Sneaking Snacks

Supplies:

• Individual Cheetos bags
• Double-Sided Tape
• Baby Carrots, Pretzels, or Other Substitute Snack

Instructions:

1. Carefully open the individual bags very carefully along the top seem.
2. Dump out the Cheetos and carefully refill the bag with another snack.
3. Add an April Fools message.
4. Use the double-sided tape to glue the top seem back together again.

My kids LOVE Cheetos but you can use any kind of snack. This idea was based on an article in Family Fun.com.

Jellied Juice

Ingredients:

• Strawberry Jell-O 3oz.
• 1Cup Boiling Water
• 1 Cup Cold Water
• Glass Cups
• Straws

Instructions:

1. Prepare Jell-O by following the directions on the back of the package.
2. Pour into glass cups and insert straw.
3. Refrigerate until set, approxiamately 4 hours.
4. For a full effect have a pitcher of fruit punch on the table.

Idea was based on an article on  Family Fun.com.

Sweet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

These Grilled Cheese sandwiches were supper easy for an April Fools dessert. My kids loved them!

Ingredients:

• Pound Cake
• 1 Cup Buttercream or white frosting (I used canned.)
• Yellow and red food coloring

Instructions:

1. Cut the pound cake into bread-like slices and broil them in the over until they turn golden brown. Once they have cooled, stack two slices for each sandwich and cut them in half diagonally.
2. Tint the frosting by stirring in a few drops of yellow and red food coloring to get a shade of orange that resembles American cheese.
3. Carefully spread frosting between the slices of each half sandwich. Then generly press down so that the frosting will ooze out a bit and look like melted cheese.

Grilled Cheese for April's Fools Day found on  Family Fun.com.

Colorful Cupcakes

  Ingredients:

Meat Loaf

• 1 lb. of Lean Ground Beef
• 1/2 Cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs
• 1 Cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese
• 3 Tablespoons Ketchup
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 Teaspoon Celery Salt
• 1/4 Teaspoon Peppe

Potato Frosting

• 3 Cups Mashed Potatoes
• Food Coloring

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.
2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixutres evenly among the lines cups (theliners hsould be about three quaters full).
3. Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupckaes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.
4. Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to creat blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Makes 12 cupcakes.

These yummy but not sweet cupcakes were found on Family Fun.com.