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{Snacks for Kids} Kings Cake Recipe

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Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe
A preschool teacher shared this snack for kids Kings Cake recipe with me. Her students loved this sweet snack on Fat Tuesday in honor of Mardi Gras. JDaniel and I decided to try it out. I wanted to see if my kindergartner could complete the steps to make this fun snack. It was no surprise that he did a great job. He was able to do every step except putting the Kings Cake rolls in the oven and taking them out. I did that for him.
 

Step One- Baking the Rolls

Put the contents of a tube of cinnamon rolls on a greased pan and cook for the time listed on the package.
 

Step Two- Frosting the Rolls

Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe

The frosting for the cinnamon rolls can in a small plastic bag. I cut a hole in one of the corners of the frosting bag and JDaniel squirted it each of the rolls. ( He might have licked his fingers a little bit.) If you buy a can of cinnamon rolls that has the frosting in a small can you can heat the icing for a few seconds in a microwave and then transfer it to a plastic bag to squirt it on the rolls.

JDaniel used a plastic knife to spread the frosting to areas of  he felt needed just a little more.

 

Step Three- Adding Sprinkles to the Snacks for Kids

Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Adding Sprinkles

Prior to cooking the rolls we combined gold (yellow), green, and purple colored sugar and sprinkles into a small sprinkle container.  (We have various holiday sugar and sprinkle containers leftover from special meals and dessert creations.)
Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Frosting

When the rolls were frosted, JDaniel added the mixture to the top of the rolls. Some ended up with more sugar than sprinkles, but all of them looked delicious.

 

Step Four- Taste Testing
Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe - Tasting

We both test tested the Kings Cake rolls and decided that they made a wonderful snacks for kids.
Hints:
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  • You could easily make the rolls ahead of time and just put out the frosting and sprinkles for your children to work with.
  • Having plastic knife to spread out the frosting really helped cover more of each roll.
If you are looking for some Mardi Gras activities for your preschoolers or kindergartners, you might want to check out my Mardi Gras Mask and Learning Activities post.
Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as a elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay at home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her 5 year old are exploring learning, crafting, creating healthy meals and living life to its fullest. Deirdre can also be found on her blog’s FB page. You can also check her out on Google+.

 

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  3. It does look tasty. I saw a leprechaun too, I’m headed over to check it out. You’ve got fun posts up already, great way to bring in March. 🙂

  5. Those look delicious! I love learning about celebrations that usually are not celebrated here. Kings cake is one of those foods no one makes out here. Of course I have heard of Fat Tuesday but only when we went to NO when Emily was a baby! I would be licking my fingers too! 🙂

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