I like when my mom cooks with me – so I hope you are all cooking with your kids too. The time my mom spends with me is almost better than the gift itself (remember I said ALMOST!)  Hey, I am still 10, I like presents.

So here are some cooking related gifts, I am sure your kids will love- well, if they love to cook that is. I would not buy these for kids who like sports. heehee.

CURIOUS CHEF 16-PIECE CUPCAKE and DECORATING KIT

The Curious Chef collection of child friendly kitchen cookware is awesome. They have undergone real world testing and all of their products look like adult cookware, but made for our little hands. This kit will have them making and decorating cupcakes like a pro.

Available for purchase at Amazon.com

FOX RUN 9-PIECE KID’S COOKING UTENSILS

A fun and useful gift set for your favorite chef. All pieces are made of wood and are just for little hands. Set includes 9 of today’s most common utensils including a whisk, rolling pin, meat pounder and more.

Available for purchase at Amazon

DII RED GINGHAM APRON SET

Yes, kids are messy in the kitchen – so an apron is a must! But they will just think it is super cool to dress up like a real chef while working in the kitchen. Even us older kids still like to wear a great apron!

Available for purchase at Amazon

KITCHEN FOR KIDS COOKBOOK

This is a cookbook that I love. It is great for kids 4 and up and really has recipes that kids can REALLY make!

Available for purchase at Amazon

So here are a few ideas! I have more but mom said I could do a couple of posts because this one took a long time to write! If you have any great ideas for gifts for kids, please let me know and I will add that to my next gift post.  Rachel…

I had the chance to review one of their products a while back (I look so little in the video!) and loved everything about the kit. It was easy to use, fun and the end product tasted great. Here is a link to that post if you want to see a Make Your Own Gummies Kit in action!

Glee Gum makes these Candy Making Kits that are so much fun. There is the Chewing Gum Kit, the Chocolate Kit and the Gummies Kit – so there is something for every candy lover.

The great thing about all of these kits is that the products are made from all natural ingredients and they are easy to make! Kids love them!

Right now, they are running a great special too with a Candy Kit Combo at a great price of $29.30 for all three kits. That is a 30% savings! You can purchase a combo kit here.

So as a kid who cooks – I can say that this is a gift that your little chefs will LOVE! 

Glee Gum has generously offered us the chance to giveaway one of these candy making kits to a Cupcake Kid reader! Please read the rules and enter to win. Good Luck!

TO ENTER TO WIN A MAKE YOUR OWN KIT!

1. Follow Glee Gum on Facebook and/or Twitter  (only 1 required)

2. Visit Glee Gum

3. Leave a comment on this post with which one of the 3 kits you would love to win, and what you saw on the Glee Gum site that you thought made them a great company!

4. optional – but we would love if you could like Cupcake Kid Cafe on Facebook too!

RULES:

1. (1) entry per person/email address

2. Contest ends 11:59pm on November 28, 2012

3. Entry must include kit you would like and a thought about the Glee Gum product line

4. Only residents of the Continental US are eligible (sorry!)

5. Winner will be chosen at random from all entries received and prize will ship directly from Glee Gum. Winner will be contacted via email for their shipping address.

Thanks for entering and GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

You have everything with these cupcakes, you get your turkey, corn, sweet potatoes and even your vegetables! I bet you these vegetables will be eaten with no problems!

The person who created these fantastic Thanksgiving Cupcakes include general directions on her blog at Make Bake Celebrate.

Here are some of the things you will need:

• cupcakes
• buttercream
• fondant
• yellow, copper, green, ivory coloring
• caramel
• marshmallow bits
• walnuts
• black and white sanding sugars

These are just so fun! If you make them we would love to see them!!!!! Happy Thanksgiving! Rachel

Little Chefs World

Each 4 week session will feature a new menu. Also, offering one day, 2 hour holiday decorating (cookies or cupcakes) classes during November and December.

Contact to join a class or get 6 or more kids and we can come to your location. All paper products, food and instruction is included.

Get more information at Little Chefs World

Are you ready? No, really are you?

