them, stirring after each burst.


















When the chocolate was sufficiently melted she had great delight in dipping the strawberries into the chocolate and placing them on a tray. As it was a messy activity she, of course, had to lick her fingers after each dip.


She decided that the raspberries were a bit too fiddly so I suggested we poke them onto straws to help dip them into the chocolate and when they were set she could eat them like a lollypop.



Any leftover chocolate (whoever heard of leftover chocolate) was poured into chocolate moulds.

We all enjoyed a delicious afternoon snack. 

Enjoy

Ann

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PS - I think the chocolate had time to set before it was devoured.

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Apple Donuts

My daughter loves fruit.

Living out on the farm it is sometimes hard to keep enough fruit in the house to keep her satisfied. When our fruit trees are in season she just walks outside, sits in the tree and helps herself.

We live an hour from the nearest Fruit and Veg shop and as I only go shopping once a week keeping the fruit bowl stocked is almost impossible.  I keep a handy supply of tinned fruit in the pantry to tide us over during the shortfall.

One of my daughters favourite snacks is Apple Donuts.

I core an apple, cut the apple into slices (about 1cm thick) and spread the slices with cream cheese. To make them an extra special snack I sprinkle them with 100's & 1000's.

And voila, Apple Donuts.

Enjoy

Ann
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