We’ve taken the work out of Bonfire Night treats, so kids will be able to whizz them up by themselves. Even toddlers will be able to help!
1) Choc-dipped apples: Bonfire Night wouldn’t be complete without these traditional treats
You’ll need: apples, lolly sticks, chocolate and toppings (eg sprinkles, candy eyes, chopped nuts, crumbled biscuits or edible glitter)
- Ask your kids to break the chocolate into a microwaveable bowl.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Blast for 15 seconds at a time, stirring between. Stop just before it’s all melted and carry on stirring until smooth.
- Meanwhile, ask your kids to push lolly sticks into the apples as close to the middle as they can.
- Now they dip the apples into the melted chocolate. Let the excess drip off (this requires a teeny bit of patience!)
- Decorate with their chosen topping and place on a baking tray until set.
2) Chocolate sparklers: super speedy and impressive
You’ll need: breadsticks, chocolate, sprinkles
- Ask your kids to break the chocolate into a microwaveable bowl.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Blast it for 15 seconds at a time, stirring in between. Stop just before it’s all melted and carry on stirring until smooth.
- Now your child can dip a breadstick into the chocolate, and drip off the excess.
- Then they sprinkle on the stars and lie on a baking sheet until set.
3) Firework cookies:a toddler-friendly fun way to top biscuits
You’ll need: biscuits (shop-bought or follow this tried and tested recipe), icing sugar, water, food colouring, sprinkles
- Ask your child to lay the biscuits on a plate.
- Make up some runny icing (about 225g with a few tablespoons of boiling water).
- Split the icing sugar into a few bowls and add different coloured food colouring to each. We used pink, blue and orange.
- Now your child can splat and drizzle the icing sugar onto the biscuits and top with sprinkles.
4) Bonfire cakes: create logs for a fire with chocolate flakes
You’ll need: cupcakes (shop-bought or follow this tried and tested recipe), frosting (shop-bought or follow this recipe), orange food colouring, chocolate flakes, jelly tots (optional), food bag, scissors
- Ask your child to spread out the cupcakes on a plate.
- Now they can turn your frosting orange by stirring in a good squirt of food colouring.
- Help them to spoon the frosting into the food bag. Squish it into one corner.
- Snip off a small piece of the corner so they can squeeze the frosting onto the cupcakes. Cover each cake.
- Now for the fun bit. Ask your child to break the Flake bars into pieces and build the fires. Add red and orange jelly tots for a fiery glow, if using them.
5) Cookie s’mores: this American classic is easy and moreish
You’ll need: 16 chocolate chip cookies, marshmallows, chocolate spread
- Preheat the grill to high and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Ask your child to pop half (8) of the cookies on the tray and top with a marshmallow.
- Grill until the marshmallow begins to brown and melt.
- Meanwhile, your child can spread chocolate spread on the other 8 cookies.
- Then sandwich on top of the melty marshmallow layer.
Thank you to BBC Good Food for this recipe.
