Cooking Games and Popcorn

Popcorn is a simple snack to make and it’s often the first snack that we learn to cook ourselves. To make popcorn you have a couple of options depending on how your family normally pops the corn. Avoid stove top methods as they are usually unsafe, but you can easily grab a bag of popcorn and toss it into the microwave. Read the instructions carefully on the bag so that you can see which side is supposed to be facing up and how long to leave it in the microwave. The bag will be hot when it’s done, but give it a minute, pull it open and you’re ready to eat.

The other sort of popcorn that is easy to cook and enjoy is air popped popcorn. This cooking game requires an air popper, a bowl and some seeds. Follow the instructions on how to put the seeds into the popcorn popper. Then simply plug it in (and turn it on if necessary) and the air popper starts to heat the seeds. As they pop they spill out of the popcorn maker and into the bowl. Be careful with an air popper – it can put a tremendous amount of popcorn in a single setting!

Cooking Games and Candy Cakes

A yummy treat you can give a friend for her birthday, candy cakes are becoming hugely popular, and they are very simple to make as well. To start the cooking games, you’ll need a regular cake mix in your friend’s favorite flavor. Chocolate is always a good choice. Once you’ve made a round cake, use icing to put the two layers together. Now you’d normally ice the outside of the cake and make it look good. Go ahead and put the icing on, but don’t worry too much about how it looks – this is all about the candy, now.

Start with Kit-Kat bars. You want the small ones that have only two bars stuck together. Carefully place them bars around the outside of the cake like a little round fence. They should be stuck firmly in the cake. Then, grab your friend’s favorite candy – M&Ms are popular, as are Reese’s Pieces and pour a big bagful directly into the middle of the cake basket you’ve created with the standing-up Kit-Kats. Spread the small candies around to hide the icing on top and your candy cake is complete! Enjoy!