Join us on Saturday, October 31 for a Digital Halloween Celebration with BFPL! Part of the programming includes a special Kids Food Festival cooking class. Below are the ingredients needed to participate.

PUMPKIN PALS

Equipment

  • Small mixing bowl
  • Spoon

Ingredients

  • 4 rice cakes (the Kids Food Festival loves Lundberg Rice Cakes and Stackers – found in the BFPL Digital Halloween Bash goodie bags!)
  • ½ cup whipped cream cheese
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • Pumpkin Eyes and Mouth: Handful of dried, dehydrated, or freeze-dried fruit (the Kids Food Festival loves Crispy Green Freeze Dried Fruit – found in the BFPL Digital Halloween Bash goodie bags!)
  • Pumpkin Nose: red seedless grapes, halved or clementine segments
  • Pumpkin Hair: shaved carrot or spiralized zucchini or beets

SPOOK-GHETTI

Equipment

  • Adult cutting board
  • Adult knife
  • Children’s cutting board (The Creative Kitchen suggests a small cutting board or reusable plastic or paper plate), 1 per child
  • Children’s knife (The Creative Kitchen suggests a plastic knife for younger children, while older children may be able to use a sharper knife), 1 per child
  • Large mixing bowl (The Creative Kitchen suggests individual, sealable plastic sandwich bags if individual portions are preferred – whether for hygiene or simply because little chefs enjoy creating their own!)
  • Mixing spoon

Ingredients

  • 1 pound witches hair (cooked whole wheat spaghetti – use squid ink for extra spooky witch hair!)
  • Eyeballs (1 cup black olives, pitted and ½ pound mozzarella bocconcini, or ½ pound mozzarella cheese)
  • Zombie fingernails (2 orange bell peppers, washed)
  • 1 broomstick (zucchini or cucumber, washed)
  • Skeleton Tears (1 pint orange grape tomatoes, washed)
  • Olive oil, to taste
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

MARSHMALLOW GHOSTS

Equipment

  • 4 skewers, chopsticks, coffee stirrers or other such tool, making sure utensil is appropriately age-safe for participating children
  • 1 small bowl per color being used
  • 1 paintbrush per color being used

Ingredients

  • 8 large marshmallows
  • Food coloring (the Kids Food Festival loves Color Garden Natural Food Colors, found in the BFPL Digital Halloween Bash goodie bags!)

 

Download Equipment and Ingredient list here!

 

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