TONIC WATER! Yep, tonic water added to the frosting will make these wonderfully unique cupcakes glow under black lights. The quinine in the tonic water is what makes all the magic happen! Thanks to the great people at Recipesnobs.com for finding this out!

It turned out there is a whole trick to making this work properly, and clearly as seen in the image below, someone really did it right! Visit Recipesnobs.com for the full details and instructions on how to make the magic happen. This is a must for this Halloween and we would love to see images!!!!

image credit foodsnots.com / recipesnobs.com

Ingredients

• 6 Hazelnut truffles (creator used Ferrero Rocher truffles)
• 5 ounces white candy coating, chopped
• 1 green or red fruit roll up
• 6 Oreo cookies
• 1 (6 oz.) can black decorative icing
• 6 slivered almonds, cut in half

The recipe is only for 6 Dracula cookies, of course if you want more you should increase the ingredients! You can also use cake mix as an alternative to the truffles for the head – you would just have to make them as round cakes. This option would make more than 6 cookies, so you would need to increase all the other ingredient amounts too!

Directions

Place truffles on a waxed paper-lined pan. Freeze for 10 minutes or until chilled. Meanwhile, in a microwave bowl, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip truffles in coating to cover completely; allow excess to drip of. Return to prepared pan. Refrigerate until hardened.

Cut Fruit Roll-Up into 2-1/2-in. x 1-1/2-in. strips. Reheat candy coating if necessary. Dip truffles in candy coating again; allow excess to drip off. Place one on each cookie. Wrap a fruit strip around base of truffle for cape. Let stand until set.

Using decorating icing and a round tip, pipe hair, eyes and mouth on each. Insert almonds for fangs. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 6 cookies.

image courtesy of Monica Buck/Woman’s Day

This wonderful Corn on the Cob recipe…wait….its not corn on the cob! It is cupcakes! Yes, really!

These adorable cupcakes when placed together look just like a corn on the cob! Can you be more creative? The kids will love helping to create this masterpiece. The top is just made of yellow and white jellybeans and you can use a yellow starburst for the “butter” slab!

Here are the ingredients you will need:

• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup(s) canola oil
• 1 1/4 cup(s) plus 5 Tbsp whole milk
• 3 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup(s) yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) plus pinch kosher salt
• 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 box(es) confectioners’ sugar
• 16  corn holders, assorted yellow and white jelly beans, 4 yellow fruit chews (such as Starburst), black and white sanding sugar, for decorating

If you love doll furniture, or hey, if you just love cake – then we will know you will flip over edible doll furniture! This unique project called Sapore Dei Mobili (furniture Tasting).

A super cute idea with a really great story behind it! View the whole story at Sapore Dei Mobili

If only we could get our hands on one of these! What a great tea party idea!

{story via dornob}

image courtesy Zui

What a fun idea for the kids – both to make and to eat! These star shaped sandwiches are easy to make even for the younger crowd and will be sure to be a favorite at any 4th of July celebration!

Best part of this treat? You do not need all that much! Here is yous list of things you will need:

• Bread
• Star shaped cutter
• Butter
• Nonpareils in red, white and blue

Simply cut the bread into the star shape, spread a thin layer of butter then place in a bowl of the nonpareils that are all mixed together. Easy right?

You can of course make these sandwiches with anything including lunch meats, pb&j etc. I think it may be good to try Nutella with the nonpareils – I love Nutella!

To keep the kids busy even longer-let them make their own little flags! Give them some strips of paper, let them create and ten attach their art to toothpicks! Simple idea that will be fun for everyone!

And if you need a Star Shaped Cookie Cutter you can find them on Amazon. We like this Star Shaped Crust and Sandwich Cutter since it seems to fit better with those little hands!

They have rented the Beach Middle School Food Lab for the camp.  Camp instructors Lisa Lutchka and Judy Radant are firming up plans for the curriculum and sourcing ingredients and equipment.

There are still a few openings for kids entering grades 4 to 6 in the fall – the afternoon session which runs 1 – 4 PM, July 9-13.  Please contact us immediately to reserve a space.  An enrollment form with details is available here.

For more information about the Chelsea Community Kitchen click here.